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10 Near-Perfect Sitcoms Nobody Remembers

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Sitcoms arguably aren’t what they used to be. While there are some great new ones, many sitcoms today rely on inspiration from ones that came before them. Some of them are even outright copies, spinoffs, or sequels. There have been some near-perfect sitcoms that changed the game and inspired others, like Friends and Seinfeld. But there are also forgotten ones that, rather than make a mark, have fallen into obscurity despite being so good, and likely used as references for shows we see today.

Fans have either forgotten about them entirely, forgotten how good they were, or simply stopped talking about them. With many of these shows still available to stream, they’re worth a second look. Whether you’re watching again decades later or for the first time, you might be surprised at how much you love them.

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‘Small Wonder’ (1985–1989)

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Three small children in ‘Small Wonder’
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If there was ever a sitcom from the ’80s that is ripe for being remade today, it’s Small Wonder. The show was so far ahead of its time that the premise might seem more believable today than it did back then. Ted Lawson (Dick Christie) is a robotics engineer working on a humanoid robot designed to work as a domestic servant in homes with disabled children. Before pushing it to market, however, he brings the Voice Input Child Identicant (V.I.C.I), played by Tiffany Brissette, home with him. He calls her Vicki and integrates her into his family as a testing ground. The idea is to pass her off as a real girl.

The humor comes in Small Wonder when guests stop by, including the nosy neighbors who always pop in unexpectedly, and Vicki’s robotic nature draws suspicion. She does not express emotion, of course, and takes things literally. Sometimes, she even malfunctions. Small Wonder is one of the greatest ’80s shows nobody remembers. It’s downright hilarious, and a premise that could totally work today with a humanoid AI robot character, if a network were so inclined to bring it back. Even though the show aired 96 episodes across four seasons, Small Wonder has just become a blip in memories.

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‘Raising Hope’ (2010–2014)

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The Chance family staring ahead in Raising Hope
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Back in the early 2010s, Raising Hope was a witty sitcom with an unbelievable premise. James “Jimmy” Chance (Lucas Neff) has a one-night stand with a woman who turns out to be a serial killer. When she is later sentenced to death, Jimmy learns that she is pregnant and gave birth to his daughter. Now, he has sole custody of Hope (Bayley and Rylie Cregut). At just 23 years old, Jimmy knows nothing about raising a child, so he seeks the help of his family, including his mother, Virginia (Martha Plimpton), and father, Burt (Garret Dillahunt).

The family is working class, Virginia holding down a job as a maid, and Burt running a lawn care/pool cleaning business. But they do the best they can. Airing for four seasons, Raising Hope leans into absurdist humor that combines laughs with sweetness. It has often been compared to Malcolm in the Middle in its tone. It’s one of those classic 21st-century sitcoms that is worth revisiting, helping define what would become a new generation of the genre.

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‘Don’t Trust the B—- In Apartment 23’ (2012–2014)

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Krysten Ritter and James Van Der Beek looking confused in a tub in Don’t Trust the B in Apartment 23
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There are still some die-hard fans who continue to express their anger for Don’t Trust the B—- In Apartment 23 ending so soon, naming it among the great sitcoms that were canceled too soon. There was some chatter recently about the show following the death of James Van Der Beek, who plays a fictional version of himself in the series. The story centers around Chloe (Krysten Ritter), an irresponsible young woman who cons others into sharing rent. She takes their money up front, then terrorizes them until they leave, declaring the deposit non-refundable. But when she meets small-town, naïve June (Dreama Walker), she can’t seem to get this woman to leave. June is so dejected about her situation, so starved for meaning in her life, that she’ll put up with just about anything.

So begins an unlikely friendship between two very different ladies, like a gender-swapped odd couple pairing. Praised for the acting and snappy dialogue, even called one of the most exciting new series in the year of its debut, Don’t Trust the B—- In Apartment 23 received rave reviews, but got cut from the primetime lineup before it really had the chance to shine. It’s one of those shows that would probably have done better on a streaming platform.

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‘Get a Life’ (1990–1992)

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Chris talks to his dad in the kitchen in Get a Life
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You have probably long forgotten about this short-lived Fox sitcom that stars Chris Elliott as Chris Peterson, a 30-year-old man-child who delivers newspapers and lives above his parents’ garage. He gets in lots of trouble, a man of his age shouldn’t, much to the chagrin of his parents. This includes his father, who is played by his real-life father and comedian Bob Elliott.

The show was far more disturbing than your cookie-cutter sitcom, plotlines often involving Chris dying, only to be resurrected in the next episode, much like Kenny in South Park. Elliott has a way about him, his comedic styling absurd and spastic, which was challenging for viewers (and network executives) to wrap their heads around compared to other, more wholesome sitcoms on the air at the time. But some who look back now think Get a Life was one of the most clever, underrated sitcoms made because it completely went against the grain.

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‘Smart Guy’ (1997–1999)

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Tahj Mowry questions Taylor Negron on the witness stand in a courtroom in Smart Guy
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While Young Sheldon is a prequel series to The Big Bang Theory, there’s no denying that it, and other shows like Malcolm in the Middle, drew at least some inspiration from the success of shows like Smart Guy. In this late ’90s sitcom, Tahj Mowry plays T.J. Henderson, a child prodigy who is pulled from fourth grade and placed into high school because of his genius-level IQ. This doesn’t necessarily sit well with his two older siblings, including his underachieving older brother Marcus (Jason Weaver). T.J. has a rough time adjusting to being among pubescent kids much older than him.

Airing for three seasons, Smart Guy isn’t just about a smart kid; it’s also a story about fitting in when you’re different. With the kids raised by their widowed single father, the sitcom has lots of heart. It was one of the few at the time centered around a middle-class Black family as well.











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Which Fictional Hospital Would You Work Best In?
The Pitt · ER · Grey’s Anatomy · House · Scrubs
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Five hospitals. Five completely different ways medicine goes sideways on television — brutal, chaotic, romantic, brilliant, and ridiculous. Only one of them is the ward your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out exactly where you belong.

