*Nobody wanted* to break into Hollywood more than a young Jackie Tohn
*Nobody wanted* to break into Hollywood more than 'Nobody Wants This''s Jackie Tohn. Tohn shared her adorable story with The Times while on the carpet on the (and taught us all a new word in the process!)
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Los Angeles Times
6 hours ago
- Los Angeles Times
DDG makes serious allegations about Halle Bailey; restraining order against her denied for now
DDG has failed for now in his attempt to get a domestic violence restraining order preventing Halle Bailey from taking their son, Halo, out of the country — but not for lack of trying. The rapper, real name Darryl Dwayne Granberry Jr., made serious allegations about Bailey in a new court filing this week after she served him with a domestic violence restraining order in mid-May. DDG must keep his distance from his 'The Little Mermaid' ex and their son, who turns 2 in October. He was also ordered to refrain from contacting them in any way, including electronically. On Wednesday, when a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge was expected to consider whether to make the temporary order more permanent, the 27-year-old influencer's attorney requested that Bailey be prevented from traveling internationally with Halo, specifically to Italy, alleging there was a risk she would kidnap the child. The filing also asked that the hearing be continued to a later date. DDG's team got the later date. His attorney did not reply to The Times' request for comment. The domestic violence restraining order request, which was denied pending a hearing later this month, was supported by DDG's version of some of the same incidents his 25-year-old ex cited in her May filing, according to court documents reviewed by The Times. It includes declarations from Tonya Granberry, DDG's mother, and George Charlston, her fiancée, who is also DDG's driver, alleging they found Apple AirTags that had been hidden in the rapper's vehicles and in Halo's diaper bag, presumably by Bailey. DDG's team complained in his filing about Bailey's alleged 'emotional instability and coercive control,' her 'repeated threats of suicide and self-harm' and instances where she 'endangered the child's safety while in emotional distress.' The filing includes text exchanges in which Bailey sent myriad frantic-sounding messages, many more than DDG replied with. In one exchange, which occurred after he drove off following an argument in 2022, Bailey sent texts 'claiming she had a knife and implying she would harm herself if he did not return,' the filing says. 'YOI HATE ME AND WANT ME TO DIE!!!' she said amid a flurry of text messages in March 2024, according to the filing, following up with texts saying 'I WANT TO DIE BECAUSE OF YOU!!!' and 'I WILL DIE BECAUSE OF YOU!!!' In February, Bailey told DDG via text that 'everyday i want to die because of the way you embarrass me online and allow other women to speak on me,' the filing says. The two dated for two years before breaking up in October 2023; their son was born a couple of months later. Bailey allegedly 'weaponized' her pregnancy to try to persuade DDG to reconcile with her, the filing says. The court filing alleges she tried to medically abort Halo in June 2023 but didn't take the second dose of medication that would complete the task. The rapper said the singer-actor went through his phone while he was asleep, slapped and punched him during a fight over the phone, falsely claimed that he slammed her head into his car's steering wheel during a custody exchange and surveilled him by planting Apple AirTags in his vehicles. He accused her in the filing of tracking the AirTags to show up uninvited to events and studio sessions where he was, 'often resulting in confrontations.' 'During emotional outbursts,' the filing says, Bailey 'has destroyed my personal property including my laptop that contained critical music and content word' and 'stole my legally owned firearm during an argument in August of 2023 and was found outside the house in possession of it.' In March 2024, Bailey allegedly sent DDG 'a series of alarming text messages threatening to kill herself and suggesting that their infant son, Halo, might also be harmed,' the document says. 'She then proceeded to drive her vehicle — with the child in the car — while in an emotionally unhinged state. [DDG] was so disturbed by her condition that he immediately contacted [her] godmother to intervene and assist.' The filing, which includes photos of a gash in DDG's thumb that he said Bailey caused, notes that similar exchanges happened last September and October, demonstrating that Bailey's alleged 'instability is not a thing of the past, but a present and ongoing danger.' Bailey's attorney did not respond immediately to The Times' request for comment. DDG found out about Bailey's restraining order against him via a phone alert in the middle of a livestream in May — no advance notice of the request was given because Bailey, according to court documents, was afraid he would retaliate with violence or by taking Halo out of the area. In her declaration, Bailey accused DDG of 'badmouthing' her to his millions of fans on Twitch and YouTube whenever he 'wants to cause upset.' 