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Seth Meyers mourns death of dog Frisbee
Seth Meyers is mourning the loss of his beloved dog, Frisbee. The Late Night host paid tribute to his family's late Italian greyhound in a poignant Instagram post, sharing snapshots of her as a puppy. "RIP to Frisbee, our OG IG who I was happy to go grey with," Meyers wrote. "She was at her best curled in your lap and patient when we dressed her up like a pilgrim. Thanks for 14 amazing years, girl." The comedian's former Saturday Night Live costars took to the comments section to pay their respects to the little dog. "Noooo! Frisbeeee!" Rachel Dratch wrote. "Sorry for your loss." Amy Poehler, who cohosted Weekend Update with Meyers, added, "Frisbee forever." Aidy Bryant also commented three pink heart emojis. Meyers gave an update on Frisbee's declining health during an episode of The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers podcast released earlier this month. "She's just really old," he said at the time. "She's not actively dying, but I would say that even a seven-year-old who's not a vet is like, 'Last days?'" Many of Meyers' fans also pointed out in the comments that the announcement of Frisbee's death comes just one day after Andy Samberg's 47th birthday. The comedian and Hot Rod star had publicly dunked on Frisbee for years.
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‘I want to be me': Nate Bargatze on his ‘different' approach to hosting the Emmys
With specials, arena tours, and a couple of Saturday Night Live hosting gigs already under his belt, Nate Bargatze is about to continue his ascent to stand-up stardom as the host of the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards. Gold Derby spoke with Bargatze about what it's like being both a two-time nominee (for his special Your Friend, Nate Bargatze) and the night's emcee, which comedians he turned to for hosting advice, and his next new frontier: movies. More from Gold Derby American Music Awards strikes 5-year deal with CBS and Paramount+ 'Severance' meets 'The Studio': Ben Stiller and Seth Rogen spill secrets on showbiz and their shows: 'Is this the type of thing that happens in Hollywood?' Gold Derby: Your most recently special was filmed in an arena. How does performing for a venue of that scale affect your material? Nate Bargatze: Doing the arenas is completely different, but it works. I'm in the round for the special, and the round is really great in an arena. It's lit very well, and we have bigger screens. You really feel like you're watching a live taping of a special every single night when the audience can see your face and I can play to the cameras. I get laughs that I wasn't getting in theaters because they couldn't see my face, and now they can. You can have little tiny face movements like in a movie, and it just gets a big pop. How do you know when material for a special is ready? Weirdly, it could be — in a sense — when you get tired of it. That's usually about when you're like, "All right, I gotta come up with some new stuff," kind of to the point of, "We need to tape this special." Where are you in the process of getting ready for your Emmys hosting duties? I'm talking about it every day, texting some of the writers, figuring out what we're gonna do with the cold open and that kind of stuff, just planning it and coming up with the ideas now. It's not like we have everything that's going to happen, but we have some groundwork in figuring out what our part of it is going to be. It's starting to get fun. What kind of host do you want to be, ideally? What sort of presence do you hope to be for the room that night? I want to be me. I want to do what I do with these audiences on the road, just make everybody feel like they're having fun. We will make jokes about show business and stuff, but try to show some love in the room, just being funny and silly. It's a big night for a lot of people and they're excited about that stuff, but then I have to think about the people that are at home watching and have that balance where you can be funny for them too. I think I'll make it feel different. I mean, I don't really come from doing TV or any of this stuff, so I think I'll have a different outlook on it. I live in Nashville, so hopefully I'll be able to put you a little more into my world. You're up for two Emmys on the same night that you're hosting the awards. Does having a job to do take some of the pressure off of being a nominee? Yeah, when it just says "Emmy nominee" and not "Emmy winner," it does help that it says "also host." That does make it so that maybe you're not just sitting there waiting, because I've got to do so much stuff to prepare to host the Emmys. Not to just completely forget about it, but it's almost like instead feeling like it's going to take forever to get to the Emmys, they're going to come quicker than I think. Are there past awards hosts that you think nailed the gig? I've talked to Conan [O'Brien] about hosting. His Oscars were so great, and he's done the Emmys too, so I've gone back to see what he did. I'm friends with [Golden Globes host] Nikki Glaser, so I obviously talked to her. The hard part is that you don't even really know what to ask. You got to kind of go figure it out on your own. I told Conan a couple ideas we had, and then he was like, "Yeah, we did that" or "We had an idea somewhat like that." When you hear that, you're on the right track, and you're like, "Alright, I am thinking somewhat like these people that have done it." You're going to be starring in your first feature film, . What can people expect from Nate Bargatze on the big screen? I have not seen it, but it seems like it's kind of good! We had a blast doing it. I have no experience to know what's fun and not fun as far as movies go. But who I'm playing is not too far off from myself, so it was easier for me to get into this world. I don't want to just go ruin the whole movie. I'm not crying, you know? Basically, I was like, "I don't know how to cry yet," so we're saving that for a few movies from now. Best of Gold Derby 'Australian Survivor vs. The World' premiere date and cast photos: 'King' George Mladenov, Cirie Fields, Parvati Shallow … 'Five new life forms from distant planets': Everything to know about 'Alien: Earth' as new trailer drops Everything to know about 'The Pitt' Season 2, including the departure of Tracy Ifeachor's Dr. Collins Click here to read the full article. Solve the daily Crossword
