There’s no denying it. Sabrina Carpenter is a certified pop star, and like her good friend Taylor Swift, she knows how to put on a show. The “Espresso” singer is currently on her Short n’ Sweet Tour. While it doesn't include the viral “Nonsense” outros she did last year, it does feature new traditions, like the "Juno" poses, that are causing fun reactions online.

Along with handing out a pair of fuzzy handcuffs to a surprise fan or celebrity guest, like Domingo from SNL, before singing “Juno,” Carpenter also strikes a new sexy pose in the middle of the song right after she sings: “Wanna try out some freaky positions? Have you ever tried this one?” Now, there's a new trend surrounding this moment.

However, before we get to the videos fans are marking, take a look at what the "Good Graces" singer does first. I think my favorite example so far was from Nashville, since it was on theme:

The “Taste” songstress has gotten pretty creative given she has only repeated a few positions, and the tour is only half over. Naturally, fans have been recording this specific moment of each show, and posting their clips to TikTok, where they usually go viral. So, in a not-so-shocking turn of events, the internet has taken it upon itself to help Carpenter come up with new positions she can showcase. However, I have to admit, some of these suggestions are getting out of control.

For example, this one from @emswizzlee on TikTok is a great example of flexibility the general population does not possess:

In this next video, @haileydzurko clearly got bored while studying for finals, and decided to give the “Bed Chem” singer several options. Half of these could probably work, while the other half are just straight-up gymnastics. Props to her for making them all suggestive enough though:

Meanwhile, @georgia_wiggins decided to go the meme route, mimicking a photo of Willem Dafoe. Now, I need this trend to evolve into only mimicking memes and silly photos of celebrities.

Then there are some that are so wildly out there that I don’t understand the bit they are trying to do, like this one from @janeymae_. Honestly, it's so absurd and silly that it works, even if I don’t understand the joke, so, well done:

As crazy as these are, I do find them amusing, and I love any trend that isn’t taken seriously. My favorite thing is knowing the pop star herself is aware of these, because she is not afraid to hit that repost button.

Thank goodness she’s an artist with a sense of humor and just does what she wants, despite backlash for the sometimes sexual nature of her music and performances, because moments like these are what make her amazing.

That being said, we won’t be seeing new positions from the “Feather” singer anytime soon, as she is taking a break before starting the European leg of the tour in March. However, that also means there is plenty of time to save a bunch of those TikToks for inspiration.

Thankfully, fans don’t have to wait that long for more Sabrina content, as the pop star has an upcoming holiday special, scheduled to stream on Netflix this Friday, December 6. The variety type special will feature duets with artists such as Chappell Roan, Shania Twain, and Tyla, as well as a number of other celebrity guest appearances. So, make sure your Netflix subscription is active and ready.

Given she also has a Christmas version of her song “Nonsense” we can almost guarantee a one-time return to the specialized outro bit that she has since forgone with this new tour. I’m also secretly hoping we see both “Juno” tour trends too, and I would love to see TikTok’s holiday-themed guesses for positions because the options are endless. The real question is though, who will she be gifting a pair of fuzzy handcuffs to…

Just because someone is a celebrity doesn’t mean they aren’t a regular person. It’s a strange statement to make given that these are just people, just because they are in the public eye doesn’t mean they are suddenly higher life forms than those of us at home. But the rare glimpses we get to see of the people our favorite characters are played by, make us love them all the more.

When I hear the name Al Pacino I think Scarface, The Godfather, and other iconic characters. I never give much thought to something as simple as what phone case he has. Well now I know, he's got one based off the Shrek movies. And the TikTok of him explaining the case is delightful. Check it out below:

Revealed in a clip with BBC news, Al Pacino revealed his absolutely amazing phone case. And like me, the interviewer was also flabbergasted, mainly because it’s the last thing one would think he’d have.

Watching the video genuinely brought a smile to my face as Pacino explains that the reason his phone case is Shrek themed is solely because his youngest daughter just put it on his phone, and he kept it. It’s such a simple response, and a hilarious moment, but it felt oddly heartwarming. I’m sure many of us can relate to either changing something our parents had simply because we can, or having a child at home who did something silly and we kept it.

I myself immediately thought of the time I made my fathers phone home screen a photo of a Batman plushie I had. Something he still has as his background to this day. It was just in seeing the way Pacino just accepts his daughters silliness and keeps it with him, it’s such a simple gesture but it says a lot about Pacino as a person and a father.

Pacino recently had a new baby at age 83, and he talked about how it's been giving him a new reason to keep on going. Coupled with the phone case, all in all, our favorite mobster is quite the devoted father and it’s extremely heartwarming.

If you want a more in depth glimpse into Al Pacino’s life his memoir “Sonny Boy” can be purchased on Amazon, and you can watch his latest crime thriller Knox Goes Away with a Max subscription.

Britney Spears may be making news nowadays more for the release of her memoir and the rumors about a reunion with her family than anything else, but she'll always have the legacy of a pop music superstar. After releasing a new single for the first time in more than five years back in 2022 in a collaboration with legend Elton John, it seemed possible that she could be on her way back to the music industry. Now, just days into 2024, Spears debunked rumors that she's returning to her music roots, and that's not all.

The singer took to Instagram with her latest update, in which she blasts the news as "trash" with claims that she wants to work with "random people" on a new album. Check out her full message: 

Britney Spears didn't mince words about the idea of coming back to the music industry! Apparently, she has been a ghostwriter for other musicians for years, and any writing for herself has been for fun. She also cleared up any reports that her memoir, called The Woman in Me with the audiobook narrated by Michelle Williams, was released without her approval. The book was packed with bombshell reveals, including about her relationship with Justin Timberlake. 

Spears also chose an interesting image to go along with her message: painter Guido Reni's "Salome with the Head of John the Baptist" from the 17th century, so it seems safe to say that she definitely means what she says in her message. While the singer has celebrated her music career and even sang a new take on "...Baby One More Time" on social media, her more recent posts use music from other artists. 

In fact, just a day before she debunked rumors, she posted this video set to Janet Jackson's "All Night (Don't Stop)":

Social media is often a place to hear directly from the star, for better or worse. While she stated that "2023 sucked" in a post that made it clear that she was ready for 2024, she also shared that she likes to be naked on the beach because there are no paparazzi around. Just hours before her message about rumors being "trash," she also shared an Instagram image stating this:

Whatever the future holds for Britney Spears, hopefully she keeps enjoying herself, whether or not that means writing music for other artists. She went through a lot over the course of 2023 in the public eye, and she's starting out 2024 in some bold ways that hopefully will lead to only good things.

Everyone in the world has been run through the ringer in the last two years thanks to the on-going presence of the COVID-19 pandemic in our lives, and while the consequences have been vast, certainly part of the equation is a massive impact on interpersonal relationships. A lot of couples have seen their bonds strained as a result of everything that has been happening – and today, Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet announced that, after a little over four years of marriage, they are going to be getting a divorce.

The couple announced the news on Jason Momoa's personal Instagram account – which includes a message to fans explaining what is happening and why they have decided to split up. You can read their full post below, which features the text in addition to a small collection of peaceful images (which you can see by clicking on the arrow on the right side of the embed):

Lisa Bonet and Jason Momoa first began dating back in 2005, and they were married in October 2017. Momoa is the step-father of Zoë Kravitz, Bonet's daughter from her marriage to Lenny Kravitz, and the couple have two children together – a son and a daughter.

According to the post, the two actors decided to go public about their divorce not out of a presumption that the event is "newsworthy," but so that they can live their respective lives with "dignity" and "honesty." Had they divorced and not told the public, it likely would have ultimately spurred speculation press, and Lisa Bonet and Jason Momoa evidently decided to get ahead of that bad situation and announce that they are splitting up. 

The message adds that they still care for each other, but that they are evidently ready to start living independent lives (or as the couple puts it, "We free each other to be who we are learning to become."

Jason Momoa is coming off a seriously busy 2021. In addition to filming more of his Apple TV+ series See, he wrapped production on James Wan's Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom and Francis Lawrence's fantasy adventure Slumberland. He also had a standout role playing Duncan Idaho in Denis Villeneuve's critically-acclaimed Dune.

Lisa Bonet, who first gained fame and acclaim playing Denise Huxtable on The Cosby Show and A Different World, has been away from the silver and small screen since the birth of her children with Momoa, her most recent performances being recurring roles on the shows Ray Donovan and Girls in 2016.

A divorce can be hard on any family, but for obvious reasons it can be particularly hard for a celebrity couple. Hopefully both Lisa Bonet and Jason Momoa will both be happier people in the wake of their split and that they find peace in their changing lives.

I can think of plenty of celebrities whose bad side I wouldn’t want to get on, and Mark Wahlberg is definitely near the top of that list. Given convention, you might think someone dating his daughter would possibly register them as enemy number one on The Departed star’s list – but apparently that’s not quite the case. The fitness guru reveals that not only does he not have beef with his daughter’s new boyfriend, but he literally works out with him amicably. 

It looks like Mark Wahlberg and his oldest daughter Ella’s boyfriend are having some one-on-one bonding time. In his latest Instagram post, Wahlberg shares a video of him and said acquaintance in the gym. The famous actor seems to approve of his daughter’s choice of boyfriend, because his caption states that he and his daughter are lucky to have the “great kid” in their life. Here's what the star says in his caption, exactly:

While one might see it as a risk dating the daughter of Mark Wahlberg, apparently gaining the approval of the star comes with great reward. If you don’t already have a pretty cute mental image of that scenario, they’re also wearing matching shirts. Check it out for yourself:

The irony of Mark Wahlberg, of all people, breaking the angry dad trope is not lost on the legend himself. In the video he says that he originally started working out to keep the boys away from his daughters, and now he’s working out with his daughter’s boyfriend. Like Wahlberg himself says, “Imagine that.” 

It could be that Mark Wahlberg has broken the dad mold and taken the overprotective father stereotype ever farther by training with the young man. He is certainly not a stranger to the gym, and could be quietly showcasing just how much strength he has as a kind of an intimidation tactic. 

Alternatively, Mark Wahlberg could just be training the next man in his daughter’s life to better care for her. Either way, though, it beats Wahlberg sitting in an armchair with a gun waiting for Ella to come home from a date, and I’m sure her boyfriend agrees. 

Fans and celebrities in the comment section of Mark Wahlberg’s post seem to be on that wavelength. Mario Lopez comments “keep ‘em close,” seemingly a play on the saying “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.” Other commenters are giving Wahlberg props for being a good influence and bonding with the kid rather than pushing him and his daughter away. 

I can’t imagine how otherworldly it would be for a teenager to suddenly be working out with a star like Mark Wahlberg, especially since the actor has pretty much perfected his fitness routine at this point. He’s been through all kinds of body transformations, and thankfully Ella’s boyfriend didn’t come into the picture when he was taking part in some of the more wild gym crazes of the past. 

Mark Wahlberg has been in some pretty great films, and it doesn’t look like he’s slowing down even if he is taking time to spend time with his family and their growing affiliations. He’s been working with a few fellow gym buffs, like Kevin Hart on Me Time and Simu Liu on Arthur the King; he even inspired Uncharted co-star Tom Holland to get buff and work out more. 

With the number of upcoming projects the comedic action star has in the works, 2022 is sure to be full of some more Wahlberg goodness.

We might all be dreaming of a return to normalcy after more than a year of restrictions, but that doesn’t mean we’re across the finish line yet. With many millions still waiting to be vaccinated and new variants of Covid popping up around the world, it’s important we continue to make wise choices over the next few months. That starts with wearing a mask, which does still matter and is the subject of a new public awareness campaign from Americares that even has a song to help explain the message.

Fittingly titled “Wear A Mask”, the hip hop track implores listeners to wear a mask, keep socially distant and make other wise choices. There’s even some choreography to go with it that was designed by TikTok star Dezi Saenz. You can check out her video below…

The track in question was written and produced by the 87s and packaged by Neil Jacobson from Hallwood Media. It’s a lot more catchy than you’d guess, and the messaging is very timely given the middle ground we seem to find ourselves in from the massive Covid issues we dealt with before and the hopeful future at least mostly free of the coronavirus.

The entertainment industry has faced unprecedented disruptions. Movie theaters are only now starting to reopen. There were long periods in which almost no new content was being shot at all. Broadway closed down, and virtually all live performances stopped. As such, it’s not surprising at all that many in the entertainment space have served as public health ambassadors trying to get fans to take things seriously.

Hopefully Americares’ “Wear A Mask” campaign (more information here) will help people make wise choices over the next few months, and hopefully a year from now, we’ll all be looking back at public health initiatives like this as nothing more than reminders of this weird period we're currently living through.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that People’s Sexiest Man Alive of 2020, Michael B. Jordan, and Lori Harvey (Steve Harvey’s daughter) are dating. The couple made their relationship Instagram official in January and have since been publicly declaring their affection for one another making the internet swoon and cry. Swoon because who doesn’t LOVE love, and cry because who doesn’t wish they were one half of this couple?

Make no mistake, I am happy for these two. Steve Harvey’s response made me LOL, I’m all about #BlackLove, and even though it’s super early I would love to see them get married and produce the world’s best-looking children. But my love for Michael B. Jordan rivals that of the woman in Amazon’s Super Bowl ad for Alexa, so a little piece of me died inside when he announced being officially off the market. Still, I've been invested in this relationship and here’s a rundown of the times Michael B. Jordan and Lori Harvey were so adorable it hurt.

Michael B. Jordan And Lori Harvey Publicly Announced Their Relationship

On January 10th, Lori Harvey and Michael B. Jordan announced to Instagram that they were in love. But these two are too classy to write long sappy captions or really provide much of an explanation at all because while I’m sitting here analyzing everything they do, it’s none of my business. Jordan kept it slightly cryptic with super dark pics and no caption as if to say “if you know, you know, and if you don’t, you will” like he knew I was going to be sad and tried to spare my feelings. Harvey gave us much better lighting and a brown heart emoji, and when her friends started pouring love into the comments I couldn’t help but be excited, too.

Lori Harvey And Michael B. Jordan Had Fun In The Snow

On January 13th, Lori Harvey celebrated her 24th birthday. She and bae Michael B. Jordan had a photoshoot in the snow and he shared the special moment on Instagram. The image is adorable. They’re clearly happy to just be standing next to each other in the snow. But the video is where it hurts. Her playful irritation when she’s really having the best time, his laugh, their faces when they fall to the ground together… they’re not flaunting the relationship, they’re giving us an honest look at a moment of their lives and it’s so beautiful. It makes me so happy it actually burns a little, and yet I can’t keep replaying it.

Michael B. Jordan And Lori Harvey Went On Vacation

On January 24th, the pair enjoyed a sunny yacht vacation and Michael B. Jordan was completely over sparing my feelings. He went full on thirst trap with this shirtless post, on which girlfriend Lori Harvey left a playful comment staking her claim (as she has every right to) and they went from sharing to bragging but I ain’t mad at ‘em. I will note here the reverse happened on Harvey’s Instagram for those wishing they were Michael B. Jordan in this scenario. As painful as it is to witness for those of us longing to be disgustingly in love, the world needs more of it so keep on keepin’ on, lovebirds.

Lori Harvey And Michael B. Jordan Supported Each Other's Careers

While I have no problem cheering myself through life, part of the beauty of having a partner is getting to share your successes, celebrate together, and have your own personal cheerleader. If that personal cheerleader looked like Michael Bae Jordan, you don't even need to enter the lottery but I digress. Michael B. Jordan and his lady love Lori Harvey have been pouring on the support for each other's career moves and every time it squeezes my lil heart.

Look at those flowers! Did the world need to see such a thoughtful gift be delivered? No, but I'm here for it. They can declare their love in private and in public and do the same with gratitude, like Lori Harvey did with this post, as much as they feel like. Spread the love even if it makes me explode.

Of course, as you've seen, Lori Harvey and Michael B. Jordan celebrate birthdays in the sweetest way. So when Jordan celebrated his 34th birthday this past week, Harvey took to Instagram to post a sweet message, along with some adorable photos.

Most recently, Harvey has launched her affordable luxury clothing brand, Naked Wardrobe. Michael B. Jordan is starring in Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse, coming to Amazon Prime Video April 30. The couple has been adorably hyping one another achievements every step of the way as you can see above, and it seems they’re just getting started. Wishing a long and happy future for these two! I want to hear from the fans, which of their posts so far has been the most adorable, and which the most painful?

After airing its first three seasons on Netflix, One Day At a Time was cancelled in March of 2019. Luckily, the series got a second life when it was picked up by Pop and aired its shortened fourth season earlier this year. However, the luck may have run out again because One Day At a Time has been cancelled for a third time. Showrunner Gloria Calderón Kellett and many of the series’ cast are now reacting to the news of a second cancellation.

One Day At a Time just can’t catch a break. The series debuted Season 4 on Pop TV, the home of the critically lauded Schitt’s Creek, in March. However, the sitcom got a truncated season due to the Hollywood-wide production shutdowns. In October, CBS aired the series’ fourth season before it was finally cancelled a month later. While One Day At a Time’s future looks bleak right now, Gloria Calderón Kellett is still hopeful. Here’s what she wrote on Twitter:

I believe Gloria Calderón Kellett when she says she’ll go down swinging for One Day At a Time. The showrunner has been a fierce champion of the sitcom since its inception and if she and the cast and crew can get through one cancellation, I’m positive they will get through this new roadblock as well.

The good news is that the folks at Sony Pictures TV, the company that produces the series, will continue shopping One Day At a Time around to other places. Series star Ed Quinn was definitely supportive of Gloria Calderón Kellett’s endeavor, taking to Twitter to show his encouragement after the cancellation news.

Meanwhile, co-showrunner and executive producer Mike Royce was also hopeful about the show’s future, though he provided a bit more background information about why the cancellation happened over at Pop in his Twitter post. In his words:

The series potentially airing on three different outlets would certainly be a unique situation. Most series tend to land at one place — be it a network, premium cable channel, or streamer — and stay there until cancellation. One Day At a Time is certainly forging its own path right now. For series star Isabella Gomez, she loves her sitcom family no matter what. Check out what she wrote below:

Actor Stephen Tobolowsky shared his reaction to Twitter as well, though his was more of a reflection on what One Day At a Time really brought to the table as a comedy series and what made it so special to begin with. Here’s what he wrote:

The news of One Day At a Time’s cancellation at Pop comes shortly after Justina Machado ended her run as a celebrity dancer in Season 29 of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. The actress landed in fourth place with pro dancer Sasha Farber during the season finale. While Machado didn’t personally react to the news of One Day At a Time’s second cancellation, she did retweet and repost Gloria Calderón Kellett’s words to Instagram. Machado’s co-star Todd Grinnell did the same.

It’s unclear whether One Day At a Time will finally find a more stable home in the future, but I’m personally rooting for this show to win. In the meantime, viewers can watch the fourth season on Pop TV and CBS All Access, with the first three seasons still available to stream on Netflix.

For more on what to watch in the coming months, be sure to check out our fall TV premiere guide, as well as our 2021 winter and spring schedule for new and returning shows.

June is annually Pride month, which celebrates the LGBTQIA+ community, and pays homage to the generations who fought for equality in queer history. And while social distancing may affect the way the community physically celebrates Pride, there are plenty of opportunities to celebrate queer stories on television. While it's been a long process, television has been putting out some very groundbreaking stories including the queer community.

There are ten such stories which really stick out to me as the most significant, and I've listed them below. You might be surprised that Cam and Mitch from ABC's Modern Family ended up on the cutting room floor, but I chose to exclude them to highlight some lesser-known choices. (And because the comedy didn't even show them kissing or being affectionate with each other until the second season.)

The list isn't ranked, so this isn't to say that any of these same-sex television relationships is more important than the other. But they each have something to celebrate, as conversations about inclusion and visibility continue to dominate the entertainment industry. I'll be breaking down a bunch of shows, so spoiler alert for those worried about plot details.

Willow And Tara (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Before kickstarting The Avengers and infamously completing Justice League, Joss Whedon was a television man. His work on Buffy the Vampire Slayer continues to remain a part of pop culture, with the supernatural dramedy having a fiercely loyal fanbase. One of the many ways Buffy's legacy was felt was through groundbreaking depiction of a lesbian romance with Willow and Tara, played by Alyson Hannigan and Amber Benson, respectively. The two characters bonded over their shared magical abilities, with Willow's coming out as a witch mirroring her sexual revelation in Season 4.

Willow and Tara have an iconic place in television history, notable for having the first lesbian sex scene on television. The characters lifted each other up throughout the run of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, although they weren't without their rocky times as well. It's a story of trauma, self-confidence, and magic, and is one of the show's main love stories. But, Buffy is ultimately not a happy ending type of show, so their story ends in tragedy.

David and Keith (Six Feet Under)

Six Feet Under is an Emmy winning drama that aired on HBO in the early 2000's. It focuses on a deeply imperfect family (mostly) living in and running a funeral home in Los Angeles. The show's principal cast includes Dexter star Michael C. Hall as David Fisher, a closeted mortician. When the show starts he's secretly dating a police officer named Keith (Mathew St. Patrick), with both of them keeping their relationship a secret from their respective families. David and Keith's romance helps encapsulate what it was like living as a gay person in the early 2000's, and shows how sometimes positive change happens gradually.

David and Keith fight countless times throughout the series and break up, but always end up coming back together. It was a major step in visibility to see an interracial gay relationship on television, and the two grow together and start their own family throughout Six Feet Under's five seasons on the air. David's sexuality is truly at the crux of his characterization on the show, and we got to see both characters be fully fleshed out in an honest way. Plus, sometimes it's just fun to watch them fight.

Callie And Arizona (Grey's Anatomy)

There are long-running TV shows, and then there's Grey's Anatomy. The ABC medical drama just wrapped up its whopping 16th season on the air, and is showing no signs of slowing down. And while there's been countless hook ups and character pairings, a few love stories stand out among the rest. Chief among them are Callie and Arizona, played by Sara Ramirez and Jessica Capshaw. The two meet in Season 5, and the sparks were immediate. Arizona proved to be a great foil for Callie's previous girlfriend Erica Hahn, and brought a sense of light and joy to Grey's.

Callie and Arizona would navigate the complexities of being in an interracial relationship, differences in faith, and becoming parents. But the infamous Grey's plane crash put a huge divide in their relationship, with Arizona blaming her wife for amputating her leg. In the end the two wouldn't get their happy ending, with their lowest point being a vicious fight for custody over their daughter Sofia. But when they were good they were really good, and their disagreements never demonized either character. Grey's Anatomy is known for shedding a light on hot button issues, and watching Callie and Arizona, no doubt, opened some minds.

Noah and Wade (Noah's Arc)

Before introducing RuPaul's Drag Race to the world, cable network Logo was producing scripted content. Chief among them was Noah's Arc, which ran for two seasons starting in 2005, before eventually getting its own movie event. The series revolved around a group of black gay men living in Los Angeles, and prominently featured issues facing that community, including dating, same-sex parenthood, HIV and AIDS awareness, and homophobia. While there were plenty of love stories on Noah's Arc, the most significant is between Darryl Stephens' title character and Wade (Jensen Atwood).

Noah quickly falls for fellow screenwriter Wade during Noah's Arc, and eventually those feelings are reciprocated. We watch as Wade comes out as a gay man, and faces the harsh realities that can sometimes accompany that process for black men. It was extremely significant for this series to show two black men being in love and having sex during this time, as it was before television was as inclusive as it is now. What's more, we eventually got to see their wedding in the movie Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom.

Elena and Syd (One Day at a Time)

One Day at a Time is a reimagining of the '70s series of the same name, and originally aired over on Netflix before making its way to Pop. The sitcom focuses on a Cuban-American family, led by a single mother played by Justina Machado. Her daughter Elena (Isabella Gomez) goes through the coming out process throughout the show's first season, serving as a major plot point in the show's early run. Eventually she finds a love interest Syd (Sheridan Pierce), with the two bonding over their shared, politically-minded, worldview.

What makes this such a significant couple is that Syd identifies as nonbinary. One Day at a Time is great at dealing with real-world issues in an accessible way, and with plenty of laughs. Syd's identity is one great example of this, and we've watched as the Alvarez family learned and adjusted their language to properly address Elena's partner. It's another major step toward visibility for the LGBTQIA+ community, in particular nonbinary folks who may be watching the show.

Patrick and Richie (Looking)

There are certain iconic TV love stories that have continued to resonate with audiences. The Office had Jim and Pam, Cheers had Sam and Diane, and Sex and the City followed Carrie's relationship with Big. But for me, they don't hold a candle to Looking's Patrick and Richie. HBO's Looking only aired for two seasons, but I found it to be an especially powerful, joyful, and realistic look into what it's like to be gay man in modern society. Jonathan Groff's Patrick is the show's protagonist, alongside his group of friends living in San Francisco. Patrick had two different boyfriends throughout the show's run, but the fandom knew that Richie (Raúl Castillo) was endgame.

The two characters meet in Looking's first episode, and their chemistry is immediate. But, a variety of challenges stand in the way of Patrick and Richie's happiness, including issues with race and class, as well some very bad timing. When the show was cancelled after Season 2, it looked like Looking fans would never find out what happened between the two. Luckily, HBO ultimately produced a finale movie, including an especially happy ending for all the shippers out there like me.

Stef and Lena Foster (The Fosters)

The Fosters premiered in 2013 on Freeform, featuring a multi-ethnic, blended family. In addition to referencing the foster system, the show's title is actually the last name of the family's two matriarchs, Stef and Lena Foster, played by Teri Polo and Sherri Saum. The couple manages to keep their family bonded through love, and show what power and capability same-sex parents can have. Additionally, they are notable for showing an interracial lesbian relationship on television, especially on a family friendly network like Freeform.

The Fosters ended after five seasons on the network, which is an impressive run for any show. Stef and Lena showed the power of communication and empathy throughout the run, dealing with the various plot twists and dramatic turns that The Fosters portrayed. This healthy partnership no doubt affected their children, who come from different cultural backgrounds. They're a same-sex TV couple for the record books, one that no doubt helped to open minds during the show's run.

Patrick and David (Schitt's Creek)

Schitt's Creek was a sleeper hit on Pop, with the show becoming a massive hit during its last few seasons on the air. The comedy followed the lives of the formerly wealthy Rose family, who lose their money and have to live in a motel in the show's titular town. Chief among them was David Rose, played by creator/writer/showrunner Dan Levy. David and his family slowly learn to grow, with David having his first adult relationship after meeting Patrick (Noah Reid).

This relationship is notable because it's never met with any real strife. While they sometimes have their struggles, and Patrick actually comes out throughout the course of Schitt's Creek, there's never any hate or cruelty on the series. Additionally, David's characterization made history for representing the pansexual experience, with the character explaining what his identity means in simple terms that can help educate audiences. Finally, Schitt's Creek's final season was centered around David and Patrick's wedding, with images of the two men kissing being prominently featured in billboards. This made history in terms of visibility, and put the show's message of love and acceptance front and center.

Nomi and Amanita (Sense8)

The Matrix visionaries, The Wachowskis, went to streaming with their sci-fi Netflix series Sense8. The show focused on a group of characters around the world, whose minds, feelings, and thoughts are connected. The show was celebrated for its extremely diverse cast, which included a few notable same-sex relationships. But, perhaps the most significant is Nomi and Amanita, played by Jamie Clayton and Freema Agyeman respectively. Throughout Sense8's two seasons and final movie event, the characters showed a never ending devotion for each other, despite the chaos constantly surrounding Nomi's cluster.

Nomi and Amanita's love is a powerful one, with Lana Wachowski and company prominently featuring an interracial, trans love story. The pair's differences are what make them such a strong couple, as they advocate for each other and display fierce loyalty. While every member of Nomi's cluster has their own love interest(s), she and Amanita are never really separated throughout the show's events. What's more, the Sense8 movie ultimately ends with their marriage... and a telepathic orgy. If you watch the show you get it.

Sol And Robert (Grace and Frankie)

One of Netflix's first original programs is the comedy Grace and Frankie, which premiered back in 2015. Starring legends Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, the show has already run for a whopping 6 seasons on the streaming service. It follows its title characters, who are forced to support each other once their husbands leave them both, due to their secret love affair. Said husbands are Sol and Robert, played by the great Sam Waterston and Martin Sheen, respectively.

While Sol and Robert are originally the villains from Grace and Frankie's perspective of the events, their portrayal on the show is still largely positive. Their relationship shows something that is rarely portrayed onscreen: LGBTQIA+ people who come out later in life. Sol and Robert weren't able to live their truth until their third act, and are shown navigating through the queer community. They also have a healthy sex life at their age, something that is often missing in popular media. And while Sam Waterson and Martin Sheen are not queer themselves, seeing such legendary actors portraying the roles comes with the possibility of opening a few minds for Netflix subscribers.

This is obviously not a complete list of every single major same-sex couple in TV history, but shows the duos that I find the most ground-breaking and important. Did I miss some of your favorite onscreen couples? Let us know in the comments below. Be sure to check out our summer premiere list to plan your next binge watch.

Any way you look at, few film franchises have been as successful in recent years as Transformers, which Michael Bay kicked off. Since 2007, we have seen six total films in the Transformers franchise, and those six films have grossed nearly $5 billion worldwide. It's the sort of money-printing film series that you expect to keep going until the heat death of the universe for the success that it has had. And yet, we haven't seen a main entry in the film series since 2017, and exactly what the future of Transformers on the big screen is far from clear right now.

There will be new Transformers movies; that's not really a question. But that piece of information is about all we know for sure. Many of the details are clouded in mystery. There was a time when we knew what to expect from Transformers, but today we have far more questions than we have answers. With that in mind, are the biggest questions we have about the future of the Transformers franchise.

Which Announced Transformers Project Will We See First?

The problem with Transformers right now as a franchise isn't that we don't know where it's going, but rather that it seems to be going in several different directions at once. In fact, there are no less than three types of Transformers movies that are in some form of development right now. In January, we were told that there were two different projects on the horizon. One was an adaptation of the Beast Wars side of Transformers, which sees the robots in disguise transform into animals rather than vehicles. The other potentially was set in the same universe as Bumblebee, the last live-action movie we saw.

Then in April, it was revealed that Toy Story 4 director Josh Cooley had been poached from Pixar to work on an animated Transformers "prequel" film. Even more recently, we were told that a new Transformers film is currently slated for release on June 24, 2022. However, we don't which of the various projects is the one that's expected to land on that date. It's even possible the date is being held for yet another project that hasn't been revealed.

Will We Ever See A Proper Sequel To The Michael Bay Movies?

If there's a single question that shows just how far the Transformers film franchise has come, it's this one. There was a time when the answer to this was an obvious yes. And yet, it's been almost three years since Transformers: The Last Knight, and none of the talk about future films seems to be about Transformers 6. The film was on Paramount's schedule for 2019, but before the release of Bumblebee, it was pulled off the calendar has never returned.

The Last Knight certainly ended with an expectation that another movie would follow to answer its lingering questions. In fact, several more movies in the main franchise were planned once upon a time, but now it's far from clear if we will ever see them. It seems likely that if one of the forthcoming Transformers projects was planned to continue the main franchise, that fact would be promoted since it would likely jumpstart excitement in the franchise again.

Will We Ever Get a Bumblebee Sequel?