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A critical patient comes through the door. What’s your first instinct?
Medicine under pressure reveals who you actually are.





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Why did you go into medicine in the first place?
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What do you actually want from the people you work with?
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You lose a patient you fought hard to save. How do you carry it?
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How would your colleagues describe the way you work?
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How do you feel about hospital protocol and procedure?
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What does this job cost you personally?
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At the end of a long shift, what keeps you coming back?
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Your answers have pointed to one fictional hospital above all others. This is the ward your instincts, your temperament, and your particular brand of dysfunction were built for.

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Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center

The Pitt

You are built for the most unsparing version of emergency medicine television has ever shown — one that puts you inside a single fifteen-hour shift and doesn’t let you look away.

  • You need your work to be real, not romanticised — meaning over drama, honesty over aesthetics.
  • You find purpose inside the work itself, not in the chaos surrounding it.
  • You’ve made peace with the fact that this job takes from you constantly, and gives back in ways that are harder to name.
  • Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center demands exactly that kind of person — and you would not want to be anywhere else.

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County General Hospital, Chicago

ER

You are the person who keeps the whole floor running — not the most brilliant in the room, but possibly the most essential.

  • You show up, do the work, absorb the losses, and come back the next day without needing the job to be anything other than what it is.
  • You care about patients as individual human beings, not as cases to solve or dramas to live through.
  • You believe in the system even when it fails you — and you understand that emergency medicine is about holding the line just long enough.
  • ER is television about endurance. You have it.

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Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, Seattle

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You came to medicine with your whole self — your ambition, your emotions, your relationships, your history — and you have never quite managed to leave any of it at the door.

  • You feel things fully and form deep attachments to the people you work with.
  • Your personal and professional lives are permanently, chaotically entangled — and that entanglement drives both your greatest disasters and your most remarkable saves.
  • You understand that extraordinary medicine often happens at the intersection of clinical skill and profound human connection.
  • It’s messy at Grey Sloan. You would not have it any other way.

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Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, NJ

House

You are drawn to the problem above everything else — the symptom that doesn’t fit, the diagnosis hiding underneath the obvious one.

  • You’re not primarily motivated by the patient as a person — though you are capable of caring, even if you’d deny it.
  • You work best when the stakes are highest and the standard answer is wrong.
  • Princeton-Plainsboro exists to house one extraordinary, impossible mind — and everyone around that mind is there because they’re smart enough to keep up.
  • The only way forward here is to think harder than everyone else in the room. That is exactly what you do.

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Sacred Heart Hospital, California

Scrubs

You understand that medicine is tragic and absurd in almost equal measure — and that the only sane response is to hold both of those things at the same time.

  • You are warm, self-aware, and funnier than most people in your field.
  • You use humour to get through terrible moments — and at Sacred Heart, that’s not a flaw, it’s a survival strategy.
  • You lean on the people around you and let them lean back. The laughter and the grief are genuinely inseparable here.
  • Scrubs is a show about learning to become someone worthy of the job. You are still very much in the middle of that process — which is exactly right.
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‘The New Adventures of Old Christine’ (2006–2010)

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Christine smiling with her son while sitting at the kitchen table on The New Adventures of Old Christine
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus gets so much attention for her roles in Seinfeld and Veep that her work in The New Adventures of Old Christine is overshadowed by these career-defining roles. But the CBS sitcom aired for five seasons and was arguably just as good in its own charming way. In it, she plays Christine, a single mother trying to balance her career with raising her son. She also has to deal with the complicated, albeit friendly, relationship with her ex-husband Richard (Clark Gregg), who has a new, younger girlfriend also named Christine (Emily Rutherford), hence the name of the show.

The sitcom also stars Hamish Linklater as Christine’s brother Matthew and Wanda Sykes as her best friend Barb. It’s a relatable story of a single mother trying to keep up with it all, from the seemingly perfect other moms at her son’s private school to her ex’s younger girlfriend. Adding to the humor, however, is Christine’s self-absorbed nature and insecurities. Funny, witty, and beautifully written and acted, given the high-profile talent at the center of the show, it’s a wonder why The New Adventures of Old Christine was canceled.

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‘My Wife and Kids’ (2001–2005)

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Damon Wayans in My Wife and Kids as Michael Kyle.
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Damon Wayans and Tisha Campbell-Martin star in this sitcom about a wealthy Black family led by Michael (Wayans). But his wife Janet (Campbell-Martin), son Michael Jr. (George O. Gore II), and daughters Claire (Jazz Raycole, Jennifer Nicole Freeman) and Kady (Parker McKenna Posey) really rule the roost over him. That dynamic leads to much of the comedy on the show.

The ABC sitcom, which aired for five seasons and came after Wayans’ forgotten ’90s sitcom Damon, is wholesome, comedic fun. While the show got a lot of attention when it was on the air, in the two-plus decades since it ended, it has been largely forgotten. Wayans has tried his hand at sitcoms again, including in Poppa’s House, in which he starred with his real-life son Damon Wayans Jr. But My Wife and Kids is the sitcom that really put him on the map in the genre, and showed how he could translate his sketch comedy experience from shows like Saturday Night Live and In Living Color into a 30-minute weekly comedy.

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‘Better Off Ted’ (2009–2010)

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Ted (Jay Harrington) and Veronica (Portia de Rossi) talking in front of a frozen Phil (Jonathan Slavin) in ‘Better Off Ted’
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This short-lived satirical sitcom features Ted (Jay Harrington), a head of research and development at a fictional company, often breaking the fourth wall to address the audience about the ridiculous things going on at his work. A workplace comedy like no other, Better Off Ted stars Portia de Rossi as Ted’s supervisor and Andrea Anders as his co-worker and love interest, Linda.

Despite being praised for its witty and satirical humor and being counted among the best 2000s sitcoms, Better Off Ted only lasted two seasons, after which it completely fell off the map. The victim of low ratings, it’s the type of sitcom that might have done better on a streaming service. Aside from the daily antics, it’s also a powerful message about evil corporations, how they can do things like sway politics, and the lengths they’ll go to manipulate people and make money.

