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Cosmopolitan
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Cosmopolitan
Who Is Manny Jacinto's Wife, Dianne Doan?
Apologies to everyone who's been drooling over Manny Jacinto's Cosmo Centerfold, but the Freakier Friday star is, indeed, off the market. He's been with his wife, fellow actor Dianne Doan, for well over a decade, having met in a dance class before Manny even started acting. However! The two are so low-key about their relationship that you may not have even realized they're together, which is why I think it's time for a deep dive. Ahead, everything you need to know about Manny's wife Dianne, including how they met, when they got married, and what makes them such a good match. First things first... Yep, that's right. Like Manny, Dianne is an actor, and she's best known for playing Kora in season 7 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., as well as Mai Ling in Cinemax's Warrior. You also might recognize her as Lonnie (the daughter of Mulan and Li Shang) from the Descendants franchise or Molly Tran from Grey's Anatomy. Before breaking into acting, Dianne made her living as a dancer—and in fact, it was in a dance class that she first met Manny. As she recounted during a 2023 interview, '[We] were dancers, and we met in a hip-hop fundamentals training program called Soldiers in Vancouver.' Speaking of which... Also like Manny, Dianne is Canadian, and during an 2024 interview, she spoke about how moving from Vancouver to Los Angeles helped her develop her confidence as an actor. 'When I came to America, the first thing I noticed was an innate confidence in this culture,' she said. 'Only in the last couple of years have I found my voice and feel like I matter and am making room for myself.' While it's not clear how long Dianne dated Manny before he popped the question, it's obvious that he put a lot of thought into the proposal. When asked about the engagement during an interview with Vulture, Manny said, 'I took her to places that really meant a lot to us. Where I first met her, where I first saw her, where we had our first date, and where we had our first dance class.' He added, 'I took her through five different places, and at the last place I had our families waiting and I proposed.' It's not clear exactly when they got married, but during his Cosmo Blind Date episode, Manny confirmed that he and Dianne tied the knot all the way back in 2021. During his Centerfold interview with Cosmo, Manny revealed that a 'great date' for his wife would involve a home-cooked meal (though apparently, he's not much of a chef himself). 'I wish I could cook, but she comes from a family that does a lot of cooking, and a lot of the connection has been made at the dinner table,' he explained. Her ideal meal? 'For Dianne, it would be something Vietnamese because she's Vietnamese,' he continued. 'Whether it be pho or Bún Bò or something that's comfort food for her.'
Express Tribune
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Taron Egerton reportedly returns to dating scene after split with Chloe Bennet
Taron Egerton is back on the dating scene, reportedly seeking romance on the celebrity dating app Raya, following a potential split from actress Chloe Bennet. As per DailyMail The Rocketman star, 35, was recently spotted on the app after moving to Los Angeles, suggesting his relationship with Bennet has ended just months after it became public. Egerton and Bennet, known for her role in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., were first seen together in December, enjoying a romantic stroll in New York City. The couple had reportedly been dating secretly for several months, with their relationship confirmed only a short time before their public outing in the Big Apple. They had also spent time in both the US and the UK, with insiders describing their bond as private yet strong. However, the emergence of Egerton's Raya profile, where he mentioned he was visiting London but resides in LA, has led to speculation that the couple has called it quits. The profile also included a music track, Lou's Tune by DARGZ, suggesting a change in his personal life. -Instagram. This marks Egerton's return to the app after his previous split from long-term girlfriend Emily Thomas in 2022. The actor, who had been in a relationship with Thomas for several years, had deleted all traces of her from his social media following their breakup, citing strained schedules as a cause. He had also used Raya after the 2022 split to ease back into dating. As Taron navigates his personal life, he appears to be open to new connections, continuing his journey following the end of his recent romance with Bennet.
