For many fans, “The Santa Clause” is a Christmas staple that returns year after year during the holiday season. But for David Krumholtz, starring in the beloved franchise apparently does not translate into massive paychecks. The actor, who famously played Bernard the Head Elf in Disney’s 1994 holiday hit and its 2002 sequel, recently revealed the surprisingly small amount he now earns in residuals from the fan-favorite films.

Speaking to Page Six during the press day for “Are You Now or Have You Ever Been” on May 26, Krumholtz explained why his residual checks from “The Santa Clause” franchise are nowhere near what fans may expect.

“They’re minimal because the movie plays so much,” he said. “This is how residuals work: every time it plays, you make less. It’s a grade scale.”

Krumholtz, who is now 48, starred as Bernard the Head Elf in the original 1994 movie alongside Tim Allen before returning for the 2002 sequel. Though he did not appear in the franchise’s third film, released in 2006, he later reprised the role in Disney+’s “The Santa Clauses” series in 2022.

According to the actor, the residual checks were once much more rewarding. “When I first got residuals from ‘The Santa Clause,’ it was good,” he explained, before estimating that he now makes roughly “$150 bucks a year” from the massively successful holiday franchise.

‘Oppenheimer’ Now Pays More Than ‘The Santa Clause’

Despite appearing in one of Disney’s most beloved Christmas films, Krumholtz admitted he currently earns more in residuals from a much more recent project: Christopher Nolan’s 2023 blockbuster “Oppenheimer.”

The actor, whose resume also includes “10 Things I Hate About You,” the “Harold & Kumar” franchise, and the CBS drama “Numb3rs,” joked about just how modest those checks are, too. When asked how much Oppenheimer brings in, Krumholtz initially laughed off the question. “That’s none of your business! What kind of question is that?” he joked before adding, “It’s $12.73. It’s enough to buy a hot dog in New York.”

David Krumholtz Reflects On Career And New Role

Krumholtz is set to appear in the upcoming “Supergirl” film and will also star in the New York City Center revival of “Are You Now or Have You Ever Been.” The production draws from original transcripts from the House Committee on Un-American Activities hearings in the 1940s, when artists were questioned over alleged ties to the Communist Party.

Krumholtz portrays comedy writer Abe Burrows, the famed “Guys and Dolls” writer and father of legendary television director James Burrows. Reflecting on Burrows’ controversial role during the hearings, Krumholtz acknowledged the complicated circumstances many artists faced at the time.

“It’s essentially cancel culture in those times,” he said. “If someone was attempting to cancel me today for what I felt was an unjust reason, I suppose I’d do anything to get out of it. I love acting, and I love my career. I need it.”

Krumholtz Previously Opened Up About Terrifying Health Scare

Krumholtz also made headlines last year after revealing he “almost died” following a frightening health battle linked to marijuana use. Speaking to Page Six at the time, the actor said he resumed smoking marijuana after taking “a long break” before eventually becoming “a daily smoker.”

However, Krumholtz said the habit ultimately led to a diagnosis of cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (CHS), a rare condition that can trigger repeated and severe vomiting episodes and is most commonly associated with long-term, frequent marijuana use.

“It’s rare, [but] it’s becoming more and more prevalent yearly, like, numbers are doubling every year,” the “Are You Now or Have You Ever Been” actor explained.

David Krumholtz Blamed Potency Of Modern Weed For Health Scare

The actor also suggested the increasing strength of modern cannabis products may be playing a role in the rise of cases. “Essentially, they messed up weed. They made it too strong, and they don’t know why it’s happening,” he said. “There’s a lot of theories.”

At the time, David Krumholtz described the ordeal as so severe that he believed he “almost died,” using his experience to raise awareness about the condition.

Karen Read has broken her silence after she filed a lawsuit against the Massachusetts State Police and Canton Police Department after she was deemed innocent of killing her late boyfriend, John O’Keefe.

Read, 46, appeared on the Today Show on Tuesday, June 5, to reveal her goals for the lawsuit. She was joined by her attorney, Alan Jackson, who explained she’s seeking more than financial damages.

