Actress Kirstie Alley, who starred in &#8220;Cheers,&#8221; &#8220;Veronica&#8217;s Closet,&#8221; and &#8220;Drop Dead Gorgeous,&#8221; has died. She was 71 years old.
Alley&#8217;s children released the news of her passing in a statement revealing that she lost her battle with cancer.
&#8220;We are sad to inform you that our incredible, fierce and loving mother has passed away after a battle with cancer, only recently discovered,&#8221; the statement said. &#8220;She was surrounded by her closest family and fought with great strength, leaving us with a certainty of her never-ending joy of living and whatever adventures lie ahead.&#8221;
&#8220;As iconic as she was on screen, she was an even more amazing mother and grandmother,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;We are grateful to the incredible team of doctors and nurses at the Moffitt Cancer Center for their care.&#8221;
&#8220;Our mother&#8217;s zest and passion for life, her children, grandchildren and her many animals, not to mention her eternal joy of creating, were unparalleled and leave us inspired to live life to the fullest just as she did,&#8221; the statement concluded. &#8220;We thank you for your love and prayers and ask that you respect our privacy at this difficult time.&#8221;
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Born January 12, 1951, in Wichita, Kansas, Alley&#8217;s career as an actress took off after she was cast in &#8220;Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.&#8221;
After other small roles, Alley struck it big by starring in the sitcom &#8220;Cheers,&#8221; a show for which she earned a Golden Globe and Emmy award.
She also had <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000263/">key roles</a> in &#8220;Veronica&#8217;s Closet,&#8221; &#8220;Look Who&#8217;s Talking,&#8221; &#8220;It Takes Two,&#8221; &#8220;Village of the Damned,&#8221; and &#8220;Drop Dead Gorgeous.&#8221;
Some notable responses to her death online included:
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<li>John Luke, featured auctioneer on A&amp;E&#8217;s hit show Storage Wars: &#8220;Thoughts &amp; Prayers 🙏🙏🙏 To The Family, Friends &amp; Fans Of @kirstiealley May She Rest In Peace 🙏 #GodBless 🙏🙏 Heaven Has Another Angel.&#8221;</li>
<li>Raymond Arroyo, Fox News: &#8220;Rest In Peace. Very sad.&#8221;</li>
<li>Danny Pellegrino, author: &#8220;She was so formative for ‘90s girls and gays.&#8221;</li>
<li>Josh Gad, actor: &#8220;My heart breaks for Kirstie and her family. Whether it was her brilliance in &#8216;Cheers&#8217; or her magnetic performance in the &#8216;Look Who’s Talking&#8217; franchise, her smile was always infectious, her laugh was always contagious and her charisma was always iconic. RIP&#8221;</li>
<li>Robert Patrick, actor: &#8220;So very sad. Kirstie Alley R.I.P. My condolences to her family.&#8221;</li>
<li>Travis Tritt, singer: &#8220;Shocked and saddened by the news of Kirstie Alley.&#8221;</li>
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This report has been updated to include additional information.

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Movie director James Cameron said in a recent interview that testosterone was a &#8220;toxin&#8221; that men should work out of their systems.
Cameron made the remarks during an <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/james-cameron-interview-avatar-the-way-of-water-franchise-future-1235271483/">interview</a> with The Hollywood Reporter about the second film of the Avatar movie franchise — “Avatar: The Way Of Water” — which has taken a decade to make and hits theaters later this month.
“Maybe it’s still a honeymoon phase,” Cameron said of his relationship with Disney. “I don’t know. We’ll see. If the movie doesn’t make money, then, maybe, the honeymoon’s over.”
Cameron, now 68 years old, said that he has changed as he has gotten older as his &#8220;F-bomb-laden shouting matches with executives is behind him,&#8221; the publication said.
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“A lot of things I did earlier, I wouldn’t do — career-wise and just risks that you take as a wild, testosterone-poisoned young man,” he said. “I always think of [testosterone] as a toxin that you have to slowly work out of your system.”
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During the interview, Cameron <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/titanic-director-says-diva-like-attitude-almost-cost-leonardo-dicaprio-his-iconic-role">said</a> that Leonardo DiCaprio’s “diva-like attitude” nearly cost him the iconic role of Jack in the 1997 blockbuster “<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/young-actor-shares-advice-he-got-from-leonardo-dicaprio-early-in-his-career/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Titanic</a>.”