If the question regarding a sequel to the main Transformers franchise is without an answer, then what about a sequel to the last Transformers movie we got, the spinoff movie Bumblebee? That was a prequel to the main series and also, potentially, a soft reboot that could have taken the franchise in a new direction. Director Travis Knight said he had ideas for a sequel if he was given the chance to make one, so there's at least some interest there.

Of course, when it comes to box office, Bumblebee didn't set the world on fire. It did well at the box office, to be sure, but it wasn't anywhere close to what the main franchise had done even at its previous lowest point. The fact that Bumblebee was the best reviewed film in the franchise didn't seem to help matters. One of the reported Transformers projects in development is said to take place within the "Bumblebee universe," but it's not being called a sequel. That would seem to make the odds of such a movie less likely, but who knows for sure?

Is Michael Bay Really Done With Transformers?

When Michael Bay finished Transformers: The Last Knight, he told us he was done with the franchise and would not be directing the next movie. The thing is, this wasn't the first time he had said he was done making Transformers movies. Originally, Bay had no plans to make that movie either, but he eventually changed his mind. So knowing that, can we be 100% certain that he won't be back?

It would be far from shocking if Michael Bay was a little tired of making movies about giant robots after the first four, nevermind five, but he made them the first time around for some reason. He must have liked doing it enough to keep returning. And the fact that the franchise is in the middle of a break might be a good thing. Bay has made several other films in recent years, so maybe it's possible to entice him back now that he's had some time away. It seems quite likely that Bay's involvement would help the franchise as a whole. It might be what's needed to give the green light Transformers 6.

Could We See Previous Transformers Actors Returning?

Whether we call a future live-action Transformers movie a sequel, a spinoff, a reboot or something else, the possibility of a future movie tying into the existing franchise is almost a necessity in order to keep the fan base that made the previous films so successful from ignoring future installments. But how will we see that work?

Shia LeBeouf has certainly made his peace with Transformers and seems unlikely to return. Mark Wahlberg, who took over the role of franchise lead following LeBeouf's exit, was always planning to leave after The Last Knight even before the sequel was shelved. John Cena and Hailee Steinfeld have both expressed willingness to reprise their roles from Bumblebee, but that only really works in a movie that's chronologically located close in time to that movie, as Bumblebee takes place decades prior to the main films. The one place where we might see continuity is in voice acting. Peter Cullen is the voice of Optimus Prime, and it's hard to imagine anybody else taking on that role.

Will We Ever See The Transformers/G.I. Joe Crossover?

If you're a child of the '80s whose tastes ran to action-adventure in your toys and cartoons, then you were likely a fan of both Transformers and G.I. Joe. Since both were Hasbro toy lines, they've always been linked together and have even met each other in the pages of comic books. But every once in a while, the idea of seeing them join forces on the big screen pops up. So is there any possibility this could happen?

While there have apparently been actual attempts to make it happen in the past, it largely seems like this one is a pipe dream that will never really happen. The timing never seems to be right. At the same time, the G.I. Joe franchise is also looking to find its footing with a new film as well, and as long as there are fans of both Transformers and G.I. Joe, it seems unlikely this idea will ever truly die. So maybe someday.

Do Enough People Still Care About Transformers?

Of course, all these other questions could be moot depending on the answer to another: is the audience still there? The last Transformers movie was, for whatever reason, the lowest performing at the worldwide box office. Maybe that's simply because it was a spinoff that didn't include major fan favorite characters, or maybe it's just because the franchise isn't as popular as it once was. Transformers: The Last Knight also saw the lowest box office take of the main series.

With so many major franchises competing for audience attention, we can't follow all of them with dedication. Is anybody truly dying to see Transformers 6 or Bumblebee 2? I'm not saying nobody cares, but it's unclear if Transformers will truly continue to be the billion dollar franchise it once was, even if the major blockbusters of years past actually happen.

With a new Transformers movie of one kind or another planned for just over two years away, we can be sure that some of our questions about the franchise will start to be answered. Will we see a continuation of the stories and characters that have already been created, or will something new take its place? Of course, depending on what comes next and how successful it is at the box office, we could find ourselves back in this same place once again asking these very same questions.

I love Stephen King. I mean, who doesn’t? The man is not only a thrilling writer, but also a pop culture icon, with many of his stories getting the big screen treatment. But out of all of his most famous works, (It, The Stand, The Shawshank Redemption, the list goes on and on) my all-time favorite work of his will always be The Dark Tower series, which also had a movie in 2017, but, well, let’s not talk about that right now.

But let’s talk about the amazing book series instead. Comprised of 8 novels (and one novella), The Dark Tower tells the story of a gunslinger named Roland Deschain as he makes his way to the dark tower, which is said to connect all universes. Along the way, he forms a “Ka-tet” (just a fancy word for a group) and they go on the journey together. But what’s even more interesting about the Dark Tower series is that it’s a nexus point between many other Stephen King stories, creating a sort of multiverse long before the MCU began. That said, some books are definitely better than others, and that’s what I’m here to discuss today. So, come on, hurry up. We gotta go. Because we all follow the beam.

8. The Gunslinger (Dark Tower Book #1)

The very first book in the series is, in my opinion, also the very worst. The story introduces us to Roland Deschain, the last surviving member of gunslingers, and he’s on the hunt for the Man in Black, who you may also know from the book, The Stand. Along the way, Roland meets up with a boy named Jake Chambers, who would become a prominent figure in the later stories.

But honestly, this book bored me to tears. As far as introductions go, it just kind of meanders. Its plot moves, but it somehow feels stagnant at the same time. I honestly would have given up on the series entirely if one of my friends didn’t tell me that it gets better. Thankfully, it does, but this is not a great introduction.

7. Song of Susannah (Dark Tower Book #6)

Song of Susannah is usually placed dead last on many people’s list of books in the series, and I understand why. It’s relatively short when compared with the preceding book, and the subsequent novel, so it kind of just feels like an afterthought. There’s also a lot of jumping between characters as the Ka-tet is split up into different locations. Susannah is somewhat bound inside her own head by a demon named Mia, and Jake, Oy the bumbler and Father Callahan (Of ‘Salem’s Lot fame) are on a journey to save her. This is in present day. Meanwhile, Roland and Eddie Dean are away in Maine back in the ‘70s, and yeah, it’s not the cleanest narrative.

But I really think this book suffers because it mostly feels like a bridge between two other stories, and doesn’t really solidify itself as its own real narrative. It’s not a terrible book, but it’s not one that I look back upon fondly.

6. The Wind Through the Keyhole (Dark Tower Book #4.5)

Okay, so The Wind Through the Keyhole is a strange one. It’s the last book that was written in the series, coming out in 2012, but it’s chronologically nestled between Wizard and Glass and The Wolves of Calla. But at the same time, it’s not really a novel as it's a series of stories, and it’s also really just Roland telling his Ka-tet these tales as they wait out a storm. That’s why it’s technically considered book 4.5. I really like it, but like Song of Susannah, it also feels more like an afterthought than a fully fleshed out addition.

That said, the short stories are really good. There’s one about a shapeshifter, which leads to another story (a story WITHIN a story) about Roland’s childhood, and then it goes back to the shapeshifter stuff, and then it’s back to the Ka-tet and the storm. It’s fun stuff, but in the end, it doesn’t really feel necessary.

5. The Dark Tower (Dark Tower Book #7)

The final book in the series is actually really divisive. Some people love how the series ends, and others hate it. I’m kind of in the middle. The story mainly centers on its chief antagonist, the Crimson King, and the baby that sprang forth from Susannah in Song of Susannah. It also—I kid you not—concerns the characters saving Stephen King’s life before he’s hit by the van that almost killed him in real life.

A lot of the key characters die (or do they?), and the final battle with the Crimson King is pretty weak. But what really riles fans is its ending, where Stephen King even warns readers not to read it. I won’t spoil it for you just in case you haven’t read the series yet, but I’ll just say that Stephen King really does take to heart that this story should be circular. And that’s both a plus and a minus for me in this case.

4. The Waste Lands (Dark Tower Book #3)

The Waste Lands is what some consider to be the last truly great book in the series. It involves all the characters we met in Book 2—Eddie Dean and Susannah—and we also meet up with a “billy-bumbler” named Oy. This is the book where the beams play a major role in the story, as all people serve the beams, which are what ultimately lead to the Dark Tower itself. There’s some world jumping with keys, and probably one of the strangest characters in the entire series in a talking train named Blaine the Mono (Blaine is a pain!) that challenges the Ka-tet to riddles.

This book also introduces Shardik, which is a cyborg bear. Oh, and also the title character in Richard Adams’ second novel. So this was the first book that King really started pulling from a lot of different outside sources. And it wouldn’t be the last, either. I love this book because it gets really weird, but still stays focused on the journey. A great time all around.

3. Wizard and Glass (Dark Tower Book #4)

Some fans really hate Wizard and Glass, but I consider it a high point in the series. Instead of moving forward, Wizard and Glass goes way back to Roland’s formative years. This book is kind of similar to The Wind Through the Keyhole in that it’s Roland telling a story within the actual story, but this book feels essential to the series since we learn so much about Roland’s history.

We also meet up with two awesome new characters in Cuthbert Allgood and Alain Johns. The eventual story is tragic, but it ultimately reveals a lot about the man we’ve been following for the past three novels. And this is why I love Wizard and Glass. It feels necessary and expands upon the lore in a major way. I probably wouldn’t love the series as much as I do if not for this book.

2. Wolves of the Calla (Dark Tower Book #5)

Okay, so this is usually the book where a lot of readers just totally give up on the series, and I get it. This book is absolutely bonkers. I mean, I don’t even know how to explain the plot. In a nutshell, The Ka-tet are being followed, and they find out that it’s by this group that call themselves Wolves. And then Roland and his Ka-tet fight the Wolves, but they’re not really wolves at all. They’re actually robots. And not just any robots, but robots that look like Dr. Doom (yes, from Marvel comics). Oh, and they also battle with lightsabers and the snitches from Harry Potter. I remember reading this book on a plane and rubbing my head wondering if I was reading all of this correctly. And Stephen King also throws himself in the story for good measure, because why not?

But while a lot of fans can’t stand how crazy this story got, it actually intrigued me all the more for how audacious it all was. Because this is by far the craziest book in the series, and for that reason, I adore it. Have you ever heard of peak Nic Cage? Well, this is peak Stephen King, and by God. I love it.

1. The Drawing of the Three (Dark Tower Book #2)

Not only is The Drawing of the Three my favorite Dark Tower novel. It’s also my favorite Stephen King novel of all time. It all just works. We meet Eddie Dean and Susannah, Roland gets his fingers bitten off by a “lobstrosity” and the stakes never let up. In this book, Roland finds multiple doors to New York into different time periods, and he goes on little adventures through each door.

Honestly, this is really the start of the series for me since it creates a true mythology and introduces the time hopping element that would become so crucial to the rest of the series. It’s tightly written, and I can’t find any faults with it. It’s just too good.

But what are your thoughts? Have you read the Dark Tower series? And if so, what are your favorite books and why? I’d love to hear your thoughts. And remember. Don't comment with your hand. Whoever comments with their hand has forgotten the face of their father. Comment with your heart.

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It's always sad for fans when a beloved show comes to the end of its road, and the same has certainly been true for audiences who've enjoyed Pop TV's wackily sweet comedy, Schitt's Creek. The series was in Season 5 last year when co-creators, co-stars and father / son team Eugene and Dan Levy announced that Season 6 would be their last. But, we know now that showrunner Dan Levy had an idea from the start of just how things should wrap up for the oddball Rose family.

During the Television Critics Association winter press tour, CinemaBlend's own Nick Venable was in attendance when Dan and Eugene Levy, and their co-stars on Schitt's Creek, Annie Murphy and Catherine O’Hara, spoke about the show and its last season. When they were was asked if they stuck to a plan they already had in mind for the ending or came up with it as they went along, Dan Levy replied:

As a fan, when you hear one of your favorite shows is ending, it's always good to know two things. First of all, that the showrunner and writers knew they were going into the final season so that they had time to craft an ending that really honors the story and, if possible, the audience who've been watching all along. Secondly, it's also really good to hear that a vision for the end was already in place before said ending was a firm reality. According to what Dan Levy told the folks at TCA, both were the case with Schitt's Creek.

As Levy explained, what this means is that, over the previous five seasons, he's been able to guide the show and its characters to places in their lives that make the ending totally fitting. Nothing should seem like it's coming out of left field when we get to that very last episode, and that's a good thing.

Dan Levy also noted that the finale will, indeed, mostly stick to what he's envisioned for Schitt's Creek all along, with only about an 80/20 split between what he had already wanted to do and the "magic" that came up as he and his team were crafting the finale.

Dan Levy also spoke about the "extraordinary cast" and how "embedded" they are in their characters, and while that sounds very serious and maybe not like it would be the funniest thing to watch, it is certainly true about Schitt's Creek.

The series focuses on the Rose family, dad and former video rental magnate Johnny (Eugene Levy), former soap opera star and mom Moira (Catherine O'Hara) and their spoiled adult children Alexis (Annie Murphy) and David (Dan Levy). When all of the family's fortune is lost because of their business manager, the Roses lose everything and move to the tiny town, Schitt's Creek, that Johnny bought as a joke gift for David several decades prior.

Of course, as the series goes on we get to see the Roses come to terms with their new lot in life as they begin to make a new way for themselves while adjusting to the weird characters they find in this small town. One of the underlying questions the show has always held, though, is whether or not Johnny, Moira, David and Alexis, who have all strengthened connections with the town and the people in it, will eventually leave to try and reclaim their former, more fabulous lives, or stay put and settle into small town living.

While this question hasn't been a focus of Schitt's Creek since the first season, Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara believe that fans will be satisfied by how things turn out:

Good to know! While we will find out whether or not some (or all) of the Rose family stays in Schitt's Creek by the end (and the final season trailer certainly seems to promote that idea), Dan Levy noted that this plotline wasn't necessarily the biggest deal for him when thinking about the show.

Well, Schitt's Creek viewers can attest to the fact that, in many ways, the Roses have done a lot to reset during their time in the town. The only question we need to have answered now, is whether or not they take their new attitudes and settle somewhere else. We'll just have to wait and see.

We don't have long to get the answers to all of our burning Schitt's Creek questions, either, as the 14-episode sixth and final season is airing right now. For more on what you can watch in the coming weeks, check out our 2020 winter / spring premiere guide and Netflix premiere schedule!

Who doesn't love Jackie Chan? The martial arts actor, stunt choreographer, producer, director, singer and man of all trades has been kicking ass and taking names for decades, and his success didn't happen overnight. It took a lot of hard work and persistence for Jackie Chan to become so famous.

So, how did Jackie become Jackie Chan? As it turns out, the actor/director has been in the entertainment business for almost his whole life. It was a combination of skill, talent, luck and unfathomable dedication to his craft that resulted in Jackie Chan becoming such a major martial arts phenomena.

Over the course of 65 years, Jackie Chan went from a child actor to one of the most famous men in Hong Kong's history. Let's take a look at Jackie Chan's legacy, and we'll discover the ways in which the veteran martial arts artist extraordinaire became the beloved, revered personality he is today.

Early Life And Child Actor Status

On April 7th, 1954 in Hong Kong, Jackie Chan was born Chan Kong-sang. He was the son of two Chinese Civil War refugees. Even from a young age, young Chan had a wealth of energy. Nicknamed Pao-pao, which translates to "Cannonball," he was always on the move and always rolling around. It appears that some things in life simply don't change. During his formative years, Chan lived near the French ambassador in Hong Kong, for whom his parents worked, in the Victoria Peak district. It was at the young age of five that Chan found himself in his first film, 1962's Big and Little Wong Tin Bar.

Throughout the following years, Jackie Chan appeared in small parts in films like The Love Eterne and Come Drink With Me. He also appeared in the film A Touch Of Zen, where the young actor signed Chu Mu's Great Earth Film Company. But during his film experience, Jackie Chan also worked hard as a student. Jackie Chan's first formative years of martial arts training came when the child was sent to the China Drama Academy, which is a Peking Opera School where Chan trained vigorously for the next decade. In addition to excelling in martial arts, the athlete was also a well-trained acrobatic.

It did not take long before Jackie Chan became part of the Seven Little Fortunes, which is a performance group made from talented students inside the school. It was during this period in his life that Chan Kong-sang earned his first stage name, Yuen Lo, in homage to his master. He would go on to study other forms of martial arts, including Karate, Judo, Taekwondo and Jeet Kune Do. He also continued to push himself as an on-screen performer.

Stunt Work and Early Lead Roles

At the age of 17, Chan Kong-sang worked as a stuntman for a pair of Bruce Lee pictures, Fist Of Fury and Enter The Dragon. There is a good chance you've heard of that latter one before. During his work on these celebrated films, Jackie Chan worked under the alias Chan Yuen Lung. It was later that year that Jackie Chan earned his first starring role in Little Tiger of Canton. The film only had a limited release in 1973. It was a bit of a rough patch for Jackie Chan shortly after that.

Having trouble finding stunt work, and due to the commercial failure of his earlier films, Jackie Chan starred in the adult comedy, All in the Family, in 1975. It was the only film that featured Jackie Chan not performing a single fight or stunt scene. It was also the first time Jackie Chan did a nude scene. In 1976, Jackie Chan briefly attended college at Dickson College, but that tenure didn't last long. Chan soon became a construction worker, where he earned the nickname of "Little Jack." Over time, it became "Jackie." While he didn't stay in the construction business, the nickname obviously stuck.

Things were starting to turn around for Jackie Chan. Later that year, Jackie Chan received a telegram from Willie Chan, who was a film producer in the Hong Kong film industry. He was impressed by Jackie Chan's stunt work, as you would imagine most people would be, and he offered him a film role. He was hoping to model Jackie Chan after Bruce Lee, and he gave him the film New Fist Of Fury. He went by the name Sing Lung, which translates to "becoming a dragon." Literally.

Evidently, Jackie Chan wasn't fully accustomed to Bruce Lee's expert level of fighting, and New Fist Of Fury was also a financial flop. However, Willie Chan was not deterred. He continued to produce films for Chan in this vein, but none of them made much of an impact at the box office or for movie lovers. Then, in 1978 Chan finally got a hit. After several attempts at making a name for himself, he found success with Snake in the Eagle's Shadow.

The Early Days Of Jackie Chan's Fame

Under a two-picture deal, Jackie Chan had a one-two punch with Snake In the Eagle's Shadow and Drunken Master later that same year. The films were successful for two very key reasons. One, Jackie Chan was given complete freedom when it came to his stunt work, finally letting him excel in his own specific way. Two, the films also established a comedic kung fu genre, which was considered refreshing for movie audiences at this time in Hong Kong. While Snake In The Eagle's Shadow was definitely profitable, it was ultimately Drunken Master that pushed Jackie Chan to stardom.

It was around this time that Jackie Chan made his directorial debut with The Fearless Hyena. It was clear that Jackie Chan was growing, and it was time for him to change things around. He began to work with Golden Harvest, a transition that didn't come easily from his former collaborator Lo Wei, but he continued to work with Willie Chan, who became Jackie's personal manager and firm friend, something that stayed true for over 30 years.

It was around this time that Jackie Chan became an international celebrity. In the 1980s, Jackie Chan appeared in American productions like The Big Brawl and The Cannonball Run in 1980 and 1981, respectively. It was through the latter film that Chan became inspired to include outtakes during the credits. There were a couple attempts by Jackie Chan to break big in the American market. Yet he decided to return to Hong Kong.

It was there where Jackie Chan's fame continue to excel, notably in East Asia, with hit movies such as The Young Master and Dragon Lord. It was during these big movies, in particular, that Chan's action style was evolving, with the actor/stunt choreographer incorporating more elaborate stunts.

It was around this time that Jackie Chan was propelling himself to make the movies that would define his career forever. These iconic movies would include Project A, Police Story and Armour of God, all of which were critically acclaimed, big commercial successes and award-winning productions.

Continued Success And Hollywood Breakthrough

By this point in time, Jackie Chan was a bonafide movie star. In the late '80s and early '90s, Jackie Chan would go on to make sequels to some of his biggest movies, which continued to propel their legacies. Those movies include Project A Part II, Police Story 2, Armour of God II: Operation Condor and Police Story 3: Super Cop. He also made Drunken Master II and Police Story 4: First Strike. These movies continued to make Jackie Chan both an award-winning actor/filmmaker and a big box office sensation. But these hit movies weren't making Jackie Chan a huge name in the United States yet.

Well, that would change soon enough. Jackie Chan was finally getting the attention he deserved from Hollywood producers, but the actor refused to be typecast into the villain roles he was being offered. It was when Chan appeared in 1995's Rumble in the Bronx that he found his early success in Hollywood. The movie found a cult following in the U.S. that was considered rare for Hong Kong movie stars. Rumble in the Bronx's warm response led to Police Story 3's U.S. release, where it was retitled Supercop. Then, Chan became a Hollywood star with 1998's Rush Hour, a buddy cop movie he starred in alongside Chris Tucker.

Jackie Chan's Megastar Status

From there, Jackie Chan was everywhere. A huge celebrity all around the world, the actor made his final movie with Golden Harvest, titled Who Am I? The actor was putting himself and his name in a variety of projects, including movies, video games, animated shows and more. His Hollywood success was also continuing with 2000's Shanghai Noon and its sequel, 2003's Shanghai Knights. He also found a great deal of fame with 2001's Rush Hour 2.

It was around this time that Jackie Chan tried some new movies, allowing himself to make movies with special effects like 2002's The Tuxedo, 2002's The Medallion and 2004's Around the World in 80 Days remake. These particular movies didn't quite capture the same commercial or critical success, but it was clear that by this point in time, Jackie Chan was in the height of his fame, He was considered "the most recognized star in the world" film scholar Andrew Willis in his book, Film Stars: Hollywood and Beyond, which was released in 2004.

While Jackie Chan was still a major celebrity and a true bonafide movie star, he was seemingly dissatisfied with the restrictions that Hollywood was giving him. He felt the roles were limited and he was frustrated by the lack of creative control he found in his Hollywood projects. Also, as he was getting older, Jackie Chan had more interest his pursuing dramatic roles, particularly as he felt it was time to do less physically-intensive roles. It was also clear that there were audiences willing to see Chan push himself as a dramatic performer, with movies like New Police Story, The Myth and Rob-B-Hood doing well.

Jackie Chan would continue to make Hollywood productions from time-to-time. He made Rush Hour 3 in 2007, and he made The Forbidden Kingdom with Jet Li in 2008. He also provided his voice for a role to Kung Fu Panda 1-3. But it was with The Karate Kid remake in 2010 that American audiences were first given a chance to see Jackie Chan's dramatic potential. This potential was seen more recently with Chan's lead role in 2017's The Foreigner.

From here, Jackie Chan has continued to work, but he's also experimenting with different projects he has in the works. He is currently in post-production on his latest film, The Diary, which he wrote and directed yet does not star in. This is extremely rare for Jackie Chan as a director, but it was clear that Chinese Zodiac, his 2012 film, was considered a bit of a last hurrah in terms of his stint as an action-comedy lead and director. While he still continues to make movies as an actor and he still does some projects behind-the-scenes, it's apparent that Chan is focusing on different efforts currently.

Thankfully, Jackie Chan is still keeping busy. He will next be seen in Project X-Traction, which is a big blockbuster that also stars John Cena. He also has other movies in the work in addition to the movies mentioned above. Also, it's worth noting that Jackie Chan recently received an Oscar for his Lifetime Achievements in the world of moviemaking. In my opinion, it's well-deserved. Hopefully, we haven't seen the last of Jackie Chan. It's clear that this incredible work ethic, mixed with talent, luck, skill and persistence, led to Chan's enormous success and good fortune — both here and abroad.

When it comes to the latest films with Jackie Chan and a whole lot more, you can always be sure to check back with us here at CinemaBlend.

Last week, there were many folks online who made a quizzical discovery: Jeremy Renner is a musician. Or, at least, he's trying to start the fire on his music career. Having already proven himself as an actor — to much acclaim, including two Oscar nominations — in independent films and gigantic blockbusters, there's no doubt that Renner is a proven talent in the dramatic field. As a musician, though, The Hurt Locker actor has a lot to prove.

But Jeremy Renner is not alone in his musical ambitions. Indeed, there are several famous actors, including Keanu Reeves and Robert Downey Jr., who have pushed themselves into the music scene — either as a side project or in the hopes that their good fortunes in the acting world will extend into the music scene, to mixed results. They're both artistic endeavors, after all. With that in mind, let's break down some famous actors you might not know are also musicians. Or, at least, they're trying to be.

Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr. hasn't always had a stable career, but he has found enormous success in the world of acting. Particularly with his Oscar-nominated portrayal of Charlie Chaplin in 1992's Chaplin, his Oscar-nominated supporting turn in Tropic Thunder and, obviously, his grand-standing achievement playing Tony Stark in Iron Man, the man who is largely responsible for making the Marvel Cinematic Universe what it is today (along with some others). So it's safe to say that Downey Jr. is a beloved and well-acclaimed actor, but his musical ambitions shouldn't be overlooked.

Of course, there are many television viewers who remember Robert Downey Jr.'s music-making during his time on Ally McBeal, but the famous actor also released an album titled The Futurist, which shouldn't be confused with his 2008 drama, The Soloist. The album was released in 2004, one year after the release of his 2003 film, The Singing Detective. The Futurist didn't get an entirely warm response, garnering mixed reviews from critics. But it sold 16,000 copies during its first week. Alas, this record would be his only released album.

In 2006, Robert Downey Jr. confessed that he had no desire to make another album, claiming that the energy required to make more music probably wouldn't be compensated in full. He felt it would be better to spend that time with his family and focusing on his acting career. But if you're a fan of his acting, you might've heard the song "Broken" from this album. It played during the credits of Downey Jr.'s excellent 2005 film, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

Keanu Reeves

Back in the early days of Keanu Reeves, around the time he became one half of Bill and Ted, Keanu Reeves was in a band. More specifically, in 1991, Reeves found himself with a choice encounter with Robert Mailhouse in a supermarket, where they bonded over hockey and soon formed the band Dogstar, where Reeves played the bass and provided backing voices for the grunge group. The band, unfortunately, just wasn't meant to be.

While Dogstar released two albums together, including 1996's Our Little Visionary, which was only distributed in Japan, and 2000's Happy Ending, as well as the 1996 EP Quattro Formaggi, the band was ultimately overshadowed by Keanu Reeves' presence. That's not to suggest that he had a huge ego or anything. Rather, it was hard for the band to tour their music when concertgoers would only look at Keanu Reeves as an actor playing music.

In an interview with GQ to promote his latest movie, John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, Keanu Reeves reflected back on his time with Dogstar and he admitted that he was disappointed with how it went down. Though, cuttingly, he also noted that it "would have helped if our band was better." Ouch!

Keanu Reeves and Robert Mailhouse went on to form another band, Becky, in 2005, but that one didn't last much longer. It was only a year when the band was split up, with Reeves not very interested in making a serious music career. But here's a fun fact: Weezer's first gig was opening for Dogstar!

Ryan Gosling

People have been acquainted with Ryan Gosling's singing before. Whether it's Gosling's pipes whistling in La La Land or Baby Ryan Gosling singing his heart out in The Mickey Mouse Club, the actor's wealth of fans know that the guy likes to sing from time-to-time. But they might not know that he is also an actual musician — if often between various acting roles. Specifically, Gosling is one-half of the indie gothic folks duo band, Dead Man's Bones.

As it turns out, Ryan Gosling's music project relates to Disney. In 2005, Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields discovered a mutual obsession with the Disneyland ride, The Haunted Mansion. This led both musicians to have a history with ghosts, and this fascination led to an interesting band. The rock duo has been together since 2007, but they've only produced one album together, 2009's self-titled debut, Dead Man's Bones, which was a collaboration with the Silverlake Conservatory Children's Choir.

Ryan Gosling wears a lot of hats inside the band. In addition to leading his voice, the actor also plays guitar, bass, piano and keyboard. If you didn't know it was him, though, there is possibly a reason why. Ryan Gosling goes under the name "Baby Goose" when he's playing music with the band. But while the band is still together and occasionally active, they've only released the one album so far. Clearly, the actor has kept very busy.

With Dead Man's Bones the ten year anniversary coming up in October, one has to wonder if they'll make another album sometime soon. But time will ultimately tell when it comes to that. Nevertheless, Dead Man's Bones does play a big role in recent horror movie history. The song "In The Room Where You Sleep" was featured in 2013's The Conjuring.

Scarlett Johansson

Much like her Avengers co-stars Robert Downey Jr. and Jeremy Renner, Scarlett Johansson is also something of a musician herself. The actress has sung in a number of her movies, including Lost in Translation, The Nanny Diaries, Her and The Jungle Book, to name a handful. However,there are many movie fans who might not know that Johansson has also produced two albums, as well as four EPs, though they have not been very well-received.

In 2008, Scarlett Johansson released her first album, Anywhere I Lay My Head, which included collaborations with members of Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the late David Bowie. The album is unique in that it contains four songs written by Tom Waits, six songs written by Tom Waits and his wife, Kathleen Brennan, and one original composition, which was written by Scarlett Johansson and David Andrew Sitek. The album received mixed reviews, but it did receive moderate commercial success.

The following year, Scarlett Johansson released her second album, Break Up, which was made in collaboration with Peter Yorn. This album was recorded in 2006, but it wasn't released until after both Johansson and Yorn released their solo albums. Johansson considered it a time-capsule of her life at that time, but the reviews weren't quite as kind. The response was, once again, mixed. Break Up was certified platinum in France, however.

Scarlett Johansson would release an EP with Peter Yorn called Live At KCRW.com in 2009. Most recently, the musician released the EP Apart in 2018. Before these two EPs, she also released Rhapsody Originals and Live Session in 2008, respectively. Evidently,Johansson's music career never caught the same attention as her acting, but she continues to make music, and it doesn't sound like the mixed response to her work has kept her away from it.

Brie Larson

Nowadays, Brie Larson is an Academy Award-winning actress best known for her work in Short Term 12, The Spectacular Now, Room and Captain Marvel, to name a few films. But there was a point early in her career where Larson had ambitions of being the next big teen pop star sensation.

Evidently, while the actress has found enormous success in the dramatic arts, her music career didn't quite pick up the same steam. Her only album to date is the 2005 release, Finally Out Of P.E., which focused on the life and times of a teenage girl trying to make it through the hassles of living. It's very apparent that Brie Larson was trying to mimic her music career in the style of fellow former teen pop stars like Avril Lavigne. This album, while squeaky clean earnest, didn't exactly turn the actress into a major music sensation, even though she filmed some music videos and clearly made an effort.

Thankfully, Brie Larson found a great deal of success in the world of acting, and it didn't take long before she set aside her music ambitions. It's always discouraging to see someone leave their music dreams behind, but Larson still made it big in the world of entertainment. So there's no need to mourn.

Jeff Goldblum

While Jeff Goldblum is world-renowned as an actor, his bluesy music career has been building some solid acclaim throughout the years. Since 2014, the actor's jazz band, The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, have been performing weekly shows in both New York City and Los Angeles, to much acclaim. It didn't take long, particularly with the actor's notoriety, for the lively music performances to pick up notice, most notably within the past couple years.