'He claims I am withholding our son and that I am with other men. As a result, I then receive threats and hate on social media. He seems to try to set up drama for his fans. He goes 'live' ranting about me and alleges that I am keeping Halo from him. This is false. I have requested a set schedule, which he refuses.' She also said he frequently calls her 'b—' and says she is 'evil.' She detailed one physical altercation from January of this year that ended with her bruised with a chipped tooth. Bailey was giving DDG their son and strapping him into the rapper-streamer's car when, according to her filing, she asked when the child would be returned. A verbal dispute quickly turned physical, the court document said, and he pulled her hair and slammed her face into the steering wheel. But DDG says that is false — according to his filing, she hit the steering wheel while launching herself forward from the back seat while trying to hit him. He says he attempted to 'shield himself' by holding her arms down so she couldn't keep hitting him. 'I wanted to get out of the car with Halo but was now stuck,' Bailey said in her filing. 'Darryl then said that since I would not leave the baby in the car, he would take me with them. He drove quickly towards his house. When we arrived at his house, I was crying and told his family what happened. I begged his family who were there to help me figure out a schedule with him. They said just leave Halo and go. I left hysterical.' A hearing in the case is now scheduled for July 24. On Thursday evening, DDG lamented his public status on X (formerly Twitter) and got a heaping helping of backlash in return. 'now I know how michael jackson felt being famous,' he wrote. 's— crazy.' For the most part, X users did not agree. Here's a sampling of the reactions: 'let's aim lower, ur more latoya jackson in terms of fame.' 'You are a Z lister. Stop comparing yourself to an actual talented man who had streets closed down for him and was globally recognized.' 'Everyones crazy is their own crazy. But Michael Jackson lived a life few can even imagine. Its not really the same.' 'mj performed for presidents, royalty, and broke world records. and you? you went viral on TIKTOK. oh come on man, be SERIOUS.' 'You're not famous bro ... You're just known.'
Yahoo
16 hours ago
- Yahoo
‘Ginny & Georgia' Season 2 Recap: What To Remember Ahead Of Season 2
Trigger Warning: The below contains mention of self harm. One of Netflix's biggest YA shows Ginny & Georgia is about to return with a third season, and while Season 3 is sure to be wild, Season 2 set the stage for that. More from Deadline 'Ginny & Georgia' Season 3: Everything We Know So Far 'It's All About Perception' In 'Ginny & Georgia' Season 3 Teaser Trailer Everything We Know About 'Nobody Wants This' Season 2 So Far It's been over two years since Season 2 hit Netflix in January 2023, so some details might be fuzzy. The ensemble cast between seasons will remain largely the same, with a few newcomers in the world of wealthy Wellsbury, where Georgia (Brianne Howey) has moved her children Ginny (Antonia Gentry) and Austin (Diesel La Torraca) for their latest chapter of life. Find a full recap of everything to remember from Ginny & Georgia Season 2 below: Georgia Smothered Tom Fuller, And Austin Watched Her Do It Arguably the biggest plot point to remember going into Season 2 is that Georgia did kill Tom Fuller, husband of Cynthia Fuller (Sabrina Grdevich). He was on hospice in a downstairs office in the Fuller home with only little time left to live. One night, when she was picking up Austin from a playdate with Cynthia's son Zach (Connor Laidman), Georgia sat down with Cynthia, who voiced how hard it was watching Tom hold on. She also said how she hoped he knew he could let go. Austin and Zach were playing a game of hide and seek, and Austin had chosen the closet in Tom's hospice room for his hiding spot. He then saw his mom come into the room and smother Tom with a pillow before running out to Cynthia crying 'I think it's time!' Georgia Married Mayor Paul Randolph, And Got Arrested During the Reception Georgia's wedding to Paul Randolph (Scott Porter), whose heart she captured in Season 1 of the show, faced several road bumps because at one point, she cancelled the ceremony at The Mount, a prestigious Edith Wharton estate, since she wasn't sure Paul would still want to marry her. More on this later, but she basically had to come clean about her full past, which is not all squeaky clean, to the Wellsbury mayor, who took a night to sleep on it. Unfortunately, after a beautiful ceremony complete with Joe's white horse Milkshake, an old friend of Georgia's, pulling her to city hall in a carriage and her walk down the aisle in a fluffy light blue Cindarella-esque ball gown, P.I. Gabriel Cordova (Alex Mallari Jr.), who had been embedding himself in Wellsbury under the disguise of an English teacher