Cameron explained that his first meeting with <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/thank-you-leo-christian-bale-claims-hes-only-gotten-leonardo-dicaprios-rejects-in-hollywood/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DiCaprio</a> actually went very well — although he noted that he was amused by the fact that all of the women associated with the production suddenly had a reason to be in the room for the actor’s first appearance.
“There was a meeting with Leo and there was a screen test with Leo,” Cameron reflected, adding, “So the meeting was funny, because I’m in my conference room waiting to meet an actor, right? And I look around, and all the women in the entire office are in the meeting for some reason. Like, there’s a female executive producer, okay, fine. But our accountant? You know, why was she in the meeting?”
Cameron laughed again, saying that he realized as he looked around the room that they had all just wanted to meet DiCaprio.
“So Leo came in — of course, charmed everybody, myself included,” Cameron continued, noting that actress Kate Winslet had already been chosen to play the part of Rose. “And I said, ‘Alright, let’s see what your chemistry’s like with Kate.’”
So DiCaprio was asked to come back for a meeting with Winslet, and he agreed — but when he arrived and Cameron asked him to read with her, the “Romeo + Juliet” star balked.
“He said, ‘You mean I’m reading?’” Cameron recalled. “And I said, ‘Yeah.’ He said, ‘Oh, I don’t read.’”
The “Avatar” director’s response was to immediately thank DiCaprio for his time, at which point Cameron said the actor back-pedaled quickly. “He said, ‘Wait, wait, wait. You mean if I don’t read, I don’t get the part? Just like that?’”
Cameron said his reply was simple: “I said, ‘Oh, yeah. Come on. This is, like, a giant movie that’s gonna take two years of my life … so I’m not gonna f*** it up by making the wrong decision in casting. So you’re gonna read, or you’re not gonna get the part.’”
Virginia Kruta contributed to this report.

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Actor Vince Vaughn appeared to do more than hint at a possible sequel to &#8220;Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story&#8221; when he said he&#8217;s shown an idea to the studio, which likes his plan.
During the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/vince-vaughn-refuses-to-cave-when-asked-about-viral-trump-meeting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">52-year-old</a> actor&#8217;s appearance on Wednesday at the premiere for his upcoming movie &#8220;Christmas with the Campbells,&#8221; Vaughn responded to the <a href="https://comicbook.com/movies/news/dodgeball-2-justin-long-vince-vaughn-ben-stiller-sequel/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> that a sequel to the hit 2004 comedy <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/vince-vaughn-dodgeball-sequel-ben-stiller-1235273361/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">could happen</a> and was only awaiting actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ben-stiller" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ben Stiller&#8217;s</a> approval.
&#8220;They&#8217;ve always talked about these things forever and I had an idea that was fun and the studio likes it, so we’ll see where it goes,” the actor explained.
&#8220;I think Ben is open to doing it, I think he&#8217;s in the same boat as me actually which is if it&#8217;s a really fun and great idea then that&#8217;s fun, but if it&#8217;s just something to go do it again then why?&#8221; he added.
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“I think Ben [Stiller] is open to doing it, I think he’s in the same boat as me actually which is if it’s a really fun and great idea then that’s fun,” said Vaughn <a href="https://t.co/PhJNxBrQNE">https://t.co/PhJNxBrQNE</a> <a href="https://t.co/saMNsoynr7">pic.twitter.com/saMNsoynr7</a>
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&#8220;You would just want to make sure going into Dodgeball that it feels like a nice continuation and a story that could stand on its own,&#8221; the actor continued. &#8220;I think for all of us if it feels right and it&#8217;s funny, it would be something to go back to, and if it’s not, it&#8217;s just another idea getting kicked around.&#8221;
Vaughn&#8217;s comments come after his costar on the &#8220;Dodgeball&#8221; movie, Justin Long, <a href="https://comicbook.com/movies/news/dodgeball-2-justin-long-vince-vaughn-ben-stiller-sequel/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shared recently</a> that he would definitely be open to doing a sequel to the comedy hit.
&#8220;Of course I would love to do it and I hope that it ends up happening, but I think Ben is a little … what he told me on that podcast was that he&#8217;s a little trepidatious about doing a sequel to something so beloved, something that people enjoy so much,&#8221; Long shared at the time.