In 2018, Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra released their first album, The Capitol Studios Sessions, which is a live collection of tracks that feature both Goldblum musical talents on the piano as well as his charming banter with the audience. Clearly, it's hard not to be swooned by Mr. Goldblum, and the album is a fun, upbeat, soulful and loungey album that really captures the spirit and warm personality of its lead actor/musician.

This past fall, I had the privilege of hearing Jeff Goldblum and his band perform a live musical concert at West Homestead, the actor's hometown. It was definitely a joyful, intoxicating experience, particularly with Goldlbum's charisma radiating off-the-charts when he's in person, not merely on the screen. Alas, he is an actor first and foremost. This musical ambition is an active part of his life, but he is famous for acting and being a living meme.

Robert Pattinson

While Robert Pattinson has gained a lot of notice for his acting work, he has been a musician for just as long — if not longer. He plays the guitar and the piano, but more than that, he also composes his own music. He has held an interest in music since early in life, and he has been making music for nearly as long as he has been acting, even though he doesn't get as much attention for his musical work as he does for performing in big and small films.

Nevertheless, if you're a Twilight fan, you probably heard a song or two from Robert Pattinson. He is the singer of two songs on the Twilight soundtrack, specifically "Never Think" and "Let Me Sign." Additionally, Pattinson played the guitar on the Death Grips song, "Birds," back in 2013.

Additionally, Robert Pattinson did a good bit of singing in the underrated 2008 dramedy How To Be, and he made three original songs for the movie. He also helped with the music for his recent film, Damsel, which is also underrated. Additionally, he made some music for High Life, specifically "Willow" which he collaborated with Tindersticks. Even though he mostly keeps himself busy as an actor, it's clear that music plays a big role for him.

There are other actors who dabble in the world of music. For instance, there's also Johnny Depp, Zooey Deschanel, Kevin Costner, Russell Crowe, and Bruce Willis. They've all tried their hand at music, to mixed results, throughout the years. One thing should be made clear: Jeremy Renner is not alone here.

One Day at a Time was a critically-acclaimed family sitcom that earned a loyal fanbase over its three seasons on Netflix, but that didn't stop the streaming giant from axing it earlier this year. As weeks and months passed without news of a revival at Netflix or rescue elsewhere, One Day at a Time seemed done for good. Well, no more! The show is being revived at another network: Pop. Check out the announcement!

One Day at a Time will return with a fourth season on the CBS-owned Pop that will run for 13 episodes. No precise premiere date has been announced just yet, but it will hit the airwaves in 2020. While Season 4 will air exclusively on Pop to start, the deal to pick up the series means Season 4 will be broadcast on CBS itself later in 2020 once the initial Pop run has competed.

More than three months have passed since One Day at a Time's initial cancellation in mid-March. Considering that Netflix is usually the platform that rescues shows rather than cancels shows that need to be revived elsewhere, the odds weren't feeling too great that the Alvarez family would get to come back. Thanks to Pop, the Alvarez adventures can continue!

Netflix seemingly had One Day at a Time locked up, as a contract clause allowed the streamer to veto a show's move to a rival streaming service for at least two years, which is a probably similar to what Netflix's cancelled Marvel series face. Netflix would have had to alter its contracts to let another platform pick up the show, and that issue appeared to put an end to an attempt by CBS All Access to save it.

Now, if you're not familiar with Pop, that's probably because it's not nearly as wide-reaching at Netflix. The cable network is home to shows like Big Brother: After Dark and Hot Date, with Schitt's Creek as arguably its most well known offering, and the end is nigh for that one. One Day at a Time will give Pop another comedy, and the built-in fanbase that wasn't enough for Netflix to keep it on the air could be a big deal for a smaller platform like Pop.

I do have to wonder if the fact that Pop is a cable network rather than streaming service is what convinced Netflix to let One Day at a Time go, although it's possible there was quite a price tag attached. Netflix was well aware of the show's popularity on social media, as the fanbase was very vocal first in trying to score a renewal and then protesting the cancellation. There was demand, and CBS Corporation/Pop was apparently willing to make the necessary deals to bring it back to life.

Now, is it too soon to start listing guest stars we want to see appear on the show once it makes its move to Pop? The first three seasons landed some great guests, including a couple of Brooklyn Nine-Nine stars in the latest season. Lin-Manuel Miranda was one of many fans and stars who called for a renewal; why not him?

.For now, you can catch the first three seasons of One Day at a Time streaming on Netflix, or give some new streaming shows in Netflix's summer lineup a shot.

Everyone gets their start somewhere. Especially famous people. With the incredible success of Hamilton both on and Off-Broadway, as well as touring around the country, including Puerto Rico, Lin-Manuel Miranda has created one of the most beloved musicals of the 2010s. Its legacy continues to shine. When it comes to the stars of the show, many of them are moving on to different projects, continuing to prove themselves — including Daveed Diggs, who played Hamilton's Marquis de Lafayette.

Both an actor and a musician, Daveed Diggs has forged a path for himself as man of a multitude of talents. While he has been working consistently as a performer and rapper throughout the years, he's only been recognized in full for his talents, and we're watching a major league talent on the rise now.

But there are some who don't know where Daveed Diggs got his start before Hamilton. In this article, we'll talk about Diggs' early career as a rapper, and how his music helped the talented performer play the role of Marquis De Lafayette in Lin-Manuel Miranda's acclaimed, award-winning musical.

Hurtling Past Hurdles

Daveed Diggs was born in Oakland, California, which is where he also grew up. His mother is Jewish and his father is African-American, and these two ethnic and racial identities helped shaped the actor's self-identification, notably as he got older. His parents gave him the hebrew pronunciation of the name Daveed because his father liked the look of two E's. After graduating from Berkeley High School, Daveed Diggs studied at Brown University.

While Daveed Diggs is best known for his fast lyrics, he was recruited to Brown University on account of his tracks skills. Specifically, the young athlete broke the school's school record during the 110 meter hurdles when he was a sophomore. His time was 14.21 seconds, which is definitely impressive. He later graduated from Brown University in 2004, although he was also pursuing acting ambitions. Diggs was in experimental theater early in his career, and while his skills in school were often related to his athletic prowess, it was ultimately his passion for the arts that would propel him into stardom.

Before "Guns And Ships," There Was "Body & Blood"

A few years after his college years, Daveed Diggs became a vocalist and writer for clipping., an experimental hip-hop and rap group based on L.A. The musical team was initially formed in 2009 by William Hutson and Jonathan Snipes, then Diggs joined one year later. The group's first mixtape was titled midcity and it was released in 2013. One year later, they released their follow-up album, CLPPNG, which included tracks like "Work Work" and "Body & Blood," to name a couple. In 2016, they released the EP Wriggle, followed by the album Splendor & Misery. In 2017, clipping. released The Deep, which was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form). They also released the single "Stab Him in the Throat" in 2018.

In addition to his work with clipping., Daveed Diggs is also a member of True Neutral Crew alongside Margot Padilla, Brian Kinsman and Signor Benedick the Moor. They released their debut album, soft rules, in 2016. Before that, they released two EPs, #MONSANTO and #POPPUNK in 2013 and 2014, respectively. Furthermore, before his work with either music group, Daveed Diggs made an album called The BAY BOY Mixtape with Rafael Casal in 2010. Casal and Diggs would later work together on the acclaimed 2018 film Blindspotting, but that will be discussed in more detail later on.

Daveed Diggs also founded a hip hop triumvirate The Getback alongside Chinaka Hodge and Casal. In 2012, Daveed Diggs also released his first solo rap album, Small Things to a Giant. If that weren't enough, Diggs is also a member of the freestyle rap group called Freestyle Love Supreme, or FLS, with Thomas Kail and Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda. Daveed Diggs helped with the music for Zootopia, as he made a rap number for the Disney film.

Becoming The Fighting Frenchman

While Daveed Diggs was becoming a prolific rapper in niche circles, it wasn't until he performed in Hamilton that he became a very big deal. The actor appeared in the national tour for Word Becomes Flesh around 2016, and he had frequently performed in regional Shakespeare productions. But in 2012, while Lin-Manuel Miranda was in the early stages of creating Hamilton, the In The Heights actor/writer asked Diggs to read some of the material.

Even during these early stages, Daveed Diggs was reportedly impressed by what Lin-Manuel Miranda had put together. He was inspired by Miranda's passion for the project, as well as the early demos he was sent. But even beyond that, Diggs was impressed by Lin-Manuel Miranda's desire to turn this production into a rap-musical, and it didn't take long before he agreed to become a member of the show.

During the play's initial Off-Broadway production in 2015, Daveed Diggs played both Thomas Jefferson and Marquis de Lafayette, and he also became a member of the show when the production moved to Broadway later that year. His role was wide-acclaimed in an already well-celebrated show, and the actor took home the 2016 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor In A Musical. Furthermore, Daveed Diggs was honored with a Grammy Award, along with the rest of the cast of Hamilton, in 2016.

The actor continued to play the part for a good run, but he stepped down in the summer of 2016 in order to pursue other creative ambitions. His final curtain call took place on July 15th, 2016. From there, Daveed Diggs went on to become an even bigger name than he was already.

Off The Stage, On The Screen

Beyond his stage work, Daveed Diggs has also proven himself as an actor on the screen, both big and small. On television, Daveed Diggs extended his acting talents to Netflix's The Get Down and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, as well as ABC's Black-ish. He had recurring roles on all of these shows. In addition to these television programs, Diggs also worked on the short-lived sitcom The Mayor, where he wrote original music and made a guest star appearance. And this isn't the end of his television career. Diggs is set to make an appearance or two on the upcoming TV adaptation of Snowpiercer.

Meanwhile, when it comes to the movies, Daveed Diggs made his Hollywood debut with a very high-profile film, Zootopia. As mentioned earlier, he helped with the music, specifically the track "Parlez Vous Rap," which he wrote and performed. Diggs then made his first live-action appearance in the 2017 weepy drama, Wonder. He once again returned to the voice booth for a role in Ferdinand, voicing the character of Dos. But his biggest film role would be a very meaningful one for the rising actor. Specifically, because Diggs wrote it with his co-star and past music collaborator, Rafael Casal.

That film, titled Blindspotting, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to wide acclaim. The musical comedy-drama would find Daved Diggs playing his first lead role in a motion picture, and the actor was celebrated for his scripting duties in addition to his performance. A work of love from the actors and writers, Blindspotting was a personal and heartfelt story about a gentrifying town they lived in. The writing process took over nine years in total.

Daveed Diggs' most recent film performance was in Netflix's Velvet Buzzsaw, which premiered earlier this year to mixed reviews. And that's merely the beginning. At the moment, Daveed Diggs is working on the upcoming Dr. Seuss adaptation, Green Eggs And Ham, where he'll be providing his voice to the role of Mouse. Additionally, Diggs has also lent his voice to other animated projects, including Netflix's BoJack Horseman and Fox's Bob's Burgers.

The future is looking bright for Daveed Diggs, and it's clear that he has been working hard in order to earn his success. It's never easy to make a name for yourself, especially in the entertainment business. But it's clear that Diggs has been an exceptionally talented and versatile performer, and one who has excelled in a number of different mediums, including music, theater, movies and more. We should only expect him to do more great work later on.

For now, however, he's keeping busy with a variety of different things, and we'll continue to keep you posted on his developments right here at CinemaBlend. Because there's no doubt that Daveed Diggs has the potential to expand himself in a major way, both in front and behind the camera. And we should hopefully expect him to do more music work in the future, particularly with his outstanding popularity arriving from Hamilton's success.

I wonder if Daveed Diggs will reprise his roles in the inevitable Hamilton film adaptation that we'll get one day? Even if he doesn't, it's clear he has a lot of different projects in the work, which should keep him very busy and active in a variety of different ways — no matter where his career will go next.

There is something very strange about Keanu Reeves that must be addressed. Has any actor in Hollywood aged better than the John Wick star?

Have you ever wondered how he has kept his youthful, rugged looks over a career spanning nearly more than 30 years? Perhaps the secret is that Keanu Reeves simply does not age at all.

Perhaps you find the idea of Keanu Reeves as an immortal being as ridiculous and convoluted as the plot of the Matrix sequels, but this theory is no laughing matter. In fact, signs of the Matrix actor’s eternal youth has been right in front of us for centuries, and only those with keen eyes have been savvy enough to notice.

It is time to attack this conundrum head on, as I will present, explain and over-analyze the known evidence to support this theory in the following investigative piece. Soon, we should figure out once and for all the truth: is Keanu Reeves immortal?

Clue #1: Keanu Reeves Has Assumed Multiple Identities Throughout History

Keanu Reeves’ name has been a subject of fascination on its own. It is such a unique “movie star” kind of name, it sounds as if it could be made up. That is precisely what it is.

While Keanu Reeves claims to have been born on September 2, 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon, further investigation suggests that Reeves may have been born as early as 742 A.D. in Germany when it was still called Francia. It was there when he would rule the Frankish kingdom and later succeed the throne of the Holy Roman Empire as Charlemagne.

According to the official investigative website, Keanu Reeves is Immortal, other than Keanu Reeves’ striking resemblance to the ancient emperor (facial hair pattern, signature eye squint, and all), the history of Charlemagne’s reign provides deeper insight into how the actor meticulously kept his eternal youth a secret.

Charlemagne’s son, Louis the Pious, succeeded the throne almost immediately before his death in 800 A.D. It is almost as if he knew that he was going to “die,” which suggests that he was planning to fake his death the entire time.

As the theory suggests, after his supposed death, “Charlemagne” managed to maintain his anonymity for more than another 1,000 years - a relatively safe route when wanting to avoid being recognized. By the late 19th century, the actor we now refer to as Keanu Reeves fell in love with his chosen profession for the first time.

Upon arriving in France around at least 1880, he invented a new identity (Jean Mounet-Sully) before adopting the stage name Paul Mounet to pursue a career in stage acting. As Mounet, Keanu Reeves starred in multiple theatrical productions, studying the work William Shakespeare, before transitioning into films from 1909 until 1917.

Watching Mounet perform in a 1913 adaptation of Oedipus Rex in the video below, you can see him crafting the perplexed expression in his performance that he would make his signature approach as Keanu Reeves decades later:

It is also well known that “Mounet” studied medicine before becoming an actor. This so perfectly explains how Keanu Reeves managed to portray a doctor so masterfully in the films Something’s Gotta Give, Thumbsucker, and To the Bone.

It is said that Paul Mounet died of heart failure in 1922, yet, additional investigation by the experts from the Keanu Reeves is Immortal website reports that his body was never recovered. Very sly, Keanu. Very sly.

Charlemagne and Paul Mounet are the only known historical figures we know of whom Keanu Reeves more than likely was at one point in time. We cannot even be sure at what point he was truly born. What we can infer from his seemingly timeless existence is this...

Clue #2: Keanu Reeves’s Immortality Is The Reason For His Kindness And Wisdom

Rarely are A-list movie stars as philanthropic and down-to-earth as Keanu Reeves. The only possible explanation is that he has lived through enough various experiences over many centuries to humble him.

Keanu Reeves has lived the life of a king and was a pioneer of the film industry since its infancy. The temptations that come with celebrity have no authority over a man with his experience.

Keanu Reeves even gave away his own secret when questioned about his charitable efforts in a 2003 interview, stating:

Why would Keanu Reeves need money for the next few centuries? Probably because he will still be trucking along beyond then.

Perhaps Keanu Reeves wishes he had not spoken so matter-of-factly about his immortality, as it has since led to these allegations. However, he seems to have been a good sport about it.

Clue #3: Keanu Reeves Has Never Actually Denied His Immortality

Keanu Reeves may have never won an Academy Award, nor has he ever been considered a critical darling in terms of performance throughout his career. However, it is clear that he is our greatest living actor from how convincingly he has hid his eternal youth.

From ruling the Roman Empire to hiding in plain sight for more than a millennium to achieving movie stardom twice within a little more than a century, Keanu Reeves has always been ahead of the curve and has been able to downplay allegations of his condition effortlessly. Just take it from this 2017 interview with on The Tonight Show in which host Jimmy Fallon addresses the known theory:

First, Keanu Reeves circumvents Jimmy Fallon’s fascination over the actor’s name with an entertaining tale over its origin by incorporating the distracting pseudonym “Chuck Spadina.” Notice how “Chuck” is shorthand for “Charles,” which is shorthand for “Charlemagne.”

Next, as soon as Jimmy Fallon brings up the revolutionary findings from the Keanu Reeves is Immortal website, he boasts a more reserved expression before squirming in his seat with concern that he has been found out. That is until Fallon, seemingly ignorant of the weight of the evidence, refers to Reeves’ past identities as “old dudes” who look like him, forcing an awkward, relieved laugh from Reeves.

Then, as Jimmy Fallon proceeds to present the evidence, Keanu Reeves calls out what sounds to be a modest attempt at an explanation: “We’re all stardust, baby!” This is just vague and charming enough to through the average fan off of his trail.

For the remaining three minutes of the video, with each piece of evidence that Jimmy Fallon exposes, Keanu Reeves continues to make distracting, witty comments and attempts to change the subject. Yet, when Fallon brings out a photo of he and Reeves from the year 2000, Reeves cannot deny that, despite a 17-year difference, his appearance has not changed a bit.

If you are like the fans eating out of Keanu Reeves’ hands, believing his every distraction, unconvinced by this irrefutable evidence of his immortality, allow me to provide an alternative theory...

Clue #4: Keanu Reeves Has Been Sneaking His Autobiography Into His Sci-Fi Movies

Hear me out. Keanu Reeves found his breakout role in 1989 as Ted Theodore Logan in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, about a California teen and his buddy who get a chance to write the perfect history presentation by using a time-traveling phone booth to study historical figures firsthand.

Ten years later, in The Matrix, he played an average man who discovers his existence in 1999 Los Angeles is merely a futuristic computer program. In 2006, Keanu Reeves reunited with his Speed co-star Sandra Bullock in a romantic drama about a couple living two years apart who send love letters to each other through a magical, time-traveling mailbox in The Lake House.

As you can see, time travel plays a huge theme throughout most of his career. Why? Because Keanu Reeves is more than qualified to play a time traveler onscreen as he is one himself.

Keanu Reeves has seen our dark future, which he revealed to the Wachowskis, who turned it into an action-packed, dystopian trilogy. He has seen the past, which explains the paintings he has shown up in, and made friends with several historical figures along the way, which inspired his uncredited treatment for Bill & Ted. His love life has always been a mystery, most likely because he prefers to keep his affair with a woman from the future private, despite also pitching that idea to Warner Bros., which used it as a way to reunite him with Sandra Bullock.

If none of that is enough to convince you, take a look at this still from the trailer for the upcoming video game, Cyberpunk 2077:

How do we know that is not actual footage of Keanu Reeves from the future that the time traveler kindly allowed the creators at CD Projekt to use to promote their game?

You can believe all you want that Keanu Reeves is just a kind, down-to-earth man of remarkable talent, but not such a person exists. This man is either immortal or a time lord or a synthetic replica of his past self.

The possibilities are endless with whatever Keanu Reeves is. All I know is that the evidence is here and I will not give up until the truth is finally revealed!

Tom Cruise has taken on international terrorists, an alien invasion and mummies, in his movies at least. Yet, could he have finally met his match in Justin Bieber?

The pop star recently broke the internet last week by calling out to the Oscar-nominated actor with this eyebrow-raising tweet:

While Tom Cruise did not respond and Justin Bieber later admitted that the tweet was a joke, the fight challenge became one of the most talked about things on the internet, inciting ridicule and countless memes. Even MMA champion Conor McGregor volunteered to host the event and other known celebrities chimed in with advice, such as Kevin Smith in this tweet below:

Just the idea of these two pitted against each other in a mixed martial arts cage match is entertaining enough, but it does pique my curiosity. Considering that both have undergone training in combat at one time or another, who would be the victor in an all out fight: Tom Cruise or Justin Bieber?

First of all, Tom Cruise and Justin Bieber could not be anymore different, fame and wealth aside. So, how about we begin by pointing out how these two match up.

Tom Cruise stands at 5’7”, which is just two inches below Justin Bieber’s height. Cruise also has only two pounds on the singer, so it appears they are at least in the same weight class.

Not to mention, Justin Bieber is not inexperienced in combat, having trained for the sport for years. In fact, Floyd Mayweather said in 2014 that Bieber had the skill to be a full-fledged MMA champion. However, Bieber and Mayweather apparently severed ties in 2017, so it does not look like the boxer would have his back.

On the other hand, Tom Cruise, being one of the most bankable action stars in Hollywood, also has undergone training for several films, especially as Ethan Hunt in the Mission: Impossible franchise since 1996. In fact, Cruise’s fighting experience dates back to his time as a competing member of Glen Ridge High School’s wrestling team in the late 1970s.

Therefore, Tom Cruise has been fighting long before Justin Bieber was even born. Of course, while high school wrestling and mixed martial arts incorporate vastly distinct fighting style, Cruise is no rookie to bare knuckle brawling either, as can be seen from his performance in 1992’s Far and Away as prosperous boxer Joseph Donnelly, opposite then-wife Nicole Kidman.

Come to think of it, it is actually surprising that Tom Cruise never responded to Justin Bieber’s tweet since he is rarely one to back down from a challenge. Even with all the injuries the 56-year-old actor has suffered from on set, most recently while filming Mission: Impossible - Fallout, he is always down to risk his neck (not just for his craft, but for the thrill) in some of the most insane stunts ever put to film, such as hanging from an airborne helicopter or scaling the tallest building in the world.

What sort of stunts has Justin Bieber pulled off? Unless you count crashing a few cars while intoxicated or running away from an angry Orlando Bloom at a club, not too much.

When I imagine the fight itself, I picture a boiling, red-faced Tom Cruise, eyes furiously darting forward and both fists held out in anticipation. Justin Bieber, at the other end of the ring, appears dumbstruck, tears coming down from his doe-eyed gaze into the inevitably painful consequences of his own selfish indulgence.

At the ring of the bell, Tom Cruise begins charging wildly at the boy, as Justin Bieber runs to his left, then right, then left again, until attempting to scale the walls of the cage to escape. He makes it about seven feet up, when he appears afraid to continue climbing, but too scared to climb down, at which point Cruise yells out, “Not so easy, is it?”

Finally, in a brief moment of inner peace, Justin Bieber thinks to himself, "What would the Beliebers say? “How could you, Justin? Afraid of Tom Cruise? You let us down!"

Allowing his fear of further public embarrassment to fuel his ambition, Justin Bieber takes one deep breath and leaps away from the cage wall, aiming his body toward the head of Tom Cruise. Before his feet are even within a few inches of Cruise’s head, Cruise grasps Bieber’s legs and throws him down onto the mat.

Justin Bieber remains lying on the floor, motionless until the ref counts down to Tom Cruise being named the victor. This is not due to unconsciousness; he is perfectly awake, but afraid of what Cruise will do next if he gets up.

Well, given that neither Tom Cruise nor Justin Bieber actually have any future interest in an MMA fight, we may never see this event take place. However, man, do I want to see it now!

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Jamie Foxx is a man of nearly incomparable talent. One minute he is making you laugh with spot-on impersonations on a TV comedy and the next moment he gets your pulse racing in a thrilling movie. Plus, sometimes you hear him laying down smooth music on the radio.

The Academy Award-winner is a triple-threat powerhouse in the entertainment business. Born Eric Marlon Bishop on December 13, 1967, Jamie Foxx got his start on the stand-up comedy scene before evolving into one of Hollywood’s most respected actors, breaking through on the music scene, hosting a game show, and even rescuing a man from a burning vehicle. He can’t be stopped!

But why would you want to stop one of the most eclectic careers in show business, and how does one achieve what Jamie Foxx has achieved over (nearly) the past three decades? Let us retrace his steps.

Jamie Foxx’s TV And Comedy Career

In 1989, Eric Marlon Bishop was dared by his then girlfriend to perform some jokes at a comedy club’s open mic night. Having possessed a natural talent for comedy that was evident since childhood, the night was a success and the pursuit of a comedy career began.

It became apparent to Bishop that female comedians were often called to perform first. He thought he would adopt a gender-ambiguous stage name “Jamie,” and added the last name “Foxx” as a tribute to comedian and Sanford and Son star Redd Foxx.

After becoming more noticeable on the comedy scene, Jamie Foxx landed a spot on the sketch comedy In Living Color in its second year. His stint saw the creation of one of the hit series’ most popular characters, Wanda, played by Foxx in drag.

During his time on In Living Color from 1991-1994, Jamie Foxx was also cast in a recurring role as Crazy George on the Charles S. Dutton-led sitcom, Roc. His stand-up career reached its peak upon the release of his first comedy special Jamie Foxx: Straight from the Foxxhole in 1993.

In 1996, Jamie Foxx became the lead in his own sitcom, The Jamie Foxx Show, which he co-created with Bentley Kyle. The series was semi-autobiographical, starring Foxx as a Texas native working at his aunt and uncle’s hotel to make ends meet while pursuing a career in Los Angeles.

During The Jamie Foxx Show’s five-season run, Jamie Foxx’s film career began to really take off, but more on that later. Foxx continued to work in television, mostly as a behind-the-scenes producer for several projects, and even as the director of the BET horror anthology Nite Tales.

More recently, Jamie Foxx was involved in the 2017 Showtime comedy White Famous. The series starred Jay Pharaoh as a black comedian struggling to make it in Hollywood. Foxx produced the series and made a couple of guest appearances as himself before Showtime cancelled the show after Season 1.

Jamie Foxx managed to acquire a more consistent television gig in 2017 with Beat Shazam, a game show, recently renewed for a third season, that is essentially a modern-day Name That Tune revamped with a title millennials could identify with. In it, Foxx, with co-host, DJ, and daughter Corrinne Foxx, challenges contestants to identify hit songs in less time than it takes the titular mobile app to.

In 2019, he made a fun surprise turn, taking over a role made famous by Sherman Hemsley in The Jeffersons for Live In Front of a Studio Audience. Jamie Foxx played George Jefferson, along with Wanda Sykes as Louise, in the live one-hour special that paid tribute legendary television producer Norman Lear by recreating classic episodes of the sitcoms he was famous for creating.

Jamie Foxx’s legacy on the small screen has had lasting effects and continues to surprise audiences today. Yet, it is nothing compared to his big screen presence.

Jamie Foxx’s Movie Career

When retracing Jamie Foxx’s filmography, comic book movies, musicals, film noir, and genres of various styles can all be found. Of course, with every A-list star, an actor has to start somewhere.

Following his first year on In Living Color, Jamie Foxx made his feature film debut in 1992 as a security guard in Toys, an eccentric comedy from director Barry Levinson starring Robin Williams as toymaker trying to save the family business from his military general brother. He followed that up four years later in the romantic comedy The Truth About Cats and Dogs.

Speaking of romance in the cleanest way possible, Jamie Foxx found his first starring role in 1997’s Booty Call, about two best friends (Foxx and Tommy Davidson) looking to find love after an extended dry streak. While other Hollywood stories might see the subject resorting to typecasting after starring in a vulgar hit comedy and leading a sitcom at the same time, Foxx’s story is anything but.

Jamie Foxx followed Booty Call with a few more comedies before Oliver Stone cast him in the 1999 sports drama Any Given Sunday. Foxx credits his grandmother, whom he often cites as his creative muse, pushing him into football as what led him to play hard-partying NFL athlete Willie Beamen.

The role opened doors for Jamie Foxx to be perceived as a serious actor, leading to Michael Mann tapping him to star in his Will Smith-led Muhammad Ali biopic in 2001. Mann and Foxx re-teamed in 2004 for Collateral, in which Foxx plays a cab driver taken hostage by a contract killer played by Tom Cruise.

Collateral earned Jamie Foxx an Academy Award-nomination for Best Supporting Actor. That same year, he was nominated for Best Actor for his resurrection (because “performance” is just not an appropriate enough word) of legendary musician Ray Charles in Ray. For that film, he won.

The actor was already well-known for his multiple talents, but after his Oscar, Hollywood clamored for Jamie Foxx. He began starring in everything from war films (Jarhead), more crime dramas (Miami Vice for his third collaboration with Michael Mann), and would continue to stretch his musical talents while starring alongside Beyonce in Dreamgirls. He even got to play the president in White House Down, which some consider to be the better White House-set action film from 2013.

One of the most talked about roles of Jamie Foxx’s came a year earlier when Quentin Tarantino cast him in Django Unchained. The pre-Civil-War-era western sees Foxx in the title role, originally intended for Will Smith, as a slave-turned-bounty-hunter given his freedom by fellow lawman Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz).

After Django, Jamie Foxx’s acting range only expanded in versatility. Since, he’s been a Spider-Man villain, a psychotic thief in Baby Driver, Little John to Taron Egerton’s Robin Hood, and will soon return to the comic book movie scene as Al Simmons in Todd McFarlane’s reboot of Spawn.

As I said before, though, Jamie Foxx is a triple threat in the entertainment industry. What led him to become a chart-topping musician, too?

Jamie Foxx’s Music Career

You may know Jamie Foxx best for leading the R&B scene with hits like the Grammy-winning “Blame It” with T-Pain or collaborating with Kanye West. Believe it or not Foxx, who began playing piano at 5 years old, got his feet wet in the music business long before.

Fresh off his success on In Living Color, Jamie Foxx released his debut album, Peep This, in 1994. Unfortunately, the album peaked at #78 on the Billboard 200 and it looked as if his music career was over as soon as it began.

That was until 2005 when Kanye West needed someone who could embody the late Ray Charles to perfect the “I Got A Woman” inspired hook of his single, “Gold Digger.” Jamie Foxx, having filmed Ray just a year prior, was the only choice.

Later that year, Jamie Foxx released his sophomore solo album, 11 years after his somber debut. Unpredictable met mixed reviews, with Rolling Stone citing Foxx’s “charm and A-list confidence” as the sole ingredient to the album’s quality.

However, Jamie Foxx’s charm and A-list confidence also managed help the album to hit #1 in its second week of release. Thus, he became the fourth Academy Award-winning actor to also earn a number one album on the BIllboard charts in the U.S.

Jamie Foxx continued to juggle his acting career with two concert tours and recording music, working with the likes of T.I., Little Wayne, and reteaming with Kanye West on his 2008 Unpredictable follow-up, Intuition. The album was thematically built around the concept of the complexity of female desires.

Intuition features Jamie Foxx’s hit single “Blame It,” featuring T-Pain. More famous than the song itself was its video, which depicted Foxx hitting up a night club accompanied by other celebrities, such as Samuel L. Jackson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker, and (most surprisingly) Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ron Howard.

Don’t believe me? See for yourself in the video below:

Jamie Foxx released his fourth studio album, Best Night of My Life, in 2010 to further mixed reviews and peaking at the second place spot of BIllboard’s US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Foxx tried the concept album idea a second time with Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen roses, a 2015 release that tells the autobiographical story of a celebrity left by his lover in his time of need.

While Jamie Foxx has not released an album since 2015, he is not totally out of the game yet. In February 2019, he headlined a musical set at Maxim’s “Big Game Experience” event, alongside acts such as Future and Diplo.

