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Carrie Preston Delivers Her Best ‘Elsbeth’ Performance to Date on the CBS Procedural
Carrie Preston‘s Elsbeth Tascioni may strike one as being a one-note character, especially if you’re not as invested as we Fanscioni’s (?) are. But in Season 3’s latest Elsbeth episode, “Murder, He Wrote,” Preston assuages such presumptions with her best performance in the series to date. It certainly doesn’t hurt that guest star Griffin Dunne delivers a truly memorable, terrifying villain with author Elliott Pope, and a host of alums from Perfect Strangers, Friends, one from Grease and Grease 2, and four returnees from previous episodes.
Some People Can’t Take Criticism In ‘Elsbeth’s “Murder, He Wrote”
Elliott Pope (Dunne) is reading a chapter from one of his books to an audience in an Authors in Conversation seminar, hosted by long-time friend Barney Corman (Mark Linn-Baker), a bookstore owner and critic. After his reading, Elliott sits down with Barney for an interview, with Barney citing how a new novel by Elliott is a major event. They talk about how their hometown of Massapequa features prominently in his books, a shared past that Barney honors by recusing himself from criticizing Elliott’s works. He then alludes to how the characters mirror people they’ve known — which Elliott chalks up to happenstance — before making reference to Elliott’s early, smutty bestsellers.
Afterward, they go to the back room of Barney’s Books, where Barney’s office is. The back room is a rat’s nest, literally, with one rat, which Barney named Templeton, scurrying about, having dodged all attempts to catch him. Barney begins to talk about how well the evening went, but Elliott is more concerned about the negative points Barney brought up, aggressively expressing his dissatisfaction. The tense moment dies down, with Barney asking if Elliott is stuck on a project, and offers to read what he’s written so far for his latest novel. Elliott relents, and hands Barney his current work. It’s still in longhand, Elliott notes, and if it gets lost, “I’ll kill you.” Cue the nervous laughter.
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Two months pass without a word from Barney. He makes his way to the bookstore and rearranges the displays, so his books are more prominent as he waits for Barney to finish with a customer. They go to the back room, where Barney shows a first edition copy of “Howard’s End” by E.M. Forster. Elliott thumbs through it, but what he wants is his manuscript, which Barney notes has some flaws. “Some” is a lot, with Barney calling it another “sad, masturbatory exercise steeped in misogyny and casual cruelty,” damning Elliott for using the good people of Massapequa as fodder, all but his sainted mother and her precious tuna sandwiches. Elliott rips into Barney, aggressively confronting him before breaking the tension, feigning he was simply upset. But when Barney is standing beside a bookcase, Elliott pushes another one over, creating a domino effect that traps Barney. Traps, that is, thanks to a footstool that prevents it from falling directly on him, until Elliott pulls it away. Deed done, Elliott takes the manuscript, turns the bookstore’s sign to Closed, and returns home, throwing the manuscript in with a host of others.
Elsbeth Senses Something Darker in Barney’s “Accident” in ‘Elsbeth’s “Murder, He Wrote”
Eighteen months later, Elliott is at another Authors in Conversation event, hosted by Fred Harrison (Arnie Burton, from “Poetic Justice“), reading a chapter from his latest book, with Elsbeth and Sheryl Jacobs (Marcia DeBonis, from “Unalive and Well“) in the audience. Afterward, Elliott takes questions from the audience, and Elsbeth has a few. One character in the book, Marty, who dies in an avalanche, bears a resemblance to Barney, but she was surprised he’d be on a ski trip, not being very athletic. Furthermore, the narrator Edgar says his and Marty’s eyes meet just before he dies, but if Marty died in an avalanche, wouldn’t Edgar as well? It gets more convoluted following the event, as Elsbeth has Elliott sign her book. She apologizes for the questions if he was offended, but can’t help herself when he says he heard about Barney’s death in the newspaper, despite an earlier claim that his widow called him personally.
Back at the precinct, Elsbeth drops a handful of Elliott Pope books on the table, telling Wagner (Wendell Pierce) and Lt. Connor (Daniel K. Isaac). Apart from noting that he’s not good at writing women, his newest book, Snow Falls Down, is different. Normally, Elliott’s narrator alter-ego is typically ravaged by guilt, but not at all in this one, despite causing the avalanche that killed him. With the help of Hackett (Lindsay Mendez), Elsbeth lays out an argument about the weakness of the initial investigation. Wagner thinks it’s a waste of time, but leaves the decision to allow Elsbeth to investigate in Connor’s hands. Connor agrees there’s something there, and off she goes.