&#8220;It&#8217;s very risky,&#8221; he added. &#8220;You don&#8217;t wanna s*** on the original, you want something just as good. So I think he&#8217;s a little wary of that, of trying to recreate something that was very specific to that time, but I hope he comes around on it.&#8221;
&#8220;I know Ben loves dodgeball and loves that character,&#8221; the actor added. &#8220;I remember how much fun he had playing it. He was always laughing. When we got together years later to do a little mini reunion for this charity and Ben put on the mustache again I remember him talking about how how [sic] happy it made him playing White Goodman again and how much fun that character was. I do know that Vince has a great idea for it and it&#8217;s just a matter of getting Ben on board.&#8221;

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A former star of the popular <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/reality-tv" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reality show</a> “Dog&#8217;s Most Wanted” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/death" target="_blank" rel="noopener">died</a> unexpectedly at the age of 50.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">David Robinson</a> died in his wife&#8217;s arms after suffering from a medical emergency while on a work Zoom call in his California home, his wife Brooke Robinson confirmed. She shared the news as part of a Facebook statement.
“David was very healthy and was on a work call in our dining room at home when he collapsed. Life-saving maneuvers were attempted and paramedics were called. David died in my arms,” she wrote.
“We ask again for time and space to grieve for the husband, father, brother and friend that was lost.”
Brooke and David were just married this past May. Robinson&#8217;s ex-wife Rainy confirmed his death to <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2022/12/01/dog-the-bounty-hunter-dogs-most-wanted-star-david-robinson-dead-dies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TMZ</a> and said paramedics attempted to perform CPR when they arrived on the scene. While sources claim the reality star may have had a “stroke or heart attack,” Brooke said in her statement, “The rumors of a heart attack and stroke have already been ruled out.”
An official cause of death has not been released yet.
“Dog the Bounty Hunter” star Duane “Dog” Chapman told TMZ he was sorry for the loss. &#8220;I&#8217;m shocked and saddened by the sudden loss of David Robinson, my right-hand man of many years. Until we meet again, brother,” he told the publication.
David’s ex-wife Rainy announced their separation in 2020 after nearly 25 years of marriage because of what she described as “some very heartbreaking and irrevocable actions.”
The reality star was part of “Dog&#8217;s Most Wanted,” a spinoff of Chapman&#8217;s original series, “Dog the Bounty Hunter.” David used technology to help track down fugitives.
Chapman starred in the series “Dog the Bounty Hunter” starting in 2004. The show was an instant success as it followed the bounty hunter seeking fugitives in both Hawaii and Florida. It got such good ratings that Chapman also starred in several spinoffs, including “Dog’s Most Wanted” on WGN, which aired in 2019.
Chapman’s wife Beth was also a staple on the series. She died in 2019 while filming “Dog’s Most Wanted” at the age of 51 after being diagnosed with terminal throat cancer. The final episode of the spinoff series is dedicated to Beth’s memory.

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Every year, Hollywood gets bashed over the lame movies the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (yes, sciences) chooses as supposedly the best of the year.
So maybe this new film, &#8220;Cocaine Bear,&#8221; will pick up a dozen nominations and walk away the big winner when it is eligible for the Oscars.
Here&#8217;s the premise: A 175-pound black bear eats a duffle bag full of cocaine and goes on a ferocious rampage, ravaging through a forest as he searches for more coke.
Seriously. See for yourself.
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The trailer opens with two medics walking into a cabin before one hears growling coming from the other side of a door. &#8220;We should go,&#8221; he says before the bear breaks down the door and mauls him.
&#8220;Millions of dollars worth of cocaine fell from the sky this morning in Knoxville, Tennessee,&#8221; a narrator then says in the trailer to set up the premise.
Then we see a big cuddly bear lying on its back and playing with a taped-up brick of cocaine before eating it. &#8220;Let&#8217;s see what kind of effect that has on him,&#8221; says one guy, apparently unaware of the effect cocaine has.
Of course, Cocaine Bear kills a LOT of people, judging from all the bloody body limbs strewn throughout the trailer. He climbs trees to kill hikers, tearing them apart. He appears to smother another to death. But it&#8217;s hilarious &#8216;cuz it&#8217;s a bear high on cocaine, right?