That is not to say that his celebrity has softened. Sometimes, Jamie Foxx may take some heat from starring in films that don’t see much love on Rotten Tomatoes or low album sales, but his charisma and vast array of abilities as a performer are not to be taken lightly. Like I said, he can’t be stopped.

In The Empire Strikes Back, as Han Solo (Harrison Ford) is piloting the Millennium Falcon through an asteroid field, C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) informs Han that the odds of surviving such a maneuver are very low. Han responds, famously, “Never tell me the odds.”

As for Harrison Ford in real life, when it comes to aviation, we wish he would put the odds more into account.

The actor known best as Indiana Jones and the aforementioned Star Wars hero has also been known for his passion for flight, a fascination he has had since first taking lessons in the 1960s. Since he was 52, Harrison Ford has collected and flown aircraft in his time outside of saving the galaxy or protecting lost, mystical heirlooms from the Nazis.

Although, Harrison Ford's hobby has also made him the subject of infamy. I am referring to a particular aviation incident in which Harrison Ford was involved in 2015 that nearly cost the then-72-year-old’s life.

Would you believe that this was not even the actor’s first or last aviation mishap? Take a look here at Harrison Ford’s surprisingly long history as a pilot trying to beat the odds like his Star Wars counterpart, and struggling along the way.

Harrison Ford Crashed His Own Plane Into A Golf Course

It was a big year for Harrison Ford in 2015, as audiences were anticipating the actor’s return to a galaxy far, far away in his reprisal of the character that launched him into stardom at hyperspeed, Han Solo, in Star Wars: The Force Awakens that December. The high-profile nature of his career was at its peak, but not just for his acting.

Months prior to the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, on March 5, 2015, Harrison Ford was flying his World War II-era craft, a Ryan PT-22 Recruit, over Southern California. At around 2 p.m. that afternoon, his plane suffered a malfunction and he began to lose control.

Harrison Ford reported the engine failure to air traffic control as he made an attempt to return to the runway at Santa Monica Airport. His attempt was unsuccessful, as he continued to descend, but found what he believed would be a safe emergency crash landing spot in the Penmar Golf Course in Venice, California. As Indiana Jones would say, “Ah, Venice.”

One witness claimed stated that Harrison Ford’s engine failure was evident to her from the ground. The plane appeared to be gliding downward without the sound of an engine to be heard.

On the way down, the plane clipped the top of a tree and touched down near the tee-off mark of the eighth hole at Penmar Golf Course. Bystanders fled to the scene, found Harrison Ford battered, yet appearing to be conscious and breathing. The witness reported the accident to 911.

The local fire department and first responders came to the scene of the accident, extracted the pilot from the single-engine aircraft and took him away on a stretcher to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Harrison Ford later recalled to Ellen DeGeneres on her daytime talk show that he suffered from a dislocated right ankle, a shattered pelvis, a broken back, a “serious bump on the head,” and was also said to have been bleeding profusely from a deep gash in his scalp.

The odds of dying from such injuries are... On second thought, I better not tell him, but you can listen to Harrison Ford discussing the crash in this clip from The Ellen DeGeneres Show here:

Still, it is a wonder that Harrison Ford managed to make it out of his crash and live to tell the tale. Many credit his survival to his expert skill as a pilot.

Indeed, it must have been his expert skill that kept him alive the other times he faced death from the pilot’s seat. Oh, yes, there’s more...

That Was Not Harrison Ford’s Only Aviation Incident

Harrison Ford has been vocal about the exhilaration that his aviation hobby has brought him. Yet, it has proven to bring him as much misfortune as it has freedom.

His first major mishap was on October 23, 1999. Harrison Ford was piloting a routine training flight in his own Bell 206L4 LongRanger helicopter with his flight instructor onboard. According to the National Transportation Safety Board, they were over the Lake Piru riverbed near Santa Clarita, California, when Ford allowed the helicopter’s altitude to drop to 150–200 feet before attempting to power the aircraft back up.

Unfortunately, the helicopter failed to regain power, sending it plummeting to the ground. The aircraft skidded on loose gravel before hitting a log, partially embedded by the gravel, which flipped the helicopter onto its side.

Harrison Ford and his instructor sustained no injuries. As for the actor’s helicopter, as he told James Lipton during an interview on Inside the Actor’s Studio, “I broke it.”

So, as of 2015, that is two aircraft in Harrison Ford’s possession that he has lost due to some real foul luck. Nevertheless, he still proudly holds his pilot’s license, despite threats of losing it in 2017. How, you ask?

Not even a full two years after his 2015 near-fatal plane crash, on February 13, 2017, Harrison Ford was piloting his own single-engine Aviat Husky. He requested to have a runway cleared for him as he was preparing to land at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California.

The traffic control tower at John Wayne Airport cleared Runway 20L for Harrison Ford. Somehow, Ford mistook the taxiway to the left of 20L for his intended landing path. In front of the taxiway was a Boeing 737 passenger airliner, which Ford flew right above, missing the jet by approximately 82 feet, as he made his landing in taxiway.

Harrison Ford radioed to the control tower, asking if the airliner was supposed to be underneath him at the time of his landing. The controller informed him that it was not and that he landed on taxiway “C,” or its call sign, “Charlie,” to which Ford replied, “I landed on Charlie?”

You can hear the entire exchange between Harrison Ford and the John Wayne tower at the time of the incident (in which the actor refers to himself as “the schmuck that landed on the taxiway”) in this video here:

As one could probably assume, landing an aircraft on the taxiway of an airport landing area is a major violation of the Federal Aviation Administration. Nearly colliding with a passenger airplane holding more than 100 people does not make that any better.

The FAA put out an investigation and determined that the incident did not warrant a revoking of Harrison Ford’s pilot’s license. That did not prevent the then 74-year-old actor from falling under scrutiny of people who believed it was time for him to give his hobby a little break.

Aviation Has Also Been A Recurring Theme In Harrison Ford’s Filmography

Interestingly enough, Harrison Ford’s passion for flight is not exclusive to his personal life. His interest in aviation can be found even on screen throughout his long acting career.

Of course, most famously, his Star Wars character, Han Solo is credited as making the Kessel Run in under 12 parsecs as the pilot of the Millennium Falcon. However, in between appearing in 1977’s Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back, Harrison Ford starred as a military pilot in the 1979 World War II-era romance Hanover Street. Perhaps that role inspired him to purchase his ill-fated Ryan PT-22 Recruit?

Archaeologist Indiana Jones, Harrison Ford’s other most iconic character from a George Lucas production, is not a pilot like Han Solo. Yet, throughout director Steven Spielberg’s series, Indy has had his fair share of aviary experience, but not without its problems.

Indiana Jones survived two plane crashes, one in 1984’s Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom after the pilots sabotaged his flight home by jumping out, and another in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, which his father (Sean Connery) accidentally caused. However, that is only two notable aviary mishaps Indy has been through, which Harrison Ford has him beat in.

One of Harrison Ford’s most memorable action films of the 1990s was Air Force One. Though flight is pivotal to the film’s story, Ford does not play a pilot, but the President of the United States, who must defend himself and the passengers of his own plane from Russian terrorists led by Gary Oldman.

In 1998, Ivan Reitman directed Harrison Ford in Six Days Seven Nights. This time, Ford does get to assume his preferred role as a pilot transporting a magazine editor (Anne Heche) until (you guessed it!) the plane crashes on a deserted island.

In 2014, Harrison Ford’s character Drummer in The Expendables 3 successfully commandeers a helicopter without crashing it, taking out enemy soldiers along the way. I wonder if the actor prefers re-watching this scene out of any related to aviation throughout his career the most.

Whether he is flying with Rebel forces, outrunning power-hungry Nazis, or simply taking a quick cruise, Harrison Ford is a man of the skies and still flies to this day. Despite all he has been through, it does not look like a near-fatal crash in a golf course or a near-collision with a jet is going to keep him away from the clouds anytime soon.

In 2008, when Heath Ledger overdosed on a cocktail of prescription pills, he was at the pinnacle of his career. He had been nominated an Oscar in 2005 for his portrayal of Ennis Del Mar in Brokeback Mountain. In 2007, he was one of seven actors to portray Bob Dylan, in another award winning performance in I’m Not There, and of course, there was his upcoming performance as The Joker in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight, a role that would bring widespread acclaim and even more fame. Sadly, he would experience none of it as he tragically died of a drug overdose while The Dark Knight was in post-production, at age 28, on January 22, 2008.

For months before his death, as he was working on what would be his final performance in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Heath Ledger had what some of his co-stars and friends described as “walking pneumonia.” Ledger was having a lot of trouble sleeping and he was mixing up a cocktail of sleeping pills and other prescription drugs in a desperate attempt to get some rest.

Sadly, the pills weren’t helping very much. Heath Ledger’s friend, Gerry Grennell, lived with him for a time in those last couple months, and he told People Magazine:

Heath Ledger’s downward spiral had begun months earlier when his partner and mother of his then-two-year-old daughter, Michelle Williams, broke off their relationship and kicked him out of their house in Brooklyn. The reason for the breakup has never been fully revealed by Williams, but most reports are that she was fed up with Ledger’s lifestyle and drug abuse.

After their breakup, Heath Ledger moved into an apartment in SoHo, in Manhattan. It was there that he would take the lethal combination of drugs that caused his accidental overdose. When he moved, Ledger was working on what would become the defining role of his career as The Joker in The Dark Knight. His immersion into the role and his almost insane commitment to the character clearly took a lot out of him, physically and mentally. He wanted his performance to be unpredictable. His director in The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan, said of his performance:

It was during the filming of The Dark Knight that Ledger’s illness and insomnia got worse, and those close to him got more concerned about his mental state. That said, his sister, Kate, whom he was very close to, disagrees that the role played a part in his death, saying:

Kate was also one of the last people to speak to Heath Ledger, on a phone call the night before he was found dead from a combination of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam and doxylamine. She said he showed no signs of depression and there wasn't any hint that he might be suicidal.

As is the case in any situation like this, there has been and probably always will be speculation about Heath Ledger’s overdose. Questions like whether the overdose was on purpose, was he trying to kill himself that dark night in the winter of ’08? The answer from most of those close to him has been a resounding “no.” His father blames his son for his own death, but doesn’t think it was suicide, saying:

Heath Ledger’s father has spent the last decade warning people of the dangers of prescription pills like the kind Ledger overdosed on.

Today, a decade after Heath Ledger’s tragic overdose, his legacy still looms large. Of course, he won a posthumous Oscar for his brilliant portrayal of The Joker in the Dark Knight and in the years since, the praise for Ledger with that role and his others, like his performance in Brokeback Mountain, have only grown louder.

The legacy of his overdose also lives in on the work his father has done, and sadly, in how it has effected Michelle Williams and their daughter. Williams has recently seemed to have found peace with his tragic death, even if she may never understand it fully. In an interview with Vanity Fair, she said:

Like so many of the brightest burning stars, like River Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Chris Farley, and many others, Heath Ledger’s star burned out far quickly because of drugs, but his legacy never will.

The Fast and Furious film series will see the release of its first spinoff, Hobbs & Shaw, featuring Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham reprising their eponymous roles, in August. However, mention of the adrenaline-fueled adventure franchise only reminds us of its late star, Paul Walker.

Until his shocking death at the age of 40 on November 30, 2013, the actor, born Paul William Walker IV on September 12, 1973, thrilled audiences as the Fast and Furious movies’ former FBI agent Brian O’Conner since the beginning of the franchise in 2001. Yet, the actor had more on his plate than outrunning drug lords with suped-up muscle cars.

Outside of his work in the Fast and Furious movies, Paul Walker was a child model, teen movie heartthrob, a father and a philanthropist. His charity Reach Out Worldwide, which he founded in 2010, has helped countless victims of natural disasters all over the world.

A superhuman action star and a super-charitable humanitarian? It looks like there is a lot more to know about Paul Walker than you realized. Let’s take a look at the beloved, late actor’s journey down the road to international stardom.

What Was Paul Walker In Before Fast And Furious?

He may have been known best for high-octane car races and incomprehensible heists, but before Paul Walker starred as Brian O’Conner in the Fast and Furious franchise, the model-turned-actor endured a mixed bag of roles in his early career. He had his first taste of fame as a toddler, appearing in a Pampers commercial.

In his later youth, he made appearances in low budget B-movies in the mid 1980s, such as Troma’s Monster in the Closet and gender-swap Terminator rip-off, Programmed to Kill, later retitled to The Retaliator. Probably Paul Walker’s most infamous B-movie appearance, though, was 1994’s Tammy and the T-Rex, in which an evil scientist puts the brain of Tammy’s (Denise Richards) slain boyfriend Michael (Walker) into the body of a robotic dinosaur… Yeah.

Paul Walker really began to make a name for himself from his television appearances, taking smaller roles in hit series like Highway to Heaven, Who’s The Boss?, or CBS after school specials (his first acting credit in 1984) before landing a starring role on The Young and the Restless in 1992. In 1998, he starred as a dimwitted surfer dude in Disney’s family comedy Meet the Deedles and a high school stud in the critically acclaimed Pleasantville, which led him to star in teen hits She’s All That, The Skulls, and Varsity Blues.

Everything changed in 2001, when, at 28, he was cast as a young undercover FBI agent infiltrating the world of illegal street racing in The Fast and the Furious. From that point on, Paul Walker became a sought after action star of the big screen and the small screen, starring in many straight-to-video releases as well.

Paul Walker’s influence and popularity rose as The Fast and the Furious became one of the most enduring franchises in Hollywood. He reprised his role as Brian O’Conner in five more sequels before November 30, 2013, when tragedy struck.

How Did Paul Walker Die?

Paul Walker was attending an event by his charity Reach Out Worldwide, which was raising money to benefit victims of Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines. At around 3:30 that afternoon, he left the event, driven by his friend Roger Rodas, 38, in his Porsche Carrera GT.

Rodas was going somewhere between 80 to 93 mph in a 45-mph speed zone on Hercules Street in Valencia, Santa Clarita, California, when the tires, apparently, gave out and the car crashed into a concrete light post, then hit two trees, causing the vehicle to burst into flames. The trauma and burns caused by the crash claimed the lives of Roger Rodas and Paul Walker.

Following his death on November 30, 2013, the internet flooded with tributes to Paul Walker from fans, family, friends, and his Fast and Furious co-star, such as Vin Diesel (who nicknamed him Pablo) and Tyrese Gibson, who posted this heartbreaking love letter to his Instagram:

Paul Walker’s cremated ashes were buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Southern California. Two films starring Walker, Hours and Brick Mansions, were released within months after his death.

Furious 7, the seventh entry in the Fast and Furious franchise directed by James Wan, was still in the middle of filming at the time of Paul Walker’s death. To help finish the film and give Walker a proper send-off, the studio enlisted the help of two people very close to the actor.

Did Paul Walker Have Brothers?

Paul Walker was the oldest child of parents Paul William Walker III, a sewer contractor and prize-winning boxer, and Cheryl Walker, a former fashion model. He had two brothers, Cody and Caleb, and two sisters, Amie and Ashlie.

After Paul Walker’s death, Universal asked Cody and Caleb to fill in for their brother for unfinished scenes of Furious 7. Paul’s likeness was superimposed onto Cody’s face via CGI to film the movie’s emotional finale which sees Brian O’Conner driving side-by-side with friend Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) before driving off into separate directions.

Cody Walker has since followed in his brother’s footsteps by continuing his acting career after Furious 7. He is known to almost exclusively play military personnel, beginning with his first starring role in the 2016 World War II drama USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage opposite Nicolas Cage, only excluding the 2017 golf club comedy series In The Rough.

In addition to acting, Cody Walker runs his brother’s charity, Reach Out Worldwide. Cody and Caleb Walker have both expressed interest to appear in another future Fast and Furious movie, perhaps as relatives of Paul Walker’s Brian O’Conner, but plans to cast either of the siblings have yet to be officially made.

Was Paul Walker Married?

Paul Walker could be called a family man, as he made it his “number one priority” to be a committed father to daughter, Meadow (more on her later), but never a married one.

Paul Walker reportedly had a relationship with his Tammy and the T-Rex co-star Denise Richards in 1993. The pairing was Walker’s first celebrity romance before he met actress Christina Milian and, later, Playboy playmate Amanda Paige in the early 2000s.

In 1998, as his career was picking up speed, Paul Walker began dating Rebecca Soteros (now McBrain), who became the unexpected mother of his daughter, Meadow Rain Walker. Their relationship only lasted about a year, but they both remained committed to raising her until Walker’s death, which led to a highly publicized custody battle between Rebecca and Walker’s mother, Cheryl.

Even though Paul Walker never married, he was engaged to longtime girlfriend Jasmine Pilchard-Gosnell at the time of his death. The pair began dating when the actor was 33 and she was just 16.

Who Is Paul Walker’s Daughter?

Meadow Rain Walker, the daughter of Paul Walker and Rebecca McBrain, was born November 4, 1998. She lived in Hawaii with her mother for 13 years before moving to California to live with Walker in 2011.

Paul Walker chose his friend and Fast and Furious co-star Vin Diesel to be godfather to Meadow. She now works as a professional model, represented by Women Management.

In addition to her day job, she has also made multiple efforts to honor her father since his death. Inspired by her father’s passion for aquatic beings, in 2015, she launched The Paul Walker Foundation with the simple goal to “do good,” but with a particular emphasis on rewarding those working in favor of improving marine life and education, as she announced in this Instagram post:

Also in 2015, Meadow was just 16 when she filed a lawsuit against Porsche, the car manufacturer that built the vehicle Paul Walker was in at the time of his tragic death, alleging that he would have survived the crash had his seatbelt properly opened. The suit was settled in 2017 with a deal that has been kept confidential.

How Much Was Paul Walker’s Net Worth?

At the time of his death, Paul Walker’s net worth was recorded to be $25 million. That is a pretty sweet deal for doing what you love to do: acting and driving fast cars during his 12-year stint as Brian O’Conner in the Fast and Furious movies.

Following the tragedy, Paul Walker’s daughter, Meadow, became the sole beneficiary of his estate at just 15 years old. She currently resides in her father’s home with her mother.

What Happened To Paul Walker In The Fast And the Furious 8?

In the wake of losing Paul Walker, fans of the Fast and Furious movies could not help but wonder how the franchise would (or if it should) go on without its Brian O’Conner. After Furious 7 gave the late actor, and his character, a proper farewell, it seemed that fans and the series’ cast were ready to move on for the next film, 2017’s The Fast and the Furious 8, officially known as The Fate of the Furious.

Of course, Paul Walker did not make an appearance in the eight entry of the Fast and Furious series, but his presence is not ignored, especially in the end. The Fate of the Furious ends with Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) introducing to the rest of his crew his newborn son, whom he names after his friend and brother-in-law, Brian O’Conner.

In regards to fans’ initial questions about the one character sadly missing from the cast, it is clear that they need not worry. Brian O’Conner will always be a part of the Fast and Furious movies in some form, and Paul Walker will be forever immortalized by their legacy.

If you're a Paul Walker fan, let us know in the comments below.

Christopher Walken is one of those people where you can instantly tell who they are, even if someone’s doing a barely passable imitation. With a unique voice, a bold swagger, and a glee that most others cannot match, Walken is an iconic actor whose legacy has spanned generations and not dulled one bit.

And with such a career comes a treasure trove of trivia and knowledge that would make even his biggest fans take a moment or two to ask themselves if they knew some particular points that’ll be raised. If we’re lucky, we here at CinemaBlend will be the folks to deliver some of those stump-worthy bullet points, as we’re about to go through the facts that all good Christopher Walken fans should know.

The cowbell has officially rung, so let’s get started.

When Was Christopher Walken Born?

Christopher Isn’t His Actual First Name

As the story goes, Christopher wasn’t a name he’d use professionally until he turned the formidable age of 18 years. Upon the suggestion of his friend and fellow entertainer, Monique van Vooren, he changed it to Christopher in 1964 as she thought it would make a better stage name than Ronnie. After years of stage and TV experience under his given name, Christopher Walken would take off after not too long after his big name change.

Is Christopher Walken Married?

Yes. Christopher Walken married his wife Georgianne in 1969, and the two are still married to this day. A casting director between 1990 and 2007, Georgianne has worked with her husband on two projects, 1983’s Brainstorm and 1996’s Basquiat. If there’s a record for longest marriages in Hollywood, this probably more than qualifies.

Does Christopher Walken Have Any Children?

There are no children in Christopher and Georgianne’s lives. However, the pair do have a fondness for cats. Their current pet is a feline by the name of Bowtie, with their previous cat being named Flapjack. He’s even a fan of the internet meme of Henri, le Chat Noir. So while the Walken family may not have any human children to speak of, they certainly have a fondness for fur babies.

How Many Academy Awards Has Christopher Walken Won?

Out of two nominations that he’s received, Christopher Walken has won one of the two Academy Awards he’s been considered for. Walken was nominated for both 1978’s The Deer Hunter and 2002’s Catch Me If You Can; the former nomination being the win. Walken’s portrayal of Vietnam vet Nick Chevotarevich, alongside co-stars Robert DeNiro and John Cazale, was one of the performances that helped boost his early career to stardom.

Walken Is A Huge Elvis Fan

Ever since his teenage years, Christopher Walken has been a huge fan of Elvis Presley. As the story goes, his girlfriend at the time showed him a photo of Elvis in his prime, and he was bowled over by his look.

Christopher Walken's fandom not only extended to his personal adoption of the pompadour hairstyle, but also inspired him to write and perform a play about his idol in the afterlife, Him. And as any good fan would be inspired to do, he played the part of Elvis himself.

Dancing And Singing Have Become Two Of His Trademarks

While his career is more widely known for playing eccentric, and sometime villainous, characters, there are two skills that Christopher Walken loves to show off whenever he’s able: singing and dancing. The public would discover this for the first time in 1981, when Walken played a tap dancing pimp named Tom in Pennies From Heaven, which involved a huge song and dance number to “Let’s Misbehave.”

His musical theater abilities would crop up in various places throughout his career, but most importantly in three specific areas. In addition to almost every monologue as a host for Saturday Night Live containing a song and dance, you may have seen Christopher Walken on MTV a couple of times throughout the ‘90s, or in his starring role as Captain Hook in NBC’s live production of Peter Pan.

Christopher Walken Has Been In Several Music Videos

For someone who has such a huge love for Elvis Presley, as well as the medium of song and dance, it seems like a natural sort of move for Christopher Walken to appear in a music video. And you might be surprised with some of the acts he’s been paired with in the videos he managed to leap into.

His first two videos were for Madonna and Skid Row, as the ‘90s saw him in the music videos for their respective singles “Bad Girl” and “Breakin’ Down.” But perhaps his greatest achievement in the medium was as the surprise star of Fatboy Slim’s “Weapon of Choice” video, which saw him dancing and flying through a deserted hotel lobby.

Christopher Walken’s Been A Seven Time Host Of Saturday Night Live

When it comes to being host of Saturday Night Live, we all know that the threshold of greatness is marked by those who have served at least five times. Well, baby, you can count good old Christopher Walken among those ranks, as the man has been a host of the show for seven times thus far.

Starting with his first appearance in 1990, and ending with his final appearance on record in 2008, Walken has held court on the show for as many days as there are in a week. But you can take one of those days off the calendar if you’re trying to count how many appearances include his famous sketch involving The Continental, as he didn’t bring that character back in his ’08 outing.

He (Almost) Never Turns Down A Role He’s Offered

Christopher Walken’s generous career is something he chalks up to one important fact: he tries not to say no to a role he’s offered. While it’s not exactly true, as there are some roles he’s not been able to do for logistical reasons or lack of interest, he almost always leaps at a chance to do something new. While some might see it as a bad thing, it’s a skill that Walken prides himself on.

And without it, we probably wouldn’t have seen him in lesser known films like Mouse Hunt, The Country Bears or even The Stepford Wives remake – all of which he adds his own unique stamp to. Plus, if Christopher Walken weren’t so adventurous, he probably wouldn’t have taken a chance on young Quentin Tarantino’s breakout hit Pulp Fiction. So go ahead and try to imagine that movie without the watch monologue.

Christopher Walken Was Almost Han Solo

While it was a joke in the long running series of Saturday Night Live sketches making fun of Star Wars auditions, Christopher Walken’s inclusion is based on reality. In the process of auditioning the role of Han Solo, the roguish looking Walken read for the role, but ultimately didn’t get it.

Which is ok, considering the company was in was the likes of Nick Nolte, Burt Reynolds, Kelsey Grammar, and Tom Selleck, all of whom also auditioned for the part. The role would memorably go to carpenter/up and coming actor Harrison Ford.

No, Christopher Walken Was Never Going To Run For President

We close with a sad reality that folks learned over a decade ago, despite a hoax on the internet telling them otherwise. Prior to the 2008 election, there was a convincing rumor going around that Christopher Walken was actually going to run for president. It sounds weird, but considering his character in Wedding Crashers was a political mover and shaker, it was something that actually took hold.

Unfortunately, the hoax was proven incorrect by Walken and his publicist, but he did play along in one small respect after the jig was up. If you were ever wondering what a Christopher Walken candidacy’s campaign slogan would look like, he gave two to his fond admirers: "What the Heck" and "No More Zoos!" We’d like to think that last one was due to his time as a young lion tamer, back in his circus days.

And that is possibly everything you could want to know about Christopher Walken, unless you really want to find out what his sixth grade teacher’s name was. In which case, we can’t help you, but admire your passion for the man who once gave this world just a little more cowbell.

It will be a sad day if Christopher Walken ever decides he wants to retire for good, but when he does, he’ll leave behind one hell of a story. And if he wants to do something in his post-retirement years, we’d definitely suggest he write an autobiography or seven, seeing as he has enough material to make for some interesting reading.

When you think of your favorite personalities in Marvel comics, perhaps Iron Man or Spider-Man or Black Widow pop into your mind. It is only fair, however, that when those names enter your mind, you also picture their creator, Stan Lee.

Avengers: Endgame was a momentous and thrilling, yet bittersweet, flick for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Not just because it marked the end of an era in the franchise 11 years in the making, but it also saw the final cameo appearance of Stan Lee.

The comic book pioneer made a name for himself as the face of Marvel Comics, having been a landmark contributor to the company since its infancy and eventually becoming its editor-in-chief for decades. Until his death, he was a living legend and hero to the millions who read his characters’ stories and watched the films his work inspired.

Stan Lee will never be forgotten thanks to the legacy he has left behind, but what else do you know about him outside of his MCU cameos? Take a look.

What Is Stan Lee Famous For?

The question really should be, what is Stan Lee NOT famous for? Well, perhaps he is not famous for being a successful sushi chef or winning American Idol, for instance. Yet, throughout his long career as a comic book writer, editor, and publisher at Marvel comics, Lee still managed to achieve plenty of other highly public accomplishments.

Stan "The Man" Lee, born Stanley Martin Lieber in Manhattan on December 28, 1922, to Romanian immigrants, became involved with Marvel Comics in its infancy in 1939, when it was still called Timely Comics. He would become a key player in the creation of many of the comic book giant's most iconic characters throughout the 1960s, some of which were a collaboration with his brother, Larry Lieber.

After his official retirement as a publisher in the mid-1990s, Stan Lee still refused to slow down, making appearances in films and television shows, and even trying his hand at reimagining some notable DC titles in the early 2000s. He would famously endure a decades-long fallout with Marvel comics artist and Spider-Man co-creator Jack Kirby over creative credit, a hit-or-miss initial attempt to translate Marvel properties to film and TV in the 1980s, and a highly publicized lawsuit against his allegedly abusive former manager, Keya Morgan.

Before his death, Stan Lee would also go on to win many awards for his work, including the National Medal of the Arts, The Will Eisner Hall of Fame, and a spot on the Hollywood walk of fame. He also easily became the biggest name in the comic book industry that did not wear a mask.

What Did Stan Lee Do At Marvel Comics?

The question should be: What did Stan Lee NOT do at Marvel Comics? Honestly, “The Man” was quite the jack of all trades for the comic book publishing giant, starting out all the way at the bottom of the totem pole.

With help from his maternal uncle Robbie Soloman, Stan Lee got a job as an assistant at the newly established Timely Comics, a division of the scandalous Pulp Magazine, in 1939. The position required him to deliver writers’ lunches, proofread their pages, and make sure ink wells were full for dipping, as the artists needed to do with their pens.

He achieved his aspirations in 1941, making his debut as a comic book writer under the pseudonym “Stan Lee” (long before it became his legal name) in Captain America Comics #3, which introduced Steve Rogers’ signature shield throw. That same year, after Timely’s editor-in-chief Joe Simon left following a nasty dispute with publisher Martin Goodman, Goodman gave then 19-year-old Lee the position.

In 1942, Stan Lee was forced to temporarily hand off his editor-in-chief position at Timely to Vincent Fago until 1945 while he was on military leave. Lee served as a “playwright” for the Army’s Training Film Division, which also included future artistic heavy-weights such as Frank Capra (director of It’s A Wonderful Life), Charles Addams (creator of The Addams Family), and Theodor Geisel, who you might know better as “Dr. Seuss.”

Stan Lee returned to Timely as editor-in-chief in 1945, a position he held until 1972 when he took over Martin Goodman as a publisher. It was during that time when, in 1961, Lee relaunched the company, which had been known as Atlas throughout the 1950s, with a new goal of creating more varied and complex superhero characters and stories under a new name: Marvel.

The Marvel Comics revolution brought upon a revolution of the comic book industry in general in the 1960s and so on. Until he would step away from his regular duties at Marvel in 1996, Stan Lee had a hand in introducing the inclusion of superheroes of more diverse cultures, he helped reform the Comics Code Authority in 1971 to allow more challenging subject matter, and he fiercely pushed for the publishing of stories that attacked social injustices of the time.

Above all, he is credited with helping create some of the most endurable comic book characters of all time. Such as...

What Superheroes Did Stan Lee Create?

The question should be, what superheroes did Stan Lee NOT… You know what? I think you get the picture.

Basically, if you were to throw a dart at a photo collage of every Marvel character ever created, there is at least a 90 percent chance that whatever character you would hit has Stan Lee’s name on it. The comic book industry, and the movie industry as well, owe more to “The Man” than is even fathomable with the amount of heroes and villains he thought of and helped develop.

Marvel Comics’ first superhero family, The Fantastic Four, was Stan Lee’s first collaboration with Jack Kirby in 1961, before the dynamic duo introduced the world to one the most indestructible characters, The Incredible Hulk, in 1962. That same year, Lee, Kirby, and Lee’s brother Larry Lieber would reimagine the character of Norse mythology, Thor, as a superhero, as well as introduce Ant-Man, then the alter-ego of inventor Hank Pym.

However, Marvel’s most endurable character to come out of 1962 was from the mind of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. It was a 15-year-old kid named Peter Parker who, after a radioactive spider bite gives him amazing abilities, takes on the persona of Spider-Man, now brought to life in his most accurate cinematic depiction yet by Tom Holland.

In 1963, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Larry Lieber collaborated with Don Heck on the development of Iron Man. A much subtler version of Tony Stark than Robert Downey Jr.’s cinematic adaptation at first, Lee invented Iron Man as a way to explore Cold War themes.

