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Atlanta: Owen Wilson spotted walking rescue dog in Atlanta

Atlanta: Owen Wilson spotted walking rescue dog in Atlanta

By Avery Newmark, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for AtlantaNewsAndTalk.Com Owen Wilson, who is frequently in Atlanta shooting movies, was spotted over the weekend walking a Fulton County Animal Services dog. Adoptee Mario was out on a “Dog For The Day” walk when he and his “date” ran into Wilson, according to a Facebook post from Fulton County Animal Services. “You never know what might happen on Dog For The Day, like running into a celebrity...like this guy. Owen got to meet Fulton County Animal Services star MARIO! Okay, okay just kidding. Mario was out on a date for the day and he…
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Los Angeles: Markie Post, ‘Night Court’ actor, dies at 70

Los Angeles: Markie Post, ‘Night Court’ actor, dies at 70

By Jake Coyle, The Associated Press Troy Warren for LosAngelesNewsAndTalk.Com #Celebrity #Entertainment Markie Post, who played the public defender in the 1980s sitcom “Night Court” and was a regular presence across several decades of television, has died Markie Post, who played the public defender in the 1980s sitcom “Night Court” and was a regular presence on television for four decades, has died. She was 70. Post's manager, Ellen Lubin Sanitsky, said Post died Saturday in Los Angeles after a years-long battle with cancer. Post was a longtime television regular who appeared in shows from “Cheers” to “Scrubs." But she was best known…
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Johnny Depp to Receive San Sebastian Film Fest Lifetime Achievement Honor

Johnny Depp to Receive San Sebastian Film Fest Lifetime Achievement Honor

BY SCOTT ROXBOROUGH | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment #Celebrity The Spanish festival is courting controversy by giving the disgraced former superstar its Donostia Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to the world of cinema. In a move certain to spark controversy, and a potential backlash, Spain’s San Sebastian International Film Festival will honor actor Johnny Depp with its Donostia Award, a lifetime achievement honor that recognizes “outstanding contributions to the film world.” Depp, inarguably one of the world’s most successful and well-known actors, is these days often seen as publicly toxic after his failed libel suit against British tabloid The Sun, which ended…
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Why Val Kilmer Skipped L.A. Premiere of Amazon Documentary

Why Val Kilmer Skipped L.A. Premiere of Amazon Documentary

BY CHRIS GARDNER | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #entertainment The 'Top Gun' star's children supported their famous father at the DGA-hosted premiere where they opened up on his health and how the film rewrites the media's take on him: "He hasn't ever been seen like this." Val Kilmer is doing just fine. The 61-year-old is the subject of Amazon’s intimate documentary Val about his life, acting career, artistic passions and the throat cancer that nearly claimed his life. Despite skipping the film’s world premiere in Cannes last month and staying home while it screened in L.A. on Tuesday, his children tell The Hollywood Reporter there’s…
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Austin: Why I Left Hollywood for Austin

Austin: Why I Left Hollywood for Austin

BY BECCA TOBIN | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for AustinNewsAndTalk.Com Becca Tobin, who stars in the new Disney+ series 'Turner & Hooch,' explains why she traded Laurel Canyon for the Texas burbs: "People now realize that life is short." In the middle of the pandemic, I was living in Los Angeles when my husband and I formed a pod with two of our other really close friends — Jamie-Lynn Sigler and her husband, Cutter Dykstra, and Haylie Duff and her husband, Matt Rosenberg. We had been chatting about how we’ve been able to do all our work remotely and were getting fatigued…
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Austin: How Austin Has Undergone a Pandemic Influx From Hollywood: “Growth on a Turbocharger”

Austin: How Austin Has Undergone a Pandemic Influx From Hollywood: “Growth on a Turbocharger”

BY JAMES HIBBERD | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for AustinNewsAndTalk.Com  As stars like Stephen Amell and Zachary Levi flock to the Texas capital, median home prices have risen a stunning 43 percent in one year in the "cool," "friendly" city: "I've just been waiting for the secret to get out," says Matthew McConaughey. “It’s absolutely insane,” marvels Jared Padalecki. “It’s like nothing I’ve ever seen. It’s growth and expansion on a turbocharger. You’re just going like … whoa.” That the Walker actor might struggle a bit to express the seismic changes to Austin over the past year is perfectly understandable. The Texas capital has undergone…
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Kathy Griffin Shares Update After Surgery: “I Fear Drugs and Addiction More Than Cancer”

Kathy Griffin Shares Update After Surgery: “I Fear Drugs and Addiction More Than Cancer”

BY ABBEY WHITE | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #lifestyle #celebrity Griffin opened up in a social media post on Wednesday following her lung cancer diagnosis, declaring that after a year of sobriety: "I now know I can do this and anything I want without those devil pills." Kathy Griffin shared an update on her condition after announcing that she had lung cancer and would undergo surgery on Monday, saying that while she’s OK, the post-surgery experience has been more than she expected. “To be honest, this cancer surgery was a little more than I had anticipated. Tonight will be my first night…
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Disney vs. Scarlett Johansson: Why “a Ton of Lawsuits” May Be Next

Disney vs. Scarlett Johansson: Why “a Ton of Lawsuits” May Be Next

BY KIM MASTERS | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT As the Bob Chapek-led regime goes to war with a Marvel star, Hollywood stars and creatives fear the end of massive backend deals. Let’s set aside for a moment the question of whether Scarlett Johansson has a legal leg to stand on in her fight with Disney over her compensation for Black Widow. Let’s even say she doesn’t, and that she is — as Disney has publicly contended — greedy and indifferent to the horrors of the pandemic. It doesn’t matter. Because even if all that were true, industry insiders agree, attacking Johansson so personally…
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Amazon Partners with Mercedes-Benz and Camila Cabello on ‘Cinderella’ Campaign (Exclusive)

Amazon Partners with Mercedes-Benz and Camila Cabello on ‘Cinderella’ Campaign (Exclusive)

BY JON ALAIN GUZIK | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT The singer and actress stars in a TV ad for the luxury auto maker, while the film's Billy Porter will unveil a glittering orange-and-gold custom Maybach. “It was one of the most fun experiences of my life. Growing up I was always a huge princess fan. I love that this version is funny and empowered.” singer and actress Camila Cabello tells THR in an exclusive interview about what it was like to step into the iconic role of Cinderella, which will be released on Amazon Prime Video on September 3. While Cinderella may have started off originally as…
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Matt Damon Says He Stopped Using “F-Slur” After Daughter Wrote “Treatise on How That Word Is Dangerous”

Matt Damon Says He Stopped Using “F-Slur” After Daughter Wrote “Treatise on How That Word Is Dangerous”

BY HILARY LEWIS | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT The actor said the incident took place after he made a joke "months ago," and recalls how the offensive term for gay people "was commonly used when I was a kid, with a different application." Matt Damon has revealed that he stopped using what his daughter calls the “f-slur for a homosexual,” after a recent joke from the actor prompted his daughter to write “a very long, beautiful treatise on how that word is dangerous.” In an interview with the U.K.’s Sunday Times published today, Damon recalls how the offensive term for gay people was “commonly…
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