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Aubrey Plaza Opens Up About Jeff Baena's Death On Amy Poehler Podcast
Earlier this year, beloved indie filmmaker Jeff Baena, Aubrey Plaza's husband, died by suicide in his LA home. He was 47 years old. Following his sudden death, Aubrey and his family issued a statement reading, "This is an unimaginable tragedy. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has offered support. Please respect our privacy during this time." Then, almost a month later, Aubrey appeared during the 50th anniversary special for Saturday Night Live, where she introduced a performance by Miley Cyrus and Brittany Howard. She made a subtle and special tribute to Jeff by wearing a tie-dye shirt. In 2021, Aubrey revealed that she and Jeff got really into tie-dying, and they wore handmade tie-dye pajamas for their wedding. On The Drew Barrymore Show, Aubrey said, "So I decided that Jeff and I were going to wear tie-dye pajamas that he had made for us." Since Jeff's death, Aubrey has remained out of the public eye except for some small appearances until this week. To promote her upcoming movie Honey Don't!, Aubrey appeared on Amy Poehler's podcast Good Hang with Amy Poehler, and it marked the first time she's publicly talked about Jeff. While it would've been extremely valid not to discuss Jeff's death on the podcast, Amy elected to talk about it upfront. "To just get it out of the way," Amy began. "People want to see you and want to see how you are. They love you. They love you, and they want to see you." Amy continued, saying, "You've had this terrible, terrible, tragic year. You've lost your husband. You've been dealing with that, and you've been looking for all different ways in which to feel and find support. And I think, on behalf of all the people who feel like they know you and the people who do know you, how are you feeling today?" Taking a deep breath, Aubrey said, "I mean, right in this very, very present moment, I feel happy to be with you. Overall, I'm here and I'm functioning, and I feel, you know, I feel really grateful to be moving through the world. I think, like, I'm okay. But, you know, it's like a daily struggle, obviously." Aubrey then dove into a pretty perfect analogy for her grief, comparing it to the 2025 sci-fi film The Gorge, starring Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy. "In the movie, there's like a cliff on one side and then there's a cliff on the other side, and there's a gorge in between, and it's filled with all these monster people trying to get them," Aubrey explained. "And, like, I swear, when I watched it, I was like, That feels what my grief is like. Or what grief could be like." She continued, "Where it's like, at all times there's a giant, like, ocean of just awfulness that's right there, and I can see it, and sometimes I just want to dive into it and just be in it. And then, sometimes I just look at it. And then sometimes I try to get away from it, but it's always there." As someone who is personally still in the early stages of grief over the death of my mom last year, I understood this analogy so perfectly because yes, that's exactly what it's like. Sometimes the grief consumes me, and I can't really plan when or where, and other times I'm seemingly fine. There's a quote that's like, "Grief is like glitter. It clings to everything," and I think that's so true. There are little specs of grief glitter everywhere on me and in my daily life, but others might not see it; tiny pieces of it are everywhere. After Aubrey explained this, Amy did a beautiful job segueing to the next topic, and the rest of Aubrey's podcast appearance was about how she fell in love with comedy, their work together on Parks and Rec, Aubrey's other projects like Agatha All Along, and much more. Following the conclusion of their conversation, during Amy's final segment titled "Poehler Plunge," Amy took the time to spotlight the movies that Aubrey and Jeff made together, saying, "They are all really great, beautiful, funny films that you should check out and check out Jeff Baena's work. He's an incredible writer and director, and his work is really special." She also highlighted the National Suicide and Crisis Prevention Lifeline at 988 and Spotify's mental health resources. After Aubrey's episode of Good Hang dropped, many took to the comments and X, formerly Twitter, to express their gratitude for how delicately and perfectly Amy handled discussing Jeff with Aubrey. One popular comment on YouTube read, "The way Amy was the best in approaching Aubrey's grief and where she is at right now, and also bringing levity and humor with respect. Class act! That is a friend." Another echoed the sentiment, saying, "Props to Amy for her people skills. Knowing when a moment needs space but also when you can make it lighter by jokes and laughter is such an amazing skill to have ❤️ sending continuous love to Aubrey." And more chimed in throughout the YouTube comments, writing, "I also lost my partner this year and i didn't expect this episode to be so comforting. I thought they would just ignore Aubrey's grief as that is what most of my friends have done. It was nice to see everyone be so honest about it and not afraid of it.""Aubrey's analogy on grief absolutely wrecked me, It's so spot on. I have never ever ever been able to describe grief or what it feels like until this perfect analogy!!!!!! You ladies are everything. So grateful to be able to watch this <3""I love that Amy at the end of the podcast is sharing Jeff filmography and encouraging people to watch. His movies will always be with us. I hope Aubrey finds peace, sending so much love to her""Amy is so protective of Aubrey and clearly loves her so much. I'm so glad she could give Aubrey some space to come back into the public eye on her own terms. ❤️" You can watch Aubrey's full appearance on Good Hang with Amy Poehler below:
