<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jamie-lee-curtis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jamie Lee Curtis</a> has announced a $1 million dollar donation to a relief fund set up to help those impacted by the Southern California wildfires still raging in the area as of Thursday.
In a post on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jamieleecurtis">Instagram</a>, the 66-year-old actress wrote about the devastation in Los Angeles County due to the Palisades Fire, Eaton Fire, and Hurst Fire — which, combined, have led to tens of thousands of people being forced to evacuate their homes as the high-speed Santa Ana winds continue to make it difficult to contain the blazes. 
“As the fire still rages on and @calfire @losangelesfiredepartment and all the available first responders and agencies involved in fighting fire and saving lives are still hard at work and neighbors and friends are banding together to save each other, my husband and I and our children have pledged $1 million from our Family Foundation to start a fund of support for our great city and state and the great people who live and love there,” Curtis&#8217; post read.
“I’m in communication with Governor Newsom and Mayor Bass and Senator Schiff as to where those funds need to be directed for the most impact,” she added. 
During the “Freaky Friday” star’s appearance on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” on Wednesday, she talked about the fires and how so many of her own friends <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/everything-is-gone-celebrities-post-about-losing-their-homes-in-california-fires" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have lost their homes</a>.
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“As you know, where I live is on fire right now. The entire city of Pacific Palisades is burning,” Curtis said. “I flew here last night, I was on the plane, started getting texts and it’s f**king gnarly, you guys.”
“It’s just a catastrophe in Southern California,” she added. “Everything: the market I shop in, the schools my kids go to. Many, many, many friends now have lost their homes. So it’s a really awful situation.”
At the time of this publication, Curtis was the only star to announce a donation. However, a number of stars have slammed the Democratic city and state politicians for the “incredible mismanagement” and “poor leadership” that has resulted in the massive losses throughout the area, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/zachary-levi-says-democrats-need-to-be-held-criminally-responsible-for-fires">reported</a>.
Actress Whitney Cummings even warned those donating money to relief efforts.
“If you donate to cali fire relief efforts, that&#8217;s rad, BUT IT&#8217;S INSANE THAT ANYONE HAS TO DONATE their hard earned money to a state that gets so much tax money from its citizens,” Cummings wrote on <a href="https://x.com/WhitneyCummings/status/1877431482387403160">X</a>. “We&#8217;ve normalized charities and kind people stepping in when the state government fails.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/anna-faris-adam-brody-mandy-moore-become-latest-celebs-to-lose-homes-in-socal-fires" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anna Faris, Adam Brody, Mandy Moore Become Latest Celebs To Lose Homes In SoCal Fires</a>

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jamie-lee-curtis-confirms-freaky-friday-sequel-is-happening-with-one-picture" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jamie Lee Curtis</a> blasted the paparazzi’s “intrusion” on the set of her and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lindsay-lohan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lindsay Lohan</a>’s highly-anticipated sequel to Disney’s 2003 hit “Freaky Friday.”
On Thursday, the 65-year-old actress released a photo of her own from the set after several paparazzi snaps were published showing part of the story for the mother-daughter body-switching film “Freakier Friday,” <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/freaky-friday-2-jamie-lee-curtis-lindsay-lohan-photo-sequel-1235983182/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deadline</a> reported.
“OK. Because other outlets have posted it, I am going to take advantage of the intrusion of a paparazzi picture into the creative process of filmmaking,” Curtis shared in her post on Facebook.
“We have tried so hard to keep our story a secret and private until it&#8217;s time for release but once in a while an image comes out, and it doesn&#8217;t tell you anything about the story or about what&#8217;s going on with the characters but it does show the joy and fun that we had making #FREAKIERFRIDAY and we know it will be the experience that you will have in the theaters next year,” she added.
