Gail Bean spilled the Hollywood casting tea during a recent interview, revealing she was told she’s “too old” to play Storm in ‘X-Men.’ Not only that, but she was also told that she’s too old to play Shante Broadus in the upcoming Snoop Dogg biopic.
During an appearance on the podcast ‘DMC with Na’im Lynn,’ Bean revealed that she was told she was too old for two Hollywood projects. The reveal came after Lynn brought up the 33-year-old actress’s age.
“Let me tell you something,” said Bean. “And we’re not even really talking about the industry. But just to get into the industry, a deep meaningful conversation piece that needs to happen when it comes to women in their age. I have been told this year alone for two projects [that] I was too old and I do not look…”
Lynn interjected to note that the actress looks “like a godd*mn teenager” before Bean also revealed she was told she was “too old” to play Snoop Dogg’s wife, Shante Broadus, in the upcoming film, ‘Snoop.’
“So I was told I was too old to play Shantae, Snoop Dogg’s wife,” she added. “They doing a biopic.”
In addition, Bean revealed she was also told she’s too old to play Storm in the film ‘X-Men.’
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“I was told I was too old to play Storm,” she said. “They didn’t even want me to audition.”
Lynn noted that casting directors need to see the actors in person instead of doing the math in their heads, instead of “actually looking at you.” Bean agreed.
Fans Were Shocked By Bean’s Reveal
Fans were surprised by Bean’s reveal, especially the fact that she was told she was too old to play Broadus, and shared their thoughts in TSR’s comment section.
User @thatgirlamandanicole wrote, “She woulda killlled it in this voice over and how if Snoop wife older than her 🤔.”
@besthightv_ added, “Mannnnn she should be snoop wife lol anyone else is a crime.”
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User @kiifromcle replied, “She woulda been perfect as snoop wife what are we taking about?!”
@melissahoweofficial added, “Ain’t no way she literally looks like snoop wife and in the younger era.”
User @queenmille_2 agreed. “She looks just like his wife.”
@bigbabykrys replied, “Maaaan PLEASE! They used to have 30 year old ppl playing high school kids all the time bc they ‘looked’ young.”
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@courtn2ee wrote, “She literally looks just like his wife.”
User @iambealewis added, “She looks so young.”
@brittnaewoolfolk added, “Ageism in Hollywood is crazy because she looks just like her smh.”
User @tiffanynycole_ replied, “God always opens the right doors tho, no sweat 🙌🏽.”
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Gail Bean Stars in ‘The Drop: A Snowfall Saga’
‘Snowfall’ fans have been awaiting the sequel, ‘The Drop: A Snowfall Saga,’ ever since the FX series ended in 2023. The series ran for six seasons, and Bean starred in the drama as Wanda Bell.
Bean reprises her role in the sequel, and the first episode aired on September 8. The ‘Unexpected’ actress told Bossip that it has not yet “set in” that she’s leading a TV show. The FX drama follows Bell as she reinvents herself in 1990s Los Angeles and enters the world of West Coast rap.
“It has not set in,” she said. “Every day I’m like, wait, what? When they first broke the news that I would be the number one, I said, ‘I’m sorry, excuse me?’ Because even — it’s so crazy, even in 2026, when they told us back when we were shooting season six of ‘Snowfall’, in my mind I just thought, Oh okay, Leon and Wanda getting a spinoff. He’s gonna be number one, I’m gonna be number two. Which is crazy that even in the world today, that’s not the first thought of, like, that I could ever be the lead. That they would put a Black female as the lead.”
Rosie O’Donnellmade her triumphant return to television when she filled in on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in August 2026. However, amid the much-talked-about late-night debut, Kathy Griffin, a close friend of O’Donnell, revealed that she’d felt hurt not to have been invited as a guest. Now, the former Bravo star is giving an update on where they stand.
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Entertainment Weekly interviewed Griffin in September 2026 while she was promoting her tour, “New Face, New Tour.” During the conversation, the comedian was asked about her relationship with O’Donnell after saying she was “really hurt” by not being invited on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” during her four days of hosting.
She responded, saying they had spoken after the video Griffin uploaded in August. The 65-year-old continued, “Yeah, [we’re] all good. I love her, and I love her for life. I’ve known her for decades!” After that, Griffin revealed that she’d given O’Donnell advice about what to wear on “Kimmel.”
According to her, “She’d just done a magazine shoot, and I told her to buy the rack because she doesn’t care about clothes. She just wants to wear sweatpants and stuff. She goes, ‘Griffin, I’ve got to have a new outfit every night.’”
Griffin continued telling her story, recalling, “I said, ‘Ro, buy the rack. Seriously, buy the rack of clothing that the gays- you heard me- chose for you for the magazine shoot, and then you’ll never have to shop again.”
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Kathy Griffin Also Weighing In On If Rosie Should Have Another Show
Griffin continued her comments about O’Donnell by reiterating that there is no bad blood between them. She stated, “I love her. I thought she knocked it out of the park.”
From there, the former Bravo star opened up about O’Donnell’s overall return to the spotlight, saying, like many, that she believes her friend needs a full-time return to television. Griffin said, “I want her to get a show again, whether it’s daytime or nighttime. She can do anything.”
She continued, “She’s so relatable. She’s huge on TikTok. It’s very much like the beginning of the old Rosie show in the ‘90s, where she just talks about her day. She can make anything compelling.”
Speaking generally about her friend’s approach to her career, the controversial comedian added, “She works when she wants to work, and she’s a mom when she wants to not be working and be a mom.”
Griffin addressed O’Donnell filling in for Jimmy Kimmel on her official YouTube channel on August 18. In the video, she highlighted her close friendship with the former “Rosie O’Donnell Show” host before saying she was “really hurt” not to be invited on as a guest.
She then said, “I admit, I was kind of getting excited, like, yeah, this could be a really cool moment. Then that moment passed and kept passing.” Still, despite being hurt by not being invited on the show, Griffin stated, “She’s doing a great job and will continue to. If I have one call to action, it’s that you guys watch the show and support her.”
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The comedian and actress went on to call the situation “tricky” because of her mixed emotions about both celebrating her friend and feeling left out.
Rosie O’Donnell’s ‘Kimmel’ Hosting Was A Hit With Viewers
O’Donnell guest-hosted ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” the week of August 17, as the second-to-last host. According to The Wrap, she became the highest-rated guest host, with her broadcasts averaging 2.17 million total viewers. In demo viewership, her shows averaged 237,000 viewers.
Compared with the previous week, O’Donnell’s overall viewership was up 40%, while demo viewers rose 34%. “Kimmel” easily took the number one spot among late-night shows, with “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” coming in second, averaging 1.43 million viewers.
The TV Legend Recently Discussed Having Another Show
O’Donnell appeared on the “Tangle” podcast in July 2026. On the show, she was asked about a potential return to TV hosting, and she admitted she’s interested and that there have been conversations.
Regarding the type of show she’d like to do, the “Now and Then” actress said, “It would look a lot like my old show, to tell you the truth. I think America wants nostalgia. I think what they don’t want is celebrity culture. I think celebrity culture is dead in America.”
She added about the fall of celebrity culture, “There was a time where, if you could get a big star on your show, the numbers went through the roof. Well, that was before the internet — really, it was before you could literally write a DM to me and I’ll respond.”
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O’Donnell went on to say that she’d want her potential new show to focus on “human interest stories” and “tell good news, have fun and games with people like we used to, get to have Broadway on — and if a celebrity wants to come on and chat, that’s fantastic, but it wouldn’t be because they had a movie to promote.”
Tammy Slaton is proudly showing how far she has come after shedding more than 500 pounds.
The “1000-Lb Sisters” star displayed her new, slimmer figure during a family outing with her sister Amy Slaton and nephews Gage and Glenn.
The moment was featured in a promo for the TLC series’ latest season, offering another look at the results of Tammy Slaton’s long years of transformation.
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Tammy Slaton Flaunts Her New Look During Family Lake Trip
Tammy appeared noticeably slimmer as she enjoyed some time by the water with Amy and her two nephews.
In footage promoting the 11th season of “1000-Lb. Sisters,” which premiered September 1, the reality star confidently wore a swimsuit while spending the day with her family.
The outing offered viewers another glimpse at the results of Tammy’s extraordinary transformation. When her journey began, she weighed 725 pounds and struggled with everyday activities. Years later, she has lost more than 500 pounds, including additional weight following skin removal surgery.
Tammy underwent bariatric surgery after working toward the weight requirements necessary for the procedure. She first publicly revealed her significantly smaller physique last April, almost three years after having the operation.
Her latest appearance marks another milestone in a transformation that has given Tammy far greater freedom than she had when viewers were first introduced to her on the TLC series.
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Fans Fear The ‘1000-Lb‘ Sisters’ Relationship Could Become Strained Again
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Although the family outing showed Tammy and Amy spending time together, the latest season is also exploring a more complicated side of their relationship.
Tammy admitted that she has become cautious about how she interacts with her sister because she does not want another disagreement to damage their bond.
“I’m a little nervous around Amy now,” Tammy confessed in the preview, per OK! Magazine. “I just don’t want to say the wrong things and mess up our relationship.”
Viewers also weighed in after watching the promotional footage, with some expressing concern that old tensions could resurface.
One commenter argued that Tammy needs to give her sister greater independence, warning that otherwise “their relationship is going to be wounded all over again.”
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Another fan suggested that both sisters “get so jealous of each other,” while others seem more encouraging toward Amy and the direction her life has taken. The reactions show that even as both sisters celebrate major personal progress, their evolving relationship remains an important part of their story.
Tammy Slaton Desires To Have A Taste Of Motherhood
Tammy’s transformation has also changed how she thinks about her future. Although she once maintained that becoming a mother was not something she wanted, she later admitted that watching Amy raise Gage and Glenn had made her reconsider.
“I’ve been saying, I don’t want kids, I don’t want kids,” Tammy explained before admitting, “I don’t know, just something changed.”
Her nephews appear to have played an important part in that shift. After spending time watching Amy embrace motherhood, Tammy revealed she had started imagining the possibility for herself.
“Nothing’s written in stone. I don’t even know if I can have kids. But who knows,” she said, per OK! Magazine.
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The possibility reflected Tammy’s broader outlook following her weight loss progress. After undergoing bariatric surgery, she spoke about getting another opportunity to experience things she had previously missed, saying, “I’ve missed so much, and I’m excited to have a new chance on life.”
The Popular TLC Show Gave The Sisters The Push To Transform Their Lives
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Long before Tammy could confidently enjoy outings like her recent lake trip, she and Amy had spent years struggling with their weight.
The sisters previously revealed that those difficulties stretched back to childhood, when convenient meals and emotional eating became part of their lives.
They had already made attempts to lose weight on their own, but starting “1000-Lb. Sisters” gave them a stronger reason to commit to changing their circumstances.
“We were already trying to lose weight before the show even got a hold of us, so it was like the perfect opportunity,” Amy told People Magazine in 2023.
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The series followed both women as they worked toward qualifying for bariatric surgery, eventually helping turn a deeply personal struggle into a public transformation.
Tammy Slaton Is Happy To ‘Have Her Life Back
Years after getting on the “1000-Lb Sister” show, the results are considerably more visible for the sister.
Amy has made major progress of her own, while Tammy has now surpassed the 500-pound weight loss mark.
Looking back on how much her world had already changed by 2023, Tammy said, “I have my life back.”
Her latest family outing makes those words particularly significant today, as Tammy continues to enjoy experiences that once would have been much more difficult for her.
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Currently, Tammy is engaged to her partner, Andrea Dalton, with the emotional proposal by Dalton recently shown on the September season premiere of the hit TLC reality series, over a year after the news was shared on a podcast by the reality TV star.
Former “Below Deck” star Adrienne Gang is pulling back the curtain on how the Bravo reality series is made. The original chief stewardess says the demanding work shown during her season was real and insists cast members were not given scripts. However, she believes certain moments filmed after her departure may have been encouraged by producers. One scene involving Kate Chastain particularly stood out to Gang because it did not appear “authentic or organic” to her.
During an interview with online bingo games provider Heart Bingo, Gang was asked whether any moments from later seasons appeared to be influenced by production. “When Kate assigned fonts to people based on their personalities,” Gang answered. “I don’t know. It just seemed like a put-on. It didn’t seem authentic or organic in any way to me.”
The memorable scene appeared during Season 2, Episode 10, with Chastain explaining which font she believed best represented each crew member’s personality. Bravo has preserved the moment as “Kate’s Font Personality Guide” on its website.
Gang did not claim to have direct knowledge of how that particular scene was created. Instead, she described it as one of the moments she personally suspected had been encouraged by production.
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The Former Chief Stewardess Says The Show Was Not Scripted
Gang revealed that the question she hears most frequently from “Below Deck” fans is whether the show is scripted. According to the former reality star, cast members were not hired as actors or given lines to perform.
“I think there are some production things I’ve seen throughout the years, especially right after my season, where I think things were definitely production-encouraged because they seemed gimmicky to me,” she explained. “But none of us are hired as actors. Nobody told us what to say.”
Gang said production would occasionally ask the crew to repeat something, but she insisted those requests were made when an outside noise disrupted the original audio.
“There were a couple of times where a plane would go overhead and mess with the audio on our microphones, and production would tell the camera operator, “Make them say that again exactly the way they just did,” because they’d lost the audio.”
Adrienne Gang Insists The Workload Was Real
Although Gang believes the production process has changed, she emphasized that the crew members on her season were genuinely responsible for operating the yacht. “For us, it was totally real. We were really doing the job,” she said. “The hours are long no matter what part of the job you’re doing. That doesn’t change because there’s not a secondary crew on standby to do all your work for you.”
Gang explained that the realities of maintaining the vessel eventually forced production to make some practical adjustments, particularly when it came to laundry. “At one point, they realized how challenging it was to keep up, especially with laundry,” she recalled. “We started sending some laundry out and getting sheets pressed because it wasn’t interesting content and it needed to be done.”
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She claimed the modern version of the show now has additional assistance behind the scenes. “Now the show has a fixer to help with all the extras,” Gang said. “So if you see the chief stew calling to order something or setting up a band to come on board, all that stuff is arranged ahead of time, and the conversations that happen on the phone are for the cameras.”
Gang added, “Season one, we were really doing the job. Now, they’ve made it a lot easier.”
She Addressed Her Relationship With The Franchise
Gang’s time on “Below Deck” came with conflict and criticism, but she says she is no longer interested in revisiting old feuds. “Every now and again it’ll come across that somebody has said something, but I don’t really care,” she shared. “The people who know what I did to get that going in the first place have acknowledged it, and that’s meaningful to me. I have more interesting things going on in my life.”
She admitted that the public judgment once affected her because viewers were forming opinions based on what they saw on television. “It used to bother me a lot because I think it’s really hard not to when you’re being judged on what people think is your personality,” Gang said. “But if I haven’t worked with you and you don’t actually know me, then what you say doesn’t matter to me.”
Adrienne Gang Reflects On Her Controversial Charter Guest
Gang also revisited the appearance of a previous charter guest who knew her before joining the show. “The guest was a previous charter guest of mine. That’s how I met him,” she explained. “He was also part of the production with the financing of that whole project.”
Gang said she found the way the situation was presented particularly interesting because the guest later became friendly with Captain Lee Rosbach while she received much of the criticism. “The way they made the whole thing look was very interesting because at the end of everything, he ended up becoming really good buddies with Captain Lee, and I was the one who got all the flak for it,” she said.
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She added, “I wouldn’t say we were great friends. I didn’t stay in contact with him afterwards for a multitude of reasons. As it turns out, he didn’t turn out to be a terribly nice guy anyway.”
Despite the criticism she faced, Gang remains grateful that she helped launch what eventually became a successful reality television franchise. “At the end of the day, I’m grateful I had a hand in something that went on to become what it is, with Emmy nominations and all,” she said. “I’m proud that I tried to represent the yachting industry professionally rather than play into reality TV culture.”
“Below Deck” received its first Emmy nominations years after Gang’s original season, according to Vanity Fair. The franchise has also expanded through multiple spinoffs. “We were the guinea pigs,” Gang reflected. “It was the Wild West, and we had no idea what we were getting ourselves into. But I’m still in the industry, and I know I did my part. I’m grateful for that, and I’m happy to leave it there.”
Destin Daniel Cretton is riding high. The Short Term 12 and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director’s latest movie, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, has webbed up well over two billion dollars at the global box office and counting. One would imagine that he’s been handed a black check for his next project, and that seems like it’s the case, as he’s set to adapt a beloved detective series for the big screen.
There’s no shortage of TV series that have been adapted into movies. Classic crime and detective series have been particularly malleable to the demands of a feature film; one of the earliest examples is Dragnet, the grandfather of all cop procedurals that became a cult classic 1987 action comedy with Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks. More recently, Michael Mann adapted his own creation, the sun-soaked thriller Miami Vice, into a film of the same name in 2006; now, Joseph Kosinski is returning to the same well with Miami Vice ’85, returning the franchise to the decade it originated in.
As reported by Deadline, Cretton is now attached to direct a movie based on the classic TV series Hawaii Five-O. The film will be penned by Chris Bremner (Bad Boys: Ride or Die), and produced by Noah Oppenheim for Paramount. Created by Leonard Freeman, the series debuted on CBS and ran for 12 seasons, all starring Jack Lord (Dr. No) as hard-edged state police captain Steve McGarrett; McGarrett led his team in cracking down on every crime found in the 50th state, typically ordering deputy Danno Williams (James MacArthur) to arrest the criminal of the week with a “Book ’em, Danno.” The series was famed for its lush Hawaiian locations, high-octane action, and surf-rock theme song, composed by Morton Stevens. It also had a successful reboot on CBS that ran for ten seasons between 2010 and 2020.
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Collider Exclusive · Taylor Sheridan Universe Quiz Which Taylor Sheridan Show Do You Belong In? Yellowstone · Landman · Tulsa King · Mayor of Kingstown
Four worlds. All of them brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. Taylor Sheridan doesn’t write heroes — he writes people who do what they have to do and live with the cost. Ten questions will reveal which one of his worlds you were made for.
🤠Yellowstone
🛢️Landman
👑Tulsa King
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⚖️Mayor of Kingstown
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Where does your power come from? In Sheridan’s world, everyone has leverage. The question is what kind.
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Who do you put first, no matter what? Loyalty in Sheridan’s universe is always absolute — and always costly.
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Someone crosses a line. How do you respond? Every Sheridan protagonist has a line. What matters is what happens after it’s crossed.
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Where do you feel most in your element? Sheridan’s worlds are as much about place as they are about people.
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How do you feel about operating in the grey? Nobody in a Sheridan show has clean hands. The question is how they carry the dirt.
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What are you actually fighting to hold onto? Every Sheridan character is fighting a war. The real question is what they’re defending.
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How do you lead? Authority in Sheridan’s world is never given — it’s established, maintained, and constantly tested.
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Someone new arrives and tries to change how things work. Your reaction? Every Sheridan show has an outsider disrupting an established order. Sometimes that outsider is you.
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What has your position cost you? Nobody gets to where these characters are without paying for it. The bill is always personal.
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When it’s over, what do you want people to say? Sheridan’s characters all know the ending is coming. The question is what they leave behind.
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Sheridan Has Spoken You Belong In…
The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you’re complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.
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🤠 Yellowstone
🛢️ Landman
👑 Tulsa King
⚖️ Mayor of Kingstown
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You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world’s indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you’re willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family’s weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what’s yours, you don’t escalate — you finish it. You’re not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone’s world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn’t make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.
You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You’re a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they’ll do to get it. You’re not naive enough to think this world is fair. You’re smart enough to be the one deciding who it’s fair to.
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You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.
You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.
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What Is Destin Daniel Cretton’s Next Project?
Before Cretton heads to the Aloha State, or back to New York City for a Spider-Man sequel, he’s off to Konoha, the Village Hidden in the Leaves in the Land of Fire. He’s adapting the long-running manga and anime series Narutofor the big screen in a new live-action film. Charles Melton (May December) is reportedly in talks to star in the film as the master ninja Kakashi.
A film adaptation of Hawaii Five-O is in development at Paramount; no release date has yet been announced. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
Billy Joel‘s decades-long relationship with live performances may be the very thing keeping him from the stage.
The 77-year-old music legend recently revealed that he underwent brain surgery after being diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus. The condition has already forced him to cancel performances and also quit his passion.
Billy Joel’s team canceled 17 scheduled concerts across North America and England. The rock star also owned collections including Harley-Davidson, Ducati, Moto Guzzi, Indian, BMW, and Triumph motorcycles, which were said to be auctioned in 2025.
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Joel’s health battle began publicly in 2025 after he was diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus, or NPH. The rare neurological condition involves cerebrospinal fluid building up inside the skull and pressing against the brain. One of Joel’s most difficult symptoms has been a constant problem with balance.
He described the sensation as feeling like he was walking on a boat. “I had this sense of being on a boat, like this rocking motion. I wasn’t steady on my feet,” the 77-year-old rocker said. Doctors eventually recommended surgery after his symptoms continued affecting his daily functioning.
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Joel initially rejected the idea but later researched the condition before agreeing to the procedure. The surgery involved placing a shunt to drain the excess fluid and relieve pressure on his brain. He has since said the procedure improved his memory, balance, and overall ability to function.
Doctors warned that continuing his loud rock performances could create damage similar to repeated concussions and potentially harm brain nerves. On the Wednesday episode of SiriusXM’s The Billy Joel Channel, Joel opened up about his recovery and made one thing clear: “I’m not going anywhere. I’m here. I’m still here.”
The ‘Piano Man’ Hitmaker Had To Give Up A 15-Year Passion
Joel’s health crisis has also affected a passion he spent years building away from music. His motorcycle shop, 20th Century Cycles, opened in Oyster Bay in 2010 and became a destination for motorcycle enthusiasts and tourists. The space reflected Joel’s fascination with motorcycles from the 1930s through the 1960s.
“I wanted to collect a whole bunch of those kinds of bikes, put ’em in one place,” Joel explained in a 2013 interview. He wanted visitors to see an era of motorcycles that was becoming “a lost aesthetic.” The shop also allowed motorcycle owners to repair, restore, and customize their bikes.
Its collection included Harley-Davidson, Ducati, Moto Guzzi, Indian, BMW, and Triumph motorcycles. One of the standout pieces was a rare 1952 Vincent Rapide, which could potentially sell for tens of thousands at auction.
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The shop’s importance to the community was further recognized when part of its Oyster Bay street was renamed after 20th Century Cycles in 2023.
Joel also used his motorcycle passion for charitable causes before his health deteriorated. He supported 9/11 first responders and breast cancer research through his connection to the motorcycle community.
As reported by The Blast, the Oyster Bay shop was set to close toward the end of September 2025, with Joel’s collection expected to be auctioned later that year.
The decision to step away from performing came after Joel’s condition began affecting his hearing, vision, and balance. His final performance was on February 22 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. His team subsequently canceled 17 scheduled concerts across North America and England.
The announcement came on May 23, after his doctors advised him to avoid rigorous performances during his recovery. He was prescribed specific physical therapy to help him regain his strength and stability. Performing had become increasingly difficult as his symptoms worsened.
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The “Vienna” singer’s motorcycle accident history also shows how long physical risks have followed him. In 1982, a car ran a red light and struck his motorcycle, leaving him with a dislocated wrist and a badly injured thumb. Years later, his doctors would identify an entirely different danger connected to another longtime passion: performing live.
The rock star was closing his motorcycle shop while focusing on his health and stepping away from performing. The outlet also detailed how his disorder had affected his hearing, vision, and balance. After 15 years, another major part of Joel’s life was therefore coming to an end alongside his touring career, as shared by The Blast.
The Legendary Singer Is Facing The Cost Of Decades Onstage
Joel has previously been candid about just how badly the balance problems affected him. During an appearance on Bill Maher’s “Club Random” podcast, he bluntly described his balance as his biggest challenge. “My balance sucks,” he said while explaining the strange sensation of feeling as though he was walking on a boat.
Doctors have not determined what caused his NPH. Joel even wondered whether his past drinking could have played a role, joking that he “used to drink like a fish.” He has since said he is sober while concentrating on his recovery.
His health struggles have also reopened conversations about a difficult period in his past. In the HBO documentary “Billy Joel: And So It Goes,” Joel pushed back against long-running rumors that alcohol caused his early-2000s car crashes. “I never had a DUI,” he said, while angrily rejecting the repeated claims.
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The documentary explored Joel’s depression, substance use, and complicated relationship with fame. It also examined his past suicide attempts, family history, and the emotional struggles behind his public life. Interviews with daughter Alexa Ray, sister Judy, and longtime stage designer Steve Cohen added further perspective to that story.
Joel’s first wife, Weber, has remained supportive while maintaining a respectful distance from Joel and his current family. The former couple married in 1973 before divorcing in 1982 after nearly a decade together. Weber and Joel’s relationship began while she was married to his best friend and bandmate, Jon Small.
Their affair contributed to the breakup of the band and a devastating period that included Joel threatening suicide twice. Weber later became associated with songs including “The Stranger,” “She’s Always a Woman,” and “Piano Man.” Despite their complicated history, Weber said she can contact Joel whenever necessary.
Their son Sean remains important to Joel, while their grandchildren have also kept him company during his recovery. Weber even recalled that her granddaughter Ella taught Joel what TikTok was.
Joel’s family has continued publicly supporting him throughout the health crisis. Christie Brinkley sent him love and wished him a full and speedy recovery, while wife Alexis Roderick described him as the center of their world.
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The Blast reported that Roderick and Joel married in a surprise ceremony at his Long Island estate in July 2015, with their daughter Della Rose born the following month.
Billy Joel’s biggest challenge may now be accepting that the stage he spent decades conquering can no longer come before his health.
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Some clothing items look like they belong on an Anthropologie rack, and scalloped tops are one of them. It might seem like a small detail, but scalloped edges have that effortlessly chic, feminine look the store is known for, with a slightly boho feel that makes any outfit look so much cooler.
But don’t worry — if you’re shopping on a budget, we’ve got you covered. Amazon is actually full of boutique-style scalloped tops that look like Anthropologie finds but cost much less (even though you would never know from looking at them). From versatile tees to cozy sweaters, there are options to get you through the end of summer, transitional weather and fall’s chilliest days. Shop our favorites below!
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13 Anthropologie-Style Scalloped Tops on Amazon
1. Our Favorite: An embellished scalloped hem and puffed sleeves give this scalloped top a very feminine look. The high neck makes it office-appropriate, but it’s so pretty that you can easily dress it up too.
2. Runner-Up: We love everything about this dainty button-up sweater, from the tiny cut-out design to the drawstring waist. The scalloped edges add a little extra charm, and the lightweight feel makes it perfect for fall.
3. Bright Stripes: Opt for bold, bright and casual with this striped long-sleeved top. Made of cotton with just a little stretch, it’s perfect for chilly end-of-summer nights or early fall days.
4. Cutest Prints: If you love a good print, you’ll love this short-sleeved sweater. The scalloped edges at the hem and neckline are subtle, and you get to choose between polka dots, florals and bows.
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5. Go-To Basic: There are so many ways to wear this ribbed long-sleeved top — it’s a true basic you’ll go back to again and again. The square neck and scalloped edges give it a subtly romantic feel as well.
You may think that floral prints are for only summer and neutral colors are just for fall, but rich moms aren’t following that ancient fashion rule. Instead, they’re rocking fall floral dresses, aka the most luxe, expensive-looking upgrade to boring solids. Even celebrities like Nicole Kidman and Halle Berry are on board, so naturally, so […]
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6. Soft and Cozy: Scalloped edges elevate your typical crewneck sweatshirt, and this one has a slightly oversized fit that makes it feel extra cozy. It’s still feminine and pretty enough to dress up just a bit, though.
7. Vintage Flair: There’s something about the brown and white polka dot design on this long-sleeved top that just gives Us vintage vibes. The scalloped neckline also makes it seem like it’s layered, which is a cute and stylish touch.
8. Fall Must-Have: This basic sweater is one you’ll want to wear every single day during the fall. It’s simple but still chic thanks to the scalloped edges and comfy, relaxed fit.
9. Wear With Everything: Swap your basic cardigan for this scalloped cardigan, which just looks a little bit more elevated and pulled together. You can choose between tons of colors (or buy more than one).
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10. Boho Chic: This tunic top could easily be sold for double the price on the Anthropologie website, but on Amazon, it’s a steal at under $20. We love the little bow detail and contrasted scalloped edges.
11. Expensive-Looking: With a high neckline and dramatically scalloped edges, this mockneck shirt just looks so sleek and expensive. The scalloped neck makes it less Steve Jobs and more rich mom.
12. For In-Between Days: Snag this V-neck sweater for transitional weather. The short sleeves make it ideal for warm afternoons, but the slightly heavier knit works when you feel that fall chill in the air.
13. So Sophisticated: The asymmetrical button-down look and scalloped design make this pullover sweater a win in our book. Wear it to the office with trousers or keep it casual with jeans.
When I think of fall, denim inevitably comes to mind. The easy silhouette effortlessly pairs with everything from heritage boots to chunky sweaters, making it an unfussy closet staple. And this season, denim is getting a head-turning upgrade. Printed jeans are in, elevating your look with unexpected patterns. Leopard print, floral embroidery and colorful splashes […]
The John Wick star is set to lead Kill Current, an upcoming adaptation of Oliver Lowe’s novel Kill Current: A Jon Hendricks Thriller. The Arena has acquired the project and will finance and produce the film, with Reeves also producing alongside Alexandra Grant through their newly launched production company, Two Dragonflies.
The story centers on Jon Hendricks, a burned-out CIA officer who is pulled back into action after losing the protégé he trained. His search for revenge sends him into a globe-spanning conflict involving shifting alliances, technological warfare and the battle for some of the world’s most valuable resources.
The upcoming novel is the first entry in a planned Jon Hendricks thriller series and is scheduled to be published by Zando in May 2027.
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“I’m excited and grateful for the opportunity to develop the character Jon Hendricks with these wonderful collaborators and that this is the project that launches Two Dragonflies which I share with my partner, Alexandra Grant,” Reeves said.
The project could potentially give Reeves another action franchise outside of John Wick, as Kill Current is being developed from the first installment of a planned book series.
Two Dragonflies was founded by Reeves and Grant to develop stories across film, television, animation, comic books, games, literature and other creative mediums.
No director, additional cast members or release date have been announced.
Liz Meriwether has spent over a decade proving that she can write anything. She got her start with New Girl, a Fox sitcom about the most aggressively earnest roommate in Los Angeles. And now, she’s running a show about a trafficking survivor who murders wealthy men as a form of therapy with Furious. (Hulu renewed that one for a second season before the finale even aired.) In between, she turned the Theranos saga into something that plays like a cringe comedy. So, yeah, the woman has range.
Meriwether’s thing, across every series she helms, is characters who are funny and damaged in equal measure. They cope with real trauma by being quirky or weird or both. None of it should work as well as it does, but six shows in, Meriwether keeps pulling it off. Here’s every one of her creations, ranked.
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‘Bless This Mess’ (2019–2020)
Dax Shepard and Lake Bell in Bless This MessImage via ABC
Dax Shepardand Lake Bellplay Mike and Rio, a married couple who leave New York City for a run-down Nebraska farm they’ve inherited, only to discover that rural life involves a lot more septic-tank emergencies and nosy neighbors than the Instagram version suggests. The show surrounds them with a lineup of small-town oddballs, including Pam Grier as a no-nonsense local and Ed Begley Jr. as a neighbor with too many power tools.
Meriwether co-created this one with Bell, and their affection for the setting is real, if a little restrained. The fish-out-of-water premise gives the cast plenty to do in any individual episode, but the show never quite figured out what it wanted to be beyond pleasant. It ran two seasons on ABC before getting canceled in 2020, and while it’s sweet and easy to watch, it doesn’t have the sharpness or the emotional undertow that Meriwether’s stronger work tends to find. Call it her warm-up lap for a busier stretch ahead.
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‘Single Parents’ (2018–2020)
Several parents sitting in chairs in a living room with kids facing forward in Single Parents.Image via ABC
Taran Killam leads here as Will, a recently divorced dad and amateur weatherman who’s forgotten that he used to have a personality outside of his kid’s school pickup line. His fellow single parents, played by Leighton Meester, Brad Garrett, Kimrie Lewis, and Jake Choi, take it upon themselves to remind him, mostly by dragging him to bars and forcing him to have fun. Meriwether co-created the show with J. J. Philbin, and it leans more into ensemble warmth than anything else.
The kid actors carry a surprising amount of weight here, and the show is at its best when it lets the parent-child dynamics get genuinely uncomfortable. It doesn’t reinvent the family sitcom, but the cast has real chemistry, and Garrett in particular plays his role with a kind of deadpan weariness that the show didn’t always know what to do with. ABC canceled it after two seasons, though it probably would have benefited from a third.
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‘The Dropout’ (2022)
Naveen Andrews and Amanda Seyfried as the main cast in The DropoutImage via Hulu
Most shows about the Theranos scandal would play it straight, but Meriwether created and oversaw this eight-episode limited series (based on the ABC News podcast) as something closer to a darkly dry comedy. The whole arc traces Elizabeth Holmes (Amanda Seyfried) from awkward Stanford freshman to a CEO running a fraud so big it would make a Bond villain pause, and the cast Meriwether assembled sells every stage of it. Naveen Andrews as Sunny Balwani, William H. Macy as a family friend turned patent adversary, Sam Waterston as George Shultz, and Stephen Fry as the Theranos scientist who deserved a less corrupt employer.
Seyfried is the reason The Dropout works. Her Holmes does that fake baritone, mirrors the mannerisms of powerful men, and then fumbles small talk with lab technicians. Seyfried makes all of it strangely funny without letting you forget the real consequences. The series proved Meriwether could do something cold and propulsive and still find the mortifying human moments she’s always been good at. Before you strap into the insanity that is Nathan Fielder‘s Holmes documentary, You Can See Everything, you owe it to yourself to revisit Seyfried’s performance in a Hulu miniseries that’s perfect from start to finish.
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Collider Exclusive · TV Medicine Quiz 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.
🚨The Pitt
🏥ER
💉Grey’s
🔬House
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🩺Scrubs
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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? The honest answer says more about you than the one you’d give in an interview.
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What do you actually want from the people you work with? Who you want beside you under pressure is who you are.
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You lose a patient you fought hard to save. How do you carry it? Every doctor who’s worked a long shift has had to answer this question.
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How would your colleagues describe the way you work? Your reputation on the floor is usually more accurate than your self-image.
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How do you feel about hospital protocol and procedure? Every institution has rules. What you do with them is a choice.
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What does this job cost you personally? Nobody works in medicine without paying a price. What’s yours?
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At the end of a long shift, what keeps you coming back? The answer to this question is the most honest thing about you.
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Your Assignment Has Been Made You Belong In…
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
Grey’s Anatomy
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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‘Dying for Sex’ (2025)
Michelle Williams and Jenny Slate as Molly and Nikki smiling and sitting next to each other in Dying for Sex.Image via FX on Hulu
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Michelle Williamsand Jenny Slate play Molly and Nikki, lifelong best friends navigating Molly’s terminal cancer diagnosis via a method that involves a lot more Tinder dates than most prestige dramas would attempt. Meriwether co-created and ran this one with Kim Rosenstock, adapting the podcast by Molly Kochan about her own experience leaving an unhappy marriage after her diagnosis and embarking on a run of sexual adventures. Sissy Spacek, Rob Delaney, and Jay Duplass round out the cast.
The show’s gamble is tonal, and it pays off. Williams plays Molly as reckless and stubbornly alive, even as the clock ticks. Slate matches her beat for beat as the friend trying to hold everything together while also being genuinely jealous of Molly’s sudden lack of inhibition. Meriwether and Rosenstock wrote something that doesn’t treat terminal illness as a metaphor for anything. It just sits inside the mess of being a person who wants more out of whatever time is left.
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‘Furious’ (2026–Present)
Meriwether has said Furious draws from the 1987 film Black Widow, but the show goes somewhere darker and weirder than that comparison suggests. A newly minted FBI agent named Alice Black (Emmy Rossum) is tracking a serial killer who targets men connected to a trafficking ring. The killer, Catherine (Lola Petticrew), is a young woman whose emotional development froze at 15, and the show keeps reminding you of that through pop music playlists and childlike accessories that sit right next to the violence. Scoot McNairy, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, and Jake Lacy round out the cast.
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What makes it work is that Meriwether spent time interviewing FBI agents who work on trafficking cases, and that research shows up in the small, grinding details of Alice’s job as much as in the plot. The show is the darkest thing Meriwether has made and also wildly funny in stretches. Thank the TV gods that Hulu has already renewed it for Season 2.
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‘New Girl’ (2011–2018)
Winston, Schmidt, Cece, Jess, and Nick looking out their balcony in the ‘New Girl’ series finale.Image via FOX
Zooey Deschanel is Jess Day, a teacher who moves into an L.A. loft with three guys after a breakup and proceeds to upend their very bro-y existence. The guys, Jake Johnson‘s grumpy bartender Nick, Max Greenfield‘s preening Schmidt, and Lamorne Morris‘ increasingly chaotic Winston, start out as her reluctant roommates and eventually become the most codependent friend group on television. Hannah Simone rounds out the core cast as Cece, Jess’s model best friend.
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Meriwether created the show and ran it through seven seasons, and what still holds up about New Girl is how committed it stayed to being weird. The easy version of this premise is a will-they-won’t-they with some quirky garnish, and while Nick and Jess certainly deliver on that front, the show’s real engine is the ensemble’s willingness to escalate. Schmidt’s pronunciation of “chutney” became a running bit that somehow never stopped being funny. Winston’s cat, Ferguson, got his own storylines. Even Damon Wayans Jr. was there for a stint of the group’s misadventures as Coach. The show trusted that its characters were interesting enough to follow into the strangest territories, and it was right. Nothing Meriwether has made since has run this long or burrowed this deep into the cultural zeitgeist. Yet, at least.
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Dame Judi Dench and Sir Ian McKellen gave fans another reason to admire their long-standing friendship during the August 31, 2026, episode of “Tea With Judi Dench.”
The two actors sat down for tea at Dench’s home and looked through her collection of awards, leading to a humorous exchange about their trophies.
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While showing McKellen her awards shelf, Dench picked up the Oscar she won for Best Supporting Actress for “Shakespeare in Love” in 1999. The statuette immediately caught McKellen’s attention because it did not have her name on the base.
Dench explained that she never received an engraved nameplate for the award, adding that the nameplates had been stolen two nights before the Academy Awards.
Lightening the mood, Dench joked that the statuette “could be anyone’s,” prompting McKellen to sarcastically ask whether she would give the nameless Oscar to him.
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“I certainly will. You can have it for everything,” Dench played along before handing the statuette to her longtime friend.
Ian McKellen’s Curiosity Left His Golden Globe In Pieces
As they talked, McKellen revealed he’d had a similar incident with one of the many awards he had received throughout his acting career.
He claimed that the Golden Globe he won for his supporting role in “Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny” also arrived without his name on it.
However, unlike Dench, who kept her Oscar looking pristine on the shelf, McKellen decided to find out how his trophy had been assembled. He discovered a screw on the bottom and used a screwdriver to take the award apart.
Unfortunately, he found it difficult to put the pieces back together. That created another problem when the Golden Globes asked him to return the award so that they could engrave his name on it.
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Fans Call Judi Dench And Ian McKellen ‘A Treasure’
Fans quickly reacted to the humorous exchange on social media.
One person wrote, “Oh. my. god. Sir Ian McKellen doesn’t have an Oscar! How???? I googled, and he’s been nominated twice.”
Another fan said, “He should at least get an honorary Oscar at this point. Come ON academy.”
Other comments focused on the pair’s chemistry, which was evident throughout the clip.
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“These two are fkin goobers. I love McKellen’s story about how he and Dench were at Buckingham Palace for an event, and they stumbled into the throne room, and both sat on the thrones like naughty children,” one fan wrote.
Another said, “I would watch an entire series of just them chatting away in various locations, about all their memories. They’re a treasure.”
Judi Dench Receives A Lasting Honor In London’s West End
Dench’s unengraved Oscar may have been one of the more unusual details from her conversation with McKellen, but another recent honor demonstrated how highly her career continued to be regarded.
In June, London’s Shaftesbury Theatre announced that it would be renamed the Judi Dench Theatre beginning in February 2027.
The decision recognized Dench’s contribution to British theatre following decades of performances in the West End and beyond.
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The theatre also had a personal connection to Dench, as she had performed there earlier in her career.
Ian McKellen Celebrates 65 Years Since His Professional Debut
Meanwhile, Dench was not the only one whose long career had recently received attention. McKellen marked 65 years since beginning his professional acting career on September 4, just days after his conversation with Dench aired.
He made his professional debut in 1961 in “A Man for All Seasons” at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry.
More than six decades later, his career includes over 60 major international acting awards. His honors include a Tony Award, six Laurence Olivier Awards, a Golden Globe, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, along with multiple Academy Award, Emmy, and BAFTA nominations.
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