Always the bridesmaid, and never the killer… until now.
Elsbeth and Hackett arrive at the bookstore, where Barney’s widow, Bev (Didi Conn), is restocking. She asks to look in the storeroom, which she’s kept locked up since Barney’s death, but isn’t keen about Templeton. She calls in a favor from Brad and Jill (Mihir Kumar and Arianna Gayle, from “I See… Murder“), who trap the critter. They go into the storeroom, where Elsbeth follows the arc of the bookcases, noting the last one would have fallen on the footstool, which now has a scratch that matches the molding on the bookcase. Alongside a witness who noticed the store was closed at 6:40 that night, she’s given the green light to proceed.
Elsbeth meets up with Elliott on the sidewalk, going to a shop down the street to get a tuna fish sandwich like his mother used to make. She discloses they’ve reopened the case thanks to that new evidence, but he surprises her by inviting Elsbeth to dinner at Gogol’s, claiming he wants to know more about her. Elsbeth, however, gets an opportunity to know him better after Bev finds a log from Barney’s fax machine that shows he’s been faxing Maura (Joanna Gleason), Elliott’s first wife, frequently. It turns out he’d been writing reviews of Elliott’s work for years, sending them to Maura for a laugh. The last one is about a book called Troubled Pants, which was never released. A sneak peek, perhaps? Maura agrees, admitting that Elliott would let people read his work for a shot of adulation, which he also received from the young female grad students he is no longer allowed to hire after sexual assault allegations.
Elsbeth Writes the Epilogue to Elliott Pope’s Story in “Murder, He Wrote”
“We’ll both have the borscht,” Elliott tells the waiter at Gogol’s, dismissing Elsbeth’s claim that he didn’t need to order for her and topping off her schnapps. He wants to hear about her “hopes and dreams,” but she pulls out two photos from the bookstore, one before Barney died and one after, noting that Elliott’s books are prominently displayed in the latter, which doesn’t square with the reviews Barney wrote about his books, the ones he didn’t know were being sent to Maura. And what about Troubled Pants? Elliott says it doesn’t ring a bell, then suggests that they go back to his place to “celebrate,” prompting a disgusted “No” from Elsbeth. Back home, alone, he sets fire to Troubled Pants.
It’s not enough to scare off Elsbeth, who meets Elliott at his house with a peace offering: a tuna sandwich, like his mother used to make. Only she never did, but instead bought from the shop down the street from his childhood home, shattering his illusion that she was the only woman who had never done him wrong. In an instant, Elliott’s demeanor changes, telling Elsbeth she won’t find the manuscript, the lawsuits were “misunderstandings,” and the only woman problem he has is women trying to trap him. He aggressively pushes towards Elsbeth, creating general concern for her safety in one of the few instances of such in the series, before demanding she get out.
Elsbeth does, only to reappear with Hackett and Connor at another seminar. She confronts him, noting how the death of a character in Howard’s End is eerily similar to how Barney died. Coincidence? Not likely. Elliott’s DNA is found in Barney’s copy of the book, on the very page that has the death in it, thanks to a habit he has of licking his thumb to turn pages, just as he did when signing Elsbeth’s copy of his book. Elliott’s story comes to an end, walked out on the charge of murdering Barney.
As for Alec Bloom (Ivan Hernandez), he wins the mayoral race but loses Elsbeth. In a show-stopping, heartrending scene, Elsbeth breaks up, unable to look past lying outright to him about Pete. She understands being a people-pleaser, but what she can’t abide is losing herself, and knowing that her gift of knowing when something’s not right was greatly compromised by their relationship is too much. It’s over, but it may have dashed Wagner’s hopes of being police commissioner, which is awarded to his rival, Tully, instead. But is Tully going to look into Elsbeth’s consent decree? We’ll see, perhaps as early as the next episode, when Kaya (Carra Patterson) returns!
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February 29, 2024
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Nancy Hower, Robert King, Lionel Coleman, Rob Hardy, Robin Givens, Ron Underwood, Rosemary Rodriguez, Aisha Tyler, Bille Woodruff, James Whitmore Jr., Joe Menendez, Kevin Rodney Sullivan, Lily Mariye, Nick Gomez, Peter Sollett, Sam Hoffman, Tyne Rafaeli, Darren Grant, Fong-Yee Yap, Mary Lou Belli
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Jonathan Tolins, Erica Shelton Kodish, Bryan Goluboff, Sarah Beckett, Michelle King
Pros & Cons
- Carrie Preston is absolutely spellbinding here, with a powerful and emotional break-up speech that is utterly heartrending.
- Griffin Dunne is a very unlikeable villain, in the best of ways, and is among only a handful that have legitimately caused viewers concern for Elsbeth’s life.
- An excellent cast all-around, with Mark Linn-Baker a standout for his performance, albeit brief, as the ill-fated Barney.
- The return of characters from previous episodes, which has been a welcome and strong addition this season, marks a triumphant return.
- Only one: Didi Con(n). See what I did there?
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The Daytime Emmy Award–nominated soap opera star also appeared on Broadway in more than 20 different productions.
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Apple TV’s New Horror Series Gives the Perfect, Bone-Chilling Toast in New Sneak Peek [Exclusive]
Apple TV’s acclaimed new series Widow’s Bay has brought both the chills and the laughs so far with its exploration of the titular weird little seaside town. Despite the insistence of put-upon mayor Tom Loftis (Matthew Rhys) and his attempts to boost tourism, there are horrors that lie underneath the New England locale’s surface that prove the residents aren’t just superstitious and that the place is, in fact, cursed. Now, in Episode 4, the haunts are about to intensify even more, and they’re going to crash a party. Ahead of tomorrow’s new installment, Collider can exclusively share a sneak peek featuring a toast delivered by Kate O’Flynn‘s oddball assistant, Patricia, that is much less perfect than it initially seems.
Patricia looks to set the party off on the right note by opening up a book and flipping to “The Perfect Toast.” The speech is a light-hearted, thankful speech celebrating the present company and expressing hope for new beginnings. As the camera pans around the room at all the smiling faces enjoying the moment, it seems like a joyful, peaceful occasion in the otherwise deeply abnormal town. However, those warm fuzzies fade into pure dread when looking into the mirror behind the guests and seeing their visages twisted into horrifying stares with mouths unnaturally agape. It’s a sign that something is about to go terribly wrong on this night, but for now, nobody even notices that anything’s amiss.
The synopsis for the new episode, “Beach Reads,” teases, “Make sure you pack a good read for the beach! (We do not recommend self-help books on the island).” There’s not a ton to glean from that, but each little episode preview has featured a hint at the kind of eerie happenings about to plague Widow’s Bay. Patricia’s book, for instance, contains a few curiosities, as opposite her perfect toast is a disconcerting passage about making conversation in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment. Those smaller spooks that exist within the periphery and other everyday horrors are what the series thrives on, in addition to its more direct haunts. Creator Katie Dippold told Collider during our Exclusive Spring Preview earlier this year that the goal was to capture an air of “fun dread” by marrying big and small scares alike.
“There are some moments when there’s a lot of dread. But I know this is a weird thing to say, and my definition of fun is different than other people’s definition, but I would call it fun dread. Like, the anticipation. It’s not a lot of gross-out horror because that’s never really been my cup of tea. I respect it when done well, and I like watching it when done well, like I love The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. But it’s more like I would say I always loved American Werewolf in London, where it’s really grounded by everything that’s happening, but there are still very fun, surprising moments. Also, when I think about the tone, a lot of it is about horrors, both big and small. Like, for example, I’m just making this up, this example, but there could be something horrifying lurking outside the building, but then there’s also the small horrors of life, of you’re in an elevator, and you say goodbye to someone, but then it takes 30 seconds for the elevator door to open, and that awful silence for 30 seconds. So, this show explores both of those kinds of horrors.“
‘Widow’s Bay’ Has Been a Terrifying Hit With Critics
2026 isn’t even halfway through yet, but Widow’s Bay has already earned a reputation as one of the best and most unique television series of the year, beginning as a spec script that helped land Dippold a job on Parks and Recreation before being fleshed out into a compelling horror mystery. It owns a stellar Certified Fresh 97% score from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, along with an also strong 94% score from audiences. Collider’s Emily Bernard gave it a 7/10 in her review, writing, “At first, you might not be so sure that you’ve chosen the right travel destination, but Widow’s Bay becomes a haunting, deeply rewarding, and oddly charming series if you stick with it.” Rhys and O’Flynn are joined in the titular town by Stephen Root, Kingston Rumi Southwick, Kevin Carroll, and Dale Dickey, with Hiro Murai directing.