Stan Lee and Jack Kirby also struck gold in 1963 with their next “family” of heroes, The X-Men, featuring Archangel, Beast, Cyclops, Iceman, and Jean Grey (then known as Marvel Girl). The team of mutants, led by Professor Charles Xavier, were heavily inspired by the civil rights movement at the time, with Xavier representing the philosophies of Martin Luther King and his adversary Magneto inspired by Malcolm X’s opposing civil rights philosophies.

Two of the Avengers’ best pals, Natasha Romanoff and Clint Barton, were both created in 1964. Stan Lee and artist Don Heck first introduced Barton under his costumed moniker Hawkeye as a reluctant villain in Tales of Suspense. While the Black Widow name has existed since 1940, Lee, Heck, and scripter Don Rico reimagined her as Natasha Romanoff in another issue of Tales of Suspense.

Stan Lee and Jack Kirby made history by creating Black Panther, the first black superhero in comic book history. T’Challa, king of the fictional African nation of Wakanda, was first introduced in a Fantastic Four story in 1966.

As a fun bonus fact of trivia: Did you know that Stan Lee was one of the people behind Groot? The tree-like creature, who would eventually became a favorite among fans of Guardians of the Galaxy, was originally conceived as a villain in Tales to Astonish by Lee, Jack Kirby, and Larry Lieber.

This is barely scratching the surface of Stan Lee’s superhero creations, actually. I could go on talking about Daredevil, Hawkeye, Black Widow (originally a 1940 creation reimagined as Natasha Romanoff in 1964), Punisher, and countless others, but there are still more questions to cover.

What Was Stan Lee’s Net Worth?

Stan Lee’s ownership of his countless Marvel comic character creations may have you assume he was sleeping on moneybags in a mansion built with stacks of cash. Do not get me wrong: he was loaded, but not even Avengers: Endgame opening weekend loaded.

Throughout the years following his career at Marvel, Stan Lee received the decidedly comfortable lifetime salary of $1 million per year from the company as its chairman emeritus, a more symbolic position than anything else. However, from Disney’s acquirement of Marvel Entertainment, Lee received a whopping nothing.

At the time of his death at 95, Stan Lee’s overall net worth was recorded at approximately, $50 million. That sounds like a mistake given the empire this man is mostly responsible for, but he was employed by the publisher, not the merchandisers or the studio making the movies. Yet, Stan Lee was the kind of person whose wealth would better be measured by accomplishment, admiration, and life itself.

Who Was Stan Lee’s Wife?

With Marvel comics’ costumed vigilantes set aside, the story that Stan Lee was most proud to be a part of was his romance with his wife of nearly 70 years.

Joan Lee (née Boocock) was born February 5, 1922, in Gosforth, England. She was working as a hat model in 1947 around the time she met Stan Lee, at which point she was already married. After two weeks of dating Lee, Joan annulled her previous marriage and then immediately married Lee on the same day, December 5, 1947.

Joan would find a career by indulging in her husband’s creations, voice acting in animated series adaptations of Fantastic Four and Iron Man in the 1990s. She even made a live-action cameo appearance alongside Stan Lee in 2016’s X-Men: Apocalypse. Director, and friend to the Lee family, Kevin Smith would often refer to Joan as Stan’s “Marvel Muse.”

On July 6, 2017, Joan and Stan Lee’s romance ended with Joan succumbing to complications related to a stroke. Lee was devastated by the loss, appearing to have slowed down significantly in health following Joan’s death until his death the following year.

That does not mean that death was the end of Stan and Joan Lee’s legacy. Fans were treated with a sweet, posthumous reunion for the couple, digitally recreating Joan’s likeness and de-aging Stan to his 1970s appearance in Avengers: Endgame.

Did Stan Lee Have Any Children?

Stan Lee and his wife Joan were both survived solely by their daughter J.C. Lee. She was born Joan Celia Lieber in April 1950, and would eventually go onto a career in acting and film production.

However, Stan and Joan Lee actually had two daughters. Their first child, Jan Lee, was born in 1953 but sadly passed away three days later.

Does Stan Lee Do A Cameo In Every Marvel Movie?

Other than epic battles of hand-to-hand combat and the tease of post-credit sequences, fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe most anticipate the appearance of the original man behind the franchise. Stan Lee reveled in doing cameos in the Marvel movies, which allowed him to live out his additional dream of being an actor.

His first live-action appearance in a Marvel movie adaptation as a hot dog vendor in 2000’s X-Men began a tradition of casting Stan Lee in more big budget superhero films, earning brief spots in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy and other films in the early 2000s. It was Kevin Feige’s MCU, however, that made a point to give Lee a memorable inclusion to every film in the franchise, his last being Avengers: Endgame.

In fact, given the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe plus his many other big screen appearances outside of the franchise, Stan Lee is technically the highest-grossing actor in the world. ‘Nuff said.

How And When Did Stan Lee Die?

Comic book fans had heavy hearts the day they lost their favorite Spider-Friend, the man whose imagination and talent gave birth to the most inspirational costumed heroes over many generations.

Stan Lee passed away on November 12, 2018, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Hospital in Los Angeles. California. He was 95.

The Marvel Comics legend and MCU cameo darling had been battling pneumonia earlier that year. The official cause of Stan Lee’s death was recorded as cardiac arrest with respiratory failure and congestive heart failure as underlying causes.

For days after his death, tributes to Stan Lee from fans, colleagues, friends, and the actors who brought his creations to life on the big screen flooded the internet. The tributes have yet to stop. Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye) posted this video to his Instagram just this past May:

Stan Lee may have passed on, but we have not seen the last of him yet. He is the kind of icon with a legacy so rich and vast, through movies, comic books, and whatever else he inspired, that he will remain immortal.

Did you we leave anything out of our Stan Lee retrospective that we should have included? What is your favorite Stan Lee fact or memory?

AMC probably expected lead actor Andrew Lincoln to be the star of the zombie drama series, The Walking Dead, until casting Norman Reedus as Daryl Dixon changed everything.

Norman Reedus was formerly best known as Murphy MacManus in 1999’s The Boondock Saints, but was cast as a character who was new to the television adaptation and ended up becoming the character who kept bringing audiences back.

Perhaps you are the kind of person who watches The Walking Dead faithfully, eagerly anticipating Daryl Dixon’s latest walker kill by crossbow, but how well do you know the real Daryl Dixon, Norman Reedus?Unless you're that fan who actually bit Norman Reedus, probably not that well. Luckily, there's plenty of information out there about Norman Reedus, his family, and what is next in store for his career.

When Was Norman Reedus Born?

Norman Reedus was born on January 6, 1969. He is a natural-born native of Hollywood, Florida (different Hollywood), but spent much of his childhood living in various places all over the world, such as in Japan, Spain, and the U.K.; he later followed a girlfriend to Los Angeles, but they eventually split.

Before stumbling upon his career in acting (more on that later), Norman Reedus worked at a Harley-Davidson motorcycle shop in Venice, California. Yes, Daryl Dixon’s infatuation with motorcycles on The Walking Dead is not just for show - it’s Reedus’ bread and butter.

Norman Reedus’ fascination with motorcycles even earned him a second show on The Walking Dead network, AMC, called Ride with Norman Reedus. The docuseries follows Reedus taking motorcycle trips with a rotation of celebrity guests, including a few of his Walking Dead co-stars and his Boondock Saints brother, Sean Patrick Flanery.

Who Are Norman Reedus’ Parents?

Norman Reedus was born to Ira Norman and Marianne Yarber Reedus. Marianne did most of the parenting to little Norman as Ira, or Norman Sr., had split from Marianne and was away for much of his son’s childhood.

Marianne had a career in education, which took her to Japan, where her son lived with her throughout his high school years. She has taught Kindergarten, high school, and even ran an orphanage at one time, but earlier in life, she was a Playboy bunny.

Despite his absence for most of the actor’s life, Norman Reedus was able to reunite with his father shortly before he died in 2002. He has stated that he used the memory of Norman Sr.’s death to invoke the right emotional reaction for a scene in which his character, Daryl Dixon, discovers his brother, Merle Dixon (Michael Rooker), has succumbed to a walker bite in Season 3 of The Walking Dead.

Now, Norman Reedus continues to carry that memory with a tattoo of his father’s name gracing his chest.

What Nationality Is Norman Reedus?

Norman Reedus is a natural-born American, his aforementioned birthplace being Hollywood, Florida. His paternal grandfather was of Italian descent, but he also carries traces of English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry.

He channeled his Irish roots into one of his most iconic roles, Murphy MacManus in The Boondock Saints. The 1999 cult classic stars Norman Reedus and Sean Patrick Flanery as two Irish Catholic brothers who believe they are called upon by God to rid Boston of its criminal underworld.

Norman Reedus would reprise his role as Murphy MacManus 10 years later in the sequel, The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day. A third installment was announced in 2014, but it does not appear that Reedus or Flanery will be involved. Reedus’ Boondock Saints counterpart would remain his most celebrated role until 2010 when he was cast as Daryl Dixon in AMC’s The Walking Dead.

Does Norman Reedus Have A Brother?

Brotherhood, coincidentally, has been a recurring theme throughout Norman Reedus’ career. His two most iconic roles are as Murphy MacManus, brother to Connor in The Boondock Saints, and Daryl Dixon, brother to Merle in The Walking Dead.

However, Norman Reedus’ only sibling is his sister, Leslie Reedus. While her brother is wildly famous from film, television, and social media, there is very little about Leslie that is known to the public eye.

So, without further ado, how about more information about Norman Reedus?

How Did Norman Reedus Become An Actor?

Norman Reedus has endured a plentiful career in film and television for almost 30 years. No one is more surprised by how it began than he is.

Right after losing his job at a Venice, California motorcycle shop following a fight with his boss, a friend took then 17-year-old Norman Reedus to a party that same night. After engaging in a drunken, angry rant toward some fellow party guests, one guest approached Reedus and asked if he would like to act in a play. The auditioning process is not like it used to be.

Norman Reedus was cast as an understudy for a production of Maps for Drowners, a comedy about AIDS, at the Tiffany Theater on Sunset Boulevard. When the lead never showed up for the performance, Reedus had to take on the terrifying task of taking the stage, which paid off handsomely.

In the mid-nineties, Norman Reedus reluctantly became a model for Prada while also being frequently cast in alternative rock music videos, among them Bjork’s “Violently Happy” and Radiohead’s “Fake Plastic Trees,” before landing his first major film role in Guillermo del Toro’s acclaimed creature feature, Mimic, in 1997. He starred in several thrillers, including future cultural phenomenon The Boondock Saints in 1999, before his first television role on the hit series Charmed came along in 2003.

Norman Reedus maintained a steady streak of parts in cinematic thrillers and TV dramas, which he assumed his 2010 casting as Daryl Dixon in zombie apocalypse drama The Walking Dead would be, given the character was not a part of the original comic book series by Robert Kirkman. Instead, Daryl Dixon became the AMC series’ most popular character (inciting the phrase “If Daryl Dies We Riot” on t-shirts) and now the actor is the show’s lead, following star Andrew Lincoln’s exit in 2018.

The actor has reprised his role as Daryl Dixon in two video games inspired by The Walking Dead. The 2013 console game The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct and the 2015 mobile app The Walking Dead: No Man’s Land put Norman Reedus at the forefront of the action, with Rick Grimes nowhere in sight.

When he is not in front of the screen, Norman Reedus also indulges in photography, painting, and sculpture in his free time. He also runs a production company call Big Bald Head, the name his Instagram handle takes from. He also notably lives in the woods while shooting The Walking Dead, so he's definitely interested in the outdoors.

Who Is Norman Reedus’ Wife Or Partner?

Norman Reedus is not currently married, and never has been either. He has, however, been in a relationship with Diane Kruger since 2016.

The Walking Dead star and the German actress, known for starring alongside Nicolas Cage in the National Treasure movies and Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, met in 2015 on the set of Sky. The French-produced drama stars Diane Kruger as a woman searching for a new lease on life after running from her husband whilst on an American vacation.

Norman Reedus plays the Nevada park ranger she falls for. A year after filming the movie, their onscreen romance would become a reality… with the exception of the film’s midlife crisis storyline.

Since going public with their relationship in 2018, the couple have gone onto having their first child together. Speaking of which...

Does Norman Reedus Have Kids?

Norman Reedus is the proud father of two children. Both of them have made subtle appearances on the actor’s Instagram, as seen here:

The above post from Norman Reedus’s instagram is a snapshot of the feet of his daughter with partner Diane Kruger. The couple welcomed the baby in November 2018. It is Reedus’ first child with Kruger, but the second child he is a father to.

Mingus Lucien Reedus was born on October 13, 1999, in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is the son of Norman Reedus and former Victoria’s Secret model Helena Christiansen, whom Reedus dated from 1998 until 2003, but remains on good terms with.

While Mingus Lucien Reedus has dabbled in modeling recently, having walked his first catwalk in New York in 2017, he has not expressed interest in pursuing acting like his father. Norman Reedus even revealed in an interview with the Phillipine Daily Inquirer that Mingus was offered Tom Holland’s role of Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War and turned it down, unamused by the idea of fame.

What Else Is In Store For Norman Reedus’ Career?

AMC will air the premiere of the tenth season of The Walking Dead in October 2019, as is tradition. Leading the show as Daryl Dixon is sure to keep Norman Reedus busy until the series’ end, which has yet to be announced.

AMC also has renewed his unscripted series Ride with Norman Reedus, which allows him to live out his love of motorcycles while hanging out with celebrities. Norman Reedus will also make his latest video game appearance in the lead role of Hideo Kojima’s hotly anticipated PlayStation game Death Stranding, which has been in development since 2016.

Norman Reedus is one of the hardest working and notable artists of his generation and his legacy on The Walking Dead will most certainly always be remembered.

As an internationally known, and beloved, professional wrestler, not to mention a celebrated comedic actor for several films —especially in recent years — John Cena is certainly a famous guy. Fans have been following the superstar for two decades now, and his star power has only grown in that time.

That's pretty impressive. But it is no surprise that John Cena is as famous as he is. Or, at least, it shouldn't be a surprise. The A-list actor is charming, charismatic, funny and dedicated to his craft. Whenever you can see him, of course, and that's not likely to change anytime soon.

But while John Cena's career accomplishments are well-known, his personal life isn't talked about quite as well. There are some details about his life that you may-or-may not know about at all or in-depth, like the relationship between John Cena and Nikki Bella. If you want to call yourself a fan of John Cena, it would definitely be beneficial to have these details under your hat. With that, here's what you should know about the man's personal life.

What Is John Cena's Net Worth?

It's not known for certain, but John Cena's net worth is believed to be around $55 million. That would make him one of the richest wrestlers in the world, behind Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and only a few others, if anyone else. In addition to his commitments to the WWE, Cena has continued to boost himself as an actor and voice actor, along with other side projects, which have given him more work and exposure, and boosted his celebrity profile. With that in mind, it shouldn't come to any surprise that he has a cool $50-plus million to his name. Honestly, though, it might be even more.

Is John Cena Married?

At this time, John Cena is not married. But he has been married in the past. During the promotional rounds for his 2009 action film, 12 Rounds, John Cena announced publicly that he was engaged to his girlfriend, Elizabeth Huberdeau. They were married on July 11th, 2009. Elizabeth Huberdeau and John Cena's marriage lasted a couple years, but it wasn't meant to last. In May of 2012, John Cena filed for divorce. Said divorce was then finalized that July. It was shortly after that marriage that he started dating his long-time partner, fellow wrestler Nikki Bella. We'll talk about that more later on.

Was John Cena In the Marines?

No, but John Cena claims that he considered it early in life. As he told Task & Purpose during the promotional rounds for his 2017 film, The Wall, where he played an Army Ranger sniper, there was once a point in time where he was prepared to join the Marines. But then, he found himself in the world of wrestling. And the rest, as it's often said, is history. Here's how John Cena explained it:

While John Cena hasn't been an active member of the army or military in the past, he has played a Marine in the movies, specifically, 2006's action-thriller, The Marine, in which he starred in his first feature role. That might be the reason why some people think he was a member of the Marines. In any case, there is an alternate timeline out there where John Cena joined the Marines, but we're not living in that timeline.

How Old Is John Cena?

John Cena is currently 42 years old. The actor/wrestler isn't necessarily a spring chicken, but considering how he came into fame in his late teens or early 20s, it shouldn't be much of a surprise that he has become so famous in such a short span of time. And there's also the fact that he continues to keep himself in such good shape. On Twitter, Cena talked about his muscle-bound figure, letting his followers know they're "the sum of their actions."

Does John Cena Have Siblings?

Yes. In fact, John Cena has quite a few siblings. Four brothers, to be specific. He has one older brother, Stephen Cena, and three younger brothers, Dan, Matt and Sean Cena. He's part of a big family, it's clear to see, and it seems to be a pretty athletic household for the Cenas as well.

Where Does John Cena Live And/Or Reside?

John Cena primarily lives in Tampa, Florida. Although the actor has moved around a couple times, particularly for his recent slew of acting roles. For instance, in 2018, Cena temporarily moved to China and settled in Yinchuan. It was there where John Cena created a YouTube original series for the WWE's channel entitled John Cena in China. That's not a particularly original name, obviously, but it does the job. He reportedly lived there for roughly five months while filming an upcoming movie with Jackie Chan called Project X-Traction. It finished filming in November 2018 and it is expected to come out later this year.

Are John Cena And Nikki Bella Still Together?

That's the million dollar question, isn't it? There has been a lot of turmoil between John Cena and Nikki Bella since they ended their engagement in April 2018, very shortly before they were set to get married on May 5th, 2018. They got engaged in the ring at Wrestlemania 33 the year prior, and it was going to be a very romantic weekend before things took an unfortunate dour note and the couple separated, seemingly for good.

Throughout the reality television series Total Bellas, the fallout of their relationship is chronicled. While John Cena has been open about his desire to get back with Nikki Bella, it sounds like they are still separated at this time. Will that change? Who can say? For now, however, the most likely answer is John Cena and Nikki Bella are done.

Who Is John Cena Dating?

Earlier this year, it was reported by John Cena was dating a new woman. Once his relationship with Nikki Bella was basically confirmed to be done, it was revealed that Cena was reportedly seeing Shay Shariatzadeh, a 29-year-old engineer. Their relationship is still in the early stages, and we don't know a whole lot about their coupling. But if it starts to get serious, John Cena fans should expect to see the new lover at Wrestlemania this summer.

How Tall is John Cena?

John Cena is a big guy, but he's not quite as tall as you might think. He stands at around 6'0'', which is certainly not short. But it's not quite as tall as, say, Dwayne Johnson, who stands at 6'5'', or The Undertaker, who stands at 6'10''. Nevertheless, despite not being quite as tall as some of his fellow wrestlers, John Cena has certainly held his own inside the ring throughout these past few decades, and it doesn't sound like that's subject to change.

Who Are John Cena's Parents?

John Cena is the son of John Cena Sr. and Carol Cena. He was born on April 23, 1977 in West Newbury, MA. It was a bit fortuitous that John Cena would wind up in wrestling since his father was a wrestling announcer back in the day, under the name "Mr. Fabulous." Maybe that's where he gets his star power? We can't say for certain. But maybe some things are destined to be.

These are only a handful of details worth gleaning from John Cena's personal life. The man has worked his way up the ladder and he has found a lot of success, not only in the world of wrestling but in film, television and many other arenas of entertainment. And it sounds like he's just warming up. In addition to all the other projects he's working on at the moment, he is also becoming the host of Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? revival, which will be on Nickelodeon starting on June 10.

There are many things for John Cena to be thankful for, and it sounds like his career is going to continue to balloon, just like his biceps. In the meantime, however, we hope this information gave you a better understanding of the man, the myth, the legend known as John Cena. Be sure to check back with us right here at CinemaBlend for more news, updates and developments in film, television, pop culture and a whole lot more.

Some Hollywood couples seem like perfect matches, while other tabloid-friendly flings appear to happen almost completely out-of-the-blue. One good example of the latter is Chris Pratt's newest long-term relationship. After the Guardians of the Galaxy actor finalized his divorce papers with Anna Faris, Pratt surprised everyone in late 2018 when he announced that he was in a blooming, fully-committed romance with author Katherine Schwarzenegger.

During the early days of their relationship, there weren't too many people clued into Katherine Schwarzenegger and Chris Pratt's love affair, and it certainly came as an unexpected announcement to fans who still hold fluttering feelings for his marriage to Anna Faris. Nevertheless, the surprises kept coming when Chris Pratt announced he was engaged. They kept their relationship discreet early on, but now Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger are engaged and a wedding is on the way, we have more details to share about how their relationship started and how they became a couple.

With that, here's a breakdown of Katherine Schwarzenegger and Chris Pratt's relationship — at least, as far as we know given speculation is sometimes rampant. Without further ado, here's how this couple got together!

Chris Pratt's Divorce From Anna Faris

For nearly 10 years, Chris Pratt and Anna Faris were fostering one of the most adorable marriages in Hollywood. At the time, Anna Faris was the more famous of the two, as the actress was best known for her roles in Scary Movie 1-3, The House Bunny and several other '00s comedies. They were married back in 2009, just before Pratt would become known as "The Parks and Recreation Guy." The couple initially met in 2007 for a table read of their long-delayed film, Take Me Home Tonight, which was eventually released with little fanfare in 2011.

Anna Faris and Chris Pratt were still married when Chris Pratt hit the big time with 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy, which propelled the sitcom actor in A-list territory. They share one son together, Jack Pratt, who was born in 2012. And it was shortly after Pratt was having a hard time juggling his family time with his exploding career, particularly with additional roles in Jurassic World and other blockbusters, that the ex-couple formally announced their plans to separate in 2017.

The couple told (or assured) their growing fans they still cared for one another and that they were still friendly. Still, Anna Faris and ChrisPratt officially dried the ink on their divorce papers in October 2018, marking the end of their relationship shortly before what would have been their 10-year anniversary.

How Chris Pratt And Katherine Schwarzenegger Met

Believe it or not, Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger were reportedly first introduced to one another through Katherine's mom, Maria Shriver. According to a source for People, the mom played matchmaker for the soon-to-be couple, as she "set up" a connection for them that would begin to grow thereafter. Apparently, Chris Pratt and Maria Shriver had mutual friends, which found them interacting with each other. Once she got to know Chris Pratt more, she believed he would be a good suitor for her daughter.

It's not clear when Katherine Schwarzenegger and Chris Pratt had their first date, but it's believed that they were dating for "two months or so" prior to their first public outing on Father's Day 2018. Therefore, there's a good chance that they were starting to date around March or April of last year, if not earlier, and it sounds like they hit it off instantly.

They would reportedly talk to each other "consistently," according to a source for E! News. While Chris Pratt was reportedly trying to take things with Katherine Schwarzenegger slowly at first, particularly given his then-ongoing divorce, it didn't take long before they started going steady, steady for good.

Outings They Went On/Meeting the Family

In the early months of their relationship, leading up to the summer of 2018, Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger were quick to get friendly. They were spending more and more time with each other, and they were starting to spend more time in public as well — even if they didn't officially confirm their relationship. They made their red carpet debut in April 2019, when they were seen at the premiere of Avengers: Infinity War together. Plus, they were quickly-and-surely getting to spend more time with their respective families as well.

In July 2018, Katherine Schwarzenegger had a chance to get acquainted with Jack Pratt, Chris Pratt's then five-year-old son. Schwarzenegger and Pratt are both spiritually minded, and they were seen attending different church services together. Jack Pratt joined them for at least one religious outing in this capacity during the height of the summer; they even reportedly got ice cream together!

Additionally, Chris Pratt got a chance to meet Katherine's family, including Patrick Schwarzenegger, and they allegedly got along well. Maria Shriver was, of course, already a friend of Pratt's, and the rest of the family seemingly took to the actor's charms as well. Also in that time, Pratt and Schwarzenegger were spending more and more time together, and Schwarzenegger was getting to know Jack Pratt more and more as well. Family is a big deal for Chris Pratt, and knowing that his girlfriend was getting along with Jack Pratt was definitely encouraging for the actor. At this point, it was clear to Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger that their relationship was getting very serious.

Engagement

Chris Pratt formally announced his relationship to Katherine Schwarzenegger in December 2018. In a sweet, emotional Instagram post, Pratt wished his girlfriend a happy birthday by saying he has "cherished" their time together and that he thanked God for introducing her into his life. For many folks, this is the first time they discovered that Chris Pratt was dating another woman. It might also have been their introduction to Katherine Schwarzenegger, who has written several books for adults and children but is also known as the daughter of actor/politician Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Nevertheless, while some people didn't exactly know what to make of this new celebrity couple, it didn't matter what they thought. Because things between Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger were execrating in rapid fashion. Just one month later, Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger announced their engagement.

Pratt wrote in his address to his partner that he was "so thrilled" to be marrying Schwarzenegger and was "proud to live in faith" with her. Similarly, Katherine Schwarzenegger wrote that she "wouldn't want to live with anyone" but Chris Pratt by her side. Romance was most certainly in bloom. By now, the public was fully aware of their relationship.

Wedding Plans

There is no official date yet for Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger's wedding (at least, as far as the public knows). This is common for celebrities though.  Beyond this, we do know they are expecting to celebrate their nuptials in the fall or winter. That means they'll likely married either in late 2019 or early 2020, which would mean they'll be married around two years after they first met.

While Chris Pratt is keeping himself busy with a number of different projects, including the promotional rounds for Avengers: Endgame, the actor has been lending his time to the preparation process as well, reportedly getting "really involved" with the planning, as Schwarzenegger told ET.

Additionally, the wedding isn't expected to be quite as glamorous as your typical A-lister's wedding. They are planning to make it an intimate affair, according to a source close to the couple, and they will probably be inviting only a handful of people to attend their big day. The couple has been very traditional in their wedding preparations thus far. Particularly Chris Pratt, who went the old-fashioned route and asked Arnold Schwarzenegger for his permission to marry his daughter. Arnold reportedly gave him his hearty approval.

Plans For The Future

While Chris Pratt is still keeping busy with this different acting commitments, including his work in the Guardians of the Galaxy series and with the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a whole, it sounds like he's willing to pull out the brakes once he gets married to Katherine Schwarzenegger. During a red carpet event ahead of the release for The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, he admitted that family was something he wanted to continue to focus on. He wasn't afraid to turn down some offers and gigs if it meant spending more quality time with his expanding family. Here's what he told ET:

It sounds like things are already moving forward quickly. Shortly after they announced their engagement, the couple found a house near Anna Faris and Jack Pratt and moved in to the Los Angeles-based residence. As agreed upon during their divorce settlement, Chris Pratt and Anna Faris are planning to spend the next few years living close to one another in order to be there for their son's growth and development.

It sounds like the bliss Pratt and Schwarzenegger have felt since they've gotten together hasn't died down in the slightest since. Hopefully, more happy days will await.

With that, it sounds like things between Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger are currently quite steady. While they got together quickly -- likely causing a few folks to have whiplash at the turnaround -- it's apparent that Katherine and Chris care about each other immensely and are working to make their relationship longterm. We'll continue to keep you posted on the details surrounding their cute, committed relationship — including their upcoming marriage — here at CinemaBlend.

Tom Cruise is truly larger than life (though a little below average in stature) even by Hollywood standards. Any movie he stars in is virtually guaranteed to be a box office hit if not smash. In fact, taking in all box office numbers, foreign and domestic, you have to go back to the 1980s to find a movie that truly bombed.

Incredibly, Tom Cruise has made 18 films that have earned north of $100 million. The numbers are staggering, but what about the man behind the numbers? Let’s take a look, shall we?

How Tall Is Tom Cruise?

Tom Cruise is often called out for being short, and while he’s not tall, he’s also not the shortest guy in Hollywood either. At 5’7" in height, he’s taller than a lot of famous actors, like Daniel Radcliffe (5’5”), Michael J. Fox (5’4”), Scott Caan (5’5”), and Richard Dreyfuss (5’5”).

How Old Is Tom Cruise?

Tom Cruise was not born on the 4th of July, but he was born on the 3rd of July in Syracuse, NY in 1962, making him 56-years-old at the time of this writing. He's pretty fit for someone pushing sixty, too, and regularly still has shirtless scenes in movies.

Who Is Tom Cruise’s Wife?

Tom Cruise has been married three times. His first marriage was to Mimi Rogers, who introduced him to the Church of Scientology. They were married from 1987 to 1990 when he left her after meeting the woman that would become his second wife, Nicole Kidman.

Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman got married in 1990 after meeting on the set of Day Of Thunder. They stayed married through the '90s, but eventually divorced in 2001. Kidman is now married to fellow Aussie Keith Urban.

After Tom and Nicole divorced, he began dating his Vanilla Sky co-star, Penelope Cruz (Cruise and Cruz), before breaking up with her in 2004, and shortly after, he began dating his soon-to-be third wife, Katie Holmes.

Sixteen years his junior, Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise stayed married for six years before Holmes filed for divorce in New York State. Their relationship was often splashed on the covers of the tabloids, sometimes because of Cruise’s involvement in the Church of Scientology or sometimes because he was jumping up and down on couches with Oprah.

It's worth noting that before Tom Cruise married Mimi Rogers in the '80s, he was linked to a number of actress, all older than the young Hollywood heartthrob was at the time. He dated his Risky Business co-star Rebecca De Mornay briefly. He had a relationship with Bruce Springsteen’s now-wife Patti Scialfa (before she and The Boss got together) and he also was linked to Cher for a short time, who was 16 years his elder.

Is Tom Cruise A Scientologist?

He is. Tom Cruise is almost as famous for being a Scientologist as he is for his movies. The two adopted children from his marriage to Nicole Kidman are as well.

He first joined the Church in the mid-eighties and has since become a strong advocate on behalf of it. The leader of the church, David Miscavige, was the best man at Cruise’s wedding to Katie Holmes and Cruise has spoken publicly often about his faith in Scientology. Tom Cruise is such an important part of the Church, Miscavige invented an award to give him, called the Freedom Medal Of Valor.

In 2008, a video of an interview with Tom Cruise that was intended to be for Church use was leaked to the internet. In the video -- which was edited to have the Mission: Impossible theme playing under his talking -- the actor makes a lot of wild statements that the Church claimed were taken out of context and they sued YouTube and others to have the video removed. YouTube eventually removed it, but it can be found on the internet still.

Before he started acting as a young man, Tom Cruise also briefly attended Seminary hoping to become a Catholic priest, but the acting bug caught and he left for Hollywood.

What Is Tom Cruise’s Real Name?

When he was born, Tom Cruise was named Thomas Cruise Mapother IV. He was named after his father, who Cruise didn’t not get along with growing up. When Cruise was in 6th grade, while living in Ottawa, Canada, his mother divorced his father and moved back to The States. Later, she remarried when Cruise was 16. Thomas Cruise Mapother III died when Tom Cruise was 22, just as Cruise really broke big in Hollywood.

A cousin on his father’s side is actor William Mapother, who starred as Ethan on Lost and has appeared in three films with Cruise himself, Born On The Fourth Of July, Mission: Impossible 2, and Minority Report.

Does Tom Cruise Have Kids?

Yep. Tom Cruise has three kids. Two were adopted during his marriage to Nicole Kidman. Allegedly, Nicole Kidman was pregnant when he filed for divorce in 2000, but tragically she miscarried. She also reportedly had a miscarriage early in their marriage as well.

Six years later, in 2006, his then-girlfriend Katie Holmes famously gave birth to their daughter Suri. The tabloids and gossip sites went crazy and the world buzzed with the announcement. Vanity Fair published the first pictures of their baby and circulation reportedly jumped 60% for the issue. It was a BIG deal. More recently, the news hasn't been as good though, as it's been reported that Tom Cruise doesn't have much contact, if any, with Suri.

What Are Tom Cruise’s Kids’ Names?

His two adopted children with Nicole Kidman are, Isabella Jane Cruise, both in 1992 and Connor Anthony Cruise, born in 1995. The most famous of his children though, is the one he had with Katie Holmes, whose name is Suri.

Why Did Tom Cruise Get Divorced?

As noted prior, his first marriage ended in divorce to Mimi Rogers because he met and started dating Nicole Kidman.

Neither Nicole Kidman nor Tom Cruise have ever spoken publicly very much about their divorce in 2001. All that is really known is that it was Cruise that filed for divorce, using the nebulous “irreconcilable differences” reason in California.

Like his divorce from Kidman, Cruise has never talked much about his divorce from Katie Holmes, nor has she. Holmes filed for divorce in New York State, which has very strict privacy laws when it comes to divorce and custody, so everything is speculation, really.

So, those are the public details of Tom Cruise’s private life. As someone who has been on the front page of newspapers for almost 40 years, surprisingly little is really known about him. He’s a huge name, but an intensely private person.

Of course, there have been times where the absolute opposite of all of that is true, like when his daughter Suri was born in 2006.

One thing is still for sure – he is still box office platinum. He is one of the rare few actors in Hollywood that basically guarantees a huge box office number. That probably won’t change in anytime soon with the releases of the Top Gun sequel Maverick in 2020 and then two more Mission: Impossible movies in 2021 and 2022.

Ian Somerhalder has become one of the most popular TV actors of the 21st century thanks to playing Damon Salvatore on The Vampire Diaries and Boone Carlyle on Lost, and now Dr. Luther Swann on V-Wars. But there's a lot more to know about the actor, whose career actually started back in the 1980s.

Here are some of the most important facts and trivia that Ian Somerhalder fans should know.

How Old Is Ian Somerhalder?

The perpetually youthful-looking 5'9"-tall Ian Somerhalder was born on December 8, 1978 -- which finally puts him past the point of playing teenage roles. Lost premiered in September 2004 when he was 25. The Vampire Diaries started in September 2009, when Somerhalder was 30, and ended in March 2017 when he was 38. Now Somerhalder is finally old enough to play a father on screen. He said he was drawn to his Netflix's V-Wars character Dr. Luther Swann because Swann is a normal, good man -- a dad and a husband -- as opposed to a not-so-good vampire like Damon Salvatore.

Where Is Ian Somerhalder From?

Ian Somerhalder is a Southern boy from Covington, Louisiana, which is about 40 miles from New Orleans. It's a perfect area to grow up in, if your future includes the mysterious and supernatural. Interestingly enough, The Vampire Diaries taped most of its episodes in Covington, Georgia, which doubles for the show's Mystic Falls, Virginia. Somerhalder's parents -- a massage therapist and an independent building contractor-- raised Ian, his older brother Robert and younger sister Robyn in nearby Mandeville.

Ian Somerhalder has stayed close to his roots. He grew up loving the wilderness in the area and returned with the Ian Somerhalder Foundation to buy nearly 100 acres along the bayou for preservation and other projects serving the needs of animals and the community, per NOLA. He also supported his family when they opened McClains pizzeria in Mandeville, with another pizzeria in Hailey, Idaho. Ian and his brother Bob Somerhalder also opened a furniture business Built Of Barnwood.

How Did Ian Somerhalder Start His Career?

Ian Somerhalder started his career as a model at age 10. As he explained to Bend Weekly in a 2007 interview:

Ian Somerhalder said his mother used every penny to get an apartment in New York for three summers.

However, while modeling made him a lot of money (before fees), he didn't find it "intellectually satisfying." He decided to study acting with William Esper in New York. And he got pretty lucky -- after a couple of guest shots in L.A., he did four TV pilots and all four were picked up.

Ian Somerhalder's early TV career includes single episode roles on The Big Easy (1997) and Now and Again (1999) before landing a main role on Young Americans, a spinoff of Dawson's Creek that lasted one season. Somerhalder has had guest roles in several shows, from CSI to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and also played the role of Adam Knight across six episodes of Smallville. On the film side, he picked up a substantial role in the 2001 movie Life as a House and an even bigger role in the 2002 movie The Rules of Attraction.

Ian Somerhalder shot to fame with Lost as the ill-fated Boone Carlyle. He returned as a special guest star after Season 1 in episodes across Seasons 2, 3, and 6. Lost ended in 2010, but by then Ian Somerhalder was already cast in The Vampire Diaries.

Is Ian Somerhalder Single?

Nope! Ian Somerhalder is a happily married man. He's also kept things in the vampire family. Ian Somerhalder famously dated his The Vampire Diaries co-star Nina Dobrev for about three years before they broke up in 2013. Now they are friends, and Dobrev is also friends with Somerhalder's wife, Nikki Reed.

Nikki Reed, who was born 10 years after Ian Somerhalder in 1988, played vampire Rosalie Hale in The Twilight Saga. Somerhalder and Reed were married April 26, 2015 in Malibu, California, and they welcomed their first child, daughter Bodhi Soleil, on July 25, 2017. It's clear that after several years together, they are still very much in love; check out how Somerhalder celebrated their 4th wedding anniversary:

Nikki Reed was married to American Idol alum Paul McDonald before marrying Ian Somerhalder. Just a few months after her split with McDonald, Reed began dating Somerhalder. Somerhalder and Reed got married less than four months after they got engaged. Somerhalder and Reed were friends for years before they started dating, but the pair and Nina Dobrev were quick to dispel any rumors that there was any bad blood or betrayal between them.

Where Does Ian Somerhalder Live?

Ian Somerhalder and Nikki Reed are based in Los Angeles, but they love to travel -- even when they don't have to travel for things like his Netflix show V-Wars, which filmed in Ontario, Canada. In December 2018, Nikki Reed told People they are a "big camping family" and "probably spend 100 days out of 365 in our Airstream camping." She said they live to travel down to Joshua Tree and New Mexico and all over the place.

In 2015, Variety reported that Ian Somerhalder and Nikki Reed had paid more than $2.85 million for a contemporary home in Venice, CA -- and it was sold by Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith. Apparently the 3-bedroom, 3.5 bath, 2,800-square-foot home is "Just off the trendy, spendy and hipster-swarmed Abbot Kinney shopping and dining district."

How Much Money Did Ian Somerhalder Make From The Vampire Diaries?

Ian Somerhalder has made a pretty penny from his lengthy career thus far. According to a 2010 TV Guide report on the top TV earners, Somerhalder made $40,000 per episode of The Vampire Diaries. There were 22 episodes for the first seven seasons of Vampire Diaries, and 16 in the final Season 8. He's been given an estimate net worth of $8 million, but it's not clear if that also includes his pay for producing and directing episodes. It was also posted before he joined Netflix's V-Wars. Either way, he should have enough money to support his family and causes.

What Does Ian Somerhalder Do When He's Not Acting?

In addition to acting, Ian Somerhalder also directs. He directed three episodes of The Vampire Diaries and he directed an episode of his upcoming Netflix series V-Wars. He was also a producer in his final season on The Vampire Diaries.

Ian Somerhalder is also deeply involved in environmental causes, and causes that support animal welfare. He's a UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador and was part of the Emmy-winning 2014 documentary on global warming, Years of Living Dangerously. In 2013, he told Us Weekly if he wasn't an actor, he'd be a marine biologist.

He launched the Ian Somerhalder Foundation in 2010 "to empower, educate and collaborate with people and projects to positively impact the planet and its creatures." The Louisiana native was inspired to launch the foundation after witnessing the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and the horrible aftermath of the Gulf Oil Spill. Somerhalder's wife Nikki Reed is equally passionate in environmentalism and animal rights, and she's the Vice President of ISF.

Ian Somerhalder Wants A Nobel Prize - For Someone Else

In 2011, Ian Somerhalder explained to E! that he had flown to Zimbabwe for a documentary after wrapping that year's season of The Vampire Diaries.

Ian Somerhalder noted that Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth didn't mention how agriculture contributes to climate change, so he wanted to change that. However, he emphasized that he has no political ambitions himself:

Ian Somerhalder should have plenty of other adventures ahead, and fans can follow his progress on big, small, and streaming screens -- as well as social media. In the meantime, keep up with CinemaBlend for more on all things TV, film, and pop culture.

Hollywood has no shortage of well-publicized sweethearts. Everyone loves a good Hollywood romance, after all, and there are definitely more than a few to be found in Tinseltown. Yet, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' marriage really seems to be something special.

As made evident throughout several interviews, red carpet events and humorous social media interactions over the years, Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively share one of the most charming and winning relationships in Hollywood. Since they've been together for nearly 10 years now, the Detective Pikachu actor and A Simple Favor actress have seemingly only grown fonder and more loving toward each other in their affectionate companionship. Hopefully, that's not subject to change anytime soon!

Still, a lot has changed since Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds first got together, including how they've grown as a family and more! Let's break it down.

How Did Blake Lively And Ryan Reynolds Meet?

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively first met on the set on 2011's Green Lantern. Though it's safe to say the movie itself turned out ill-fated —for a number of different reasons, both critically and commercially — the endearing romantic bond between these two set-to-rise celebrities turned out to be pretty special. The film may have some issues, but the casting director clearly did something right here.

Like most Hollywood blockbusters, it took a long while to film Green Lantern. Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds first got acquainted in early 2010, roughly a year-and-a-half before the movie would make its way into theaters. While Green Lantern was falling part as the months went on, their off-screen relationship was only grew stronger. While the Green Lantern franchise is done-and-gone, they're still sticking together.

When Was Blake Lively And Ryan Reynolds' Wedding?

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively were married on September 9th, 2012, and they've been together ever since. The wedding ceremony took place at Boone Hall Plantation, a historical South Carolina destination, during a Sunday night ceremony in secretive fashion. The couple had been dating for roughly two years before they finally got hitched, and it certainly sounds like it was a joyous ceremony for the loving couple.

As for the wedding itself, it was considered pretty intimate. There were reportedly only 35 guests in attendance, according to The Daily Mail. As Blake Lively admitted, they wanted to get married in secret, but they didn't want to sacrifice the style in the process. Sure enough, the wedding sounds like it was gorgeous, and it sounds like the bliss hasn't left since.

What Is The Age Difference Between Blake Lively And Ryan Reynolds?

There is a bit of an age difference between Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds. The Deadpool actor was born in 1976, while The Age of Adaline actress came into this world in 1987. That means Reynolds is 42-years-old, while Lively is 31. If you do a quick number crunch, you'll see that there is an 11-year separation between them.

While that is more than a decade age difference between these actors, it doesn't make a difference for these two sweethearts. The heart wants what it wants, and there are certainly way bigger age differences between a few other celebrity couples. We don't need to name any names, do we? Though Ryan Reynolds will be 50 before Blake Lively turns 40, that clearly doesn't seem to be an issue or a concern for these two lovers.

Was Ryan Reynolds Married Before Blake Lively?

Yes, the actor was married previously. Before Ryan Reynolds said "I do" to Blake Lively, he was previously in another marriage with another famous actress. That actress is none other than Scarlett Johansson. They were married in 2008, and their marriage lasted a couple of years. However, Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson were separated in 2010, then the ex-couple officially got divorced in 2011, shortly before Reynolds married Blake Lively.

The reason for Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson's fallout was never made explicitly clear, though it sounds like both parties have moved on well enough. Johansson got remarried in 2014 to journalist Romain Dauriac, though their marriage only lasted until 2017. More recently, Johansson has been in a relationship with "Weekend Update" personality and Saturday Night Live head writer Colin Jost.

When he discussed his divorce with Details Magazine, here's what Ryan Reynolds said about his separation:

Who Has Blake Lively Dated?

Before she was married to Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively was in a few high-profile relationships. Most notably, she was dating Penn Badgley, her co-star on Gossip Girl. It's unclear how long they were dating, but they broke up around September 2010 under "amicable" circumstances, according to reports at the time. Meanwhile, it was around this time that Ryan Reynolds was dealing with his crumbling marriage to Scarlett Johansson.

Oftentimes, when it comes to relationships, timing is key. While Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds were filming Green Lantern together, they were each dealing with their own relationships coming apart, and through their romantic on-screen relationship, sparks started to fly away from the cameras. Sure enough, it didn't take long before they were dating, then married.

How Many Kids Do Blake Lively And Ryan Reynolds Share Together?

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds share two daughters together, James Reynolds (4) and Inez Reynolds (2). James Reynolds was born in 2014, after the couple had been married for two years together. Inez Reynolds, meanwhile, was born in 2016. And the family is going to get even bigger soon. Blake Lively announced at the premiere of Detective Pikachu that she's currently pregnant with baby number three! As seen in the social media photos above, she's currently rocking the baby bump. It can be tricky business balancing parental duties with two active film careers. Blake Lively described this tough balance between work and family in an interview with Glamour. She said:

Where Do Ryan Reynolds And Blake Lively Live?

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds live just outside Pound Ridge, New York, in a house they purchased together back in November 2012. According to Velvet Ropes, the couple bought the house for a hefty $5.7 million. It's a 8,892 square feet home with seven bedrooms, six bathrooms, and a whole lot of acres. It's certainly a cozy residence to settle down in and raise a family, to say the very least.

There's no denying that Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively like to keep themselves busy with their work, so it's unclear how often they spend time in this house. Particularly Ryan Reynolds, who continues to balloon his fame with the popularity of the Deadpool films and more recent hits like Detective Pikachu. They travel as a family from set to set, making sure they're not far apart from one another, which is key to their relationship foundation. With that in mind, do they spend a lot of time in this house? It's hard to say, but it's most certainly a gorgeous location.

Through a fun-loving, yet dedicated and committed, relationship and marriage, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds have proven themselves to be one of the best and most affectionate couples in Hollywood. They have been together for nearly a decade now, and they'll be celebrate their 10-year-anniversary sooner-than-later too, as long as everything goes according to plan in their lives. And it sounds like they're still as loving as can be, even if they're not afraid to make fun of each other on social media at any given occasion.

Nevertheless, for more updates on Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively's marriage, as well as the latest news in film, television, pop culture, celebrity culture and a whole lot more, you can always be sure to check back with us right here at CinemaBlend to hear the latest scoop.

Shut. Up. As of this year, Anne Hathaway has been an on-screen actress for 20 years. She has become an iconic talent over the years for her roles such as Mia Thermopolis in The Princess Diaries, the White Queen in Alice Through The Looking Glass, Christopher Nolan's Catwoman and Les Miserables' Fantine. The versatile leading lady even recently got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame to mark her big-name status.

But there’s more than what meets the eye when it comes to Anne Hathaway. Sure, she has a long career resume filled with comedic and dramatic performances across the 21st century thus far. However, she's more than just and actress, so let’s talk about the interesting, random and inspirational tidbits about Hathaway that have happened in-between her memorable big screen moments.

She’s Named After William Shakespeare’s Wife

Anne Hathaway actually shares the same exact name as another prominent women in history – playwright William Shakespeare’s wife of 27 years. It’s no coincidence, her parents were inspired by the name, although they allegedly did mull over naming her Catherine instead.

The actress expressed her relief Catherine Hathaway didn’t make the cut in a Wired, noting it doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. Strangely enough, her husband of six years Adam Shulman has an uncanny resemblance to Shakespeare himself that has had fans conspiracy theorizing for years they’re the immortalized couple. Just take a look below:

Anne Hathaway's Mom Is A Former Actress And Her Dad Is A Labor Attorney

Cute story alert! When Anne was six-years-old, she watched her mother Kate play Fantine in a stage version of Les Miserables and became inspired to pursue the art. This would be the role she would win her first Academy Award for in 2012. Isn’t that amazing? Her mom quit acting soon after that to raise her daughter and two sons but in her heyday also starred in shows including Steel Magnolias, Evita and I Hate Hamlet.

She has since returned to the theater, most recently for a one-woman show in New Jersey, along with making a cameo in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement as a choir director. While Anne certainly takes after her mom, her father Gerard is a successful labor lawyer who represents corporations in New York.

She Suffered From Anxiety And Depression As A Teen

Just before Hathaway’s career took off at the age of 19, she found herself in a dark place when she dealt with mental illness. She has since been open with her struggles (common among teenagers), previously explaining that she was able to overcome her mental challenges without turning to medication. The actress has joined other celebrities such as Demi Lovato and J.K. Rowling, who have also been vocal about their mental health.

She once told People, “I am sorry she was hurting for so long. It’s all so negatively narcissistic to be so consumed with self” of her past and since developed her own methods to cope with stress, as well as fired back about negativity from her haters and has spoken out about body positivity amidst Hollywood’s size standards.

Hathaway’s First Role Was In A Television Series With Jesse Eisenberg

While she was officially inducted onto the big screen with her breakout role in 2001’s The Princess Diaries, she actually broke into the industry in 1999 with a Fox series called Get Real. The dramedy show about a dysfunctional family only lasted a single 22-episode season before getting cancelled by the network, however.

It did help launch the careers of Anne Hathaway and Jesse Eisenberg, who would later go on to star in hits including Adventureland, Zombieland and The Social Network. The pair have since reunited in the Rio films as the lovebirds Blu and Jewel.

She Beat Out Liv Tyler For Her Princess Diaries Role

So, Anne Hathaway and Liv Tyler definitely share a resemblance and they also found their breakout (and most famous) roles in 2001. Both actresses were seriously being considered for the role of Mia in The Princess Diaries, but Hathaway’s clumsiness ultimately earned her the part over Tyler.

An accidental fall off her chair during her audition impressed the filmmakers enough to hire her – this later came in handy when an unscripted fall off the bleachers in the movie became a memorable moment. There seem to be no hard feelings from Liv Tyler, as the actress ended up playing Lord of the Rings’ Arwen in the Peter Jackson trilogy starting that very year.

She Turned Down Lead Roles In Phantom of the Opera, Knocked Up And Silver Linings Playbook

While the actress has certainly won a lot of great roles during her career, there are some that got away – or in her case, she decided to pass on. Anne Hathaway was considered for the 2004 movie version of Phantom of the Opera for the role of Christine but since the shooting schedule overlapped with the sequel to The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, she had to turn it down and Emmy Rossum took over the role.

Anne Hathaway also said no to playing opposite Seth Rogen in the early Judd Apatow hit Knocked Up, apparently because she objected to the director’s plan to use real footage of a birth; instead, Katherine Heigl nabbed the role. She also could have played Jennifer Lawrence’s Oscar-winning Silver Linings Playbook role, but “creative differences” pulled her away from it. It was a win-win situation, since both Lawrence and Hathaway won their Oscars during the same year.

Hathaway Was The Youngest Academy Awards Host Ever

Although the year she hosted the Oscars with James Franco gets a bad rep, the actress should get some credit! At 27, she was the youngest Academy Awards host ever! Not to mention she is among one of only three women who have hosted ever. Ellen DeGeneres and Whoopi Goldberg are the only other females to emcee Hollywood’s biggest night.

Also, many of the criticisms toward the 2011 award show have been geared at James Franco’s laid-back behavior during the Academy Awards, which didn’t mesh well with Hathaway’s chipper high energy. Eight years later, the actress has shown her positive outlook on the ordeal, sharing the experience was “the stuff of dreams” even if the critical failure does “sting a little bit."

She Lost 25 Pounds In Two Weeks For Les Miserables

Anne Hathaway’s 2013 Oscar win was earned thanks to an incredible transformation on the actresses part. She dropped 25 pounds in order to portray the starved prostitute Fantine in Les Miserables who turns to the profession in order to provide for her daughter along with chopping her hair off in her heart-wrenching “I Dreamed a Dream” scene.

As one might imagine, dropping that kind of weight that quickly is not advised and Anne Hathaway had to learn this the hard way. Looking back at the transformation, she said she was not prepared with the health knowledge to properly take care of herself and as a result the effects were negative for her health in the long term. She became really sick and it took away from the joy of her Oscar win.

She Was A Longtime Vegan Until She Dined With Matt Damon

While health is clearly important to Anne Hathaway after her time on Les Miserables, why not bask in the simple pleasure of being a carnivore if you can? While dining with her Interstellar co-star Matt Damon and her husband Adam Shulman in Iceland a few years back, Damon asked the Michelin-star chef to serve them anything he’d like to cook them. She was a vegan, but salmon was on the menu that night.

First, she asked if the fish was local and they pointed to the view of the sea next to them. She ate up, not wanting to be the only vegan in a room full of people going with the flow and said her “brain felt like a computer rebooting." It’s a funny little story that Anne Hathaway doesn’t seem regretful about.

She Recently Quit Drinking For Her Son

As of October 2018, Anne Hathaway has also quit drinking alcohol for the benefit of her 3-year-old son, Jonathan. She told The Ellen Show that she plans to stay sober for 18 years (until her son is no longer living in her home). She said the hangovers were getting out of control – one lasting five days and at a time when she needed to be present for Jonathan to help him get ready for school in the morning and “she didn’t love” that feeling.

The actress also has opened up about how her role in 2016 film Colossal was a wake up call because she could relate to her often drunk character. Here’s what she once said to ABC:

Anne Hathaway has clearly been on a journey full of ups and downs throughout her career and come away with some interesting experiences and insights along the way. The 36-year-old actress has tons more projects on the way including a Robert Zemeckis directed adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Witches, a movie including the characters in Sesame Street and a crime-drama called The Lifeboat. Hopefully, her personal life will continue to be a journey, as well.

They might not be as tabloid-friendly as some celebrity marriages in Tinseltown, but Hugh Jackman and his wife, Deborra-Lee Furness, have now quietly shared one of the best marriages in Hollywood. They got married in 1996, before Jackman became a superstar with his beloved turn as Wolverine in the X-Men movies.

Since then, Hugh Jackman has become an Emmy, Tony and Grammy-winning (and Oscar-nominated) actor, with no shortage of celebrity and high acclaim throughout his distinctive career. While other Hollywood marriages break apart due to the pressures that come with the beaming spotlight of fame and notoriety, Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness continue to keep their love in bloom. And like most long-term relationships, especially Hollywood ones, it didn't happen easily.

In the 23 years since the actor and actress first said their "I dos," Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness have gone on to become one of the most committed married couples in Hollywood. But admittedly, there's not a whole lot written about their decades-long relationship.

While there are tons of articles exploring Hugh Jackman's successes and career achievements, Jackman's long-standing marriage to his wife is disregarded — surprisingly, but also understandably — in terms of all his accomplishments. In this article, we'll take a moment to explore the different reasons why Jackman and Furness have become one of Hollywood's best couples.

They Established Their Relationship Before Worldwide Stardom

Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness first met each other through their craft. They were both acting in Corelli, a 1995 Australian drama series where a young Hugh Jackman played one of his first roles ever, a prison inmate who suffers from brain damage after a traumatic incident. Deborra-Lee Furness played the title character, Louisa Correlli, a prison psychologist who begins to form a correspondence with Jackman's character in the series. And as the actors grew more acquainted, so did their romantic feelings for one another. It did not take a long time before they were intimate.

At the time, Deborra-Lee Furness was the more famous of the two. She was a well-established actress in Australia, and Hugh Jackman was an up-and-coming actor who wouldn't become a renowned superstar until he appeared in 2000's X-Men a few years earlier. There was a 13-year age difference between the two actors, but that wasn't an issue for these lovers. In that time, while Jackman and Furness were still typically in a celebrity relationship, they had a more quaint, intimate, media-free relationship together — which grew a stable and established dynamic between the couple before Hugh Jackman's profile exploded enormously.

It should also be noted that since they got together, Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness have also shared two children together: Oscar Maximilian Jackman (18) and Ava Eliot Jackman (13). Here's how Hugh Jackman explained the pivotal point in his relationship-turned-marriage:

They Have Complete Honesty

It's the foundation of any long-standing relationship, but one of the keys to Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness' 20-plus year marriage is honesty. That's the reason Hugh Jackman gave to Today (via People) when he was asked what the secret was to his marriage. Especially when you are in a relationship like Jackman and Furness', where you are left away from each other for long periods of time, you need to establish a sense of transparency and honesty.

If you don't have that level of trust, commitment and faithfulness to the core values of your marriage, you don't have the bedrock — the aforementioned foundation — to making it last. Here's how Hugh Jackman explained his marriage when he announced his new fall music tour:

They Have Sincere Affection (Often Away From The Cameras)

In Hollywood, everything can be made to seem like it's a big show. With celebrity relationships, one has to wonder how much of it is real, and how much of it is simply for the cameras. Robert Pattinson recently discussed in an interview how he feels it's hard to be intimate with someone when you and/or your partner are well-known media types.

Indeed, Hugh Jackman is one of the most famous actors in the world presently, and that means there are often a lot of cameras directed his way. That's why it's so remarkable that the A-list actor keeps such a firm, committed dedication to his partner.

The details about Hugh Jackman's personal life are often that: personal. It is hard to know too much about their relationship because they generally try to keep a lot of details private, avoiding the dreaded distain of the paparazzi revealing too much about their intimate dealings.

While Hugh Jackman and his wife have undoubtedly faced difficulties the way most couples do, they try to keep those details private and close to their relationship. Oftentimes, it is best to keep the public spotlight out of the way. At least, as best as possible. That allows the couple to celebrate their triumphs while keeping any of their difficulties inside their personal lives.

During a recent appearance on the podcast, Aussies in Hollywood, Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness provided a rare look into their previously undisclosed difficulties, including a moment when Furness almost left Jackman. While they are a golden couple, no doubt, they were almost separated. Jackman claimed that even in their darkest moments, he still knew his wife was the one. Here's what he said:

There is no secret recipe to a perfect relationship. It takes a lot of hard work, sacrifices and satisfaction in order to make it last. Not everyone is lucky enough to find some like that in their lives. But it sounds like Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness have found that fulfillment and lovingness during their time spent together.

And indeed, 20-plus years of marriage in Hollywood is certainly an achievement. Especially when you're as famous and well-known as Hugh Jackman, one dubbed the "Sexiest Man Alive." That's why, for the reasons listed above, Hugh Jackman and his wife, Deborra-Lee Furness are in one of the best marriages in Hollywood.

Early in his career, before starring in family flicks like Dumbo and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Colin Farrell was as known for being a Hollywood “Bad Boy” as he was for his acting chops. His life and career have been roller coaster rides of incredible highs and insane lows. He has been linked to more women than Mick Jagger, he’s dealt with crazy stalkers, blackmailing Playboy Playmates, police accusations, and much more.

His legendary drinking and drugging days are as much a part of his lore as his huge box office successes and they also almost ended his career just as it was taking off. Those bad boy days started long before his career started though, including a time he was detained and questioned by police as a suspect in an attempted murder. We've taken a look at some of the most interesting stories we've heard about the actor in his day, to let you become a mini expert on Mr. Farrell. Take a look.

Colin Farrell Comes From A Family Of Soccer Players

Born on May 31st, 1976 in the Dublin suburb of Castleknock, Colin Farrell is the son of former professional soccer player Eamon Farrell and the nephew of Tommy Farrell, both of whom played for Shamrock Rovers FC in Dublin, the most successful club in the Irish Premier League. His mother Rita has been separated from his father for many years and married Hollywood producer Joel B. Michaels (Stargate, Terminator: Salvation) in 2013.

He Was Educated At A Private Catholic School In Dublin

Colin Farrell was educated at a upscale Catholic school in his hometown called Gormanston College. The school grounds feature a 9-hole golf course, so that’s pretty swanky. After high school, he attended the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, a school that has also produced stars like Charlie Murphy (Peaky Blinders) and Olivia Wilde (House, Tron: Legacy).

Colin Farrell’s First Big Break Came In Television

He was cast in the successful BBC show Ballykissangel in 1998 and just two years later, Farrell landed his fist starring role in a film in Joel Schumaker’s Tigerland, where he once said he was so nervous about a sex scene that he “over man-scaped.” But just a few years after the nerve-racking moment, he hit his first major stride in film, starring in three huge hits in 2003, Phone Booth, The Recruit and S.W.A.T.

Colin Farrell Once Dated Elizabeth Taylor!

On the heels of those successful movies, Farrell became not only box office gold, but a huge star on the gossip page as well. He might have been scared to film his first sex scene, but he was definitely not nervous about doing it in real life. He seemingly dated every woman in Hollywood --OK not every, but quite a few -- being linked to such stars as Britney Spears, Alicja Bachleda-Curus, Lake Bell, Carmen Electra, Lindsay Lohan, Rosario Dawson, Demi Moore, and Angelina Jolie. Honestly, we could go on and on, the list is long and distinguished.

Perhaps the most surprising though was Elizabeth Taylor! Colin Farrell admitted he never slept with the Hollywood icon, but they did have a romantic relationship. Go Liz! Farrell was later rumored at one point to be considered for the role of Liz’s on-again, off-again husband, Richard Burton.

Colin Farrell’s Drinking Was The Stuff Of Legends

In the mid-2000s, Colin Farrell was as known for his partying as he was for his acting. He was rarely seen in photos without a drink in one hand and a cigarette in the other. The drinking reached a critical point in 2006 when, after a couple of box office bombs, 2004’s Alexander and 2006’s Miami Vice, he went off the rails. His career almost fell apart at that point, but he turned it around, checked into rehab, quit drinking, and rebuilt both his career and his reputation.

Colin Farrell Was Once Suspected Of Attempted Murder In Australia

Before his starring role as a detective on HBO’s True Detective, he was just another 18-year-old Irishman bumming around Australia on a gap year when he was detained and questioned about an attempted murder. He reportedly spent four hours getting grilled by the cops before he finally fessed up to committing a crime. Not the crime they suspected him of, but he admitted that he and his buddy had taken some MDMA and rolled around Sydney and it was all confirmed by his friend’s journal that he’d been keeping during their trip.

While he had alluded to this incident in the past, it wasn’t until he appeared on The Tonight Show in 2015 that he told the whole story. Everyone was stunned, to say the least! Who knew that admitting to drug use to the police would be the best idea?

He Once Was Confronted By A Stalker On The Tonight Show

Nine years before his major confession on The Tonight Show, he had another incredible appearance on the show. Back when it was still hosted by Jay Leno, Colin Farrell appeared and was confronted by a woman named Dessarae Bradford who accused him of sexually harassing her. While in the middle of a taping of The Tonight Show, she took to the stage and confronted Farrell with a book she written called "Colin Farrell: A Sick, Twisted Puppy." He eventually defused the situation and led her offstage where she was arrested. Sadly, the incident was cut from the show and was never shown to the public.

This was not the only incident Colin Farrell dealt with her on either. She sued him multiple times, including once after the incident for a cool $10 million! She lost that one and the others. Farrell had to file a restraining order on her as well.

Colin Farrell’s Role In Minority Report Almost Went To Javier Bardem

Minority Report was one of the roles that Colin Farrell landed early in his career that really helped launch him to superstardom. And he almost didn’t get the role. Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Men, Skyfall) was Steven Spielberg’s original choice for the role, but Bardem didn’t think he was ready for the role and turned it down. That’s the kind of choice that can make or break a career and luckily for both men, things turned out pretty great. Still, it really would have been interesting to see Bardem in that role as it would completely change the movie.