“Yes, you heard me… The theaters,” Curtis continued. “The place we all go and enjoy a shared experience in the dark while munching popcorn and candy and laughing together and sometimes crying together.&#8221;
On Friday, the “Halloween” star shared that <a href="https://x.com/DisneyStudiosCA/status/1826995347962368399" target="_blank" rel="noopener">production</a> had officially wrapped on the sequel and both stars of the original movie have talked about how grateful they were to get to work together again, with Curtis calling Lohan the “ULTIMATE movie daughter,” the outlet noted.
Lohan also shared the news and how excited she was to have gotten to make the film with Curtis, the outlet reported.
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“I’m so grateful to have made this film, a story of family, mothers and their children and a film filled with love, laughter and a ton of heart!” the 38-year-old actress wrote. &#8220;It has been a pleasure to work with my dear friend @jamieleecurtis who brings so much joy to our set everyday and she has made this all the more special!”
The 2003 “Freaky Friday” movie was a reboot of the original 1976 Disney film with Jodie Foster playing the daughter who switched places with her mom, played by Barbara Harris. It was based on Mary Rodgers’s 1972 novel of the same name.
“An overworked mother and her daughter did not get along,” a description of the movie on <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0322330/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IMDb</a> reads. “When they switch bodies, each is forced to adapt to the other’s life for one freaky Friday.”
The 2003 movie, with a reported $26 million budget, was a huge success after earning $160 million at the worldwide box office, <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/freaky-friday-2-given-lindsay-165319300.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yahoo Entertainment</a> noted.
A description on <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31956415/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_Freakier%2520" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IMDb</a> about the 2025 sequel reads, “Years after Tess and Anna endured an identity crisis, Anna now has a daughter and a soon-to-be stepdaughter. &#8230; As they navigate the challenges that come when two families merge, Tess and Anna discover that lightning might strike twice.”

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Jamie Lee Curtis confirmed a sequel to the hit 2003 Disney movie “Freaky Friday” was not only happening but that production had already begun with an incredible picture she posted on Instagram.
On Monday, the 65-year-old actress reposted a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C8mtDclJNSO/">photo</a> from Disney Studio of her sitting next to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lindsay-lohan">Linsday Lohan</a> — both stars of the original mother-daughter-body-switching film — posing in front of a trailer with the other person’s names in the stars behind them.
She captioned the post, “WE ARE FREAKING OUT because the Coleman&#8217;s are getting FREAKY AGAIN! <a href="https://www.instagram.com/disney/">@disney</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/disneystudios/">@disneystudios</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lindsaylohan/">@lindsaylohan</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nisha.ganatra/">@nisha.ganatra</a>.”
In the snap, Curtis flashed a rocker symbol with Lohan just smiling. 
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Disney announces that production on the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FreakyFriday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FreakyFriday</a> sequel, starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, is officially underway! 😝 <a href="https://t.co/1yNkwSIiiO">pic.twitter.com/1yNkwSIiiO</a>
— Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) <a href="https://twitter.com/etnow/status/1805258552136876078?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2024</a></blockquote>
A short time later, the 37-year-old actress posted a video on her <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C8mvvRWpLBa/">Instagram</a> of the two posing for the pictures in front of the trailers that meant fans of the classic film were finally getting a sequel.
She simply wrote, “We’re Back.”
In the original post from <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C8msf8WJjFc/">Disney</a>, the studio shared that the sequel to the life-switching comedy was coming next year.
“The Colemans are back and coming to theaters in 2025!” Disney captioned the post. “The sequel to Freaky Friday is now in production!”
During Lohan’s appearance earlier this year on Andy Cohen’s <a href="https://www.wptv.com/entertainment/movies/lindsay-lohan-jamie-lee-curtis-returning-for-freaky-friday-sequel">Sirius XM show</a>, the actress said she and Curtis would be reprising their roles as mother and daughter in the popular coming-of-age movie, but details were scarce.
“It is [happening],” Lohan told the host about the sequel. “I don’t want to say too much.”
The 2003 “Freaky Friday” movie was a reboot of the original 1976 Disney film with Jodie Foster playing the daughter who switched places with her mom, played by Barbara Harris. It was based on Mary Rodgers’s 1972 novel of the same name.
