IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Walton Goggins swears there is ‘no feud' with Aimee Lou Wood
Speculation began to circulate online after The White Lotus co-stars - who played Rick and Chelsea on the show, unfollowed each other on Instagram after the season three finale aired in April. But in a joint interview published by Variety on Wednesday, Goggins insisted there's never been a rift between himself and the English actress. 'There is no feud. I adore, I love this woman madly, and she is so important to me. This is Goldie Hawn. This is Meg Ryan. She can do anything, and she will. You watch what the next 20 years of her experience will be...."
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Painful story behind the new Harry Potter series
In any given week there are any number of images that are likely to elicit an Edvard Munch-y Scream but this week there was one photo, shot in a green and pleasant bit of England which could have doubled as a Wind In the Willows set, that should have set your hair on fire. In the image, three tweens crouch, broadly grinning for the camera, the trio having beaten out tens of thousands of other 9-11-year-olds to nab the lead roles in the New HBO remake of Harry Potter. Ohgodisthisagoodideareallyummmm…. Dominic McLaughlin, Alastair Stout and Arabella Stanton have been cast, respectively, as the Harry and his sidekicks Ron and Hermione, guaranteeing them fortunes, fame and never having to sit through year ten modern history should they not fancy. That day, they just might be in Cannes doing a quick red carpet or in Prague shooting Darron Aronofksy's newie. Ciao darling. I'm sure that for McLaughlin, Stout and Stanton it's a dream come true. They feel like golden ticket winners, the envy of kids the world over and are about to embark on an incredible adventure. But boring adult me looks at this publicity shot and wants to do some Munch-ing. Child stardom, historically, has a helluva chequered record. The announcement of McLaughlin, Stout and Stanton as the new faces of Harry Potter feels like the most double edged of swords going outside of a Roman military museum. On one hand, what child's dream would not be to get to skive off school to pretend to be a wizard all day while earning squillions? On the other hand, youthful fame is notorious for wreaking havoc and often coming with an extraordinarily high, lifelong cost. The most obvious casualties: Drew Barrymore, Cory Haim, Cory Feldman, Edward Furlong, Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears, Tatum O'Neil, Macaulay Culkin, and Amanda Bynes. We could also probably add in Justin Bieber considering he seems to really be going through something right now. Hello, stints in rehab, reality TV, and even court, with the occasional caught-by-the-paps, head-shaving breakdown thrown in there too. For decades it has been clear that childhood stardom both arrests and speeds up the normal sort of emotional, psychological and social development that you are meant to go through as you leave childhood and awkwardly galumph into adulthood. We've known all of this since Ronald Reagan was eating all the red jelly beans out of his Oval Office jar and yet every generation there are new fresh-faced enthusiastic pre-teens who don't, who can't, quite realise what they are about to sacrifice. Look no further than the original Potter stars, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint. They have all made clear that the actual acting on the eight original movies – the larking about on sets and the creative aspect of it all – was a real joy but that tremendous, global fame that came with it deeply affected them. Radcliffe, Watson and Grint might never have to worry about mortgage payments or how they can afford that ice cream truck they always wanted (Grint) but the life-altering reverberations of being cast in Potter are clear to this day. Radcliffe has, on a number of occasions, talked about how he started drinking heavily as a teenager to cope with it all. 'The quickest way to forget about the fact that you're being watched is to get very drunk,' he told Off Camera With Sam Jones in 2019. 'I was a recluse at 20. It was pathetic,' he told Shortlist in 2012. 'I'd stay in my apartment for days and drink alone.' During a Newsweek interview in 2022 he was clear: 'I wouldn't want fame for my kid.' Speaking to The Times in 2021, Grint said: 'I found it hard to deal with the fame side of things. If I ever do see Dan [Radcliffe] or Emma [Watson], fame is the one thing we never talk about.' Wade into the myriad of interviews Radcliffe, Watson and Grint have given over the years and the words they use to describe becoming global megastars so young are ones like 'scary', 'dehumanising', 'surreal and odd', 'weird' and 'vulnerable'. They have talked about feeling 'detached' from other teenagers. Grint said in 2018, when he would go back to his old school and see his peers, 'We had very little in common, which is quite isolating in a way.' Radcliffe, Watson and Grint won their roles in 2000 and yet here we are, 25 years later, and their careers and public identities are still indelibly shaped by a movie they started shooting a full year before 9/11 even happened. Smartphones didn't exist yet. Instagram had barely been invented when the final Potter movie came out. So, what will the future be like for McLaughlin, Stout and Stanton? They are about to embark on a project that will make them some of the most instantly recognisable teenagers in a world saturated by social media. How will they get through this unscathed? I'm sure their parents, HBO and every producer involved will do absolutely everything in their power to look after them; that they will all take every precaution and hire every child psychologist and adolescent specialist and on-set advocate to try and protect McLaughlin, Stout and Stanton as much as possible. But surely there is only so far a well-meaning studio and the most thoughtful and best of parents can go to shield them from real world consequences of their roles. Just think about what lies ahead. McLaughlin, Stout and Stanton will have to go through the profound, innate awkwardness of adolescence – the hormones, the physical and emotional changes – with People keeping a around-the-clock watch. Their faces will be on screens the world over. For a new generation, they will be Harry, Hermione and Ron. They will become immutable parts of the cultural furniture and nothing can ever change that. There will be no going back. They are making what could be a lifelong choice at 11. There will be at least one season per book, with the first out in 2026 meaning that, assuming there is one series per year, the final one could be screening in 2034. McLaughlin as the titular Harry will be 19-years-old by then. How will they be on the other side of this? I hope that what lies ahead for McLaughlin, Stout and Stanton is all the joy and fun and magic of bringing these characters to life. I hope against hope that they can somehow dodge having to walk the tough path that many other child stars have over the years. I hope. I so very dearly hope. And if all else fails, they can buy themselves an ice cream van I suppose.