There Is A Colin Farrell Sex Tape Out There

Once again, Farrell might have been nervous for his first on-screen sex scene, but not this one! Back in 2003, in the midst of his bad boy days, Farrell dated a Playboy Playmate named Nicole Narain. Three years later, when Colin Farrell was at his career pinnacle, Narain sold the rights to a sex tape she had recorded while they were together. Farrell sued to stop the release, but you know how these things usually work out. The tape is out there, Farrell couldn't stop it. For some people, this might be the best news they've read all day!

Colin Farrell Initially Turned Down The Role For In Bruges

Farrell was reported was so distraught over his run of box office failures in the mid-00s that he was worried just being cast in In Bruges would ruin its chances to be a hit. It had also followed a ton of bad press about his drinking and partying too, so Colin Farrell figured he was box office poison at that point. Thankfully, Martin McDonagh was persistent and got him to take the role alongside fellow Irishman Brendan Gleeson. The film completely rescued his career and was a hit with critics and audiences alike.

Colin Farrell Once Turned Down A Role In Don Quixote

It took a couple decades for Terry Gilliam to get his Don Quixote movie, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, made. In one of the iterations of the film, Robert Duvall was supposed to star as the titular character and Farrell was supposed to play his sidekick, but Farrell refused the role and once again, the film was thrown into turmoil (again). The film was eventually made but it is still caught up in lawsuits today. It's truly one one of the craziest stories in Hollywood history, so it's no surprise that Colin Farrell was once a part of it.

Today He’s Happily Raising His Two Boys

Colin Farrell is also the father of two boys. His oldest. James Padraig was born in 2003 to actress Kim Bordenave and his second boy, Henry Tadeusz was born to Polish actress Alicja Bachleda-Curus.

Colin Farrell's gossip page days are mostly behind him, just like his drinking days, but his big box office days are certainly not, with a string of hits over the years like Total Recall (2012), Seven Psychopaths (2012). Saving Mr. Banks (2013, and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016). Plus this year’s Dumbo and the upcoming Eve. After 20 years, he is still one of the biggest draws in Hollywood, the reformed bad boy with the dashing good looks and the acting ability to play almost any role (except Alexander The Great).

In the current world of notable actors, Amy Adams stands above many of her peers. Thanks to a blend of a risk-taking attitude and the hard won history of her acting career, Adams has been active for a little over 20 years and hasn’t missed a step.

With a wide assortment of roles she’s famous for, Amy Adams also has an amazing story that lead up to her superstar career as a modern actor of great distinction. And even in her current heights, there’s some interesting stuff to know about the award nominated powerhouse that is Ms. Adams.

Here are the most important facts and trivia that fans of Amy Adams should know about. Some are run of the mill, others are pretty deep cuts, but all are vital to painting a portrait of Adams that the world should see.

She Was Actually Born In Italy

One of her favorite places to visit in the world, Amy Adams was born in Italy on August 20, 1974. Parents Richard and Kathryn Adams were living in country, as part of Richard’s assigned post in the United States Army.

The Adams family would eventually move to Castle Rock, Colorado, after Richard’s time with the Army came to an end in 1982. Both of her parents would venture forward into fields of interest that would take them different places, as the couple would divorce in 1985; with Amy and her siblings staying with their mother in Colorado.

Her Father Was A Singer, And Her Mother Became A Bodybuilder

Once out of the army, Richard Adams became a professional singer, performing in a nightclub act that Amy would sometimes accompany him on. Meanwhile, after their parents' divorce, the Adams children would accompany their mother, Kathryn, to the gym as she pursued her passion of becoming a semi-professional bodybuilder.

Amy Is The Middle Child Of A Rather Big Family

With four brothers and two sisters as part of her family, Amy Adams had a pretty big group of siblings to grow up among. And as it would turn out, Amy is smack dab in the middle of the birth order. She grew up among brothers Daniel, Scott, Richard Jr. and Eddie, as well as her sisters Julie and Anna.

Is Amy Adams Married?

Amy Adams is indeed married, to actor/painter Darren Le Gallo. The two have a long history together, as they first met in 2001 and eventually found themselves dating after being friends for some time. They would get engaged in 2008, with their marriage taking place in 2015, and they are still together to this day.

Does Amy Adams Have Children?

Amy and her husband have one child together, their daughter, Aviana Olea Le Gallo. She was born in 2010, five years before the two would eventually marry in 2015. A shared hobby between Aviana and her parents is going to the park for outings.

How Many Academy Awards Has Amy Adams Won?

Amy Adams hasn’t won an Academy Award just yet, but she has garnered six nominations in the field of acting. Five nominations were for Best Supporting Actress in the films Junebug, Doubt, The Fighter, The Master and most recently for her work as Lynne Cheney in Adam McKay’s Vice.

Her sole Best Actress nomination, thus far, was for her role in David O. Russell’s American Hustle. This is in spite of most critics and fans believing her work in the film Arrival deserved a nomination, but sadly, that did not happen. Glenn Close is the only actress who surpasses her on this front, with a total of seven Academy Award nominations and no wins.

Amy Adams’ Career Started In Dance

When it comes to her career in entertainment, there was another path that Amy Adams had thought of taking. In particular, she started out her career as training to be a ballerina as a child, right up until she decided to switch gears at 18.

With musical theater calling, Adams would keep her love of dance alive, while adding singing and acting onto that pile of attributes. Eventually, her musical gigs landed her a job as a server/performer at a dinner theater, which then lead to her to the world of movies.

Kirstie Alley Inspired Amy Adams To Become A Movie Star

Amy Adams’ first film just happened to be a cult classic that no one would have expected: the 1999 dark comedy Drop Dead Gorgeous. While it was her debut, it was impressive enough to make co-star Kirstie Alley recommend that Adams move to Hollywood, in order for her career to take flight.

Doing just that, Amy Adams would make it official in the same year that her feature film debut would be released in theaters. And while it would take a while, Adams did find steady work eventually; albeit in the world of television.

Adams Was Kathryn Merteuil, A Superman Villain, And Jim’s Girlfriend, All On TV

If you’re one of those people who love to go back to older shows and play spot the rising star, you’d have a hell of a time doing that with Amy Adams, and some of the results might surprise you. In particular, Adams had notable guest spots on famous WB shows like Charmed, Smallville and even Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

Perhaps her most notable TV work was in two particular roles: as Jim’s girlfriend/handbag saleswoman Katy on NBC’s The Office, and in the role of Kathryn Merteuil for Fox’s unaired prequel series to Cruel Intentions, Manchster Prep. Though on the bright side, Amy Adams’ time stepping into Sarah Michelle Gellar’s shoes for that role would eventually be seen as the direct-to-video movie, Cruel Intentions 2.

Amy Adams Almost Quit Hollywood Early On

With TV playing a big component in her earlier career, one role almost pushed Amy Adams away from acting altogether. After landing a role as a series regular on the short lived CBS drama Dr. Vegas, Adams found herself fired after a couple of episodes. At this point in her career, she was ready to leave acting altogether.

If it wasn’t for her sticking with her role in the 2005 film Junebug, Amy Adams would have been ready to call it quits. But after positive notices, and her first round of awards nominations, including her first Academy Award nomination, she stuck with the profession of acting, just as the tide was about to turn.

Steven Spielberg Was Surprised That Amy Adams Wasn’t A Bigger Star Sooner

Another milestone role for Amy Adams career was when she was cast in a supporting role in Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can. Playing a young nurse that Leonardo DiCaprio’s Frank Abagnale Jr. fell in love with during one of his grifts, the role drew a lot of positive attention to her career.

But it wasn’t enough, especially according to Steven Spielberg, who felt that this particular role should have catapulted her to stardom. It would take a couple more years, with work being a bit scarce in the meantime, but Amy Adams would assuredly get there.

She’s A Certified Disney Princess

Amy Adams has always felt like a natural candidate for a Disney princess, with a warm, friendly demeanor, and the look of someone who could easily summon birds with a happy tune. And that is an assumption that Disney totally leaned into when casting her as Giselle, the princess at the center of their 2007 musical-comedy Enchanted.

A box office hit, as well as double nominee in the field of Best Original Song at the 2008 Academy Awards, there’s been a sequel in development for quite some time. Titled Disenchanted, the sequel has a current draft that Amy Adams and director Adam Shankman like, and it’s all down to budgeting and musical numbers before this one gets off the ground.

Adams Was Almost Lois Lane Twice Before Actually Getting The Part

Continuing her connection to the Superman series, Amy Adams almost had the role of reporter/love interest Lois Lane twice before she eventually landed it in Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel. Adams not only auditioned for the part in Superman Returns, she also tried out for the role in the eventually cancelled Superman: Flyby project, which gave way to Superman Returns.

After landing the role, Amy Adams has performed as Lois Lane in Man of Steel, as well as in two of its follow-ups Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League. It's still unclear whether or not Henry Cavill has actually exited as Clark Kent and his superpowered alter ego, but Adams had a feeling that her time as Lois has come to an end, which has still yet to be confirmed.

If American Horror Story Wants A Cameo, Amy Adams Is Game

During an interview for Vogue’s 73 Questions, Amy Adams was once asked what her dream opportunity for a cameo would be. Out of all the properties she could dream of, Adams went on record as stating that she’d want a role on FX’s American Horror Story. So if anyone in Ryan Murphy or Brad Falchuk’s offices are reading this, a meeting is definitely in order.

Amy Adams’ life story is an exciting bunch of twists and turns that not only shaped her into the formidable talent she is today, but also make it such an interesting story to read in the first place. With her career continuing to thrive and develop into whatever the next act has in store for her, the story is only going to get more interesting from this point forward.

Amy Adams can next be seen in The Woman In The Window, an adaptation of author A.J. Finn’s novel of the same name, which will be released on October 4.

Now this is a story all about how Will Smith became the prince of ... Sussex. OK that theme song doesn't quite have the same ring to it.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, welcomed their first child on May 6. Two days later, they showed him off and revealed his royal name: Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. Fans were quick to Photoshop a photo of the royal couple into a Fresh Prince of Bel-Air baby meme. That found its way to Will Smith, who appreciated the humor -- and noted that his name has a royal connection of its own:

Sadly, baby Archie did not come out looking like a fully grown Will Smith. That would've been quite an interesting surprise. But, yes, as Smith noted, he has his own brother Harry, so I guess they are fresh princes themselves.

Little Archie is the first child of The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, and he's the seventh in line to the throne. He's not quite a prince, and People reports that Harry and Meghan decided not to give Archie any "courtesy titles" at this time.

Archie's cousins do have some royal titles, which are reportedly decided by Queen Elizabeth. Prince George is titled His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge. George's sister Charlotte is Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, and their brother Louis is His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Cambridge.

Check out the first official photos of the growing royal family:

Archie is Queen Elizabeth II's eighth great-grandchild. She just met him today, alongside The Duke of Edinburgh (Prince Philip) and Meghan's mother Doria Ragland.

Prince William and Kate Middleton are actually titled the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and they reacted to the new royal/their new nephew:

When Will Smith isn't busy reposting royally funny The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air jokes, he's preparing to promote Aladdin. The live-action Disney movie has already faced some backlash for Smith's Genie, but he's just been laughing that off. The proof will be at the box office, when the movie makes its own royal arrival on May 24.

Johnny Depp has fallen on hard times recently. That might be putting it kindly. These past few years, the one-time A-list actor has found himself in a series of well-publicized controversies, which has not only found his career on shaky ground, but has hurt his financial prospects as well. Hollywood is a tough business; if you rise, you will inevitably reach a point where you also fall. However, this happens to different extremes and Johnny Depp's fall from grace has been pretty extreme. Even by usual Hollywood standards, his professional descent is quite steadfast.

In the midst of drama, Johnny Depp's personal and professional life has gone through extreme circumstances, which has undoubtedly hurt his net worth. We'll take a look at some of the factors which have caused the actor's bank account to decline in seemingly rapt fashion, and how he continues to hurt for money in the midst of lost roles, court battles, publicized difficulties and some other, ongoing dilemmas.

What is Johnny Depp's Net Worth?

It should come as no surprise that Johnny Depp's net worth is high, or at least was at one point in time. According to Forbes, Depp's net worth is estimated to be in the ballpark of $200 million, although how much of that money is still viable these days is questionable. He is projected to have made $650 million on films that have grossed $3.6 billion throughout his once-lucrative career. But most of that money appears to be gone now. And it doesn't sound like Johnny Depp is making as much cash as he used to make — to put it mildly — to compensate for his perpetual financial woes.

As it was revealed in a candid, in-depth interview with Rolling Stone last year, Johnny Depp continues to live a lifestyle that he can no longer afford. Either to keep up with appearances or a deep irresponsibility with money, or maybe both reasons or more, the actor has been hemorrhaging money at an enormous rate. Which might explain why the actor has taken on roles that he would normally decline, like the title role in Sherlock Gnomes, for instance. While the actor is valued at a lot of money, there are lawsuits piling up. With his career on uncertain terms at the moment, Johnny Depp might be looking at a money mess of biblical proportions. Let's take a look at things that cost Johnny Depp money below.

Johnny Depp's Divorce From Amber Heard

Divorces are expensive. There's no denying that. When it comes to celebrity separations, they often cost a whole lot of money. Sure enough, the divorce between Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard has resulted in a lot of cash being extracted from his wallet. Their marriage lasted only 15 months, and their separation difficulties have continued since then. In 2016, Johnny Depp agreed on a joint settlement of $7 million, which Heard donated, at least in part, to charity. Before that settlement, however, were Amber Heard's allegations of domestic abuse. She claimed Johnny Depp allegedly hit Heard while he was intoxicated, with the actress providing pictures and videos of bruises and altercations that occurred during their marriage. She also later claimed that Depp reportedly threw a phone at the actress, and that he allegedly grabbed her by the hair and smashed glass objects around her. The divorce proceedings grew bitter, particularly as the details were leaked publicly. Then, more lawsuits followed their original legal settlement.

The actor found himself refuting the accusations made against Amber Heard by claiming that she also got violent with him. He argued that she allegedly punched him in the face when he was late for a birthday dinner. Johnny Depp has also contended the accusations made against him were fake, and he has taken Amber Heard to court to defend himself. Since then, it has been a lot of back and forth, with Johnny Depp filing a $50 million defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard back in March. It is an ongoing story that only continues to cost money. It should also be noted that Johnny Depp gave his previous partner, Vanessa Paradis, a reported $150 million following the end of their 14-year relationship, which was half his fortune at the time. He reportedly wasn't legally obligated to do so. In any case, the fallout between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard is starkly different. The celebrities are continuing to challenge each other's accounts and grievances in a very public (and expensive) fashion, which has hurt his net worth.

How Much Of Johnny Depp's Net Worth Came From Pirates of the Caribbean?

Since the early 2000s, the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise has served as Johnny Depp's primary stream of revenue. In his Oscar-nominated role as Captain Jack Sparrow, Depp's involvement in the franchise played an indelible part in the series' early success. During the height of its popularity, the actor was making $50 million to appear in a given film. Through the series, the actor has likely made hundreds of million in revenue - the kind of money that allows an actor to buy an island with all the rum. But as the movies spent more time on his character (particularly with Depp becoming the lead), Sparrow's roguish charm and mystique began to wean.

With the latest Pirates of the Carribbean movie, there were on-set reports claiming that Johnny Depp's behavior was reportedly difficult-at-best., and stories came out there were people feeding him his lines in an ear piece. While Depp was set to continue playing the role of Jack Sparrow, it was revealed recently the actor was let go from the series, and that future installments would be retooled. It was believed that Disney could save $90 million by cutting ties with Depp. If he was making upwards of $100 million-plus here, that cuts his net worth down exceptionally. Depp blames Amber Heard for losing the gig. No matter the reason, Disney set sail without him.

The Damage Due To Overspending And Working Less

In addition to these difficulties, Johnny Depp is also dealing with well-publicized assault charges during a physical altercation with a crew member on the set of his film, City of Lies. The film remains shelved (domestically, at least) since these legal battles continue. It's unclear how many movie roles he has lined up in the future. His role in Fantastic Beasts 3 is said to be "uncertain," and the actor currently does not have any major roles lined up in the future. With his money woes continuing to proceed him, and with no clear signs of revenue coming in soon, it's unlikely he'll make a whole lot of money in the future, which will certainly hurt his net worth. Especially with some other lawsuits he has dealt with.

Previously, Johnny Depp started taking on more roles than his usual clip. But with no more roles on the horizon — at least, as far as we know —that means that Depp's usual stream of income might soon be running dry. And considering the once-rich actor has never been particularly good with saving money, often spending lavish amounts of cash on different high-priced things like, for instance, a $5 million canonized memorial for Depp's good friend, Hunter S. Thompson, the actor might find himself even more cash-strapped soon.

Suffice to say, Johnny Depp is not at a great point in his life. The above facts indicate his bank account is on the decline, with no signs of profits increasing anytime soon. With more lawsuits and career difficulties presented before him, there's a better-than-likely chance that Johnny Depp will continue to face difficulties during the next few years. It's hard to know if it'll ever turn around for the actor given current public sentiment. In any case, when it comes to updates about Johnny Depp's turbulent career, we'll continue to keep you posted here at CinemaBlend.

Hollywood has its share of famous families, each with their own comparative skill sets and competitive natures. One of the most recent dynasties to crop up in the movie business is that of the Hemsworth brothers: Chris, Liam, and Luke. The trio of actors have made big names for themselves over the past decade or so, and it’s because of a couple factors.

Not only are their rugged good looks and formidable acting talents forces to be reckoned with, they’re also pretty tall, which presumably helps them to stand out. But out of the three Hemsworth men taking Hollywood by storm, who is the tallest? While it’s certainly not a competition, it’s an interesting subject to talk out. That in mind, let’s take a look at Chris Hemsworth, Liam Hemsworth, and Luke Hemsworth's respective height stats and see who comes out ahead in this particular game.

Chris Hemsworth – Height: 6’3’’

As Thor, the mighty God of Thunder and son of Odin, Chris Hemsworth has delighted fans around the world with his demigod powers and quick wit throughout the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Coming in at 6 feet and 3 inches tall, height-wise, his stature certainly fits that of an Asgardian. Interestingly enough, his height is something that he’s actually lied about in the past.

As it turns out, Chris Hemsworth has actually lied about his height in order to get more roles. Even funnier, he has said in the past that he's told casting people he's shorter, not taller, when trying to book parts. Which makes for a funny story, as the one role he didn’t have to lie about his height for was, naturally, that of the lead in Kenneth Branagh’s Thor, which specified 6’1” or taller as the ideal height.

Of course, thanks to his role as the young Asgardian royal, he probably doesn’t have to lie too much about his height anymore. With a career that’s seen him in films like Rush, Ghostbusters, and of course Avengers: Endgame, Chris Hemsworth is popular enough that he could probably add a couple inches on the top and still get cast as a regular, average guy.

Liam Hemsworth – Height: 6’3’’

Best known as Gale Hawthorne, one of the two would-be suitors for the hand of the revolutionary Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games franchise, Liam Hemsworth is in a surprising position when it comes to his comparative height in the family. While he may be the youngest brother, he’s just as tall as his older brother, Chris, clocking in at 6 feet and 3 inches.

You can imagine the jokes that must fly between Liam Hemsworth and Chris Hemsworth, as I can just imaging them trying to squeeze in every millimeter they can to claim they, indeed are the tallest. Though, as far as Liam Hemsworth is concerned, he hasn’t made any remarks about having to lie about his height to get a part. If they don't joke about height, though, you at least have to guess Liam must joke about how without him, Chris might not have gotten the lead role in Thor.

In addition to his role in the Jennifer Lawrence lead franchise, Liam recently saw himself co-starring with fellow Australian Rebel Wilson in this year’s rom-com Isn’t It Romantic. The middle Hemsworth brother also found himself in the public eye towards the end of last year, as he and sweetheart Miley Cyrus finally married after years of courtship.

Luke Hemsworth – Height: 5’11’’

The oldest of the Hemsworth family of sons, Luke Hemsworth is actually the shortest of the three celebrity brothers. Ranking in at 5 feet and 11 inches, the firstborn of the Hemsworth clan is not too far off from the matching heights of his younger brothers, but it’s enough of a difference to have a noticeable effect on his personal life. It’s actually something that’s works out rather well in his favor.

Normally, you’d think that this would cause some sort of envy for Luke particularly when he's standing next to Liam Hemsworth or Chris Hemsworth, but the actor has previously revealed to the press that he loves it! With a shorter height, a steady gig on HBO’s Westworld, and the ability to disappear into the background, you never know where you’ll see Luke pop up. For instance: Did you know that he played the fake version of his brother in Thor: Ragnarok, during Loki’s play? They may as well nickname him “the stealth Hemsworth.”

As the other member of the Hemsworth family with Marvel Cinematic Universe experience, Luke is the one with the most regular gig in the family thanks to his small screen work. All in all, height clearly isn’t an issue no matter who you are in this particular family.

Who’s The Tallest Hemsworth Brother?

If there really was a competition between the three famous Hemsworth brothers and who comes out as the tallest, there’d be a tie. Between Liam and Chris’s identical heights, there’s no singular winner out of the three of them. However, the younger brothers in the family both outrank their older brother, Luke, as his slightly smaller stature puts him at the bottom of this pecking order. But hey, he's still the oldest.

While their heights may not differ too wildly, Luke Hemsworth, Chris Hemsworth and Liam Hemsworth are each their own men. In addition, their careers are varied enough that you can easily point towards which one swims in which circle. Finally, each of the Hemsworths have their own unique looks, while at the same time looking similar enough to denote a family resemblance. So you’d never be surprised to remember that they’re all part of the same family tree, but you can always tell the difference between the three of them, which is a highly underrated pro. While they may vary in height to certain degrees, Chris, Liam, and Luke Hemsworth all have solid common ground as a trio of brothers to watch out for on the big and small screen.

Hopefully, their careers will continue to hit new heights.

England's Royal Family has been capturing the world's attention for decades, and things certainly haven't slowed down recently. The past few years have brought plenty of news in the form of Royal Weddings, with pregnancies and royal babies arriving shortly thereafter. Following Kate Middleton's two princes and one princess, all eyes focused on American actress-turned-royal Meghan Markle.

Meghan Markle's courtship and royal wedding to Prince Harry was been closely followed by the general public, as was Markle's pregnancy. While the news had been largely kept under wraps, Prince Harry just announced that the couple has welcomed a baby boy into their world.

This exciting news comes from Prince Harry himself, who made a statement to the press shortly after he and Meghan Markle became parents for the first time. With a smile on his face, Harry opened up about the exciting turn of events, saying:

And just like that, the world has a new royal baby to obsess over and possibly turn into a meme. Just look at Prince George and Princess Charlotte, who have both become the subject of endless memes.

Prince Harry addressed the press outside of the royal couple’s residence near Windsor Castle. While he didn't reveal the new bundle of joy's name, the baby's birth and sex are reason enough to get the public excited. Meghan Markle's ascension from American actress to royal by marriage has been closely followed by folks on both side of the pond, as has her very public pregnancy.

It should be fascinating to see what name Harry and Meghan decide on for their new baby boy. There's usually a great deal of anticipation among the reveal of royal baby names, and that certainly applies in this situation. Will the couple pick a classic name from the Royal Family's history. With Netflix's The Crown doing a deep dive of the family's history, namesakes won't go unnoticed.

You can catch some of Prince Harry's appearance before the press below, courtesy of CBS.

Just look at that smile. While being a Prince is probably a sweet gig, Harry's joy at being a new father is palpable in the video clip.

There have already been some rumors regarding the new royal baby's possible name. The three names that were floating around are Prince Arthur, Prince James, Prince Alexander. Any of those names will send the internet ablaze, although it's unclear when that information might be shared to the general public.

While the name remains a mystery, some of the baby's specifics have been revealed. Specifically, that the newcomer was welcomed to the world at 7lbs 3oz. What's more, the rest of the Royal Family is reportedly delighted to hear the news.

Related: Read Meghan Markle's Letter To Her Father After Royal Wedding Drama

Meghan Markle's ascension to British Royalty hasn't been an easy one, especially when it comes to her family. Markle's father Thomas has been at the center of controversy since before the Royal Wedding. He didn't attend the event, and has continued speaking to the media since first coming to public attention.

Meghan Markle's half-sister Samantha has been even more passionate in the media, attempting to give her side to their family dynamic as well as Meghan herself. And as the new baby boy becomes the center of conversation, we'll see if the Markle family ends up speaking to the press again in the near future.

Congratulations to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. Now's the time for the public to wait on a name.

Back in 1999, Dwayne Johnson took a brief break from his wrestling career as “The Rock” to film an episode of That 70s Show. It was his first acting appearance outside of the WWE. Twenty years later, he’s arguably the biggest star in Hollywood, and he somehow also seems to be one of La La Land’s most well-liked personalities too. That’s a rare combination in any business but especially one that allows its most famous personalities plenty of indulgences.

So, how did it happen? How did The Rock go from a rising star in World Wrestling Entertainment to one of the highest paid personalities in show business? Well, it’s a long story and it’s one not a ton of people know. Let’s start with the basic facts and work our way into the specifics.

Who Is Dwayne Johnson And How Did He Get Famous?

Dwayne Johnson is a popular actor who was once a star in World Wrestling Entertainment. He first came to the general public’s attention in the mid to late 1990s when he transformed his wrestling character from Rocky Maivia, a clean cut performer who wanted to be liked by audiences, to The Rock, a fast-talking villain who regularly insulted his opponents and the audience. Within a few years, he was widely considered the biggest star in the company.

In 2000, he was given a chance to host Saturday Night Live, and that well-received appearance led to regular movie role offers. A lot of his earliest movies weren’t well received by critics, but he was regularly praised as being the best part of those bad movies. Fans also loved him, and after joining the Fast & Furious franchise in 2011, he quickly gained momentum. Now he’s one of the most popular actors in the world, and his upcoming films Hobbs And Shaw, Jungle Cruise, Jumanji 3 and Black Adam are all expected to make huge money at the box office.

The Rock's Heritage And Childhood

The Rock is half-Black and half-Samoan. His father, Rocky Johnson, was a popular Canadian wrestler, who was one half of the first ever black tag team to win a title in the WWE. His mother Ata Johnson (who he later bought a house for) was the daughter of wrestler Peter Maivia, who was closely associated with the legendary Anoa’i Family, which produced such wrestling greats as Yokozuna, Rikishi, The Wild Samoans and Roman Reigns.

The Rock was born in California, but he bounced around a lot as a kid. He lived in New Zealand, Connecticut, Tennessee, Pennsylvania and most famously in Hawaii. The last location may be partly why he’s frequently identified as Hawaiian. He lived there prior to his family getting evicted and moving back to the Mainland, and he very famously goes back there on a semi-regular basis, often recording touching tributes. The Rock definitely identifies as Hawaiian, even if he only technically lived there for a bit. Here is a tribute from his grandparents’ graves, and here’s one of him reflecting outside that old apartment building his family was evicted from.

Dwayne Johnson's Career As A Football Player

Prior to establishing himself in the wrestling business, Dwayne Johnson was recruited by and accepted a full scholarship from The University Of Miami to play college football. He played mostly defensive tackle during his time at The U and was on their National Championship winning team in 1991. After graduation, he briefly was on the roster of the Calgary Stampede. He was cut after two months and ultimately decided to give wrestling a go.

During his time playing football, however, he suited up alongside numerous future NFL players including Hall of Famer Warren Sapp, Pro Bowler Leon Searcy and 2-time Super Bowl winner Darryl Williams. Most people attributed The Rock never making the NFL to some of the injuries he suffered while at Miami, but The Rock himself has long said playing behind one of the greatest lineman in history, Warren Sapp, was what ultimately sealed his fate.

The Rock's Initial Struggles As A Wrestler

With wrestling in his blood from both his father and mother’s side, it’s not surprise Dwayne Johnson eventually found himself a home in the squared circle. What’s probably surprising to fans who aren’t super into wrestling, however, is how poorly it all went at the beginning. Longtime WWE wrestler and backstage bigwig Pat Patterson initially set him up with a few tryouts and after learning the ropes in some smaller promotions, he made his television debut in 1996 as Rocky Maivia, a combination of his father’s and grandfather’s names. It did not go well. Or maybe it went too well. Let me explain.

Because of his natural charisma and his bloodline, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon saw incredible promise in Dwayne Johnson almost immediately. So, he gave him what’s known as a “push” in the wrestling industry. He was booked to win several matches early on over more established performers, and within just a few short months of appearing on television, he won the Intercontinental Championship, a belt typically given to the top performer right underneath the main event talent. Many fans felt disgruntled by his overnight success and started booing him, which is a big problem for a wrestler that’s supposed to be a “babyface”, or hero the fans root for. None of it was working out how either The Rock or Vince McMahon hoped; so, they decided to take the character in another direction.

The Rock As A Wrestling Anti-Hero

When Rocky Maivia reemerged several months later, it was as ‘The Rock’, a fast-talking, foul-mouthed member of The Nation Of Domination, a popular stable of wrestlers. His more aggressive attitude and willingness to engage with the crowd was a hit almost immediately, and the decision was made within a year or so to disband the Nation of Domination and let The Rock pursue a career on his own. He was quickly elevated to a championship contender, and by the end of 1998, he won his first Championship title. His catchphrases like “Lay The Smackdown” and “Do You Smell What The Rock Is Cooking?” soon began appearing on t-shirts across the country, and alongside other breakout performers like Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Undertaker, The Rock helped push the WWE and the entire wrestling industry into its biggest period of crossover success.

It all happened very quickly, and by the year 2000, The Rock was hosting Saturday Night Live, appearing on magazine covers and drawing the attention of Hollywood. Over the next four years, he tried to make both wrestling and acting work at the same time… to mixed results. Many hardcore fans became frustrated by The Rock’s disappearances and some felt he was choosing acting over wrestling. By late 2002, he was getting an icy reception in some arenas, and the decision was made for him to embrace the fan frustration and become a heel, or villain in wrestling terms.

In the years since, The Rock has periodically returned to WWE programming. He famously appeared in the main event at Wrestlemania in 2012, a pay per view that is still the most purchased event in wrestling history. Given his love for wrestling, fans will always continue holding out hope he’ll make some more appearances in the future.

The Rock's Acting Career

Apart from some TV show appearances, music video guest spots, etc, The Rock’s first lengthier acting role came in The Mummy Returns in 2001. He then fronted the spinoff The Scorpion King the following year, and it was off to the races after that. Over the next decade or so, The Rock appeared in a lead or key supporting rule in numerous movies and TV shows including The Rundown, The Tooth Fairy, Be Cool, The Game Plan and Get Smart, but he didn’t truly find that breakout role until playing Luke Hobbs in Fast Five.

Since Fast Five went on to gross more than six hundred million dollars at the worldwide box office, twelve of his movies have earned more than two hundred million dollars, with two of them topping the one billion dollar mark. That’s not too shabby for an eight year window. As such, he’s now widely regarded as one of the most bankable stars in Hollywood and one of the few actors who can get big budget movies not based off a popular franchise green lighted (Skyscraper, San Andreas).