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‘Head of the Class’ (1986–1991)

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Head of the Class is about history teacher Charlie Moore (Howard Hesseman) and his class of gifted high school students. The show changed for its final two seasons with Billy Connolly taking on the role following Hesseman’s departure. Revived for HBO Max in 2021, the new version only lasted a single season before it was canceled and outright removed from the streamer.

That short-lived revival was the last time anyone heard about Head of the Class beyond mention is the Investigation Discovery docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV. That’s because Dan Schneider, who went to create and produce several Nickelodeon kids’ shows, starred in the series. Beyond that, however, Head of the Class is worth remembering as a lovely glimpse into high school life for students who aren’t exposed to the mainstream curriculum and have their own unique experience.

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‘Herman’s Head’ (1991–1994)

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The top of a man’s head looking up at four people inside the skull in Herman’s Head.
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Often credited with being a precursor to the animated movie Inside Out, Herman’s Head is a hilarious sitcom about Herman Brooks (William Ragsdale), a research assistant working for a magazine publisher. Viewers get to see what’s going on in Herman’s thought process through actors who represent his most dominant personality traits: sensitivity, lust and hunger, anxiety, and intellect and logic. They are constantly at odds with one another while Herman tries to make pivotal decisions. A few others pop up when the situation calls for them, like jealousy and even once God, played by the late Leslie Nielsen.

A clever way to show how much processing goes on in our brains before we do or say anything, Herman’s Head was cancelled due to low ratings. But it deserved more attention and remains one of the best ’90s shows you probably haven’t seen. The show did come up in recent pop culture when an episode of Only Murders in the Building opens with a character watching an episode of the show.


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8 Actors Who Destroyed Their Own Careers

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It’s one thing for an actor’s career to be derailed by random circumstances of life, but it’s a whole other deal altogether for them to derail their own career. Over the course of the years—particularly ever since the invention of the Internet and its complete revolution of star culture—, there have been many actors from all over the world who have made poor choices and caused their own careers to careen off a cliff.

Of course, this doesn’t necessarily imply that they haven’t done any work ever since their career was ruined, nor does it even imply that they haven’t been able to deliver some phenomenal performances since then. It does, however, imply that their own bad decisions caused them to fade into the background when they had everything it took to become even bigger stars. This does not include actors whose careers were ruined by sexual misconduct or predatory behavior, since that’s a whole other can of worms.

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Karla Sofía Gascón

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Karla Sofia Gascon in the titular role of Emilia Perez
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Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón made a name for herself in North America, working in Mexican cult classics like The Noble Family and the narcoseries El Señor de los Cielos. It wouldn’t be until she starred as the titular character in Jacques Audiard‘s Emilia Pérez, however, that she would become an internationally-known star. She won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress (alongside Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, and Zoe Saldaña) and became the first-ever openly transgender actress to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

There were issues, however, not least of which was the fact that Emilia Pérez is now widely recognized as one of the worst movie musicals of all time. Aside from Gascón handling the controversies surrounding how Emilia Pérez portrays Mexico rather poorly, the crux of the matter came when a series of inflammatory, xenophobic, and Islamophobic comments from her X account resurfaced just weeks before the Oscars. As a result, Gascón’s post-Oscars career has been borderline nonexistent.

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Mickey Rourke

Mickey Rourke made his film debut all the way back in 1979, but it would be 1981’s Body Heat that would serve as his breakthrough role. From there, it seemed like there was nowhere to go but up. From Rumble Fish to Barfly, Rourke made a name for himself as one of Hollywood’s most stellar leading men. But as immensely talented as he was, he was also notoriously difficult to work with, which began to isolate him. In 1991, after some critical and commercial failures, he left the big screen to pursue a professional boxing career instead.

This was the self-inflicted spark that blew up Rourke’s career, distancing him from Hollywood for years and altering his physical appearance in a way that made him harder to cast once he returned to the movies. Adding substance abuse and regularly volatile behavior to the mix, Rourke’s attempted comeback with films like The Wrestler (which earned him an Oscar nomination) and Iron Man 2, where he played one of the MCU’s worst villains, led pretty much nowhere.

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Lindsay Lohan

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In the early 2000s, Lindsay Lohan was the young star of the moment. After her breakthrough role in Disney’s The Parent Trap in 1998, her role in films like Freaky Friday and Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen proved her box office appeal and strong dramatic and comedic chops. However, a cycle of legal issues, substance abuse struggles that made her uninsurable, and chronic lateness on-set essentially ostracized her from Hollywood.

Lohan made some attempts at a comeback with films like I Know Who Killed Me, but they never really seemed to work. Recently, however, big releases like Freakier Friday and a series of Netflix rom-coms have allowed Lohan to make an actual, proper comeback, however subtle and small. Though it’s doubtful that she will ever be back on the A-list trajectory that she used to be on, she’s at least an example of a former child star who fell behind but actually managed to get back on track.

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Wesley Snipes

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Actor, martial artist, author, and film producer, Wesley Snipes is the sort of hyper-charismatic multi-hyphenate that Hollywood only comes across every so often. Though he has appeared in movies belonging to several different genres over the course of his career, Snipes is best-known for action films like Demolition Man and the Blade trilogy (the original being one of the most genre-defining superhero movies ever).

Notoriously difficult behavior on set, however, made Snipes difficult and expensive to work with. But what really derailed his career was being convicted on willful failure to file tax returns, which led him to serve 28 months in federal prison. Removing him from the industry at a time when he needed momentum and tainting his reputation beyond repair, this string of incidents has made it so that Snipes has never been able to regain the leading-man dominance that he used to hold.

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Katherine Heigl

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Actress and model Katherine Heigl starred in the legendary ABC medical drama Grey’s Anatomy from 2005 to 2010, bringing her tremendous recognition and countless accolades. By then, however, she had already been an actress for over a decade, starring in several films and the cult classic series Roswell after her career as a child model. Furthermore, her role in successful rom-coms of the caliber of Knocked Up and 27 Dresses set her up as a potential future queen of the genre. Alas, ’twas not to be.

Heigl started publicly criticizing projects she was a part of and being labeled “difficult” by the industry, causing offers to gradually slow down to a halt. This endless burning of bridges irreparably derailed Heigl’s career right when she was about to reach its peak. Though she has taken relatively smaller roles in shows like Suits since then, it has never really been the same.

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Chevy Chase

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Chevy Chase became the breakout star member of Saturday Night Live back during the show’s first season in 1975, quickly establishing himself as a comedically brilliant leading man who starred in some of the most successful comedy films of the 1980s. From Caddyshack to the three National Lampoon’s Vacation films, Chase seemed to be on top of the comedy world.

Chase earned a reputation as a notoriously difficult person to work with, fighting with cast and crew members.

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However, from the very eary days of his career, Chase earned a reputation as a notoriously difficult person to work with, fighting with cast and crew members and constantly displaying an arrogant, hostile attitude. Enter a string of flops during the ’90s, and Chase’s career seemed to be over. Though Community, one of the best sitcoms of all time, was meant to be a major career comeback for the comedian, he squandered it by clashing with creator Dan Harmon, exiting the series after its fourth season. It’s been nothing but downhill from there.

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Charlie Sheen

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Charlie Sheen as Chris Taylor looks on in Oliver Stone’s Platoon
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Charlie Sheen followed in the footsteps of his father, the legendary Martin Sheen, in becoming an actor. From Platoon to Wall Street, he soon became just as much of a movie star as his dad. By the time he became the star of Two and a Half Men, he was already one of the highest-paid stars on television—and for good reason.

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However, in 2011, following public substance-abuse problems, notorious marital difficulties, erratic interviews, and public feuds with creator Chuck Lorre, he was fired from the show. This signaled to the industry that this was no longer a star to be trusted, and as a result, Sheen never regained his stature. Though he remains a highly recognizable figure, his brand was damaged beyond any semblance of repair.

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Steven Seagal

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Steven Seagal wears a military dress uniform and salutes in Under Siege
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There is no case of an actor causing their own career to crash and burn more notorious or infamous than Steven Seagal. Beginning as a martial arts instructor in Japan, Seagal became the first non-Japanese and American to operate an aikido dojo. After that, he moved to LA to continue teaching aikido and—of course—become a major movie star. Through films like Above the Law and especially Under Siege, Seagal became a bona fide action star.

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However, Seagal ruined his own career through on-set unprofessionalism, controversial personal behavior, controversial politics, and—perhaps most importantly—making some of the worst films imaginable. With his transition to making low-effort direct-to-video slop, Seagal effectively sealed his own fate. His public persona became widely controversial and the industry turned to other stars, leaving him as a bit of a laughingstock in the modern day.


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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani returned from paternity leave in time to score an impressive home run during the Saturday, June 20, baseball game.

Ohtani, 31, played in the Dodgers’ Saturday game against the Baltimore Orioles, in which he rounded the bases in the ninth inning. The home run was Ohtani’s 16th homer of the 2026 MLB season, which the Dodgers social media team attributed to his “dad strength.”

“SHOHEI SAYS NO SHUTOUT TONIGHT! 💥⚾ Shohei Ohtani launched his 16th home run of the season in the 9th inning to get the Dodgers on the board!” the Dodgers Nations X account wrote at the time. “That’s that extra dad strength on full display 💪👶.”

The post continued, “The Dodgers may be down late, but Shohei made sure they weren’t leaving the park empty-handed. LFG!!!”

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Los Angeles Dodgers star pitcher Shohei Ohtani is officially a dad times two! “We are again overjoyed to experience this wonderful day in our lives together,” Ohtani, 31, and his wife, Mamiko Tanaka, wrote in a joint Instagram statement shared Saturday, June 20. “Thank you for being born safely.” They continued, “We would also like […]

While the Dodgers ultimately lost the game 2-3, Ohtani went home to wife Mamiko Taneka and their two kids. The married couple confirmed hours before the game that they recently welcomed baby No. 2.

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“We are again overjoyed to experience this wonderful day in our lives together,” Ohtani and Taneka, 29, wrote in a joint Instagram statement. “Thank you for being born safely. We would also like to express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who has supported us throughout the journey.”

Ohtani and Taneka, who did not reveal the sex or name of the newborn, previously welcomed a daughter last year.

“I am so grateful to my loving wife who gave birth to our healthy beautiful daughter,” Ohtani wrote via Instagram in April 2025. “To my daughter, thank you for making us very nervous yet super anxious parents. I would also like to thank the Dodgers organization, my teammates, and the fans for their constant support and kind words of encouragement.”

He concluded at the time, “I would also like to express my sincere gratitude to all the medical professionals and everyone who dedicated their support to us, up until this wonderful day.”

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Ohtani, who never publicly revealed his little girl’s moniker, has long kept his home life private.

“To all my friends and fans throughout, I have an announcement to make. Not only have I begun a new chapter in my career with the Dodgers but I also have began a new life with someone from my Native country of Japan who is very special to me,” the baseball star wrote via Instagram in February 2024, confirming his marriage to Taneka after signing with the Dodgers. “I wanted everyone to know I am now married. I am excited for what is to come and thank you for your support.”

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Ohtani added at the time, “We are still young and [there are] many things we don’t know yet, but we hope you will warmly watch over us. We hope that the two of us (and one dog) will work together to support each other and move forward alongside with our fans.”

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Jason Bateman Reveals Family Relied On His Childhood Earnings

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Jason Bateman may be one of Hollywood’s most successful actors today, but the road to stardom came with a level of pressure most children never experience. During a recent appearance at the Tribeca Festival, the “Ozark” star opened up about growing up as the family’s breadwinner, revealing that keeping his acting jobs wasn’t just about pursuing a dream, it helped keep money coming into the household.

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Looking back on those years, Bateman described money as “an interesting subject” and admitted he had a “complicated relationship with it growing up.”

Unlike many children, Bateman said the money he earned from acting carried significant weight at home. The actor explained that both of his parents served as his managers, making his television work a crucial source of income for the family.

“Both my parents were my manager and so…what I made was very helpful to our bottom line each month, and so there was a great deal of pressure to kind of, you know, like don’t get fired,” Bateman recalled, per PEOPLE.

The actor first rose to prominence as a child star on “Little House on the Prairie” before later becoming a household name through projects including “Arrested Development,” “Horrible Bosses,” and “Ozark.”

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School And Work Created Constant Pressure

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Bateman also recalled the stress of balancing a successful acting career with the academic requirements necessary to keep working.

At the time, maintaining his work permit depended on keeping his grades up, creating a cycle of pressure that followed him throughout much of his childhood. “If you don’t…keep a C average in school, you don’t get your work permit, and you’re fired,” he said.

Bateman explained that the process repeated every six months while television seasons often stretched across most of the year, leaving little room for mistakes.

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Despite the challenges, Bateman believes the experience gave him a unique perspective on financial security. While he acknowledged the situation could be “rough” and “anxiety-inducing,” he said learning how to earn money at a young age gave him confidence that he could always rebuild if necessary.

“I have got some friends that are incredibly wealthy because their parents were incredibly wealthy and they inherited a bunch of money, and they’re the tightest people I know because they never… they didn’t make that money, and so they feel every dollar out they’re not going to be able to get back,” Bateman explained.

Because he learned to generate his own income early in life, Bateman said he developed what he considers a healthier relationship with money.

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Jason Bateman No Longer Chooses Projects For The Paycheck

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After decades in the entertainment industry, Bateman says he’s now in a position where financial concerns no longer drive his career decisions. Instead, the Emmy-winning actor is focused on pursuing projects that genuinely excite him creatively.

“I feel enormously fortunate that things have worked out for me,” Bateman said. “I don’t have to take jobs that aren’t creatively exciting for me.”

Jason Bateman Says Marriage Played A Key Role In His Sobriety Journey

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While Bateman now enjoys the freedom to pursue projects purely for creative reasons, there was a time when his personal life required a major course correction. Earlier this year, the actor reflected on the lifestyle he led during the height of his fame, admitting that years of partying had begun creating friction at home with wife Amanda Anka.

As their relationship grew more serious, Bateman realized he could no longer continue living with one foot in sobriety and the other in old habits. “Amanda and I definitely had a few negotiations about the point at which the [partying] spigot was going to completely turn off,” he recalled.

Although he repeatedly convinced himself he would quit eventually, Bateman acknowledged that “eventually” kept getting pushed further down the road. That changed when he recognized the uncertainty was becoming unfair to both himself and his family. Rather than continuing to make promises about the future, he chose to make a permanent change in the present.

The decision ultimately ended years of alcohol and cocaine use and helped lay the foundation for the stable family life and successful career he enjoys today.

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All 3 Creature from the Black Lagoon Movies, Ranked

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If The Shape of Water counted, it would be quite comfortably the best of the movies featuring the Gill-man, AKA the titular creature from Creature from the Black Lagoon. But that Guillermo del Toro-directed Best Picture winner instead featured a similar creature, and was certainly influenced by the official Creature from the Black Lagoon movies, but wasn’t related to the series specifically. It’s actually a bit of an odd horror series to talk about, owing to the relatively few official films. They were all made in the 1950s, though the Gill-man endures as a pop-cultural icon, and any movies that feature amphibious half-man/half-fish creatures will probably be indebted to the original film in one way or another. But it’s not like The Mummy, Frankenstein, Dracula, or even The Invisible Man, where those series have continued to exist – and be rebooted – long after the decade during which their first respective movies came out.

All those characters are part of the overall Universal Monsters franchise, and so is the Gill-man, but he’s just not had the same kind of longevity in an official capacity, compared to most of the other Universal Monsters. Still, three movies is something, and technically just enough to rank, so that’s what the following ranking is going to focus on: those three official Creature from the Black Lagoon films. These were technically the last movies of the Universal Monsters classic era (well, among the final four, since you probably also have to count Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy), and maybe some of the more overlooked ones, too. At least one of these is a semi-classic, and you can honestly probably do without the other two, unless you’re a particularly big fan of old-school sci-fi/horror movies. There’s also a very obvious way to rank all of these, so excuse the kind of boring order here, but that’s just the way things sometimes are.

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‘The Creature Walks Among Us’ (1956)

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There isn’t anything here. This is a big old nothing of a movie, and a pretty sad note for that whole classic era of Universal Monsters to end on. The Creature Walks Among Us is a step-down in quality from the second Creature from the Black Lagoon movie, which itself was a step-down in quality from the first Creature from the Black Lagoon movie. Diminishing returns all the way through, and a case of the series just not working anymore, so they stopped making them. It’s not a cohesive or meaningful trilogy, and instead was just a trio of movies because they were seen as worth making, one after another, for three years/installments. Maybe that’s the way it works most of the time, but it just feels extra disappointing here, since there’s a clear downturn in quality at each step along the way. Further, the absolute shrug that The Creature Walks Among Us was seemed to spell the end for all these Universal Monster movies, and not just the ones with the Gill-man, so that’s an extra shame, really.

You can feel a sense of fatigue here, behind the camera and behind the scenes. The tiredness of the film itself rubs off on you, and watching it becomes tiring.

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As for the movie itself, if you need a little more by way of commentary than just “it’s not good,” and if you need a synopsis or something, you’ll begrudgingly get both right about now. Funk soul brother, check it out now, this movie is about scientists trying to make the Gill-man have the ability to breathe the air and walk on land. So, that takes away his amphibious quality, which is kind of the thing that makes this particular monster interesting, and the movie never really takes off because that whole premise is just a bit broken. The Gill-man sort of fights and tries to return to the water, and he does walk among the people on land for a bit, but not as much as you might expect. There is a little schlock, and at least the film clocks in at under 80 minutes, just as the other two Creature from the Black Lagoon movies do, but it’s not enough. You can feel a sense of fatigue here, behind the camera and behind the scenes. The tiredness of the film itself rubs off on you, and watching it becomes tiring. If you get through the first two movies in this trilogy of sorts, do not feel obligated to finish it, since there isn’t much fun (nor anything very thrilling) here, in The Creature Walks Among Us.