Widow’s Bay Episode 4 premieres on Apple TV on Wednesday, May 13. Check out our exclusive sneak peek in the player above.
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April 29, 2026
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Apple TV
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Katie Dippold
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Hiro Murai
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Katie Dippold, Kelly Galuska
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“The View” star, ex-White House staffer Alyssa Farah Griffin admits she 'set up one of these Trump accounts' for new baby
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Griffin previously worked for President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
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Infamous Director’s Extremely R-Rated Action Comedy Succeeds In Offending Absolutely Everybody
By Robert Scucci
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Growing up, we all had that one edgelord friend who would say the most offensive things possible whenever the opportunity presented itself. Their entire goal is to clear the room with the things they say and do, and when you grow up, you start distancing yourself from this kind of person for reasons that don’t really require much justification. You don’t want somebody like this showing up to your job and getting you fired, or saying the wrong thing in front of your significant other because the tradeoff for their perpetually tasteless humor is sleeping on the front lawn.
If you’re looking for that guy in movie form so you can get your fill without having your life ruined, you can find it in Uwe Boll’s action comedy disasterpiece, Postal (2007), which, in my opinion, is grossly misunderstood and severely underappreciated.
Don’t get this twisted, Postal is problematic, reprehensible even, and that’s the entire point. But for some reason, this doesn’t come off like an edgelord being offensive just to get a rise out of people, like 2013’s InAPPropriate Comedy. This is Boll adapting yet another video game series to film, but instead of taking himself seriously and failing miserably like he did with films like Alone in the Dark (2005) or BloodRayne (2005), he leaned into camp, egregiously offensive humor, and total chaos instead.
I’m here to argue, however, that he didn’t fail miserably, despite what the nine-percent critical score on Rotten Tomatoes would lead you to believe.
Postal Is Built Differently
Postal kicks off with a recreation of the September 11 attacks and somehow manages to get exponentially worse across its 100-minute runtime (114 minutes if you can secure a copy of the director’s cut). From there, we’re introduced to our protagonist, simply billed as The Postal Dude (Zack Ward), five years later. The Postal Dude lives in a dilapidated trailer home in Paradise, Arizona with his morbidly obese, emotionally abusive, cheating and thieving girlfriend, simply billed as B**** (Jodie Stewart). He’s looking to leave Paradise, and start his life over, because his present situation is hardly doing him any favors.
Now, you may be wondering what the opening sequence has to do with The Postal Dude’s character arc, but it all starts to make sense when he’s contacted by his Uncle Dave (Dave Foley), the leader of a religious death cult that owes the IRS over a million dollars in back taxes. Dave recruits The Postal Dude to run a scam involving a missing shipment of plush toys known as Krotchy Dolls, whose likeness resembles the exact pieces of male anatomy that they sound like. Basically, Dave wants Postal Dude to use a mail truck to locate and secure the missing dolls so they can sell them online for money. That’s the entire plan. That’s as far as they think it through before acting on it.
Meanwhile, Osama Bin Laden (Larry Thomas) and his network of terrorists, who all just so happen to operate out of Paradise, Arizona, are also trying to secure the Krotchy dolls, but for a far more nefarious reason. Instead of flipping them for a quick profit, they want to infect them with a rare strain of bird flu, resulting in a nationwide pandemic when unsuspecting children play with the dolls after they’re distributed all over the country. Unbeknownst to Dave, his right-hand man Richie (Chris Coppola) is on the terrorists’ side because the fictional bible Dave wrote includes a prophecy about the end of days, which Richie takes literally and wants to help facilitate.
Along the way, The Postal Dude befriends a barista named Faith (Jackie Tohn) and a bunch of other smokin’ hot babes in miniskirts and bikinis who all conveniently know how to use machine guns. They join forces and rack up an absurd body count, sparing nobody in their pursuit of shutting down Al-Qaeda and restoring peace, resulting in an unthinkable amount of collateral damage, bloodshed, and dead bodies.
The Most Tasteless Movie Of The 2000s
Listen, you need to be a very special kind of person to enjoy movies like Postal. I’m not saying it’s not in poor taste or bad faith because it absolutely is. What sets it apart from other “offensive” comedies, though, is its fearless commitment to the bit. So much so that every joke lands when you consider the source material, who’s directing it, and what it’s trying to accomplish.
Every single character in Postal is reprehensible, and that’s the point. Personally, I’m willing to forgive everything everybody says and does in this movie because it’s a movie, but also because everybody rightfully gets what’s coming to them, and they all deserve it. Postal has to go all in because if it didn’t, none of it would feel earned.
Uwe Boll, who’s notorious for his love of filmmaking despite his complete ineptitude as a filmmaker, was originally asked by Vince Desiderio, the CEO of Running With Scissors, the studio responsible for the Postal video game series, to come up with a much darker, grittier adaptation. He rejected the pitch and instead decided to lean fully into camp, satire, extreme violence, and offensive humor to get his point across.
I think this was the right move because the video game series, which also aims to be as politically incorrect as possible, benefits from being turned into a slapstick endeavor thanks to Boll’s writing and direction. If you still have that edgelord friend who you just can’t seem to quit, this movie is tailored to their sense of humor while simultaneously undermining it every step of the way, almost as if to say, “Yeah, this is funny, and you can laugh at it, but we’re also laughing at you.”
Postal succeeds in offending every single sensibility you could imagine, and it does so unapologetically. Like most Uwe Boll efforts, it’s built differently and truly a sample size of one. Objectively speaking, it’s not a great film. But since I assess most things I watch based on whether execution meets intention, I’ve got to say “job well done” here. Boll accomplished exactly what he set out to do here, whether you like it or not.
Postal is “one of the movies of all time,” and can currently be streamed on Tubi for free in all of its disgusting, offensive, and stupid glory.
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After 32 Years, ‘The Crow’ Remains the Iconic Gothic Revenge Thriller Against Which All Others Are Judged
The Crow, director Alex Proyas‘ towering baroque spectacle, immortalized itself into a pop-culture touchstone almost instantaneously. A true artifact of its generation, teens donned black eyeliner and pretended to race across rooftops, while wearied adults recognized the somber life pulsing underneath the cult classic’s hyper-stylized sensibilities — the moody noir iconography, the straightforward mythology, and the trauma layering every frame. Creator James O’Barr‘s comic of the same name was born out of his fiancée’s tragic death, while Proyas’ 1994 movie is eternally haunted by Brandon Lee‘s accidental on-set passing.
No matter how low or high your tolerance for melodramatic aesthetics, these motifs lend The Crow‘s agonized rage a sense of true gravity and substance. It’s a superhero revenge epic built not upon the cynical scaffolding its cultural reputation occasionally suggests, but a vigilante fantasy about exacting what bare-minimum justice remains when the world’s on perpetual fire and our loved ones have been swallowed up by the flames. The Crow‘s familiarity with visceral grief resonates with even more emotional truth than perhaps ever before.
‘The Crow’ Is a Stylistic Triumph
A familiar descriptor it may be, but The Crow‘s rendering of Detroit, Michigan turns said setting into a living character overrun by police corruption and greed-driven criminals. Random violence and senseless depravity provoke Eric Draven’s (Lee) revenge spree against the four men who murder him and his fiancée, Shelly Webster (Sofia Shinas). Except for a handful of daytime scenes, impenetrable shadows and artistically timed rainstorms drench every moment. Whether it’s production designer Alex McDowell and art directors John Marshall and Simon Murton‘s miniature buildings, grimy apartment interiors, or cramped, smoke-filled bars, the design’s distinct details craft a story. As much as the manufactured cityscape evokes a menacing quality, like some upside-down nightmare reality, Detroit also feels prone to shrieking in despair.
The Crow‘s heightened suspension of disbelief never rings hollow or satirically self-conscious. Proyas has a rock-star music video vision, and cinematographer Dariusz Wolski‘s dreary yet lyrically beautiful edge embraces unrepentant theatricality — black leather, composer Graeme Revel‘s grunge guitar riffs, lightning crackling above romantic Gothic architecture — without descending into outright farce. No, Eric doesn’t need to flip his rain-soaked hair in slow motion any more than a car should veer into the river before exploding into a gaseous fireball. It still makes for a spectacular tableau. Each avant-garde characteristic supports Proyas’ structure, which, in turn, infuses Eric’s righteous quest with high-octane energy.
Brandon Lee’s Astonishing Performance Anchors ‘The Crow’
Beyond the hypnotic aesthetics, The Crow‘s skeleton key will forever be Lee’s spellbinding, utterly soulful commitment. Eric claws out of his grave into the soaking mud and screams raw anguish. When he revisits his apartment and recalls the fatal attack, the frenzied montage slices like a dozen metaphorical glass shards. Yet for all Eric’s searing fury and avenging-demon makeup, he hops onto tables and cackles, vindictively toying with his prey as often as he prowls with murderous intent. Balanced against his earlier maelstrom of mourning, his gleeful satisfaction reflects the duality of a tormented heart better than an entirely brooding man. No character with a moral compass holds any qualms about Eric dispatching his assailants, either — nor, despite The Crow‘s action-heavy reputation, does he devote more effort to their deaths than minimal martial arts. They deserve their fates, but rather than flashy gore, Eric achieving satisfactory closure is the focus.
The moments when The Crow‘s stumbles aren’t deal-breakers: occasional threadbare dialogue, a lack of character depth, and Shelly’s fate, the latter playing straight into the tired cliché of a man motivated by a brutalized woman. The film’s transformative pathos onscreen and offscreen has ensured The Crow‘s continual resurrection for over three decades. Sarah (Rochelle Davis), Eric and Shelly’s surrogate daughter, temporarily believes that the world reduces anything joyful or lovely to ashes. Eric, of all people, counters her nihilism with bittersweet hope. His posthumous resolution emphasizes the ways love endures despite heartbreak. Some may find that too sentimental, but the main points stand: an ode to surviving grief not by overcoming it, but living alongside its existence, and how a community of abandoned outcasts can become one another’s salvation. After 30 years, The Crow‘s earnest, wounded heart remains vividly ambitious, imaginative, and cathartic.
The Crow
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May 11, 1994
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102 Minutes
- Writers
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David J. Schow, John Shirley
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Brandon Lee
Eric Draven / The Crow
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Sebastian Stan confirms he’s expecting first baby with Annabelle Wallis: ‘I want to be a good dad’
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Stan and Wallis sparked romance rumors in 2022 but became more public with their relationship in 2024.
The first season of Off Campus is focused on Hannah and Garrett’s love story — but will Ella Bright and Belmont Cameli return for future seasons of the show?
“I totally understand your concern,” Cameli, 28, exclusively told Us Weekly about each season of the Prime Video show being focused on a different fictional couple. “We will be along for the ride the whole time.”
Bright confirmed the plan is for them to be “sticking” around before Cameli, 19, added, “We’re excited to see what season 2 holds for [us].”
Based on the Off Campus book series by Elle Kennedy, the show, which premieres Wednesday, May 13, follows an elite ice hockey team — and the women in their lives — as they “grapple with love, heartbreak, and self-discovery — forging deep friendships and enduring bonds while navigating the complexities that come with transitioning into adulthood,” read the official synopsis.
Prime Video’s Off Campus follows different love stories at Briar U — but which couples end up together in the books? Based on the Off Campus book series by Elle Kennedy, the show follows an elite ice hockey team — and the women in their lives — as they “grapple with love, heartbreak, and self-discovery […]
Season 1 is centered around the “sexy and fun ‘opposites attract’ romance between quiet songwriter, Hannah, and Briar University’s all-star hockey athlete, Garrett.”
For Bright and Cameli, the experience of introducing the Off Campus universe was made easier because of their quick offscreen friendship.
“Doing a job like this would be so miserable if you didn’t like your costar,” Cameli shared. “We are so lucky. Ella and I are really, really good friends. We get along so well and we spend a ton of time together on set.”
Bright was just as grateful to have Cameli as her onscreen partner in crime.
Prime Video is investing in love with a wide variety of steamy rom-coms, star-studded TV shows coming this year— and a fan event to celebrate the upcoming YA titles. The streaming service announced on Thursday, April 30, that Prime Video was branching out with Obsessed Fest, which is described as “an inaugural summer tentpole event […]
“Honestly, we just have so much fun. It’s so cool to be able to go on this journey with everybody who just cares so much about this show and these characters,” she gushed to Us. “Everyone is here for the same reason. It definitely loosens the pressure a lot, because you’re sharing it with all these really great and talented people.”