“An overworked mother and her daughter did not get along,” a description of the movie on <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0322330/">IMDb</a> read. “When they switch bodies, each is forced to adapt to the other’s life for one freaky Friday.”
The 2003 movie, with a reported $26 million budget, was a huge success after earning $160 million at the worldwide box office, <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/freaky-friday-2-given-lindsay-165319300.html">Yahoo Entertainment</a> noted. 
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lindsay-lohan-throws-support-behind-power-of-social-media-following-struggles-with-paparazzi">Lohan’s</a> 2003 film was just one of many of her appearances in <a href="https://disneymovieslist.com/list-of-lindsay-lohan-disney-movies/">Disney movies</a>. She previously starred in the 1998 twin movie “The Parent Trap,” a remake of the hit 1961 movie with actress Hayley Mills taking on the lead role. She also starred in “Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen” in 2004.
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Actor Sean Astin said in a recent interview that he has never shied away from his status as a &#8220;nepo-baby,&#8221; even joking that he routinely answered, &#8220;Nepotism,&#8221; when people asked him how he had gotten started in Hollywood.
Speaking to entertainment site <a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/12/03/entertainment/sean-astin-embraces-being-a-hollywood-nepo-baby/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Page Six</a>, Astin freely admitted that his parents — &#8220;The Addams Family&#8221; star John Astin and Oscar-winner Patty Duke (&#8220;The Miracle Worker,&#8221; 1963) — gave him a leg up when it came to getting work in Tinsel Town, and he didn&#8217;t see any reason to feel guilty about taking advantage of that.
&#8220;Listen, it’s just true,&#8221; Astin explained, saying that he didn&#8217;t blame others for jumping on the opportunities their own lives presented. &#8220;Life is hard, work is hard. Finding your way in the world is hard. So when people have some good fortune, I don’t begrudge that.&#8221;
&#8220;And I don’t begrudge myself having been born into a family where I was given a lot. I also feel that that comes with a lot of responsibility that you have the opportunity to embrace or not,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;So yeah … you know … [you] nailed it,&#8221; he said of being pegged as a &#8220;nepo baby.&#8221; &#8220;Got it in one!&#8221;
And though Astin may have gotten his foot in the door thanks to his parents&#8217; connections, he followed that with a series of iconic roles — from the 1980s cult classic &#8220;The Goonies&#8221; and the titular role in the underdog sports film &#8220;Rudy&#8221; to the role of Samwise Gamgee in Peter Jackson&#8217;s adaptation of &#8220;Lord of the Rings.&#8221;
And as two other self-described &#8220;nepo-babies&#8221; — actresses Kate Hudson and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nepo-babies-jamie-lee-curtis-kate-hudson-fight-back-i-dont-care-where-you-come-from" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jamie Lee Curtis</a> — have said, whether or not it&#8217;s nepotism that opened the door, it still takes a lot of hard work to have a lasting career in Hollywood.
&#8220;It’s curious how we immediately make assumptions and snide remarks that someone related to someone else who is famous in their field for their art, would somehow have no talent whatsoever. I have come to learn that is simply not true,&#8221; Curtis said. &#8220;I have suited up and shown up for all different kinds of work with thousands of thousands of people and every day I’ve tried to bring integrity and professionalism and love and community and art to my work.&#8221;
&#8220;I don’t care where you come from, or what your relationship to the business is … if you work hard and you kill it,&#8221; Hudson added.

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The so-called “Scream Queen” Jamie Lee Curtis just received her first-ever Academy Award after fans have been wondering for years why she never got one. Curtis, 64, has been in Hollywood for a long time, first in the horror genre and eventually as a mainstream actress who’s appeared in everything from TV to movies.
The actress is also the perfect example of what “Hollyweird” has to offer. Curtis was born to famous parents, making her part of the aptly named crowd of “nepo babies” who got a leg up in the business by being born into the business.