The movie, set for release on February 24, features a delightful scene in which a little kid, maybe 10 or 12, tells authorities that a bear ate the cocaine: &#8220;It was f***ed!&#8221;
&#8220;Hey, that&#8217;s inappropriate,&#8221; a female forest ranger tells the boy just before being ripped limb from limb.
Now, that&#8217;s Oscars stuff!
At another part in the trailer, the bear sings a song to the tune of Eric Clapton&#8217;s &#8220;Cocaine&#8221;: &#8220;Apex predator/high on cocaine.&#8221;
The film, directed by Elizabeth Banks, who played Avery Jessup in &#8220;30 Rock&#8221; and starred in the &#8220;Pitch Perfect&#8221; movies, is reportedly based on a true story. &#8220;Based&#8221; is an iffy word because nothing like that happened.
The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/23/us/cocaine-and-a-dead-bear.html">reported</a> on December 23, 1985, that a 175-pound black bear &#8220;apparently&#8221; died of an overdose of cocaine after discovering the drug, citing the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The cocaine was reportedly pitched out of a plane piloted by Andrew Thornton, a convicted drug smuggler who died on September 11 in Knoxville, Tennessee. The bureau said the bear was found in northern Georgia surrounded by 40 open plastic containers that contained traces of cocaine.
A medical examiner later found the bear died from cerebral hemorrhaging, respiratory failure, hyperthermia, renal failure, heart failure, and a stroke, the Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11487553/Cocaine-Bear-trailer-tells-true-story-predator-ate-70-POUNDS-drug-dropped-smugglers.html">reports</a>.
Ah, but forget all that inconvenient stuff &#8212; this is art. The film is also one of the last actor Ray Liotta made before he died in May at age 67.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuWEEKeJLMI&amp;t=1s">YouTubers</a> love it already. &#8220;A movie about a bear high off cocaine that&#8217;s also Ray Liotta&#8217;s last ever film appearance. This is cinema,&#8221; one wrote in the comments under the trailer.
&#8220;This is going to be a cinematic masterpiece the likes of which have never been seen before,&#8221; wrote another. &#8220;I haven&#8217;t been inspired to see a movie in a theatre in like 5 years. I am now,&#8221; wrote another.
And finally, one wrote, &#8220;The bear deserves an Oscar!&#8221;
Maybe they&#8217;re right. Just try to name a &#8220;Best Picture&#8221; from the last few years. (For the record, something called &#8220;CODA,&#8221; a movie about a deaf family featuring all deaf actors, won last year, and &#8220;Nomadland&#8221; won the year before).
And &#8220;Cocaine Bear&#8221; certainly fits the times, doesn&#8217;t it?
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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New Movie About A Murderous Bear Jacked Up On Cocaine Set To Sweep The Academy Awards

New Movie About Bear Jacked Up On Cocaine Set To Sweep The Oscars

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&#8220;One Tree Hill&#8221; alumni stars Hilarie Burton Morgan and Sophia Bush claimed that their careers were threatened and they were coerced into doing a sexy Maxim photo shoot for its November 2006 cover, which neither said they wanted to do.
Morgan and Bush both claimed they were essentially told they had to do the shoot by show&#8217;s creator, Mark Schwahn, or face a variety of consequences, during this week&#8217;s podcast &#8220;<a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-drama-queens-83532602/">Drama Queens&#8221;</a> on Monday, the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/hilarie-burton-morgan-sophia-bush-one-tree-hill-maxim-shoot-1235270963/">Hollywood Reporter</a> reported.
&#8220;It was very much a, &#8216;No one else wants you, the studio wants to cancel your show. If you don&#8217;t start to generate some buzz and attract these male numbers, we&#8217;re dead and all your friends are going to lose their jobs,'&#8221; Morgan — who played Peyton Sawyer on the CW series <a href="https://pagesix.com/2022/11/29/sophia-bush-hilarie-burton-we-were-coerced-into-maxim-shoot/">explained</a>.
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&#8220;We got told we had to do it,&#8221; Bush — who played Brooke Davis — added. &#8220;Because Brooke had been so sexualized on the show and the whole idea of this hometown hottie was Rachel&#8217;s storyline. I was like, &#8216;Look, if the girls want to do it, that&#8217;s great. I don&#8217;t.&#8221;
&#8220;… And I literally got told, &#8216;If you do not go and shoot this cover with your co-stars, we will guarantee you that you will never be let out for a press day, a movie, an event, any of your charities. We will keep you here forever,'&#8221; she added.