“What Karen wants, you cannot write on a check, which is exposure,” he said. “Exposure of the corruption that is the DNA of the Massachusetts State Police and the Canton Police Department.”

Read filed a lawsuit in Bristol Superior Court on Thursday, June 4, in which she claimed that her 2025 trial for the second-degree murder of O’Keefe, 46, revealed “an (embedded) culture of bigotry, misogyny, systemic failures, and institutional rot at the very core of both organizations,” according to court documents.

A jury found Read not guilty of O’Keefe’s murder after her first trial in 2024 resulted in a mistrial after a hung jury.

With her new lawsuit, Read said she is fighting against ways in which she believes she was wronged during her past trials.

“This was always our plan, that I had to save my own life first,” she said. “I can’t do anything if I’m not free. I had to fight for my freedom for years, and I knew as it unfolded I was never going to be able to just forget that this happened to me, that I was wronged in this way. I couldn’t just go back to life as it was. I have to continue fighting for justice.”

She added that the “acquittal is deserved, but the wrongs have not been completely righted.”

“They have been happening along the way, but I always knew this was going to happen if I could get the help legally to do this,” Read said.

O’Keefe died of blunt force trauma to the head after he was found mortally wounded on the lawn of the home of now-retired Boston police sergeant Brian Albert on January 29, 2022.

Read was accused of driving her SUV into O’Keefe while intoxicated and leaving him to die in a blizzard. She denied the allegations.

She was charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter and leaving the scene, and the jury only convicted her of the lesser charge of driving while intoxicated.

In the June 4 filing, Read shared disturbing voicemails, text messages and other communications between lead investigator Michael Proctor and former Canton police Sgt. Michael Goode as evidence. Neither person has been named as defendants in the lawsuit, and they both no longer work at their police departments.

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Following the lawsuit, the Massachusetts State Police told Us Weekly that “these disturbing messages are entirely inconsistent with any basic standard of decency and certainly with the expectations of a Massachusetts State Trooper. These racist, sexist and abhorrent comments absolutely do not reflect the values of the Massachusetts State Police and are not tolerated within our ranks. They underscore and fully support my decision to terminate Michael Proctor.”

Meanwhile, the Canton Police Department issued a statement about the lawsuit on its Facebook page, saying that the town “has not been served.”

“As such we have nothing to review with legal counsel at this time. We have no comment on the press release issued by the Read legal team,” the department added.

Heather Locklear is opening up for the first time about her romance with Lorenzo Lamas.

“My new guy is very … everything,” Locklear, 64, said during an appearance on the Monday, June 1, episode of the “Hollywood & Divine” podcast. “I’m just like, when I tell this person I love him, I’m really saying, ‘I love you, God.’ Because that’s what happened. It’s from God.”

The Melrose Place alum added, “I’m [in] the best time [of my life].”

Lamas, 68, and Locklear first crossed paths in 1983 when they posed together in swimwear for Playgirl magazine. (Locklear was starring on Dynasty at the time, while Lamas starred on Falcon Crest.)

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The actors reconnected years later, celebrating New Year’s Eve together at Circa Resort & Casino in Las Vegas in December 2025. Lamas’ rep confirmed to Us Weekly on April 10 that he and Locklear “are seeing each other.”

Lamas and Locklear made their first public appearance as a confirmed couple at the 2026 Chiller Theatre Expo, a horror and sci-fi convention, in New Jersey on April 26. The pair coordinated in black ensembles as Locklear leaned into Lamas’ chest and wrapped her arms around his waist.

Lamas broke his silence on the relationship days after the outing, telling Fox News Digital, “I’ve been through a lot of trial and error, and she is the most amazing woman that I think I’ve ever met.”

Lamas has been married six times. He first tied the knot with Victoria Hilbert in 1981, although the pair split the following year. The Renegade star was later married to late ex-wife Michele Smith, with whom he shared kids A.J., 42, and Shayne, 40, from 1983 to 1985.

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Lamas was also married to Kathleen Kinmont from 1989 to 1993 and Shauna Sand from 1996 to 2002. He and Sand, 54, share kids Alexandra, 28, Victoria, 27, and Isabella, 25.

The Snake Eater actor later tied the knot with Shawna Craig in 2011 before the pair called it quits in 2018. He was most recently married to Kenna Scott from 2023 to 2025.

Lamas also shares daughter Paton, 37, with ex Daphne Ashbrook, whom he dated from 1986 to 1988.

As for Locklear, she was married to Tommy Lee from 1986 to 1993. The T.J. Hooker actress later tied the knot with Richie Sambora in 1994. The now-exes welcomed daughter Ava, 28, before their split in 2007.

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Locklear was also briefly engaged to her Melrose Place costar Jack Wagner in 2011.

Before her romance with Lamas, Locklear was engaged to Chris Heisser, who was her high school sweetheart before they reconnected in 2020. Us exclusively confirmed in May 2025 that Locklear and Heisser had called off their engagement.

“Heather is single and she’s ready to date again,” a source exclusively told Us, adding that the actress was “focusing on herself” and “doing really well.”

By Robert Scucci
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Ever since TV was invented, we’ve been warned about the dangers of overconsumption, often referring to the device as an “idiot box.” In the 90s, parents would tell their children that if they sat too close to the TV, they’d get sucked into it. 1992’s Stay Tuned turns this fear into a reality for the Knable family when an emissary from hell makes a dirty deal with the family patriarch, resulting in him and his wife getting trapped inside a colorful world of satirical sitcoms and cartoons that are trying to kill them. It’s a lot of fun, and the kind of low-stakes fantasy comedy you could watch with your kids.

While there’s plenty of surface-level humor that everybody can enjoy, this movie thrives on deep cuts and meta humor. If you have young kids, for example, they may not get the Driving Over Miss Daisy reference per se, but the humor of watching it play out in the form of what’s essentially a live-action cartoon won’t be lost on them.

Don’t Get Sucked In! 

Stay Tuned gets most of its laughs from sight gags and its many TV references. The hellish landscape navigated by the Knable family at the center of its adventure is jam-packed with pop culture references. They’re your typical suburban family, but Roy (John Ritter) and Helen (Pam Dawber) Knable are on the verge of divorce due to the former’s TV addiction. If he’s not working his dead-end sales job at the plumbing company, he’s parked firmly in front of the boob tube, neglecting his family.

When Helen smashes the TV, Roy gets a surprise visit from a mysterious salesman named Johnny Spike (Jeffrey Jones), who makes him an offer he can’t refuse: a brand-new, state-of-the-art TV and dish system with 666 channels that nobody else in the world has access to. Roy signs the contract without hesitation, which results in both him and Helen getting sucked into the massive satellite dish that was just installed and thrown into the middle of a game show called You Can’t Win!

Behind the scenes of the game show production, we learn that Johnny Spike’s whole racket is luring people like Roy into this version of hell, where TV addicts’ souls are collected under a very simple agreement: if they can survive 24 hours of TV torture, they get returned to the mortal realm. However, the contract stipulates that if they don’t survive, they’re doomed to an eternity of similar treatment because their souls now belong to Satan.

Meanwhile, back on Earth, the couple’s children, Darryl (David Tom) and Diane (Heather McComb), are enjoying a night without parental supervision, not yet knowing what happened to their parents but curious about the gigantic satellite dish that’s now sitting in their backyard. Darryl, the nerdier of the two, puts two and two together after seeing various iterations of his parents on the new TV while channel surfing, and he needs to convince Diane that what he’s seeing is actually real.

Come For The Storytelling, Stay For The References

What really makes Stay Tuned shine is its willingness to go all in on TV tropes. Every time the channel changes, Roy and Helen are whisked away into a different television program, and each one is stylistically accurate. The set pieces do a lot of the heavy lifting here, as the couple has to navigate and participate in game shows, wrestling matches, hard-boiled noir thrillers, historical epics, prank shows, and, for John Ritter’s character, the worst thing of all: he’s back on the set of Three’s Company. The production goes all out, and you can tell a lot of care went into each style parody because every one is more ridiculous than the last.

At one point, Roy gets trapped in a Saturday Night Dead skit called “Duane’s Underworld,” and it’s about as glorious as you’d expect.

My favorite part about Stay Tuned, though, is how much effort went into all of the little one-off shows that the kids see while flipping through the channels. Programs like Sadistic Hidden Videos, Northern Overexposure, Three Men and Rosemary’s Baby, and The Exorcisist are some prime nugs worth mentioning, but the references and name drops seem endless. If you’re a fan of the countless sight gags crammed into a single scene of The Simpsons, you’ll feel right at home here because the visual jokes are pretty much nonstop.

While a commercial failure that received middling reviews upon its initial release, Stay Tuned is worth your time if you like that “blink and you’ll miss it” style of joke delivery that never lets up. This is not a high-stakes film, but I’ve got to give it credit where it’s due. If you’re well versed in 80s and 90s sitcoms and cartoons, you’ll have a great time watching Stay Tuned with the wife and kids the next time you want a rapid-fire buffet of TV and movie tropes that are easy to digest.

As of this writing, you can stream Stay Tuned for free on Tubi.

Summer is the time for simple makeup, and Ogee just relaunched its creamy, nourishing face sticks in a convenient three-piece set. Instead of packing bulky bronzer, blush and highlighter compacts (plus brushes), these handy swipe-and-go sticks are the ultimate summer makeup must-haves. They’re small enough to throw in your purse or carry-on!

Beyond the easy application and the dimension they add to your face, these fan-favorite bronzer, blush and highlighter sticks offer so much more. While many makeup formulas simply sit on the skin’s surface, Ogee’s complexion sticks take a skincare-based approach. In fact, 88% of the ingredients enhance your complexion in the long run. A hydrating blend of cold-pressed jojoba oil, green coffee oil, and elderberry extract floods skin with moisture while stimulating collagen production to reduce the development of fine lines and wrinkles.

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The skin benefits are nice, of course, but it’s the immediate glow and definition that will keep you swiping these sticks all year round. Each blendable formula glides on easily and melts into skin with just a few taps, giving you beautifully defined and flushed cheekbones.

Shoppers of all ages agree that these sticks are a wonderful addition to their makeup bags. “I’m 80 years old but I’m like a kid with a new toy,” one reviewer wrote. “I love the colors. They’re perfect.”

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Tonight, I walked out of the movie theater with a huge grin on my face. To my surprise and astonishment, the new Masters of the Universe was an absolute blast: it brought the original He-Man cartoon to life with vivid performances, dynamic designs, and seemingly endless action. As an added bonus, the movie kept old-school fans’ heads on a swivel from beginning to end. Why is that? Because of all the Easter eggs!

Basically, this new movie is a love letter to all things He-Man, new and old. Accordingly, practically every scene is brimming with homages to different decades of the franchise. There are more homages than I could count, and even if I could, we’d be here all day. To save us both some time, I rounded up my favorite Easter eggs; the ones that made me want to bust out my Castle Grayskull playset and start posing all my old toys. Ready for your own “good journey?” Keep reading to discover the coolest fan service Easter eggs in Masters of the Universe!

Toys To Men

Weirdly enough, the biggest nexus of nostalgic Easter eggs in Masters of the Universe is the comics and collectibles store where Prince Adam goes to find his magic sword. The store is named The Fright Zone, which is actually an homage to He-Man’s sister, She-Ra. She battles a villain named Hordak, and he operates out of a creepy gothic metropolis known as the Fright Zone.

The interior of this store also prominently displays Big Jim toys. Big Jim was the name of a Mattel brand that came out long before He-Man. In fact, one of Big Jim’s toy designs was later modified to be Cringer, whom He-Man periodically transforms into Battle Cat. Finally, Prince Adam has to wrestle the sword out of the hands of a life-size barbarian. That barbarian may look like Conan, but he’s actually Torak, a character created by franchise designer Mark Taylor. Later, this character’s design was modified to become He-Man, meaning our hero had to wrestle himself for the sword of power!

It’s A Pig Man, Jerry (And Friends)

At one point in Masters of the Universe, Skeletor is being doted on by a subservient pig man. His appearance made my wife lean over and utter the Seinfeld quote that we share frequently around my house: “he’s a pig man, Jerry, a mutant pig man!” Later, I told her how this guy’s appearance was a weirdly meta Easter egg. The original Masters of the Universe movie held a contest for one lucky fan to have a walk-on appearance, and young Richard Szponder got to play the role of a diminutive Pigboy.

In fact, he’s one of several characters from the 1987 movie who make a cameo in Masters of the Universe. Another character is Karg, a kind of monster-faced guy who could benefit from some Just For Men. But the coolest cameo from the original movie is an appearance from original live-action He-Man actor Dolph Lundgren. He does some banter with the new He-Man actor Nicholas Galitzine (“you’re here to take my spot!”), offers some sage advice, and even says goodbye with the weird farewell phrase of the earlier film: “Good journey!”

The final major homage to the first Masters of the Universe movie is also the most dramatic. At one point in the new film, Skeletor appears as a hologram in the sky, issuing a challenge to the newly emerged He-Man. This is an Easter Egg reference to the original movie, in which Frank Langella’s Skeletor broadcasts his own message throughout Eternia. While Langella is an all-time great, Jared Leto deserves credit for making his own sky hologram appearance that much scarier (and, if we’re being honest), that much more dramatic.

Kneeling Before The Goddess

While the new Masters of the Universe has the tonal silliness of movies like Thor: Ragnarok, it still tries to be a more grounded version of the bonkers original cartoon. That left writers and producers with a distinct challenge: how do you have grown-ass men and women going by the names mentioned earlier in the toyline and in the animated series? The movie sidesteps this issue by revealing that Prince Adam gave nicknames to everyone he knew (like “Fisto” for the guy with the big fist, and “Ram Man” for the, uh, man who rams). He even gave himself the aspirational nickname “He-Man,” representing his desire to be more masculine.

One of the more confusing code names is Teela, whom a sheepish Adam admits he called “warrior goddess.” The movie jokingly plays this off as a manifestation of the young man’s fixation on this woman’s strength and beauty. However, this is a meta Easter egg referencing the He-Man minicomics that came packaged with the toys before the cartoon came out. Back then, there wasn’t a separate Sorceress character, so Teela was a literal warrior goddess who roamed Eternia, counting down the days until she would rule Castle Grayskull.

Killer Post-Credits Easter Eggs (Spoilers Past Here; You Have Been Warned!)

Ok, I hate to interrupt your good journey, but let’s make one thing very clear: there are some major spoilers from this point on. Masters of the Universe has two mid-credits scenes and one post-credits scene, all of which offer powerful hints about where this franchise will be going in the future. If you haven’t seen the movie and wish to remain unspoiled, smash that back button. Otherwise, keep reading to discover the immaculate Easter eggs hidden in these scenes!

The first “mid” credits scene occurs almost right away. It features Orko, the red-robed wizard from the cartoon, telling us what lessons Prince Adam learned in the movie. On the broadest level, this mid-credits scene serves as a notice that Orko will likely pop up in any and all future sequels. But his appearance is also a reference to the original He-Man cartoon, which always had Orko tell us the story’s primary lesson. Filmation added these public service announcement-style messages to please networks, parents, and other critics who opposed the idea of making an entire TV show just to sell toys.

The final, post-credits scene features Evil-Lyn retrieving Skeletor’s severed head; between this and his signature cackle, we know he’s still alive, which is likely an homage to the original Masters of the Universe having its own post-credits scene, which revealed that Skeletor was still alive. While that’s a fun Easter egg unto itself, it’s also interesting to remember that the first He-Man movie was doing universe-changing post-credits scenes 21 years before the first MCU movie ever hit theaters!

None of this is as interesting as the middle credits scene, which featured She-Ra, He-Man’s cousin, getting ready to fight the Evil Horde, who had brainwashed her. Her appearance here is a minor miracle because He-Man is owned by Mattel, and She-Ra is (at least, when it comes to film and TV) owned by Dreamworks. The companies don’t usually get along, which is why He-Man makes no appearance in the DreamWorks She-Ra series and She-Ra doesn’t make an appearance (not a recognizable one, anyway) in Kevin Smith’s He-Man cartoons. Now, it seems these companies have reached a Disney/Sony-style deal, and DreamWorks is finally happy to let She-Ra loose on the world of live-action sci-fi.