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December 2016

“It’s better on the other side,” the Transformers: Dark of the Moon actor told E! News, noting how his perspective on marriage had shifted after tying the knot with Goth. “I’ve been lied to my whole life. You always hear these people who are all cynical, like, ‘Ah, man, once you get married everything changes. But for the better though!”

 At the time, LaBeouf was excited about making new memories as a family, telling the outlet, “I’m about to create some new ones. My mom will be involved, her mom will be involved. I’ll probably have to do Hanukkah and Christmas and Kwanza and the whole nine.”

By Robert Scucci
| Published 27 seconds ago

The idea of playing video games until the world ends may sound like a lot of fun in the right setting, but 2018’s Relaxer will make you think twice. Set in 1999, just before the Y2K apocalypse, Relaxer isn’t one of those feel-good stories about getting together with your friends, chugging Mountain Dew, eating pizza, and going on an epic multiplayer adventure. Instead, it’s a solitary trudge through an isolated world of apathy and decay. It’s a tough watch, even nauseating at times, but if your video game habit is causing problems in your day-to-day life, Relaxer may be the wakeup call you’ve been looking for because it pulls no punches.

Set almost entirely on one man’s couch, Relaxer is claustrophobic, filthy, and enough to make you want to turn the Nintendo off and step on some grass. If you can make it through this one without tasting that metallic, “I’m about to throw up,” flavor on the back of your tongue, give yourself a pat on the back for being strong willed and possessing the kind of intestinal fortitude that escapes me.

The Ultimate Slacker Comedy 

Relaxer begins with our hero, if you could call him that, Abbie (Joshua Burge), playing Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater and chugging milk whenever his older brother, Cam (David Dastmalchian), looks up from his stopwatch. This “challenge,” as they put it, is the latest in a long line of failed attempts where Abbie taps out because he makes himself sick chasing whatever high score or record is in front of him.

Sitting in a pool of his own vomit, Abbie promises Cam, who’s rightfully frustrated with his slacker brother’s lack of contributions to rent and utilities, that he’s going to do the unthinkable. Legend has it that if he can document himself passing level 256 of Pac-Man, something that has only been done once before, he’ll win $100,000 and stop being such a burden. Cam reluctantly agrees to support him through the challenge, under one condition: Abbie cannot even think about leaving the couch until he accomplishes what he set out to do.

Taking Cam’s conditions seriously, Abbie gets to work but quickly runs into logistical problems. At some point, he has to eat, drink, and use the bathroom, and he has to make do. At multiple moments throughout Relaxer, Cam throws on a pair of 3D glasses that he believes give him telekinetic powers when the moment is right. It’s never made clear whether Abbie actually gains anything mystical while wearing the glasses, but enough strange coincidences encourage him to lean into the idea as he attempts to beat the unbeatable Pac-Man level.

Know What You’re Getting Into

While Relaxer’s premise is ridiculous on its own, the execution is absolutely nauseating. Abbie is dressed only in underwear, which are obviously soiled thanks to the conditions of his wager. When plumbing pipes burst, he gets sprayed with their contents. When the windows break, the elements pour inside. When somebody stops by, it’s either an acquaintance offering expired food from the fridge or an exterminator about to bug bomb the place even though Abbie refuses to leave.

Abbie sits through all of it, for months, maybe even years. He uses a reaching stick to collect rainwater from the broken window, nearly asphyxiates himself with noxious chemicals, and wallows in so much filth that if he ever beats the game, he’ll either be stuck to the couch or physically unable to stand. It’s all so disgusting. To make matters worse, every single character in Relaxer is catastrophically unlikeable.

While Relaxer may feel like an endurance test in every conceivable way, it does an excellent job of getting its point across. It’s meant to be unappealing to all senses. It’s meant to show how desperate Abbie becomes in pursuit of his challenge. It’s meant to be uncomfortable and claustrophobic. It’s almost as if writer-director Joel Potrykus made this movie specifically to bother people, and if so, he succeeds in every measurable way.

As of this writing, Relaxer is streaming for free on Tubi.

Angie Harmon and her boyfriend Tony Floyd’s romance was more than three decades in the making.

“Happy Valentine’s Day Tony Floyd @studioavafilms …. 27 years later! I love you!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️,” the Law & Order actress, 53, captioned a series of photos with Floyd via Instagram on Saturday, February 14.

Floyd, for his part, revealed how the pair found their way back to each other years after they first met as teenagers.

“We met in Italy at eighteen — two kids scrambling for work, chasing modeling dreams, trying to build a life without starving along the way,” Floyd captioned a Sunday, February 15, Instagram post featuring pictures of Harmon. “There was a spark between us even then… but the timing wasn’t right. In our twenties, we found ourselves in LA, both chasing acting. You were always better than me. But we were together. And we were in love.”

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The captioned continued, “You found your passion on the screen. I found mine shaping surfboards in Costa Mesa. Still, the timing wasn’t ours. And then, after twenty-seven years, our paths crossed again — by chance, or maybe by fate. Now the timing is right. Now is our time, my love. My strength. My everything. My Angie. I love you beyond anything words can hold.

You are still the same kind, loving, breathtaking, passionate fighter I met thirty-five years ago on that subway platform in Italy. Only now, we know who we are. And we know what we have. Let’s roll, my Valentine. @angieharmon.”

The couple received an outpouring of love after revealing their rekindled romance.

“Nothing beats love,” one person commented under Floyd’s post, while a second person said, “Wow!! What an amazing story and your pics are incredible!! I’m so happy for you both and that you came back together in perfect timing!!! May u all have all the love and happiness for years to come!! 👏🥰🔥❤️.”

Sophia Bush wrote, “Overjoyed for you, @angieharmon. For you both! Timing is everything ✨.”

Prior to her relationship with Floyd, Harmon was married to Jason Sehorn from 2001 to 2016. They share three daughters, Finley, 22, Avery, 20, and Emery, 17.

After her divorce, Harmon opened up about raising her daughters as a single mom.

“When it’s just you, there’s a different sort of survival set of skills that take over, you pay more attention to things that you wouldn’t normally,” she told People in December 2023. “You are more aware of things that you wouldn’t normally be.”

“You learn to be independent in a different way,” the Rizzoli & Isles actress said. “There’s a toughness that comes along with someone who constantly has to travel by themselves and protect three girls.”

Harmon told the outlet she was “realistic” about motherhood and “what my life requires.”

“I’m the protector and the provider and the nurturer. I’m all the things,” she explained. “It’s just bizarre because I’m the one that changes the light bulbs in the 12-foot ceilings and I’m the one that carries the 60-lb bag of dog food from the grocery store to the car.”

Harmon also opened up about navigating dating following her split from Sehorn.

“I don’t think I’d do [online dating],” Harmon told Closer Weekly in July 2017. “I need to suss it out a lot before I go on a date.”

Tommy Lee Jones’ daughter Victoria Jones’ cause of death has been revealed.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in San Francisco, California, confirmed to Us Weekly on Tuesday, February 17, that Victoria died due to “toxic effects of cocaine” and ruled the manner of her death as an “accident.”

News broke on New Year’s Day that a then-unidentified woman had been found dead at the Fairmont San Francisco hotel.

“Upon arrival, paramedics from the fire department performed an assessment. The person was declared deceased,” a statement from the San Francisco Fire Department shared with Us Weekly read. “SFPD and the medical examiner’s office were called to the scene. Scene turned over to SFPD and SF Medical Examiners.”

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TMZ, who was first to report the news, confirmed Victoria’s identity. She was 34. The outlet also obtained 911 footage, in which law enforcement officers were called to the Fairmont for a “code 3 for the overdose, color change.”

Victoria is survived by her parents, exes Tommy, 79, and Kimberlea Cloughley, and brother Austin Jones.

“We appreciate all of the kind words, thoughts, and prayers,” Victoria’s family previously said in a statement. “Please respect our privacy during this difficult time. Thank you.”

Victoria, like her father, was an actress and appeared in Men in Black II, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, Sorry, Haters, One Tree Hill and The Homesman.

“She’s a good actress, has her SAG card, speaks impeccable Spanish,” Tommy recalled to The New Yorker in 2006, referring to how he cast Victoria in his 2005 directorial feature The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. “When she was a baby, I told her nurse to speak to her in Spanish, but I fired my daughter [from the movie].”

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He continued, “She had to get up at 5 a.m. for her part. One morning, she wouldn’t get out of bed. I said, ‘Honey, this is work.’ She wouldn’t budge, so I fired her. Then, without telling me, the production staff went over and woke her and rushed her out to the set just in time.”

Tommy was married to Victoria’s mother, his second wife, Cloughley, from 1981 to 1996. He later moved on with his third wife, Dawn Laurel-Jones, and they tied the knot in 2001.

“I don’t know what the hell I was doing,” Tommy quipped to The Independent in 2013 about meeting Laurel-Jones, who was working as a photographer. “She took a lot of pictures down there and the Climate Reality group liked them so much, they put on an exhibition and auction in London. We were there to hang that show and attend the auction.”

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He added, “She took some beautiful pictures there. Of course, the ice is melting, and these pictures dramatized that somewhat. They’re very beautiful pictures. She sold 17 and that brought in a little over $401,000 to support this organization that we actually are a part of.”

Tommy and Laurel-Jones often split their time between a ranch in Texas and a polo facility in Argentina.

“We’ve built a world-class polo field and a practice field there, so my team and the kids’ teams can play,” he previously told The New Yorker in 2006. “Dawn is one of the best women polo players in the country, and she didn’t even know how to ride a horse 10 years ago.”

If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, contact the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).

By Chris Snellgrove
| Published 13 seconds ago

In 1989, something stunning happened: License to Kill earned the lowest box office of any James Bond film ever made. While the movie had some very stiff competition (including Tim Burton’s Batman, Ghostbusters II, and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade), this failure gave the creative team behind 007 pause. They decided to shelve this iconic spy series until they knew how to remake Bond for a modern audience.

That remake came in 1995 in the form of GoldenEye, a movie which featured Pierce Brosnan as the most famous spy in Hollywood history. The film was a critical and commercial smash, ensuring that we got additional decades of world-spanning action and adventure from the man who prefers his martinis shaken, not stirred. If you’re ready to dive into a genuine ‘90s masterpiece and experience one of the best Bond films ever made, you don’t have to contact Q Branch: all you have to do is grab your remote and stream this film for free on Tubi!

The Ties That Bond

The premise of GoldenEye is that nine years after his partner apparently died on a mission gone wrong, James Bond must investigate the criminal mastermind wielding a satellite-powered weapon that can cripple the world with its electromagnetic pulses. The mastermind ends up being his former partner, someone who is now hellbent on rewriting the world in his own twisted image. Now, Bond must team up with a buxom hacker and race against time before he reverts the United Kingdom and other targets back to the technological Stone Age.

The cast of GoldenEye has some of the most beloved actors in Hollywood, including Sean Bean (best known for The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring) as 007’s former partner turned supervillain. Speaking of villains, Famke Janssen (best known for X-Men) is campy perfection as an assassin with killer thighs (literally), and her fellow X-Man Alan Cumming (best known to Marvel fans for X2: X-Men United) is hilarious as a hacker with delusions of grandeur. As for Dame Judi Dench, this is the film she is best known for, and she’s so good in the role of Bond’s boss that she continued to play the part into the Daniel Craig era of Bond films.

Needless to say, the best performance in GoldenEye comes from Pierce Brosnan, whose James Bond is the perfect mixture of previous performers. He has the suave swagger of Sean Connery, the smoldering intensity of Timothy Dalton, and a couple of healthy pinches of Roger Moore’s humor. His 007 captivated the public, and Brosnan helped transform this flailing franchise into an unstoppable box office juggernaut.

A Revival That Impressed Fans and Critics Alike

GoldenEye brought James Bond back in a big way, earning $356.4 million against a budget of only $60 million. This successfully revived 007 after the disappointing box office of 1989’s Licence to Kill, and Brosnan went on to star in three more Bond movies. Afterward, the franchise was reenvisioned into something much more serious, and Daniel Craig played a Bond who was notably cooler and crueler than his martini-swilling predecessors.

When GoldenEye hit theaters, it left professional reviewers both shaken and stirred with its effortlessly cool revival of this ‘60s spy franchise. On Rotten Tomatoes, the movie has an 80 percent, with critics praising the movie for modernizing the 007 formula without sacrificing any of the sexy violence and stylish action these movies are known for. They singled out Pierce Brosnan for his singularly impressive performance as James Bond, one that would come to define ‘90s action cinema and, in many ways, the actor’s career.

Falling In Love With The World’s Sexiest Franchise

As an ‘80s kid who was more into sci-fi than spycraft, I didn’t watch much James Bond growing up. Seeing GoldenEye in the local theater was my first exposure to the world of 007, and I was instantly hooked. I began renting every Bond movie I could find at the local video stores, and the iconic Nintendo 64 adaptation of the film quickly became my new favorite game.

Speaking for myself, GoldenEye was the perfect entry point for the franchise: it offers all the action and set pieces you’d expect from the best spy films, and the characters (from Sean Bean’s 006 to Izabella Scorupco Natalya) are fully formed and immediately relatable. As for Brosnan, his character is the opposite of relatable as aspirational perfection. He’s the man every man wants to be, and Brosnan’s secret agent is the archetypal embodiment of unrestrained masculinity.

You May Need A Cigarette After Watching

You can enjoy GoldenEye as a joyous love letter to the James Bond franchise, and the passion the filmmakers had for 007 is evident in every frame. Notably, though, the film stands on its own as a breakout ‘90s action blockbuster that has easily withstood the test of time. It remains one of the sleekest and sexiest action masterpieces of the last few decades, and it’s one you’ll want to revisit whenever you need the adrenaline rush that only Brosnan can provide.

You don’t have to break a sweat to obtain that rush, though; all you have to do is stream GoldenEye on Netflix. More than a nostalgic thrill, this movie is perfect for those who appreciate other ‘90s action masterpieces like The Rock and Face/Off. Whether you’re looking for vintage thrills, unforgettable characters, or a bit of both, this is one sexy celluloid adventure you’ll never forget!