Their former co-star, Bethany Joy Lenz, told Bush and Morgan she was told she couldn&#8217;t do the shoot because she was &#8220;too fat.&#8221; Both co-stars said it was news to them, because they were told Lenz had turned down the offer. Lenz played Haley James Scott on the hit series, <a href="https://pagesix.com/2022/11/29/sophia-bush-hilarie-burton-we-were-coerced-into-maxim-shoot/">Page Six</a> noted.
&#8220;They told me that they didn&#8217;t come to me because I was too fat,&#8221; Lenz told her co-stars on the podcast. &#8220;I wasn&#8217;t a hot girl on the show anymore.&#8221;
In 2017, Schwahn was accused of sexually harassing several members of the &#8220;One Tree Hill&#8221; cast and crew five years after the show finished, the outlet noted. The list included Morgan, Bush, and Lenz, all three who previously alleged he had &#8220;manipulated&#8221; them &#8220;psychologically and emotionally,&#8221; the Hollywood Reporter noted.
The former showrunner never addressed the accusations publicly and was fired a short time later from his role as showrunner of E!&#8217;s &#8220;The Royals&#8221; following accusations of sexual misconduct and an investigation, Page Six noted.

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&#8220;It&#8217;s a Wonderful Life&#8221; is returning to the big screen in December to mark the classic movie&#8217;s 75th anniversary.
In an announcement from <a href="https://www.fathomevents.com/events/It's-a-Wonderful-Life-75th-Anniversary-presented-by-TCM">Fathom Events</a>, Turner Classic Movies shared it will bring Frank Capra&#8217;s great Christmas movie back to theaters for two days, December 18 and again on December 21.
&#8220;Embraced as a cherished holiday tradition by families around the world, Frank Capra&#8217;s heart-warming masterpiece now celebrates 75 years with this big-screen event,&#8221; a description on the <a href="https://www.fathomevents.com/events/It's-a-Wonderful-Life-75th-Anniversary-presented-by-TCM">movie site</a> read.
&#8220;George Bailey (James Stewart) sets aside his dreams of world travel to run his father&#8217;s small community bank, and protect the people of Bedford Falls from greedy businessman Mr. Potter (Lionel Barrymore),&#8221; it added. &#8220;When a costly mistake pushes George to the brink of despair, a visit from a kindly angel (Henry Travers) will show George how the life of one good man can change the world forever.&#8221;
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The film originally opened in theaters in the United States on January 7, 1947, according to <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038650/">IMDb</a>. Despite its popularity over the years, the movie was not a box office success when it came out. The themes of the film dealt with dark subjects like suicide and greed, but also love and faith. As one writer <a href="https://www.123helpme.com/essay/Theme-Of-Its-A-Wonderful-Life-FJ478AAK7T">noted</a>, the fact this movie has grown in success over the years says a lot about how our culture has changed.
Stewart, an Army Air Corps squadron commander who was grounded by PTSD after 20 combat missions over Europe in a B-24, had just returned from war and was Capra&#8217;s first pick to play Bailey. However, the actor initially wanted to nothing to do with the dark tones of the film, the <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-jimmy-stewart-book-mov-1202-20161201-column.html">Chicago Tribune</a> noted. It was only as a last resort — and a lack of any other offers — that Stewart finally agreed to take on the role.
Author Robert Matzen writes about Stewart&#8217;s battle with the role in &#8220;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mission-Jimmy-Stewart-Fight-Europe/dp/0996274057">Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe</a>.&#8221;
&#8220;The war had changed Jim [Stewart] down to the molecular level,&#8221; Matzen wrote. &#8220;He could never begin to articulate what those four-and-a-half years, including fifteen months in combat, had done to him. One thing he could do was express a bit of it on-screen.&#8221;
In 2021, the film&#8217;s showing on NBC on Christmas Eve brought in more than three million viewers, proving the movie continues to entertain generation after generation, the <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/christmas-classic-its-a-wonderful-life-returns-theaters-75th-anniversary">Washington Examiner</a> noted. For available showtimes in theaters near you, click <a href="https://www.fathomevents.com/events/It's-a-Wonderful-Life-75th-Anniversary-presented-by-TCM">here</a>.

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Actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Kate Hudson</a> says <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/parents">co-parenting</a> with three different men is easier than fans might imagine.