The Independent
05-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Daredevil: Born Again is Marvel's last chance to save its disastrous streaming run
Titles rarely come more loaded than Daredevil: Born Again. Disney+'s latest series is a reboot and continuation of Daredevil, the well-regarded Marvel show that aired on Netflix between 2015 and 2018. Charlie Cox returns as the blind crime-fighting lawyer Matt Murdock, while Vincent D'Onofrio is Kingpin, a villainous mafioso with a bald head and the dimensions of a mid-range people carrier. Amid a churning sea of superhero content, Daredevil managed to find its footing; it was gritty, modest in its ambitions, and beloved by fans. The title Born Again is both an homage to a beloved 1986 Daredevil comic arc and a nod to the fact that this is a revival series. But there's another metatextual meaning here. The past four years have seen Marvel try and fail to replicate its cinematic dominance in the world of streaming; Daredevil: Born Again is the 15th Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) series to hit Disney+ since 2021. Marvel will be hoping that the series can itself be a rebirth – that the company's misguided forays into the world of streaming can be transformed, phoenix-like, into something capable of flight. If Daredevil, a tried-and-true formula with a built-in fanbase, can't do it, then I'm not sure anything will. In the early days of the MCU – that is to say, between the theatrical release of The Incredible Hulk in 2007 and the launch of Disney's proprietary streaming service in 2022 – the TV arm of the MCU was an entirely different beast. It began on traditional broadcast television: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013-2020), the sci-fi series co-created by Avengers ' Joss Whedon, ran for seven seasons on AMC, while Agent Carter (2015-16), a period spy series focusing on Hayley Atwell's Captain America character, ran for two. When the TV ecosystem began its pivot to streaming, Disney turned to Netflix to licence another run of shows – Daredevil, Jessica Jones (2015-19), Luke Cage (2016-18), Iron Fist (2017–18), The Punisher (2017-19) plus the The Defenders (2017), which brought together all the series leads into one crossover miniseries. These series were nominally set in the same world as the Marvel films – with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Agent Carter even enlisting including some of the MCU's lesser-known film actors as cast members. But they were also conventionally televisual: more modest than the movies in scope and budget. Absent the mass appeal of the theatrical films, these TV shows attracted more of a niche audience of genre fanatics. Avengers might have been an event, but Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? This was just another night of network television. Disney, though, had higher ambitions. When the company decided to launch its own streamer, Disney+, in late 2019, it fixed upon a starkly different approach to Marvel's TV slate. By this point, the MCU had distended beyond its wildest ambitions. It was now more than 20 films deep into its theatrical franchise, and more popular than ever. Just as their movies had monopolised the industry, so too, they thought, would their new streaming series. A whole roster of shows were announced, featuring high-profile actors from the movies, bigger, cinematic budgets and production values. And they were going to be released in formidable quantities. Call it hubris. Call it folly. Call it a simple miscalculation. But – while their initial effort, the inventive and worthwhile WandaVision, proved a hit – the last four years of Marvel's streaming output has been underwhelming to the point of disaster. Series after series has come and gone without lasting impact, save for the attention of comic-book purists: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loki, Secret Invasion, Ms Marvel, Moon Knight, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, and the recent Echo among them. The fact that some of these series cost more than most blockbuster films (She-Hulk a mind-boggling $225m) and recruited some bona fide A-listers (Oscar Isaac in Moon Knight; Samuel L Jackson in Secret Invasion), made no difference. Critical responses largely ranged from damning to indifferent – a vast soundboard of voices all intoning the word 'meh'. And while each fresh venture brings with it a core of diehards insisting that, no, really, this one is worth your time, they're yet to convince the bulk of the TV-viewing public. Where once Marvel's TV shows were sort of like nerdy younger siblings to the core cinematic franchise, or perhaps a shabby but endearing uncle, now the Disney+ relations descend upon gatherings as a swarm of gauche and ill-adjusted cousins, dressed like spivs and poisonous to the vibe. And, what's more, they won't stop procreating. It's worth noting too that Marvel's streaming slump has coincided with a drop-off in interest in its cinematic slate, and industry-wide 'superhero fatigue' – even if the garish phenomenon of Deadpool vs Wolverine last year proved there's still gold somewhere in them thar hills. Which brings us back to Daredevil: Born Again. I don't know if Daredevil: Born Again will live up to expectations, if the pulpy appeal of the Netflix original will have survived the transition to Disney+. There's certainly a chance it could have: Marvel's head of TV Brad Winderbaum has said that Born Again (along with last year's Agatha All Along) represented a conscious pivot towards more thriftily budgeted series – a production model more in line with traditional TV than the blockbuster sprawl of, say, She-Hulk. But even loyal fans will have their doubts: there's every chance that Born Again will fall into the same pit of forgotten content that's claimed the rest of Marvel's streaming efforts. Crucially, though, they're going to tune in and find out. If the MCU is striving to be born again, to wash away its sins, there may never be a better chance. Can I get a 'hallelujah'?