In 2016, The Rock broadened his fanbase even further by starring in Moana. The Disney animated movie scored a 95% with critics on Rotten Tomatoes and was later nominated for two Academy Awards. It also produced hit songs, took in more than six hundred million dollars at the box office and introduced The Rock to an entirely new generation.

The Rock's Family, Ex-Wife And Children

Dwayne Johnson is currently dating Lauren Hashian. She’s the daughter of Boston drummer Sib Hashian, and they met on the set of The Game Plan back in 2006. They have since had two children, a girl named Jasmine Johnson born in 2015 and a girl named Tia Johnson born in 2018. The Rock also has one more child named Simone Johnson that was born to his ex-wife Dany Garcia. Dany and Dwayne were married in 1997, and they were officially divorced around the time he met Lauren Hashian.

The Rock isn’t super open about the personal life of his family, but he is good for the occasional story or Instagram post about his children. For example: in typical Dwayne The Rock Johnson fashion, he’s been open in the past about how he hides a hundred Easter Eggs for his kids but doesn’t fill any of them with candy. After all, you don’t get his body by eating a bunch of sweets.

The Rock's Weight, Height And How He Stays So Fit

The Rock is officially listed as 6’5” tall and 260 pounds. Like all heights and weights of celebrities, athletes and really, anyone you’ve ever met in your entire life, you need to take what is being said with a grain of salt. The Rock’s co-star Jason Statham is listed as 5’10”, and as you can see from this picture, he’s definitely quite a bit shorter. Frequent co-star Kevin Hart is also a lot shorter, coming in at 5'4", though that discrepancy is very often played for laughs (as in this picture) and the two are shot to look like opposites as much as possible. So, 6’5” is definitely not way off, and given the guns The Rock carries around, 260 pounds is definitely not that far off either.

Because The Rock is a fitness enthusiast, he has been very open about sharing his workout plans. He’s also pretty open on his Instagram about tweeting out pictures and videos from his workouts. So, without getting into too many of the specific details, he stays really fit by lifting weights five days a week, doing a small amount of cardio five days a week and by doing special exercises for his abs and calves three days a week. It’s all about consistency and repetition. You can read more about the workouts here.

The Rock's Net Worth, Business Success And Philanthropy

As The Rock has gotten more successful throughout his career, he has often turned his attention to helping others. He donated a million dollars to his old college Miami, and they re-named the new football locker room in his honor. He also contributed the money for a new gym inside a military base in Hawaii, and he reportedly offered extensive donations following the floods in Hawaii in 2018. He’s also worked with the Make A Wish Foundation on numerous occasions.

Outside of acting, Dwayne Johnson has also established himself as a businessman. He has partnered extensively with Under Armour to release various product lines including t-shirts, gym bags and alarm clocks. He’s also begun lending his hand as a producer to numerous projects under the banner Seven Bucks Productions.

All of these combined efforts have paid off quite handsomely for Johnson. There’s a bit of disagreement on what exactly his net worth is, but Forbes claims he made $124M in 2017 and $65M in 2016. Altogether, he has reportedly earned more acting-related income than anyone else since the magazine began tracking earnings two decades ago. Altogether, it puts The Rock’s net worth somewhere between $140M and $280M, depending on who you trust. Regardless, it’s an incredible run for someone who left the Calgary Stampede with $7 to his name.

No, The Rock Does Not Have A Twin

As with any celebrity, The Rock is seemingly always at the center of some kind of wild rumor, and perhaps the most persistent of these rumors has been that he has a twin. He does not. The rumors, however, haven’t stopped floating around, and they’ve been buoyed by three separate developments. The first is that some people didn’t initially realize The Rock and Dwayne Johnson were the same person. So, when Johnson first started emerging on the acting scene, there were some who were shocked by how much he looked like the wrestler The Rock. That’s why he was often billed as Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson early on in his acting career.

The second reason is some memes went around the Internet a few years ago marveling at the similarities between The Rock and Denver Broncos outside linebacker Shane Ray. The similarities are definitely there, but considering The Rock is almost twenty-five years older and two inches taller, they’re not thaaaaaattttttt similar.

The third reason and perhaps the most recent is that The Rock is extremely close to his stunt double Tanoai Reed, who also happens to be his cousin. The two made news last year when The Rock surprised his buddy with a new truck, and many on the Internet marveled at how the two basically looked like twins. You can check out the amazing video here.

In Summary

Dwayne Johnson has never been someone to generate a ton of headlines with his personal life, but as his acting career has grown and he’s amassed more than a hundred million social media followers, he’s started to get more comfortable with letting people have glimpses of his private life. CinemaBlend writers have been lucky enough to interview him on multiple occasions, and he has been nothing but friendly, charismatic and very invested. He’s by all accounts and extremely nice guy, and there’s no reason to think his career trajectory won’t continue at the same rapid pace.

Over the next year or so, fans will be able to catch him in the upcoming fifth season of Ballers, Jumanji 3, Hobbs and Shaw and a lot of other exciting projects that haven’t gotten a ton of publicity yet. If that’s too long to wait, fans can also check him out on social media where he updates his Instagram and Twitter accounts on a regular basis.

Sin City is known for a lot of things. As the old saying goes, what happens in Vegas tends to stay in Vegas. But those rules don't often apply when it comes to weddings (at least, typically) — particularly when it involves two well-known celebrities. As it was revealed this week, engaged couple Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner decided to ring the wedding bells early with a surprise Vegas wedding. While they were planning to get married sometime this year, it sounds like they did not want to wait much longer. Here's what we know about the Vegas ceremony.

As it was reported by TMZ, Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas decided to celebrate their love with a ceremony that was notably a little less lavish than the one shared between Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra. Shortly after the Jonas Brothers performed at the Billboard Music Awards on Wednesday night, the musician and actress decided to make the evening an especially memorable one by heading down to the Little White Wedding Chapel and saying their vows in their humble quarters. And they weren't alone for their ceremonies.

Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner were joined by an unusual wedding guest: an Elvis impersonator. This faux Elvis — known as Reverend Elvis — was there to officiate the celebrity wedding, and it seems that the wedding was a lot more casual than your average celebrity ceremony. For instance, Sophie Turner was wearing slacks to the ceremony. Nevertheless, it was inside the Chapel L'Amour this spontaneous night that Joe Jonas and Sophia Turner read their vows and celebrated their commitment to love.

It should also be noted that this Elvis impersonator, who also goes by the name Jesse Grice, serenaded the recently-married couple with a rendition of "Viva Las Vegas" once they said their "I dos." It should also be noted that the wedding happened to fall on the 52nd anniversary of Elvis and Priscilla. It's unclear if that was coincidental or planned, but that is a neat added bonus.

Additionally, Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner didn't exactly have the proper wedding bands to make it totally official. But they had a fun alternative to serve as makeshift rings: Ring Pops. Certainly, they'll get something a little more official later down the road, but it served as a fun reminder that these nuptials were, shall we say, looser and more casual than your average wedding. Particularly compared to your typical celebrity wedding ceremony.

Meanwhile, the wedding ceremony was pretty sparse as far as these things go, but Joe Jonas was joined by his brothers, Kevin and Nick, who were on hand to watch their brother and fellow bandmate walk down the aisle with his future bride. Additionally, Khalid and Diplo were also there to watch Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner celebrate their love for one another. All things considered, it sounds like it was a fun and charming little wedding.

In any case, while their ceremony was rather unorthodox, Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner are officially husband-and-wife. Meanwhile, it's unclear if they'll follow in Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra's footsteps and have another wedding ceremony or two in the future, particularly with more family members in attendance. If that happens, we'll certainly be sure to keep you posted on the details right here at CinemaBlend.

At the young age of 33, the bright and talented actress, singer, producer and author Anna Kendrick has accomplished more than most people hope to achieve in a lifetime. Funny, charming, adorable and personable to boot, the multi-talented performer can seemingly do no wrong. And she has certainly come a long way from her humble beginnings.

Born in Portland, Maine, before she made her way into the entertainment field shortly after high school, Anna Kendrick had her sights set on stardom even from a young age. It didn't take long before audiences and producers recognized her immense and varied talents. While Kendrick has continuously proven herself time-and-time again on the stage as well as on screens both big and small, Kendrick's personal life and early rise to success showcase an exceptionally driven and proven star who was seemingly destined to make a name for herself in Hollywood.

Here are some fun and noteworthy details about Anna Kendrick's life that you should know in order to call yourself a true fan.

Her Father Is A History Teacher and Her Mother Is An Accountant

While there are many celebrities out there who followed the footsteps of their parents or other relatives when it comes to their introductions into the entertainment industry, Anna Kendrick's parents — William and Janice Kendrick — didn't come from such glamorous beginnings. Instead, her father is a history teacher who also happened to work in finance. Her mother, meanwhile, is an accountant.

That is either fitting or ironic — depending on how you look at it — considering her daughter's decision to appear in 2016's character-study thriller, The Accountant, where she played a fellow accountant alongside Ben Affleck's titular accountant. One has to wonder, then, if Anna Kendrick reached out to her dear mom during the preparation phase to learn the ropes when it comes to the luxurious world of crunching numbers and filing financial reports.

She Was One Of The Youngest Tony Award Nominees In History At Age 12

Anna Kendrick started her career in exceptional fashion. On the stage, Anna Kendrick became an early stand-out for her supporting work in the 1998 musical rendition of High Society. The actress received glowing notices and a few awards and nominations for boot. For instance, she received a Theatre World award. She also received a Tony nomination, which was distinctive for a variety of reasons.

With this Tony nomination, Anna Kendrick became one of the youngest nominees in Tony history. At the time, she was considered the second-youngest in history, although that appears to have changed in recent years. Nevertheless, these days remaining the third youngest Tony nominee in history is quite a remarkable feat. And it propelled Kendrick into the early days of fame and notoriety.

She Starred In Her First Movie At Age 16

Shortly following her career on the stages of Broadway, Anna Kendrick made the leap to films. At the age of 16, Kendrick starred in her first movie, Camp, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2003. The musical-dramedy centers around a struggling Broadway songwriter who works at a musical camp (as the cheeky title would suggest) where he gets inspired to put together a brand new production.

In the film, Anna Kendrick plays Fritzi, one of the young musical talents that inspires our main character to make a new musical centered around these precious children. Based on her musical background, Kendrick played a prominent role in the film, and she received great early notices for her work in the movie, sparking the early days of her career where she would continue to stand out in noteworthy films Rocket Science (a personal favorite of mine) and, of course, Twilight, before she would receive her first (and only ... to date) Oscar nomination for her excellent work in 2009's Up in the Air.

Her Brother Is Also An Actor

While Anna Kendrick didn't follow her father or mother's footsteps in teaching or accounting, respectively, she isn't the only person in the Kendrick household to be bit by the acting bug. Her brother, Michael Cooke Kendrick, is also an actor, although he is not quite as prolific as his younger sister...

His acting credits include a role in the 2000 indie drama Looking For An Echo, and two TV appearances on Celebrity Ghost Stories and Celebrity Close Calls. Evidently, Michael Cooke Kendrick (who also goes by Michael Cooke) hasn't found the same notoriety as his famous sister. Not yet, at least.

Anna Kendrick Is Left-Handed

Studies suggest that most people are right-handed. To be more specific, statistics claim that upwards of 70-85 percent of the world population use their right hand to write. While that seems a bit high, it should be noted that whatever the proper statistic might be, Anna Kendrick doesn't fit into this category.

The actress is left-handed, and she's not the not celebrity who fits into this distinction. Jennifer Lawrence, Angelina Jolie, Paul McCartney, Tom Cruise and Keanu Reeves, to name only a few other examples, are also left-handed. Their left-handed exploits aren't well-known, but they're a proud bunch.

Kendrick Once Dated Edgar Wright

On the set of 2010's action rom-com Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, sparks flew. But it wasn't between Michael Cera and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who played the movie's romantic sweethearts. Instead, it was between Anna Kendrick and screenwriter/director Edgar Wright, who formed a relationship after they worked together on set.

The details surrounding this Hollywood relationship were few-and-far between. Their romance wasn't under intense media scrutiny, and each romantic partner seemed to prefer being discreet about their fling. Nevertheless, it wasn't meant to last. Anna Kendrick and Edgar Wright broke up in 2013. While they still appear to be friendly, they haven't worked together since. (Though, for what it's worth, Edgar Wright did champion Kendrick's campaign to play Squirrel Girl in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.)

She Received A Gold Necklace From Kraft Mac & Cheese

Lots of folks love Kraft Mac & Cheese. It's quick, easy-to-make, and it involves little hassle and a whole lot of cheesy goodness. Anna Kendrick considers herself a very big fan of the macaroni-and-cheese company's work. And they appear to be big fans of the actress as well. That's why, as a show of thanks for consuming a great deal of their product over the years and promoting her brand, they gave her something extraordinary: a golden mac-and-cheese necklace, which isn't something you see every day.

On social, Anna Kendrick posted a picture of the mac-and-cheese jewelry with the following caption:

In Chicago, She Has A Hot Dog Named After Her

Unless you are of the vegetarian and/or vegan variety (and there are no judgments here), there is a good chance you've had a hot dog in your life. At least once or twice, one would presume. But have you ever had a hot dog that was named after you? Not many people can say that about themselves, admittedly.

But Anna Kendrick isn't just anybody. She's a world-famous, award-nominated actress, and in Chicago, she received the rare honor of having a hot dog named after her. As you would expect, it's called simply "The Anna Kendrick," although it was previously known as "The Keira Knightley," "The Jennifer Garner" and "The Britney Spears" in its earlier years. While the ingredients have understandably not been known, it should be noted that it's supposed to be "Mighty Hot." Kendrick got a chance to try one for herself. She considered the whole experience "awesome, awesome, awesome."

Anna Kendrick Published Her Memoirs When She Was 31

In 2016, Anna Kendrick became a published author when she released Scrappy Little Nobody, a memoir/autobiographical collection of essays (depending on how you look at it) exploring Kendrick's humble roots and her early rise-to-fame. While it's typically a matter of controversy when celebrities decide to jot down their life story before they're even middle-aged, Kendrick's humorous and heartfelt book was well-received, both critically and commercially.

The Touchstone Books release quickly made its way onto the bestsellers list, and it earned warm regards from critics who flipped through its pages. Having read the book myself, I found it to be just as likable and sincere as the talented person behind the pen, and it's well-worth reading if you like Anna Kendrick's appealing onscreen persona. Meanwhile, when it comes to Kendrick's intentions with the book, here's what she hopes readers get from reading her memoirs, as she was quoted saying in an interview with Vogue.

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Carrie Underwood is the mother of two young children, Isaiah Fisher (4) and three-month-old Jacob Fisher. As any parent will tell you, it is an enormous responsibility to welcome a child into your life. And while Underwood very recently gave birth to her youngest son, some folks wondered if she might plan to have a third child later down the road. To this, Carrie Underwood admits that she's unsure. While she isn't against the idea of having another baby, she's not certain if that is something in the cards either. Not yet, at the very least. Here is the quote from Carrie Underwood.

This topic came up when Carrie Underwood appeared on Today. The singer was asked about her growing family, and if she had any ambitions of extending it beyond baby number two. Obviously, as a musician, Underwood continues to expand herself in a multitude of different way. But when it came to the possibility of introducing another child into her life, she was left at a bit of a pause.

Parenthood requires a great deal of care, and it's never an easy commitment to make. Nevertheless, Carrie Underwood admits that, while she like to keep herself orderly in terms of balancing her work and personal life, "you can't plan for everything." So, Underwood is not throwing the possibility of expanding her family out the window.

You can check out the video below to hear Carrie Underwood's comments on her family, her future and the still-lingering possibility of having another child someday.

Now that Carrie Underwood's family is a family of four, she definitely has a lot on her hands. That's perhaps putting it mildly. She is currently gearing up for her latest tour, and that will certainly leave her preoccupied. But when it comes time to wrap up the tour, she admits that she isn't against the notion of having another child, though it doesn't sound like it's a done deal either. It seems like time will soon tell whether or not Underwood introduces another child into her constantly busy life.

It should also be noted that Carrie Underwood has talked openly in the past about her three miscarriages, and she has talked about how those difficulties led to a time of great hardship before Jacob was born. That's presumably something that weighs on Underwood's mind as well when possibly making this decision later on down the road. But it sounds like this discussion is one meant for another day.

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For many folks, Soulja Boy is a name they haven't heard in years--possibly since 2007 or 2008. The rapper had a One Hit Wonder with his popular radio-friendly tune, "Crank That," rising to instant popularity during his career heyday. But then he fizzled from the public conscious almost entirely a year or so after the fact.

For several years, people might have only thought about Soulja Boy in passing. They'd hear "Crank That" at the bar and say to themselves, "Hey, whatever happened to Soulja Boy anyhow?" They would hear the song on the radio, and the same thought would come to mind. But now, we have an answer to that lingering question. And the future isn't looking too bright for this mid '00s musical artist.

According to recent reports, Soulja Boy has been sentenced to serve 240 days in prison, along with 265 days of community service, after the musical artist violated his probation. As TMZ notes, the judge debated sending the rapper to prison for two whole years, but he decided to give him a little bit of "leniency."

In court, Soulja Boy and his attorney claimed that the musician had an "awakening" these past 20 days locked behind bars. While the judge wasn't sympathetic enough to let him off easily, the judge didn't give the troubled musician the maximum sentence either.

Soulja Boy was arrested last month after the court ruled that the musician failed to do his court-appointed community service. He also reportedly conspired to falsify the evidence to make it seem like he did his community service. That wasn't a great look. Additionally, when the police raided his house in Agoura Hills in February, the cops found ammunition in his house after the authorities were said to be investigating a claim that one of Soulja Boy's ex-girlfriends was tied up and being held captive.

The rapper was previously caught in legal trouble for a separate ammunition charge in 2014. Soulja Boy has since been located behind bars, and he is apparently remorseful for his actions. Nevertheless, the music artist will spend serious time located up in the big house for the remainder of this calendar year.

Of late, beyond his music, Soulja Boy has gathered notoriety in this ongoing decade for his controversies involving selling video game consoles under reportedly less-than-legal circumstances. It was a whole ordeal, but the long and short of it is that Soulja Boy was trying to sell video games consoles under his own name, reportedly claiming they were his own property when most of them were knock-offs of well-licensed game systems. Obviously, this is illegal for several reasons. As a result, the rap musician has found himself a whole heap of trouble in the process. In any case, Soulja Boy might be looking to turn things around sometime soon. And he will certainly have a lot of time to reflect on his life standing while locked up in prison.

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On the Internet, especially for nostalgic pop music-lovers, April 30th has become a holiday of sorts. Through the power of memes, it's now an annual social media tradition to welcome the fifth month of the year by posting a screenshot of Justin Timberlake circa 2000 singing the title lyrics to NSYNC's hit single, "It's Gonna Be Me." For practically as long as memes have been around, there is always someone gearing up to introduce the month of May with Timberlake's familiar blonde curls and his rather peculiar way of singing the word "me." Now, the meme's popularity has grown to the point where even the other former members of NYSNC are poking Justin Timberlake's ribs about this reoccurring bit. Has this meme finally peaked?

That's not for us to say, but on April 30th, Chris Kirkpatrick celebrated the build-up to May by posting the following picture on his Instagram account. Give it a look.

Meanwhile, Lance Bass got even sillier about the whole deal, posting a picture of a dog with ramen noddles on his head that's made to look like Justin Timberlake at the turn of the new millennium. Here's Lance Bass' gleeful Instagram response.

Furthermore, Joey Fatone also took part in the April 30th festivities, if in a rather corporate fashion. On Instagram, the musician posted a paid ad for Maytag, which read "It's Gonna Be May," and in the caption section, Fatone wrote, "Wink, wink, nod, nod." Who says you can't get some extra cash in your pocket while you're celebrate the band's favorite holiday? If anyone objects, they shouldn't tell Fatone, at least.

Justin Timberlake wasn't going to sit back and let everyone else in the popular boy group make fun of this signature tune without his two cents. And his response to April 30th's shenanigans was perhaps the cheekiest of them all. Timberlake posted a clip from the famous music video, playing the rise-up to the famous lyric. But just before it gets to the part where Timberlake says "May," the Instagram video instantly cuts off. In the caption section, Justin Timberlake wasn't afraid to note that "you already know" what is about to happen next. Check it out.

These responses don't seem in the least bit malicious, so it sound be noted that this is all in good fun. As Lance Bass explained on Good Morning America, the members of NSYNC are in a group chat together, and they're quick to share their favorite "It's Gonna Be May" memes to one another. That's why, to them, April 30th is a bonafide holiday, and the boy band wanted to get their celebrations out there on social media for all the world to see and join in on the fun. May might now be here, but that shouldn't stop the fun for NSYNC, as seen in these fun, celebratory posts.

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There are certainly a lot of benefits to be famous. You have notoriety, influence, power, creative freedom (at least, hopefully) and a sizable income to boot. But there are definitely downsides to being a celebrity. For instance, it's hard to harbor a personal relationship with someone when you constantly have to battle the public's gaze.

When celebrities have a lot of people looking into their personal life with intense interest, it can be hard to connect with someone else in a meaningful, lasting, and intimate way. That is a lesson that Robert Pattinson learned the hard way. It can be difficult to be in relationship with someone when your fame can often "devalue" what you have together. Here's how Pattinson explained it:

As Robert Pattinson explained in a profile piece with The Times, his popularity can provide a lot of benefits as an celebrity. It has helped the actor harbor an artistic career filled with richly challenging and dynamic films, including (but certainly not limited to), The Rover, Good Time, The Childhood of a Leader and Damsel, to name a few of my own personal favorites of late.

But when you have a devoted fanbase from your previous work in The Twilight Saga, particularly a rabid group of devotes who seek to know almost all there is to know about your life and your work, it can be hard to find quality alone time with yourself — let alone with a romantic partner.

It is a topic that notably weighs on Robert Pattinson with the release of his most recent film, High Life, a well-crafted and compellingly sparse sci-fi film that has a lot of intriguing comments to say about interconnected relationships. The life of an actor like Pattinson — certainly a famous one — is an intriguing but often lonely existence. There are only a few people who can really relate to what it's like to be in your shoes, let alone get close enough to get even a glimpse at what their existence might be like.

It should be noted that his most high-profile relationship was with Kristen Stewart, and that quickly became the source of media scrutiny — even, or especially, after it fell through. Pattinson has found a lot of success and acclaim over the years, particularly with some of his most recent acting choices. But when it comes to his relationships, Robert Pattinson can seemingly live a lonely life.

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In typical royal family fashion, there is very little known about Meghan Markle's pregnancy. The recently-married Duchess of Sussex formally announced her pregnancy back in October, and since then, the baby details have been fleeting at most from the famous household. We don't even know the due date, let alone the gender of the child. But it was announced in the early statement that the baby was planning to arrive in the spring season, so we should expect to invite this new member of royalty into our world soon enough.

However, if a glitch in the royal family's website is to be trusted, we might have more information about the baby than the royal family intended to release publicly — including, possibly, the name.

According to Cosmopolitan, there has been some peculiar activity on Royal.uk, which is the official website for all the royal members. Princess Louis was previously the youngest member of the extensive family to be included in these ranks. When the time comes for the baby to arrive, there will be an official page for the newborn child.

But some eagle-eyed folks have noticed something interesting: when you test the names for Prince Arthur, Prince James or Prince Alexander, instead of being directed to your typical "Page Not Found" display, you are instantly sent back to the main page. That potentially implies to some that those pages are specifically being saved for the upcoming arrival of this newest member of royalty.

Granted, it could merely be a glitch or a fluke in the website's design. No website is perfect, after all. Errors can often run errand. But some folks aren't buying it. They believe that these three pages are being saved for the impending arrival of Meghan Markle's child, and that these names are under serious consideration by the expecting parents. That suggests that the baby will not only be a boy, but that the soon-to-be born child will ultimately be given a traditional royal name. If that's the case, that's a major slip-up on the royal family's end to reveal this info so early on, and the estate might already be doing damage control.

In a statement, the Kensington Palace had the following to say about this matter:

Do you believe this explanation has legitimacy? Or do you think the royal family is trying to cover their behinds? Well, we shouldn't have to wait too much longer to find out the truth. The baby is expected to arrive in a matter of months, weeks or days. It's hard to say for certain with little information provided by the royal family.

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In 2016, Patton Oswalt was met with the sudden and heartbreaking loss of his wife, author Michelle McNamara, who passed away unexpectedly in her sleep one night. The beloved mother of his 10-year-old daughter Alice Oswalt, and the light in the comic's often-bleak and pessimistic worldview, the death was understandably a heavy and intense one for the grieving husband.

The comedian was in a very dark place, and his pain was deeply felt. But thanks to his marriage to actress Meredith Salenger in 2017, along the support he received along the way, Oswalt is in "a very good place," according to his A.P. Bio co-star, Glenn Howerton. As the TV actor said:

As Glenn Howerton explained in an interview with People Now, Patton Oswalt is an "incredibly strong person" who worked through the loss of his wife as best as he possibly could, especially given the tragic circumstances. There's no doubt that the pain the actor/comedian felt during this heartbreaking time is unimaginable, and Howerton championed his co-star as "a terrific human being" who did some work during this intensive grieving process.

While Glenn Howerton doesn't believe that Patton Oswalt intended to remarry as quickly as he did following his late wife's death, Howerton credits that to Oswalt's ability to move forward in a persistent, self-reflective way. Especially despite spite of the enormous, earth-shattering difficulties that were presented before the comic. Few people could push forward as well as Oswalt did.

Both Patton Oswalt and Glenn Howerton can be seen on NBC's sitcom A.P. Bio, currently on its second season. The Season 2 finale is set to premiere on Thursday, and then its future remains uncertain. But while the show may or may not live to see another day after this upcoming episode, it sounds like Oswalt is in a good place in his life, according to Howerton.

While the widowed husband has faced gigantic adversities in the three years since his wife's untimely passing, Patton Oswalt has making strides in his personal and professional life to deal with the tragedy of this loss. His 2017 stand-up special, Annihilation, addressed the weight of this loss directly, while Oswalt helped to finish and posthumously release his late wife's memoir, I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer, in 2018. It instantly became a best-seller and received many high accolades.

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Like many celebrities of late, Jamie Dornan has become more open and honest about his struggles with depression. Similar to Taraji P. Henson, Serena Williams, Bruce Springsteen, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Jim Carrey, to only name a handful, Dornan feels more comfortable discussing his own personal battles with mental illness-- particularly following a couple devastating years early in his life where the actor lost both his mother and four of his close friends. Here's what Dornan recently said:

The delicate conversation came up during Jamie Dornan's recent appearance on the podcast, Out to Lunch with Jay Rayner (via Independent.ie). As he explained in the show, Jamie Dornan was only 16 when he lost his mother after a battle with pancreatic cancer. It was only a year later that four of Dornan's close friends were suddenly killed in a car accident.

Those are two great tragedies for one man's soul, especially at such a young and impressionable age. And he admits that he's "still dealing with both" several years later. Grief can be a prolonged process, and there is never a proper window for healing. Often, people will need to spend many years learning to accept loss on their own terms, because everyone grieves differently.

At the time, however, Jamie Dornan didn't seem to have a proper understanding of his mental health struggles. Particularly during those difficult couple of years, the future actor was having a lot of trouble focusing on his life and moving forward in a productive fashion. It wasn't until someone told him later on that he was depressed that he began to see more clearly. And that clarity did help Dornan in the long run.

Jamie Dornan has revealed a lot of himself before, particularly during his stint in the Fifty Shades of Grey movies. But in this interview, Dornan got an opportunity to reveal a little more on the pain and sorrow that has weighed on his soul for a long time, and the hardships that will likely continue to weigh on his soul in the future.

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It has been a hard time for Celine Dion. The world-renowned singer has quietly been mourning the untimely lost of her husband, René Angélil, who passed away in 2016 following a heart attack and a prolonged battle with throat cancer. Since her husband's passing, the widow wasn't sure if she could find the strength to sing again, but she has used her voice to be open about her struggles with loss, pain, depression and grief.

It took some time before she found herself willing to go back on stage, but Dion has slowly been returning to concert venues around the country, and the singer will return for her Courage tour starting later this year. In the meantime, however, Dion has opened up a little more about her hardships with her husband's passing, and how music helped bridge the gap between loss and growth.

As Celine Dion told Entertainment Tonight in an exclusive interview, the musician wasn't sure if she could find the strength to return to her music career. The "My Heart Will Go On" singer has understandably been struggling with the weight of this loss, and it often takes time for people to properly mourn the loss of their loved ones. Nevertheless, Dion believes that her late husband would want to see the singer perform in front of adoring audiences again.

While it is undeniably tough, Celine Dion believes she owes it not only to herself, her kids and her fans, but to her late husband to continue to sing and to perform in concert venues worldwide.

While there was a time when Celine Dion didn't have the energy to perform, she eventually found the "courage" to return to music-making. Therefore, her next album, appropriately titled Courage, will be released later this year, and it will likely detail the hardships she faced with her family these past three years. The upcoming tour will promote this new album release, but it will also be a show of strength for Dion continuing to go on, even while her heart remains sore from grief. But as she said, it's what her husband would want; she believes it'll help her heal.

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Over the years, there have been a few people who have questioned Shawn Mendes' sexuality. The musician has generally remained silent on the matter, which has further prompted the speculation. In a recent interview, Mendes didn't necessarily address his sexuality, but he noted that he gets annoyed when it gets questioned. He believes it is disrespectful, not so much for himself but for "other people" who don't have "the support system" that he has. Here's what he said in the interview.

As Shawn Mendes explained in conversation with The Guardian earlier this month, he believes it's disrespectful when people speculate about his sexuality. He admitted earlier in the interview that he strives for "authenticity" in his personality, particularly since that level of realism is something that he believes is vital to establishing a long-lasting career in the entertainment industry. However, when it comes to these comments, Mendes claims they are "hurtful" in their speculative nature, and the continuously popular celebrity doesn't take these comments lightly.

The topic has remained a bit of a sore spot for Shawn Mendes. The famous musician admitted in an interview with Rolling Stone back in November that he felt the need to be seen in public with women in order "to prove" to speculative people that he is "not gay." Meanwhile, on Snapchat back in 2017, Mendes told his followers that he isn't gay but it "shouldn't make a difference" if he "was or wasn't."

Nevertheless, Shawn Mendes continues to build a connection with his audience, and he doesn't want his career to be driven by speculation and rumors, though they often come with the territory of celebrity. The 20-year-old musician has been around for a few years in the entertainment field, but he is still a very young man, and he is still building up his career and personality throughout his 20s. There is a good chance you'll still be hearing about Shawn Mendes in the future, although he made it clear that he's not a fan of these rumors, and he doesn't take the rumors kindly either. While he admits that he "listens" more than he "speaks" about this sensitive topic, Mendes wanted to make sure his thoughts were heard this time.

Meanwhile, when it comes to his career, Shawn Mendes will soon be making his second appearance on Saturday Night Live during this weekend's forthcoming episode. His first appearance was back in 2016. He'll be there alongside Adam Sandler, a long-term veteran of the comedy show who has somehow never hosted.

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