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Naomi Watts and ex-husband Liev Schreiber hang out with new spouses in tow
They're the perfect ex-couple. Naomi Watts and ex Liev Schreiber celebrated their son Sasha's high school graduation as a blended family. The graduate was seen posing with Schreiber and Watts — and their respective spouses, Taylor Neisen and Billy Crudup — in a photo posted to Schreiber's Instagram yesterday. 'The graduate!!!' the proud father captioned the sweet photo. Sasha, 17, officially completed his schooling at the Manhattan private school Friends Seminary, with the graduation ceremony being held at Central Park on Friday. Schreiber, 57, wore a charcoal sport coat and matching pants, a blue button-down, sunglasses and a camera around his neck. His wife, 32, looked stylish in a denim maxi dress and sunglasses. Watts, 56, went with a colourful floral sundress, a sunhat and sunglasses. She also matched her brown shoes to her leather satchel. Meanwhile, Crudup, 56, went with a blue suit, no tie and aviator shades. Sasha honoured his academic achievement in a Gray suit with a blue polka-dot tie, suede shoes and sunglasses. Watts also shared photos from the event, including a snap of her ex and their son with the caption 'Congrats.' She also re-shared Schreiber's photo to her Instagram story, writing, 'What an incredible day,' as well as a selfie with her son in which she raved, 'He did it! So so proud.' Watts then shared several images capturing Sasha walking in his graduation procession and receiving his diploma. She and Schreiber, who broke up in 2016 after 11 years together, also share 16-year-old daughter Kai. The budding trans model, who uses 'she/her' pronouns, was also spotted at the event wearing a white ruffled sundress and brown slouch boots in paparazzi photos obtained by Page Six. Watts married Crudup in June 2023 while Schreiber married Neisen a month later. Schreiber and the former pageant queen, 32, welcomed daughter Hazel Bee that August. Crudup, for his part, shares son William with ex-wife Mary-Louise Parker, to whom he was married from 1996 to 2003.
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs's sobbing ex-girlfriend testifies at trial
Warning: This story contains details that may be distressing to some readers. A woman who was dating Sean "Diddy" Combs at the time of his arrest last year has broken down in tears in his trial while giving testimony about their many drug-fuelled sexual encounters. She told the New York court Mr Combs ignored her signals to stop and scolded her for crying after another encounter. Appearing under the pseudonym "Jane", the woman began her testimony in the Manhattan federal court on Thursday, local time. Jane continued her testimony on Friday, when she recounted how Mr Combs pushed her to continue having sex with men while he watched. She said this was even after she gave "subtle cues" — saying she was tired and hungry, making faces and gestures — that she wanted to stop. Instead, she said, he told her to "finish strong". Asked why she did not tell him outright, Jane sobbed: "I just, I don't know." Later, she said Mr Combs would shut her down when she tried to talk about ending the encounters, which she called "dark" and "sleazy". The 55-year-old has pleaded not guilty to running his business empire as a racketeering enterprise that enabled and concealed the abuse of women over two decades. The prosecution says he used his power to coerce victims into participating in marathon, drug-fuelled orgies known as "freak-offs". If convicted, he faces 15 years to life in prison. His legal team has asserted the sexual activities were all consensual and nothing Mr Combs did amounted to a criminal enterprise. Mr Combs, who was arrested on September 16 last year, has been denied bail, meaning he is in prison while the trial happens. He is being held in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. Mr Combs's trial in began on May 12 and it is expected to continue for another few weeks. Recordings of the trial are not allowed, which is why the only images from inside the court are drawings from courtroom artists. R&B singer Casandra "Cassie" Ventura, one of Mr Combs's ex-girlfriends has already testified, as has rapper Kid Cudi, whose legal name is Scott Mescudi. This article is a recap of the past two days of the trial. Jane's account has closely mirrored that of Ms Ventura's. Ms Ventura testified Mr Combs assaulted her and forced her into "hundreds" of encounters with male sex workers, encounters which have been referred to as "freak-offs". In court, Jane called them "hotel nights" and the men "entertainers". Prosecutor Maurene Comey sought to show that Mr Combs used his wealth to manipulate women into submitting to his sexual demands and make them reliant on him and his needs. By September 2023, Jane said, Mr Combs had been paying her rent for about five months. When asked what she feared would happen if she stopped doing hotel nights, Jane replied: "That Sean would take the house away." Mr Combs was still paying her rent, Jane said. If you need help immediately call emergency services on triple-0 After one hotel encounter, Jane said she cried and Mr Combs told her, "Don't do that right now," and, "I can't do this right now. I'm too high." She testified she had blacked out earlier from using the drug ecstasy, which Mr Combs gave her. During another encounter, she tried to remain sober but vomited in a bathroom after having sex with two men in a row. Mr Combs told her: "That's good. You'll feel better now that you've thrown up. So let's go." She then had sex with a third man, she said, describing herself as "repulsed". Jane said she endured the encounters because she valued time alone with Mr Combs afterwards. "I would really fight to block out how sad I was after," she said. In messages to him, she wrote: "My heart is really in this and it's breaking." Jane wiped away tears as she recounted the many ill effects of hotel nights, including constant back pain, frequent urinary tract infections (UTIs) and soreness in her genitals and pelvic areas. Jane dated Mr Combs from 2021 to 2024. On Thursday, she testified their relationship began as loving and passionate but soon veered into having her engage in sex with other men. The longest sessions lasted three and a half days, while most went on for about 24 to 30 hours. On Friday, she told the court she poured her thoughts into the Notes app on her phone in November 2021, drafting a message to Mr Combs but never sending it. "I don't know what you're calling me for, but I'm sorry I don't want to do drugs for days and days and have you use me to fulfil your freaky, wild desires in hotel rooms," Jane wrote in the unsent message. In 2023, she said she texted Mr Combs to say she longed to return to the early days of their relationship. She said regretted ever getting involved in the sexual encounters but felt obligated. Mr Combs responded: "Girl, stop," she told the court. Jane said the encounters continued into 2024 and she participated in one at Mr Combs's Miami-area estate as late as August — just weeks before his arrest at a Manhattan hotel. Jurors on Friday heard the first audio from inside one of those encounters. In the recording, Jane asked a man to wear a condom during her first hotel night, but Mr Combs "guilt tripped me out of it", she said. "It wasn't something he wanted to see," she said. Jane also said Mr Combs had her act as his drug mule at least twice, nervously smuggling pills in her checked luggage on commercial flights from Los Angeles to Miami. She said he divvied up in the coloured pills into bottles, and she ended up using some of the drugs with him. Her identity is being kept secret. To protect Jane's anonymity, the judge has barred courtroom observers from describing or sketching her appearance in a way that would reveal her identity. Ms Ventura's name and photos are being reported in this trial because she has chosen to go public with her story. Mr Combs's lawyers have tried to sew doubt among jurors about the credibility of the prosecution's witnesses. In opening arguments, lawyer Teny Geragos acknowledged Mr Combs had a "bad temper" and violent outbursts, but argued his sexual habits were part of a consensual swinger lifestyle. The defence painted Ms Ventura, for example, as an eager participant in the so-called freak-offs. When Ms Ventura was on the stand, Mr Combs's lawyers had her read texts and emails in which she expressed willingness to engage in the encounters. Before Jane began testifying, the defence cross-examined Bryana "Bana" Bongolan, a friend of Ms Ventura and a graphic designer, who is suing Mr Combs. Ms Bongolan testified that in 2016, Mr Combs held her over the edge of a balcony at a Los Angeles high-rise for 10 to 15 seconds. It was an episode that traumatised her and left her with lasting night terrors, she said. Mr Combs's lawyer Nicole Westmoreland suggested that Ms Bongolan lied or exaggerated. She noted Mr Combs was on tour for much of September 2016, including for shows on the east coast of the US — which is on the opposite side of the country to the Californian city of Los Angeles — at about the time of the alleged balcony incident. Ms Bongolan later testified she did not recall the exact date of the incident but had no doubt it occurred. AP