Curtis was born to the late actor Tony Curtis and actress Janet Leigh in 1958 and grew up in California. She attended the elite private boarding school Choate before attending law school briefly. Curtis ditched law school to pursue a career in the movies.
“My parents were actors,” Curtis said while accepting the SAG Award for her supporting role in the highly lauded “Everything Everywhere All At Once.”
“And I married an actor. I love actors. I love acting. I love the job we get to do. I love being part of a crew. I love being part of a cast. … It’s such a beautiful job. And I know you look at me and think, well, nepo baby, that’s why she’s there,” she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-totally-get-it-jamie-lee-curtis-admits-shes-a-nepo-baby-during-awards-speech" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>. “And I totally get it. But the truth of the matter is I’m 64 years old and this is just amazing.”
“Everything Everywhere All At Once” is a strange movie but at least it’s just a movie. Curtis’s life, on the other hand, includes surreal moments happening right here in real life.
Acting abilities aside, Curtis is the quintessential example of an A-list star who genuinely doesn’t understand why anyone feels negatively toward her.
Take the actress’s recent scandal involving a piece of artwork hanging in her home. It all started in January when Curtis shared an image on Instagram with more than 5 million followers. 
“Ok. This is a weird post. But I have Covid, so f*** it. During one of the SAG nomination panels for @everythingeverywheremovie I told the story of how I ended up with my office furnished with my beautiful Pollack chairs from that movie,” she wrote in the Instagram image caption.
“I mentioned if people followed me, that was not a cheap trick to try to get people to boost my numbers, but I couldn’t figure out how else to get the picture out into the world, that I would post a picture of them on my IG in my offices for @comet.pictures and I am a truth teller so here you go.”
The photo included the aforementioned table and chairs, but what caught the attention of followers was the strange piece of artwork hanging up in the background. The piece, which was later revealed to be a work called “The Tub” (2003) by artist Betsy Schneider, featured a nude child submerged in a plastic tub of water.
“Why does Jamie Lee Curtis have a picture of a naked child stuffed inside a suitcase on her wall? Strong Epstein vibes,” one popular Twitter reaction said.
The “Knives Out” alum wound up deleting the photo following an avalanche of backlash, but her apology made two things clear: first, she couldn’t understand why anyone was shocked by the photo and second, she still believed the art was a perfectly fine piece to display in her dining area. 
“Last week I posted a picture of some chairs that included a photograph on the wall by an artist that was gifted to me 20 years ago,” she wrote by way of explanation. “I understand it has disturbed some people. As I have said, I am a truth teller, so here’s the truth.”
“It’s a picture of a child, taken by her mother, of her playing in their backyard in a tub of water. Nothing more, nothing less. I took down the post because I didn’t want to keep something up that upset anyone,” Curtis <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jamie-lee-curtis-responds-to-photo-of-naked-child-in-a-box-heres-the-truth" target="_blank" rel="noopener">continued</a>. 
In the industry, Curtis is portrayed as refreshingly normal and down-to-earth. She’s self-deprecating and doesn’t have the ego that other stars of her status usually do. Curtis made fun of herself for hawking yogurt “that makes you s***” for her long-standing partnership with Activia and has been open about her struggle with addiction and getting sober.
But these positive character traits are only part of the story.
The celeb’s weirdness masquerading as normalcy took center stage in March after she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. During a follow-up appearance on Today, she had a surprising answer when host Savannah Guthrie asked if she had named her golden statue.
“I’m in support of my daughter Ruby. I’m having them be a they/them,” Curtis said with emotion. “I’m going to just call them ‘them.’ They/them, and they are doing great, they’re settling in, and I just, in my life, I never saw it in a million years that I’d have this couple days, and I’m very moved by the whole thing.”
This isn’t the first time Curtis spoke out on behalf of “trans rights.&#8221;
“The right’s war on queer people, most specifically trans people, is both bizarre and abhorrent,” she wrote at the time. “There is no debate to argue here. Trans people have been here forever and aren’t going anywhere. There is no ideology here. It’s simple. Trans rights are human rights. Anything stating the contrary is wrong,” she wrote on Instagram on March 5.
