Before that other double K-named star became famous, Kato Kaelin was one of the original celebrities who became celebrities by association rather than acting or other profession. For him, it meant being in the wrong place at the wrong time — infamy he tur
Sometimes there really is such a thing as a free lunch. To the delight of striking writers and local businesses, Drew Carey has resumed a tradition he started sixteen years ago, picking up the lunch tab for WGA members.
The Price is Right host and comic t
When 15-year-old Dante Basco gave a special gift to his costar Robin Williams on the set of Hook, he never imagined it would still be among the late actor's possessions over 30 years later.
"The late, great Robin Williams is such a legend," Basco recently
The first rule of Netflix's Preview Club is that you don't talk about Netflix's Preview Club.
Okay, not really, since The Messenger spoke to three members who talked about what it was like to join the club, which gives early access to watch movies and sho
The professor had tried to limit this conversation to just one day.
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Rufus Burns (left) met DJ Jazzy Jeff at a Kansas City festival in 2019 after the viral "Bel-Air" short film dropped. Jeff played Jazz in "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" sitcom, and Burns played Jazz in the short. Courtesy of Rufus Burns
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Kurtwood Smith said he never saw himself doing a sitcom as an actor. Phillip Faraone/Getty Images
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Kurtwood Smith played Red Forman on "That '70s Show" and reprised the role for "That '90s Show."
He never saw himself in a sitcom, but it's one o
Devon Werkheiser starred as Ned in Nickelodeon's "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide," from ages 12 to 15 in 2004. Matthew Simmons, Jim Spellman/Getty Images
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Devon Werkheiser was the star of Nickelodeon's "Ned's Declassified School Survi
"It was probably when I turned 40 that I realized I needed to define what success means to me — what I want it to look like, what I'm willing to give up for it and what I'm not," Katherine Heigl said. Taylor Hill / Getty
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Kim Alsup said she reported her experiences to the production and to HR, but it ultimately didn't help. Courtesy of Kim Alsup
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Kim Alsup was a COVID coordinator on Netflix's "Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story."
She tweeted about microaggression
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Mary Fitzgerald has starred on 'Selling Sunset' for 5 seasons.
She says the show has made hosting open houses and working at the Oppenheim Group office difficult.
Fitzgerald shares how the agents' por
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Bethenny Frankel's TikToks have become her new bread and butter, garnering 1 million followers.
She says her TikTok and podcasts are her main passions right now.
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the majority of horror films in existence today are insulting to all female and female-identifying humans, with their hyper emphasis on feminine “purity,” and protagonists whose incompetency is only cured by the killing of the viable male hero. But what other genre has it embedded within itself to regularly feature an independent female character who has to save herself?
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