Cameli pointed out that he and Bright have a seamless bond. “We just told you, that our faces literally hurt right now. We just sat here unmoving and laughing all day,” he noted.
While season 1 will make fans fall in love with Hannah and Garrett’s story, the show introduces characters played by Mika Abdalla, Antonio Cipriano, Jalen Thomas Brooks, Josh Heuston and Stephen Kalyn as well.
Prime Video has already been renewed for another season — but the next leads have yet to be confirmed.
Off Campus premieres on Prime Video Wednesday, May 13.
Jamie Foxx has been linked to Alyce Huckstepp since 2022. Their relationship was then confirmed in August of the following year. Now, according to new reports, the two are expecting a child in the coming months. This comes as the beloved actor is attached to multiple upcoming movie roles, including the yet-to-be-released “All-Star Weekend,” which he directed.
TMZ reported on May 12 that Foxx, 58, is set to become a third-time dad as his girlfriend, Huckstepp, 31, is expecting.
Currently, it’s unclear how far along the former fitness model is in her pregnancy. The baby’s gender is also unknown at this time.
Foxx’s first child, Corinne, was born in 1994, while his second, Anelise, arrived in 2008.
The Two Previously Broke Up
Foxx and Huckstepp were first spotted together in August 2022 at the “Day Shift” premiere. Reportedly, their relationship then kicked into high gear the following year, and they were later spotted at the Nobu Hotel in Los Cabos, Mexico.
It’s also worth noting that the expectant parents had broken up around the end of 2024, with it being confirmed in January of the following year. Notably, per The Blast, Foxx joked about being single in his Netflix special, “Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was,” which was released in December 2024.
Fans Congratulate The Star On The Baby News
Now that Foxx and Huckstepp are rumored to be expecting a child, fans are offering their best wishes to the couple.
One person said on X, “Jamie Foxx is going to be a dad again! This is the kind of positive energy we love to see. Wishing Jamie and Alyce nothing but the best on this journey!”
Someone else said, “Whoa, that’s a big personal milestone for him. Jamie Foxx has had quite a journey.”
Jamie Foxx Previously Opened Up About Health Issues
The world rallied around Foxx in April 2023 after he suffered a severe medical complication in Atlanta while filming Netflix’s “Back in Action” alongside Cameron Diaz. Later, he revealed the nature of the medical emergency, revealing that he’s endured a brain bleed.
He made his first public appearance after the incident in December of that year at the Critics’ Choice Awards. According to Good Morning America, he gave an emotional speech, saying, “I want to thank everybody. I’ve been through something. I’ve been through some things. You know, it’s crazy, I couldn’t do that six months ago, I couldn’t actually walk.”
Foxx added, “So it feels good to be here. I cherish every single minute now. It’s different. I wouldn’t wish what I went through on my worst enemy, ’cause it’s tough, when you almost – when it’s almost over. When you see the tunnel. I saw the tunnel, I didn’t see no light. It was hot in that tunnel.”
Per ABC News, the actor also opened up about the day the incident occurred in July 2024 while speaking to fans in Phoenix, Arizona. Foxx told the crowd, “April 11 last year, bad headache, asked my boy for an Advil. I was gone for 20 days. I don’t remember anything.”
He went on, “So they told me, I’m in Atlanta, they told me — my sister and daughter took me to the first doctor. They gave me a Cortisone shot. The next doctor said there’s something going on up there. I won’t say it on camera.”
Foxx Has Multiple Projects On The Horizon
Despite the recent health complications, Foxx has multiple films and shows in various stages of development. This includes projects where he’ll star as well as films where he serves as a producer. Among his upcoming films is Netflix’s “Fight for ’84.” As of now, the film has no release date but is expected in late 2026 or early 2027.
That is not all. According to Deadline, he was cast in 2021 to lead an upcoming miniseries about Mike Tyson, in which he’ll play the legendary boxer. This will be the second limited series about the sports icon, with this one being produced by Antoine Fuqua and Martin Scorsese.
Additionally, he still has his unreleased comedy “All-Star Weekend,” which he filmed in 2016. The movie included Jeremy Piven, Robert Downey Jr., Benicio del Toro, Gerard Butler, and Eva Longoria. However, despite the A-list cast, the movie has remained shelved.
Chile! Blueface and Chrisean Rock have the internet on fire after unexpectedly linking up over the weekend and seemingly afterward. First, Blue brought out Rock as a special guest during a Seattle show, and they also kicked it in his trailer. Then, on Monday, a video surfaced of them play-fighting, with her offering to train him in boxing.
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Blueface Brings Out Chrisean Rock During Seattle Show
Chrisean Rock had the crowd going in Seattle when she popped out on stage to perform ‘Yahweh.’ The invite was courtesy of her on-and-off boyfriend, Blueface. Despite previously claiming she was staying away from his “circus,” Chrisean was super chill in the footage of them in a trailer. It appears Blue was streaming with nearly 3,000 people, as she later refused to say hi to his “chat,” when he asked her to.
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Chrisean Rock Shares Boxing Video With Blueface
Meanwhile, on Snapchat, Chrisean Rock posted a video of her and Blueface play boxing. She told the camera that Blue fights backwards, and she offered to train him. He previously lost a boxing match on March 14 against another streamer, Chibu. Meanwhile, Rock recently won her professional boxing debut against Zenith Zion on April 25, a moment that she emotionally applauded afterward. In the Snapchat video Chrisean posted, she added the caption “Chrisean parents,” referring to her son Chrisean Jesus. Interestingly enough, last weekend, the internet was also chatting after Blueface doubled down on not being Chrisean Jesus’ father, which he has also said in March.
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What Do You Think Roomies?
Sebastian Stan and Annabelle Wallis have been one another’s biggest fans since they started dating in 2022.
Stan and Wallis kept their romance tight-lipped until making their red carpet debut at the 2025 Golden Globes. After Stan won the award for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy, he gave Wallis a romantic shout-out during his acceptance speech.
“Annabelle, I love you,” the Marvel star exclaimed.
Stan — who previously dated the likes of Leighton Meester, Jennifer Morrison and Dianna Agron — has long been candid about his dating experiences.
Annabelle Wallis was Sebastian Stan’s No. 1 fan when he won his first-ever Golden Globe trophy on Sunday, January 5. After it was announced that Stan, 42, won the trophy for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy, Wallis, 38, leaped to her feet to congratulate her beau […]
armor,’ the hero complex over on the masculine side which, obviously, I think is a big part of the toxic masculinity that kind of develops,” Stan said on “The Jess Cagle Podcast” in March 2022. “But this idea of ‘knight in shining armor’ and this idea that we often see sometimes in Disney movies and narratives growing up.”
He added at the time, “Sometimes we just have to reevaluate [those ideals] and just understand how those narratives subconsciously influence us as we meet people because we often meet people and we’re looking for evidence of certain things we know or we’ve heard of.”
If Stan’s continued romance with Wallis is any indication, his remarks clearly struck a chord. Keep scrolling to look back at their full romance journey:
May 2022
Stan and Wallis, who previously dated Chris Pine, were first romantically linked in May when they were spotted together at Robert Pattinson’s birthday party. According to a since-deleted Instagram snap from photographer Myles Hendrik, Wallis stood close to Stan and nearly bit his bottom lip.
The following August, Stan was spotted celebrating his 40th birthday with a trip to Greece with a handful of friends and Wallis.
January 2025
They made their red carpet debut nearly three years later at the Golden Globes. After Stan won for his role in A Different Man, he sweetly packed on the PDA with Wallis before taking the stage.
“Annabelle, I love you,” Stan closed out his speech as she looked on in awe.
February 2025
Wallis was proudly on Stan’s arm at the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards, where he was up for Best Leading Actor for his performance in The Apprentice. While he looked dapper in a classic black tux, Wallis shimmered in an off-the-shoulder silver gown.
March 2025
Stan brought Wallis and his mother, Georgeta Orlovschi, to the 97th annual Academy Awards when he was up for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Despite losing to Adrien Brody, he had his loved ones’ tireless support.
Ahead of the ceremony, an eyewitness told Us Weekly that Wallis kissed Stan for luck before leaving the Roosevelt Hotel.
October 2025
Stan and Wallis twinned in black for the 2025 Academy Museum Gala, in which they walked the red carpet together.
May 2026
Stan confirmed in an interview with Deadline that Wallis is pregnant with the couple’s first child.
“I want to be a good dad,” the Thunderbolts actor said, adding, “I’m feeling the responsibility of being a good father. And not to mention a good man. I’m 43 and I feel, in a lot of ways, I’m just starting to learn now. It’s just crazy to me.”
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