She also turned heads last May for posting photos of herself officiating Ruby’s <a href="https://people.com/movies/jamie-lee-curtis-daughter-ruby-cosplay-wedding-kynthia-photos/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cosplay-themed wedding</a>. “Wife is sweet… Ruby and Kynthia,” Curtis shared of the colorful collage. In one photo, the actress posed with a giant butcher knife.
&#8220;YOU CAN&#8217;T MAKE THIS UP!&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;The ONLY thing left over at the end of this entire BEAUTIFUL wedding, after everything was taken away was this f-ing BUTCHER KNIFE they cut the tiramisu wedding cake with! WIFE IS SWEET!&#8221;
And how about her new Oscar trophy? She’s decided to make that a part of her eclectic art collection as well. The “they/them” statuette is proudly displayed next to a butt plug shaped trophy featured in “EEAAO.”
It’s all part of a giant inside joke, it seems. The only mystery left is to figure out who’s still laughing.
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Jamie Lee Curtis admitted on Sunday that she&#8217;s a &#8220;nepo baby&#8221; when she took home the honor of outstanding performance by a female actor in a supporting role at the 2023 Screen Actors Guild Awards.
The 64-year-old is the daughter of the late actor Tony Curtis and actress Janet Leigh. During her <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KLO38SHuTNQ">acceptance speech</a> for her role in &#8220;Everything Everywhere All At Once,&#8221; Curtis said despite being born to famed stars, she is an &#8220;actor,&#8221; and she &#8220;loves&#8221; it.
&#8220;My parents were actors,&#8221; she explained. &#8220;And I married an actor. I love actors. I love acting. I love the job we get to do. I love being part of a crew. I love being part of a cast. &#8230; It&#8217;s such a beautiful job.&#8221;
&#8220;And I know you look at me and think, well, nepo baby, that&#8217;s why she&#8217;s there,&#8221; she added. &#8220;And I totally get it. But the truth of the matter is I&#8217;m 64 years old and this is just amazing.&#8221;
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The &#8220;Freaky Friday&#8221; star also <a href="https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2023/02/27/sag-awards-nepo-baby-jamie-lee-curtis-contd-orig-zt.cnn">talked</a> about getting her &#8220;SAG card&#8221; when she was 19 years old after she &#8220;signed a seven-year contract to Universal Studios and starred in an ABC TV series called the &#8216;Operation Petticoat,&#8217; which was based on the movie that my father, Tony Curtis — nepo baby! — starred in.&#8221;
<a href="https://people.com/tv/sag-awards-2023-i-am-an-actor-jamie-lee-curtis-jokes-about-being-nepo-baby/">Curtis</a> said when she was fired from the show a year later, she thought her &#8220;life was over. But the good news is that if I hadn&#8217;t been fired from &#8216;Operation Petticoat,&#8217; I would have never had the opportunity to audition for a little tiny, no-budget horror movie called &#8216;Halloween.'&#8221;
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The &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-is-a-family-business-hollywood-legend-blows-off-criticisms-about-nepo-babies">nepo baby</a>&#8221; comment stems from a 2022 article in the <a href="https://nymag.com/press/2022/12/extremely-overanalyzing-hollywoods-nepo-baby-boom.html">New York Magazine</a> that noted a connection between those in the entertainment industry and the children of celebrities.
Curtis was one of serval who hit back at the term, despite not being named.
&#8220;I have been a professional actress since I was 19 years old so that makes me an OG Nepo Baby,&#8221; Curtis <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmgx-KRLwlJ/">shared</a>. &#8220;I&#8217;ve never understood, nor will I, what qualities got me hired that day, but since my first two lines on &#8216;Quincy&#8217; as a contract player at Universal Studios to this last spectacular creative year some 44 years later, there&#8217;s not a day in my professional life that goes by without my being reminded that I am the daughter of movie stars. The current conversation about nepo babies is just designed to try to diminish and denigrate and hurt.&#8221;
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