The 43-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood">star</a> shares son Ryder, 18, with ex-husband Chris Robinson, son Bingham, 11, with ex-fiancé Matt Bellamy, and daughter Rani Rose, 4, with fiancé Danny Fujikawa. Hudson discussed her feelings on the situation during a recent <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/kate-hudson-im-not-interested-in-forcing-a-conventional-idea-of-love-3zj5zsrt0">interview</a> with The Sunday Times.
&#8220;It might not look traditional from the outside, but on the inside I feel like we’re killing it,&#8221; Hudson told the publication. &#8220;The unit that I’ve created with three children with three different fathers is a seriously strong unit, and it’s ours.&#8221;
She went on to say how creating a traditional family was never her goal.
&#8220;I’m not interested in forcing some conventional idea of love or marriage. I’d like to be able to grow intimately with my partner for a long time, but I also don’t have rose-colored glasses on,&#8221; the actress continued. &#8220;My goal in life is that I want to feel love and I want to give love, but I’m also practical, so, one day at a time. I work really hard at relationships because I like them.&#8221;
Hudson next mentioned taking inspiration from her own childhood.
&#8220;My parents have done an amazing job of continuing that dance,&#8221; she explained.
Hudson is the daughter of actress Goldie Hawn and musician Bill Hudson. But Hawn has been with partner Kurt Russell for 39 years and Hudson says she thinks of Russell as her father.
This isn’t the first time Hudson has discussed co-parenting in glowing terms. “As much as I would say I don’t recommend it to most, my situation is quite amazing,” she said during a 2019 podcast <a href="https://podcastone.com/episode/Actress-Kate-Hudson-Talks-Relationships-Co-parenting--Baby-Daddies">interview</a>. 
“When you get divorced, you’re still in a relationship,” Hudson continued. “It’s just a different kind of relationship. You’re going to have good days, you’re going to have bad days, you’re going to have good weeks, bad weeks.”
The actress is currently engaged to Rani’s dad but she said she’s not in a hurry to get married. &#8220;I hope we get married!&#8221; Hudson told The Times. &#8220;We’re not in a hurry. The last thing I need right now is to plan a wedding on top of everything else, but I’m excited about it.&#8221;
&#8220;Last night he was going through some old footage on his phone of him and Rani and it melted my heart,&#8221; she gushed. &#8220;He’s such a wonderful dad and stepdad.&#8221;

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Marilyn Monroe&#8217;s historic chocolate wedding suit skirt — the one she wore when she married baseball great Joe DiMaggio — has gone up for sale and it&#8217;s going to cost you an insane amount if you are hoping to take it home.
Through the &#8220;Gotta Have Rock And Roll&#8217; auction house, fans of the late-Hollywood screen legend can score a piece of history when they bid on the two-piece &#8220;dark brown serge wedding suit, with a white fur collar on the jacket&#8221; that&#8217;s described as in &#8220;very good condition,&#8221; according to the <a href="https://www.gottahaverockandroll.com/Marilyn_Monroe_s_Historic_Wedding_Suit_Worn_at_Mar-LOT46158.aspx">auction site</a>. The starting minimum bid for the suit is set at $1 million.
&#8220;The measurements are as follows: Jacket: shoulder to cuff 20&#8243;, shoulder to waist 19&#8221;, it added. &#8220;Skirt: waist measures 27&#8243;, waist to hem 25&#8243; The jacket has been shortened from the original length by a few inches, the bottom of the jacket has been folded and hemmed.&#8221;
&#8220;A tailor should be able to put the jacket back to its original length,&#8221; the description about the suit continued.  &#8220;Very good condition. Comes with original Sotheby&#8217;s auction catalog, a Gotta Have Rock &amp; Roll Certificate of Authenticity and the original wire photograph that is pictured in the listing.&#8221;
The &#8220;Some Like It Hot&#8221; star and Yankees superstar tied the knot at San Francisco City Hall on January 14, 1954, the <a href="https://www.theknot.com/content/marilyn-monroe-wedding-dress">knot noted</a>.
&#8220;This was the most important wedding in Pop Culture history,&#8221; the description on the auction site read. &#8220;Never before has there been a wedding of this stature of two iconic figures that were the leaders in their fields.&#8221;
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It also shared a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZd7dD-HOyE">link</a> where people can see the newsreel about Monroe and DiMaggio saying &#8220;I Do.&#8221; The auction house estimates that the wedding suit will go for somewhere between $1.5 million and $2 million. Fans can bid on the suit for another 10 days, when the sale runs through December 9.
The wedding suit was originally purchased at Saks Fifth Avenue by &#8220;The Seven Year Itch&#8221; star. She then gifted it to the mother-in-law of Milton Greene. Greene was Marilyn&#8217;s personal photographer.
DiMaggio was Monroe&#8217;s second marriage, but after 274 days the couple called it quits, the outlet noted. Marilyn was previously married for four years to James Dougherty, and after DiMaggio for five years to playwright Arthur Miller.
She died in 1962 of a drug overdose.

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Singer <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/jennifer-lopez-finally-reveals-whether-she-or-ben-affleck-reached-out-to-rekindle-their-romance/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jennifer Lopez</a> revealed the three simple words her new husband — actor Ben Affleck — had engraved on her engagement ring when he proposed to her for a second time nearly two decades after the pair had gone their separate ways.
Lopez made the revelation during an interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, noting that the words were repeated in the title of the sixth track on her latest album. The singer explained this was really about her finding Affleck again and reconnecting when the time was finally right for both of them.
The album is “This Is Me … Now” and is meant, according to Lopez, to capture a snapshot of her life at this moment; the song is titled “Not. Going. Anywhere.”
Lopez explained that the significance of the words came directly from the couple’s reunion after years apart — and signified their commitment to making it work this time around.
“That’s how he would sign his emails when we started talking again,” Lopez said of Affleck, explaining that the words were meant to reassure her that he was going to stand by her for the duration. “Like, ‘Don’t worry, I’m not going anywhere.’”
And while Lopez said that she and Affleck had been on the same page from the moment they reconnected, the added reassurance from Affleck may have provided additional comfort after their first engagement ended badly.
“Once we called off that wedding 20 years ago, I was … it was the biggest heartbreak of my life. I honestly felt like I was going to die. It sent me on a spiral for the next 18 years,” the “Jenny from the Block” singer admitted.
Lopez made it clear in the interview that she was grateful for the lessons learned during their time apart — and for the things they’d accomplished as individuals — but her underlying message was one of hope to anyone who felt like giving up.
Encouraging them not to give up even if the road ahead seemed dark, Lopez reassured her fans that “true love does exist.”
After nearly two decades apart, Lopez and Affleck were married twice in 2022 — once in a simple <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/ben-affleck-jennifer-lopez-get-married-18-years-after-first-engagement/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Las Vegas ceremony</a> and then in a <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/love-is-patient-twenty-years-patient-jennifer-lopez-goes-all-in-with-ben-affleck-by-changing-her-last-name/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lavish event</a> in Georgia.
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Sony is re-releasing a PG-13 version of the Mark Wahlberg movie &#8220;Father Stu&#8221; in an effort to appeal to more families.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mark-wahlberg">51-year-old</a> actor shared the news on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/ClTyblFL69a/">Instagram</a> in a recent post celebrating that the film — based on the true story of a boxer who came a Catholic priest — would be re-released in theaters with a PG-13 rating December 9. The movie was originally rated R.
&#8220;Based on the inspiring true story,&#8221; Wahlberg wrote. &#8220;&#8216;Father Stu: Reborn&#8217; will be back in theaters December 9 and rated PG-13. Get tickets now at www.fatherstumovie.com #FatherStuMovie @fatherstumovie.&#8221;
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The star of the faith-based film spoke recently about the recut version of the movie and promised its message is just as important.
&#8220;We took out all 200 and some odd swears,&#8221; Wahlberg said during his recent appearance on <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/mark-wahlberg-highlights-powerful-message-father-stu-reborn-nobody-beyond-redemption">Fox News</a>. &#8220;And the film is still as powerful.&#8221;
&#8220;Given the nature of the R-rated movie, lots of families didn&#8217;t feel comfortable with their children seeing it, but they really wanted them to get the message,&#8221; he added in another Fox News interview. &#8220;To see Stu&#8217;s journey and the struggle that he went through to find his calling, we felt, was really important for people of all ages to see.&#8221;
&#8220;I really wanted young people as a whole to see it, but especially young boys,&#8221; Wahlberg continued. &#8220;We want to prevent kids from making a lot of the same mistakes that we made – certainly mistakes that I made. So anything that we can do to kind of show them an easier path to serving God and just being positive, productive members of society.&#8221;
The superstar actor, who is a devout Catholic himself, previously talked about the film and said it was &#8220;his calling,&#8221; his &#8220;mission,&#8221; to get this movie made, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-was-my-calling-mark-wahlberg-explains-why-father-stu-was-a-turning-point-for-him">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.