to date Paul's campaign advisor Nick (Dan Beirne), arrested Georgia for the murder of Tom Fuller. The finale ended in a heartrending scene of Georgia being driven away in a cop car as Austin chased after her crying. Most of the town was in attendance at the wedding to witness this turn of events. Ginny & Marcus Broke Up Both Ginny and Marcus Baker (Felix Mallard) both went through it last season in terms of their mental health, with Ginny self-harming by burning with a lighter and Marcus experiencing the onset of a depressive episode. The pair tried to be there for each other, but between Marcus' depression — narrated in an expertly written episode by Mallard himself — and the chaos with Ginny's mom, they had a miscommunication moment during the high school musical — Wellington — during which Ginny told Marcus to tell her he didn't want to be with her after she overheard him expressing how he wasn't sure he should be with Ginny to his twin sister Maxine (Sara Waisglass). Marcus seemed apathetic to the situation, but only because the depression was sucking away any feeling for him, and he didn't chase after Ginny when she ran away crying down the hallway. Max did tell Ginny that Marcus was depressed and that she and their parents were worried about him, so Ginny showed up as a friend for him in the end. Ginny's Self-Harm The end of Season 1 saw Ginny run away with Austin from their mother to her father Zion's (Nathan Mitchell) place in Boston after she realized that Georgia poisoned her ex-husband Kenny (Darryl Scheelar) with a blue flower. At Zion's she was self-harming with a lighter by burning her inner thighs, and after a few moments with this and seeming outbursts that were really cries to help to her dad, he put her in therapy with Dr. Lily (Zarrin Darnell-Martin) without Georgia knowing. Georgia did later find out that Ginny was burning herself after Marcus returned Ginny's therapy notebook, painted on the cover, as a Christmas present, and she left it lying in her bag in the hallway. Georgia then attended a therapy session with Ginny, which was entertaining, interesting because Georgia is not used to expressing her feelings or holding space for her daughter, and ultimately productive for both parties. Gil Came to Town Austin's father Gil Timmons (Aaron Ashmore) re-entered the picture in Season 2 as well, first showing up to Austin's school and performing his signature magic tricks before revealing to Georgia that he was around. As shown in the flashbacks with Georgia portrayed by Nikki Roumel, Gil (played by Ben Steele Caldwel) became violent toward her even after she got pregnant with his child. Georgia framed Gil for embezzlement once she realized that he was already doing that, and she escaped from him with both kids, but once he tracked them down after he got out of jail on parole, he antagonized Georgia once more. He even went as far as to try and get an apartment in town to 'be closer to his son,' but once Cynthia, who at first was helping him, saw him grab Georgia aggressively at Austin's school, she blocked his housing application out of solidarity with Georgia. This next part fills in the details of what prompted Georgia to come clean to Paul. One night, Gil came over to Georgia's house to threaten her over his blocked housing application. Austin, coming to his mother's defense, pulled out a gun that she had hidden under her dresser, and shot his dad in the arm. The Bakers heard it across the street, but no police were called. Georgia stitched up Gil's arm, and Ginny cleaned up the blood with bleach. Austin drew an adorable picture of a family of four (him, Ginny, Georgia and Paul) to hang over the bullet hole in the wall in the kitchen. Georgia knew that telling Paul this would make him mad for a few reasons, one being that he had already discovered a gun she was hiding under a different credenza downstairs, and after getting upset with Georgia about it because he passed legislation to prevent gun ownership in homes in Wellsbury, he asked her if she had any more in the house. She told him no. Wellington, The School Musical 'Wellington' was the school musical for theater kids like Max, Bracia (Tameka Griffiths), Marcus' friend Silver (Katelyn Wells), who designs the costumes and Bryon (Agape Mngomezulu). Max played the witch, and Bracia played the main star in the musical, which mimics Bridgerton in a way. And Bracia found out that Escape Room Bryon returned her crush after he told her that she was the reason he did the play. Abby Developed an Eating Disorder After overhearing their friend Samantha (Romi Shraiter) throwing up in the bathroom in Brodie's (Tyssen Smith) basement where they often hang out, drink and party, it seems that this influences her to start doing so as well in a manner commonly associated with bulimia. During a hook up scene with Matt Press (Damian Romeo), he notices that Abby also tapes her legs. None of MANG, the friend group acronym for Max, Abby, Nora and Ginny notice that Abby develops these habits. Zion Started Dating Simone Ginny's father Zion also had a new love interest