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‘Revenge of the Creature’ (1955)

Revenge has fueled a great many movies before, of various genres, but what about a monster movie? Eh, if so, then not really with Revenge of the Creature. He came back to life in The Creature Walks Among Us, and he also seemed to die at the end of the first movie, but this is just how it goes, with horror movies that become franchises. No one’s ever really gone. The Gill-man is not really gone. He didn’t entirely die in the first movie, but he doesn’t really get to enact revenge on anyone in particular from that same original movie. It’s more of a broad “revenge” against humanity generally speaking, if anything the Gill-man does even counts as revenge. More accurately, the movie just has him come up against another group of human beings, and they capture him and take him to an oceanarium, which he later manages to escape from.

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There’s also a young woman the Gill-man gets infatuated with, a little like in the first movie, and then things end up where you’d expect them to… only really one way a movie like this can end, and then that ending is pretty much ignored if there’s the chance of making a sequel. Beyond saying, “Well, it’s not as bad as the third movie,” and mentioning that some of the rampaging by the Gill-man in the film’s back half is a little fun (and more enjoyable than when he “walked among us” in 1956), the only other thing of note here is that Revenge of the Creature features Clint Eastwood’s earliest acting role, which is kind of funny to see. He’s barely in the movie, so don’t just watch it for him or anything, but he shows up for about a minute and has a couple of lines as a lab technician. It was an uncredited appearance, but it’s definitely Eastwood, pre-Rawhide, pre-Man with No Name, and pre-anything he directed, of course.

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The original and the best, even if it’s not quite a perfect movie, Creature from the Black Lagoon is comfortably the most essential of the official films featuring the Gill-man. It’s been weird to go through these backwards, but that’s necessary when going from worst to best through a trilogy that gradually got worse with each entry. Oh well. Anyway, with Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), it’s about an expedition through the Amazon River undertaken by some scientists, with one of the scientists also bringing along his fiancée, who’s the inevitable young woman for the creature to fall for, King Kong-style. Or The Mummy-style. This happens quite a bit, in monster movies. The scientists there want to capture the Gill-man for their own purposes, but they’re not fully prepared for what he can do, nor what he wants (that fiancée for himself, basically).

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This was released in a pretty big year for monster movies, just because the original Godzilla also came out in 1954. Godzilla didn’t bring about an end to the Universal Monster series or anything, but if you want to look at things broadly, maybe it represented a necessary evolution for monster movies, or suggested a shift in interest regarding what people wanted out of movies featuring monsters. It was a different kind of monster movie, and a very different kind of monster, too, and that original film understandably overshadows the original Creature from the Black Lagoon, and not necessarily because Godzilla could probably step on Gill-man without even flinching. As far as B-movies (or movies with a B-grade feel) go, Creature from the Black Lagoon is pretty solid stuff, overall. It might not stick with you the way some of the truly great Universal Monster movies from previous decades had (see Bride of Frankenstein, Dracula, and the first The Invisible Man in particular), but this is still a worthy film within that whole era of Universal Monster movies. It’s a shame this is as good as Gill-man-related movies have gotten, but never say never… the creature may walk among us – or our cinemas – once more, in time

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Keith Urban Sends Nicole Kidman Birthday Message After Split

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Keith Urban couldn’t let his ex-wife Nicole Kidman’s 59th birthday pass without fanfare.

“Happy birthday, Nicole Mary!!!!!!!!!!!!” Urban, 58, wrote via his Instagram Stories on Saturday, June 20, set on a purple-and-teal background.

While Kidman did not publicly acknowledge Urban’s sentiment, she spent her big day embracing nature.

“Another trip around the sun ☀️💛,” the actress captioned a selfie from a nature hike. “Thank you for all the birthday love xx. #SummerSolsticeBaby.”

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Kidman and Urban were married for two decades before Us Weekly confirmed in September 2025 that the pair separated.

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“I’m hanging in there,” Kidman succinctly told Interview in October 2025.

The duo, who share daughters Sunday and Faith, finalized their divorce earlier this year in January.

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“I’m always going to be moving toward what’s good. What I’m grateful for is my family and keeping them as is and moving forward,” Kidman told Variety in March. “That’s that. Everything else I don’t discuss out of respect. I’m staying in a place of, ‘We are a family,’ and that’s what we’ll continue to be. My beautiful girls, my darlings, who are suddenly women.”

At the time, Kidman further stressed that she had no intentions to leave Nashville, where she initially settled with Urban, post-divorce.

“We have our life here,” the Practical Magic star, who also shares two older children with ex-husband Tom Cruise, told the outlet. “I’m part of the city and community for 20 years. It’s my home.  … We go away. I’m very close to my sister in Sydney, and all my nieces and nephews. My sister and I are a bit like the aunts in Practical Magic.”

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As for Urban, he has similarly moved on from the breakup.

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“Keith has moved on and has been open with Nicole about where he stands,” a source exclusively told Us in October 2025, adding the divorce was “long time coming” for the twosome. “The two had grown apart quietly over time, and by the end, the decision to separate was more about acceptance than surprise.”

Since then, Urban predictably found solace in music.

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“Keith Urban is my guy,” fellow country singer Russell Dickerson told Page Six at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in March, noting that Urban is “doing great” and “seemed in good spirits” after getting divorced. “He’s always been focused on music, and so I think he’s just kind of doubling down on that, and it’s just beautiful. I can’t wait to hear what comes out of it.”

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Get Nicole Kidman’s Red Carpet Manicure With This Easy Kit

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It’s no surprise we were obsessed with every detail of Nicole Kidman’s glam Met Gala look, including her nails. Her soft, sophisticated manicure had beauty lovers zooming in for a closer look. Lucky for Us, the star’s manicurist revealed on Instagram that the secret behind that flawless red carpet mani was Dazzle Dry 4-Step Nail System — and surprisingly, it’s available on Amazon for less than $40.

The kit includes everything you need for a salon-worthy manicure at home, including a base coat, nail color, top coat and a polish reviver to help keep your products performing like new. In other words, if you’ve been searching for a way to get that expensive-looking, barely-there manicure trend without booking a nail appointment every two weeks, this celebrity-approved set might just be your new beauty obsession.

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Get the Dazzle Dry Mini 4-Step Nail System for $39 at Amazon! Please note, prices are accurate as of the publishing date but are subject to change.

Dazzle Dry delivers gorgeous results without the time commitment or UV lamps required by gel manicures. The four-step system air-dries in just five minutes, leaving nails hard-set and ready to tackle real life almost immediately. If you’ve ever smudged a fresh manicure while reaching for keys or scrolling through your phone, you know how revolutionary the quick dry-time is.

Then there’s the finish itself. The included Chiffon Moment shade — a sheer warm taupe cream — perfectly captures the soft, understated manicure trend that’s everywhere right now. It’s polished, elegant and versatile enough to pair with everything from casual weekend outfits to special-occasion looks.

Shoppers say the performance more than lives up to the hype. One reviewer called the results “amazing,” saying the polish “dries super fast and super hard, looks professional, and lasts a LONG time.” They added that after trying Dazzle Dry during a vacation, their manicure still looked “just about perfect 3 weeks later” and that they were able to complete everyday tasks like cooking, laundry and typing without chips or smears.

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Their final verdict? “I’m throwing away all of my old nail polishes and only using Dazzle Dry from now on!” Honestly, that’s about as glowing a review as a manicure kit can get.

The formula is also designed with nail health in mind. Unlike many long-wear manicure systems, this one is free from ingredients like formaldehyde, camphor, parabens and SLS, and even includes a Revive polish thinner to help extend the life of your products. That means fewer dried-out bottles sitting forgotten in your bathroom cabinet and more value from every manicure.

Get the Dazzle Dry Mini 4-Step Nail System for $39 at Amazon! Please note, prices are accurate as of the publishing date but are subject to change.

Looking for something else? Explore more from Dazzle Dry here and more nail polish here! Don’t forget to check out all of Amazon’s Daily Deals for more great finds!

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Rod Stewart Sparks Concern After ‘Nearly Fainting’ Onstage

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Rod Stewart sparked concern among fans after appearing to struggle through a recent concert, pausing mid-show to use an oxygen tank after telling the crowd he had nearly fainted. The 81-year-old singer was performing in Salt Lake City on Saturday when he appeared visibly distressed onstage and signaled for assistance.

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Video obtained by TMZ showed staff bringing an oxygen tank to Stewart, who took several breaths before addressing the audience. “I nearly f-cking fainted,” Stewart told concertgoers.

Supportive fans could be heard encouraging the rock legend to take a break, but Stewart appeared determined to continue. “The show must go on,” he declared to loud applause.

The singer later asked the audience, “Would you mind if I sat down for this number?” before taking a seat on the stage steps and continuing the performance.

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Stewart Recently Canceled A Show Due To Health Issues

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The concerning moment comes just days after Stewart was forced to cancel a scheduled concert in Chula Vista, California. The singer’s team announced the cancellation shortly before showtime, explaining that Stewart had been diagnosed with an acute upper respiratory infection that had developed into laryngitis.

“He traveled to the venue and made every effort to perform, but on the advice of his doctors and following a diagnosis of an acute upper respiratory infection that has resulted in laryngitis, he is unable to take to the stage this evening,” the statement read.

Stewart later addressed fans directly on Instagram. “Well here I am in beautiful Chula Vista as the stage is being taken down around me,” he wrote. “Following treatment, I’m feeling much better, but my voice is not.”

The singer added that he “did everything I could to make the show happen tonight” and promised to “do my utmost to reschedule.”

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Less than 24 hours after the cancellation, Stewart shared footage of himself traveling by private jet to Boston alongside sons Alastair and Liam. The family attended a FIFA World Cup match between Scotland and Haiti, where Stewart was later spotted cheering from the stands.

“Here we are flying off to Boston to see Scotland in the World Cup,” Stewart said in a clip shared on social media. “It’s been 28 years so these kids, I’ve told them about it, but they’ve never been. I’ve been to seven World Cups.”

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Fans Questioned Stewart’s Decision To Attend Soccer Match

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The outing quickly sparked criticism from some disappointed fans who had been turned away from the canceled California concert.

“I understand that shows sometimes have to be canceled, and if there was a legitimate reason, most fans would have accepted it,” one fan wrote. “What’s hard to accept is seeing you apparently celebrating on a plane with friends less than 24 hours after thousands of people were sent home disappointed in San Diego.”

Someone else chimed in with, “Hey Rod, lost a little respect for you canceling your concert the night before, disappointing a stadium full of people… Hard to believe you really had laryngitis! You sound like you have a voice to me! i used to really like you, but when I say I lost a little respect, I mean a LOT of respect!”

“This feels rather disingenuous, especially after your cancellation last night. Too ill to perform but okay to fly across the country for soccer?” another fan questioned.

“What an arrogant move!” someone else claimed. “People have traveled, some like me, a long distance to Red Rocks only to have the concert canceled an hour before the start. I guess when you’re 81 you don’t have to care about your fans.”

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Rod Stewart Is Currently On His Farewell Tour

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Despite the recent health scare, Stewart has continued performing as part of his ongoing “One Last Time” farewell tour. The North American trek launched in 2024 and is expected to continue through the remainder of the year before additional U.K. dates in 2027.

“I’ve got 40-odd shows this year and that’s not really a lot,” Stewart recently said during an appearance on “TalkSport.” “And I’m touring the UK next year and doing the O2 and that will probably be it, I think.”

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I Will Find You EPs Reveal If David Will Date His Sister-in-Law

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With TV shows now investing in love triangles with siblings, is Netflix’s I Will Find You joining the trend by having a character date his sister-in-law?

Harlan Coben‘s novel was adapted as a miniseries where David (Sam Worthington) gets help from his former-sister-in-law Rachel (Britt Lower) when searching for his son. Despite Rachel seemingly rekindling her romance with ex Hayden (Milo Ventimiglia), the show ended with both her and David single.

The final scene showed Rachel reaching out to hold David’s hand — but does that mean they will get together?

“That is meant to indicate what I truly wanted to do — and this is a little different from the book,” creator Robert Hull exclusively told Us Weekly. “My goal was to make you want them to be together.”

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Hull broke down the vision, adding, “Whether they are or not, I think is left open because I think there’s different definitions of soulmates and I think the journey that they’ve gone on, they’re so connected. If that turns romantic all the better, but I just wanted people rooting for it. After that, my job’s done.”

While reflecting on the moment, Hull recalled the challenges.

“We loved it. The challenge for us was with this type of story and this type of pace. We never wanted to cross the line and turn it into the expected,” he told Us. “Because we wanted to keep Rachel as a colead and have her own story.”

Hull continued: “But honestly, she saves David a lot more in the series than David saves her. So what I loved about Harlan’s idea — and what we wanted to do is by the end it’s Rachel’s story — is one of the coolest twists there to make it about somebody other than the person you thought it was about.”

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Coben also weighed in on the shakeup, telling Us, “I want you the audience to think about it. I hope this is one of those stories where you’re wondering … I’d love to ask you where you think all these characters are in a year and see what you think. I’m optimistic. I’m an optimist. I think the story’s so deep and he goes through so much that I want the best for them. I hope you do too.”

I Will Find You, which is streaming now, follows David Burroughs (Worthington), who is wrongly imprisoned for the murder of his son then receives information that his son may still be alive. In addition to Worthington, Lower and Ventimiglia, the show stars Erin Richards, Jonathan Tucker and Madeleine Stowe. Clancy Brown, Logan Browning and Vas Saranga make up the rest of the cast.

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“The biggest challenge for us was also our biggest asset,” Hull recalled to Us about the experience. “Which is that very early on Harlan and I wanted to really shoot in the real world. We didn’t build a lot of sets.”

He added: “We were out on real streets, relocations, real stunts, real wirework, because even with visual effects, there’s nothing that can replace putting an incredible actor in a real location and just letting them bring it to life. Once you do that, your job’s kind of done.”

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Hull spoke to Us about how the novel had to change for the screen, saying, “First and foremost, I’m a custodian of the novel and I was first and foremost a fan of Harlan’s and a fan of the novel. The DNA is there and the heart of the show is there if you read the book.”

I Will Find You is streaming on Netflix now.

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Ralph Fiennes’ Criminally Underrated WWI Gem Is Finally Coming to Netflix

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We’re now just six months away from HBO’s long-awaited live-action Harry Potter series, and although the controversy surrounding franchise creator J.K. Rowling hasn’t gone quiet, neither has the hype for what feels like the perfect format to adapt all seven novels. Dominic McLaughlin will step into the shoes of the titular Chosen One, and if Daniel Radcliffe‘s career is anything to go by, he should expect to become a global superstar very soon.

But it isn’t just Radcliffe who made a name for himself as a star of Harry Potter, with almost every role praised for being perfectly cast. Alongside the likes of Michael Gambon as Dumbledore and Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley, the iconic Ralph Fiennes stole almost every scene he was in as Lord Voldemort, delivering one of cinema’s most famous evil performances in the process. But it isn’t just the Harry Potter franchise that has received the best of Fiennes, with an impressive recent performance of his about to be available on Netflix.

In The Choral, directed by Nicholas Hytner, Fiennes stars as Dr. Guthrie, alongside a talented supporting cast that includes Roger Allam, Mark Addy, and Simon Russell Beale. This is Fiennes’ second performance as a Doctor in a row, although as Dr. Kelson in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, he goes through an altogether different journey of discovery. If you’ve yet to see this war drama gem, The Choral will be available to stream on Netflix on July 2.

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Four houses. One destiny. The Sorting Hat has considered thousands of students — now it’s your turn. Answer honestly and discover where you truly belong at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

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You are driven, sharp, and utterly clear-eyed about what you want and how to get there.

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You are the kind of person that makes the world genuinely better just by being in it.

  • Hufflepuff is not the “safe” house or the “leftover” house — it is the house of those with the greatest heart and the most unwavering integrity.
  • You show up. You work hard. You don’t need glory or recognition — you do what’s right because it’s right.
  • Your loyalty never wavers, even when tested.
  • Nymphadora Tonks, Cedric Diggory, Newt Scamander — some of the wizarding world’s finest. And now you join them.

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🦅 Ravenclaw

Your mind is your greatest gift, and you’ve always known it.

  • Ravenclaws are the thinkers, the questioners, the ones who find a puzzle irresistible and a good book better company than most people.
  • Ravenclaw is not merely about intelligence — it’s about the love of learning, the pursuit of truth, and the rare courage to admit you don’t know something yet.
  • You see the world with unusual clarity and depth.
  • Luna Lovegood, Filius Flitwick, Rowena Ravenclaw herself — all extraordinary, all original. And so are you.
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What Is Ralph Fiennes Making Next?

Never a man to sit still, it seems like we’re never too far from a new scene-stealing performance from Fiennes. Following his recent work as the brilliant Dr. Guthrie, the man behind the Wizarding World’s ultimate villain is set to portray President Coriolanus Snow in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, the latest prequel to the beloved modern franchise, scheduled to release in theaters on November 20, 2026. Fiennes will star in the project alongside the likes of Jesse Plemons as Plutarch Heavensbee, Elle Fanning as Effie Trinket, Kieran Culkin as Caesar Flickerman, Mckenna Grace as Maysilee Donner, Ben Wang as Wyatt Callow, Maya Hawke as Wiress, and many more.

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Ralph Fiennes’ underrated war drama The Choral will be available to stream on Netflix on July 2. Make sure to stay tuned to Collider for all the latest streaming stories.


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November 7, 2025

Runtime

113 minutes

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Director

Nicholas Hytner

Writers
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Alan Bennett, Stephen Beresford

Producers

Damian Jones, Kevin Loader, Nicholas Hytner

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