&#8220;The reason why [Father Stu] was so effective was because he was authentic,&#8221; Wahlberg shared about the inspiration for the film. &#8220;He was speaking the truth from experience, and that&#8217;s invaluable … He&#8217;s such a remarkable man. It was an honor for me to portray him in the film and to tell his story.&#8221;
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Actor <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/samuel-l-jackson-invokes-racial-slur-goes-after-justice-clarence-thomas-marriage-after-abortion-decision/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Samuel L. Jackson</a> mocked the furor over Twitter — and the recent takeover by billionaire entrepreneur <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/uh-oh-stephen-king-and-elon-musk-are-fighting-again/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elon Musk</a> — during a Tuesday morning appearance on &#8220;The View,&#8221; reminding the audience that Twitter wasn&#8217;t the real world and questioning whether Musk himself was real.
Jackson and his wife LaTanya Richardson Jackson punctuated the interview — which was supposed to be a promotion of their Broadway show &#8220;The Piano Lesson&#8221; — with a call to get out the vote and support Sen. <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/raphael-warnock-diverted-campaign-funds-to-pay-child-support-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Raphael Warnock</a> (D-GA) in his upcoming run-off election, among other things.
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Joy Behar is &quot;frightened for Twitter&quot; because <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusk</a> is supposedly letting &quot;Nazis&quot; take over the platform. &quot;I have no idea what he [Elon Musk] is. I don&#39;t even know if he is a real person,&quot; actor Samuel L. Jackson said. <a href="https://t.co/DgZuRo5UK7">pic.twitter.com/DgZuRo5UK7</a>
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&#8220;So, Sam, you&#8217;ve been also — you&#8217;ve also been known to clap back at a politician or two in your day, which I enjoy,&#8221; <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/youre-gonna-you-could-die-joy-behar-claims-booster-is-the-only-reason-whoopi-survived-covid-twice/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joy Behar</a> began. &#8220;What do you make of what&#8217;s happening now that Elon Musk  has taken over Twitter. I&#8217;m a little frightened for Twitter, frankly, what about you?&#8221;
&#8220;Just quit it, you know,&#8221; Jackson replied, shaking his head. &#8220;There&#8217;s so many more important things that we have to deal with like we&#8217;re busy trying to get &#8230; Raphael Warnock elected.&#8221;
&#8220;Raphael Warnock,&#8221; LaTanya interrupted, talking over him. &#8220;Please go to the polls and vote.&#8221;
&#8220;As opposed to an idiot who probably doesn&#8217;t even have a Twitter account, that can&#8217;t use Twitter,&#8221; Jackson added, apparently referencing Warnock&#8217;s Republican challenger Herschel Walker — who does, in fact, have a Twitter account.
&#8220;That&#8217;s a big audience,&#8221; Behar objected. &#8220;These Nazis can come in on those social media &#8230;&#8221;
Jackson shrugged, adding, &#8220;Well those &#8230; people need to understand that, you know, everything that happens – Twitter is not a real world. You know, it&#8217;s a world for invisible people and —&#8221;
&#8220;And Brittney Griner is in the real world,&#8221; LaTanya interrupted again. &#8220;She&#8217;s in a real world. Tweet that.&#8221;
&#8220;Those are real world things that we need to deal with,&#8221; Jackson continued. &#8220;Elon Musk is &#8230; Elon Musk. You know, he&#8217;s — I have no idea what he is. I don&#8217;t even know if he is a real person.&#8221;
&#8220;He didn&#8217;t invent Tesla,&#8221; Behar asserted. &#8220;He&#8217;s a businessman.&#8221;
The Jacksons and &#8220;The View&#8221; co-hosts talked over each other for a few minutes, arguing over who had come up with the technology behind Tesla and prompting Whoopi Goldberg to wrap up the segment: &#8220;We don&#8217;t really care what Elon Musk is doing.&#8221;

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