enter the picture last season, Simone (Vinessa Antoine), a Harvard law graduate who is a defense attorney. Ginny asked her dad if he loves Simone, and she could tell that he does. One day while Christmas shopping with Georgia, Ginny's mother decides to stop by Zion's 'bachelor pad' when Simone happens to be over, and the run-in is a bit awkward because that was Georgia's first time learning about Simone. She tried to tell Ginny that 'when daddy has a new girlfriend, we tell mommy,' but Ginny set her boundary and asked her mom not to put her daughter in the middle. Joe Slept with Cynthia Last, but certainly not least, Joe (Raymond Ablack), owner of Blue Farm where Ginny works and many Wellsbury locals often hang out, slept with Cynthia last season. He had been helping her out during Tom's hospice by cooking them food and just checking in on her whenever she was at his restaurant, and one thing led to another with the pair having sex in Blue Farm. Nothing came of it afterwards, though Cynthia said they both got something they needed out of what happened, and they stayed friendly after. Joe also let Ginny use Blue Farm for Georgia's bachelorette party, and she left her Ray-Ban sunglasses there. He went to return them, and their chemistry and tension was palpable. Fans will recall a scene where a much younger Georgia encountered Joe, took those sunglasses from him and left. Everything comes full circle when he gives them back, and the pair realizes they both remember their encounter. RELATED: Best of Deadline 'The Real Housewives Ultimate Girl's Trip: RHONY Legacy' Photo Gallery
Los Angeles Times
18 hours ago
- Los Angeles Times
With ‘Dogma's' re-release, director Kevin Smith's prayers for his cult classic have been answered
For more than a quarter century, director Kevin Smith has tried to resurrect 'Dogma,' his religious satire about two fallen angels looking to get back into heaven. Recently, his prayers for the 1999 comedy were finally answered. On Thursday, the movie got a theatrical re-release across 1,500 AMC Theatres screens in honor of its 25th anniversary. Technically, the milestone was last year. But the second coming of a movie that brought us one of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's best on-screen collaborations and an A-list comedic ensemble — including George Carlin, Chris Rock, Janeane Garofalo and Alan Rickman — not to mention the meme-worthy, winking 'Buddy Christ,' warrants a long-awaited hallelujah. 'It's got a good legacy to it,' Smith said of the film. 'It's become the 'umbrella film' for me. The umbrella film is the movie that no matter what you do, even if you make s— that people don't like, they won't crucify you — pun intended — because you made a movie that they like.' Though the sparkling period of Smith's career is largely defined by 1994's 'Clerks' and 1997's 'Chasing Amy,' his fourth film, 'Dogma,' steeped in irreverence and hilarity centered around his former Catholic faith, is still considered one of his classics. The movie debuted at Cannes in 1999. He returned to the renowned film festival last month, when the comedy played in the Cannes Classics section, just days before sitting down with The Times on camera to discuss 'Dogma's' whirlwind re-release. In the interview, the director, writer and actor recounts how the movie was saved by filmmaker and actor Alessandra Williams, who raised money to buy the film from Miramax earlier this year, decades after it was acquired and shelved by disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein. Weinstein sold Smith's film, along with a trove of others, to Williams to help pay for his legal defense, Smith said. In collaboration with Iconic Events, the film has since been remastered in 4K for its screening tour and is being shown in select AMC theaters. Smith is well-seasoned when it comes to touring his old films, pairing the screenings with Q&As and stand-up performances throughout the live presentations. It took little time for him to book a sold-out, 20-city tour aimed at getting fans fired up to come see 'Dogma' once again under much different (and safer) circumstances. 'Even with getting people aware of the movie this time around, it's not as fraught with peril as it was back in the day,' Smith said, referring to the death threats, protests and 400,000 pieces of hate mail he said the movie garnered from Christian extremists who denounced what they believed to be the film's mockery of their faith. 'You Jews better take that money you stole from us and start investing in flak jackets,' Smith said while closing his eyes and reciting one of the letters from memory. 'We're coming because we're coming in there with shotguns. Signed, Your Brothers in Christ.' Though the controversy of the film has definitely waned, the inspiration behind the film remains steadfast, Smith said. 'To me, it plays like a kid really trying to celebrate his faith after having grown up in a church where every Sunday, everyone seemed to be mourning it. So I think [people hopefully see it] for what it is. It's a love letter to spirituality.'
