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Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jesse Tyler Ferguson's dad questioned why he played 'so many gay parts'
Jesse Tyler Ferguson's dad "didn't understand" why he played "so many gay parts." The 49-year-old actor - who is best known for playing Mitchell Pritchett, who was married to Cam Tucker (Eric Stonestreet) in 'Modern Family' - welcomed his father's questioning because it led to a "whole other level" of their relationship because he was able to explain how important he felt to advocate for same-sex relationships on screen. Speaking on his 'Dinner's On Me' podcast, he said: "My family, they went through their own process with me being gay. "And my dad even asked me, while I was doing 'Modern Family', he's like, 'I just don't always understand why you have played so many gay parts.' "And it opened up a whole conversation between the two of us and started a whole other level of our relationship, because I had to sort of explain to him why it was important for me to play this role, because, socially, I wanted to be able to portray a gay man on television. I felt like it was gonna do wonderful things for the marriage equality movement, which it did." Jesse also noted the "tricky" balancing act of sharing personal anecdotes to connect with fans and not intruding too much on his family's personal lives. Speaking to his guest, actor Luke Macfarlane, he said: "I'm sure your parents were the same way. You know, their careers didn't beg for us to be so open with [themselves]. "And even I'm still learning how to open up in ways. I still have to keep parts of myself private. "We're expected in this industry to go on talk shows and talk about our personal life and to, you know, expose parts of ourselves for roles. And it's something that I think for my dad still a hard thing for him to understand. "If I go on a talk show and tell a story about the family, it's like, 'Why did you have to share that?' And I was like, 'Well, because it's a charming story about my life, and I'm just sharing a little bit of myself with people who wanna know something about me." The 'Cocaine Bear' actor - who is married to Justin Mikita - previously told of how he'd had to tell his parents he was gay at 17, 19, and 21 before they fully understood his sexuality. He told talk show host Oprah Winfrey in 2013: "The last was, he asked me if I had a girlfriend. I was like, 'Dad! I'm gay. Do we really have to go back to this every time?' "It was a process for him as well. It was sort of a coming-out process, and he had to figure out how to deal with having a son that wasn't the ideal son. He had this whole idea of what his son was gonna be, and he had to reconfigure his thinking."
Perth Now
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Jesse Tyler Ferguson's dad questioned why he played 'so many gay parts'
Jesse Tyler Ferguson's dad "didn't understand" why he played "so many gay parts." The 49-year-old actor - who is best known for playing Mitchell Pritchett, who was married to Cam Tucker (Eric Stonestreet) in 'Modern Family' - welcomed his father's questioning because it led to a "whole other level" of their relationship because he was able to explain how important he felt to advocate for same-sex relationships on screen. Speaking on his 'Dinner's On Me' podcast, he said: "My family, they went through their own process with me being gay. "And my dad even asked me, while I was doing 'Modern Family', he's like, 'I just don't always understand why you have played so many gay parts.' "And it opened up a whole conversation between the two of us and started a whole other level of our relationship, because I had to sort of explain to him why it was important for me to play this role, because, socially, I wanted to be able to portray a gay man on television. I felt like it was gonna do wonderful things for the marriage equality movement, which it did." Jesse also noted the "tricky" balancing act of sharing personal anecdotes to connect with fans and not intruding too much on his family's personal lives. Speaking to his guest, actor Luke Macfarlane, he said: "I'm sure your parents were the same way. You know, their careers didn't beg for us to be so open with [themselves]. "And even I'm still learning how to open up in ways. I still have to keep parts of myself private. "We're expected in this industry to go on talk shows and talk about our personal life and to, you know, expose parts of ourselves for roles. And it's something that I think for my dad still a hard thing for him to understand. "If I go on a talk show and tell a story about the family, it's like, 'Why did you have to share that?' And I was like, 'Well, because it's a charming story about my life, and I'm just sharing a little bit of myself with people who wanna know something about me." The 'Cocaine Bear' actor - who is married to Justin Mikita - previously told of how he'd had to tell his parents he was gay at 17, 19, and 21 before they fully understood his sexuality. He told talk show host Oprah Winfrey in 2013: "The last was, he asked me if I had a girlfriend. I was like, 'Dad! I'm gay. Do we really have to go back to this every time?' "It was a process for him as well. It was sort of a coming-out process, and he had to figure out how to deal with having a son that wasn't the ideal son. He had this whole idea of what his son was gonna be, and he had to reconfigure his thinking."
Time of India
13-05-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Did Donald Trump told 'Ozempic Santa Elon Musk': ...it's not working
President Trump's anecdote on a friend taking a 'fat shot' is going viral. Talking to reporters on Monday, May 12, said that a 'neurotic' and rich friend got their 'fat shot' at a discount while traveling abroad — and that this episode prompted a drug company executive to admit to him that they were overcharging Americans. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Trump shared the anecdote as he signed an executive order intended to drastically reduce the price Americans pay for pharmaceutical products. 'A friend of mine who's a businessman — very, very, very top guy, most of you would have heard of him — a highly neurotic, brilliant businessman, seriously overweight, and he takes the fat shot,' Trump told reporters. 'And he called me up … he's a rough guy, smart guy, very successful, very rich … 'Mr. President, could I ask you a question? I'm in London, and I just paid for this damn fat drug I take.' 'I said, 'It's not working,'' the President joked. 'He said, 'I just paid $88 and in New York I pay $1,300. What the hell is going on?' He said, 'So I checked, and it's the same box made in the same plant by the same company. It's the identical pill that I buy in New York. And here I'm paying $88 in London, and in New York, I'm paying $1,300.' 'Now, this is a great businessman, so — but he's not familiar with this crazy situation that we have. But he was stunned,' Trump added. 'I brought it up with the drug companies, represented by somebody who's a very, very smart, good person too. And we argued about it for about a half-hour. And then finally, he just said, because they can't justify it, he just said, 'Look, you got me. You got me. I can no longer justify [the price difference].' Tired of too many ads? go ad free now ' Donald Trump's fat friend is 'Ozempic Santa Elon Musk' or ... Trump's story has made everyone speculate who the person he shared the story about is. Most people think Trump was talking about Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Reason being that Elon Musk has publicly stated that he uses a weight-loss drug called Mounjaro, which is made by Eli Lilly, and jokingly referred to himself as 'Ozempic Santa,' in the photo he posted of himself on Christmas in 2024. In the picture, Musk is standing in front of a large Christmas tree. He can be seen smiling in the attire with a large Santa beard, with his hands placed on his waist. Sharing his 'Santa' look on Twitter, Musk wrote: "Ozempic Santa." Responding to a comment on the post, Musk said that he uses Mounjaro, a medication similar to Ozempic, primarily used to manage type-2 diabetes by lowering blood sugar levels. He jokingly added, "Like Cocaine Bear, but Santa and Ozempic! Technically, Mounjaro, but that doesn't have the same ring to it." What is President Trump's executive order on pharma companies President Trump signed an executive order on Monday aimed at reducing Americans' pharmaceutical costs by up to 90% by linking prices paid by government programs like Medicare to those charged to overseas customers. 'We've been subsidizing other countries globally,' Trump said at the White House signing, describing the order as one of his 'most important.' He noted that some prescription drug prices could drop by 50 to 90% almost immediately. 'Big Pharma will either comply voluntarily, or we'll use federal authority to ensure fair pricing.' The order revives Trump's 'most favored nation' policy from his first term, now with a renewed focus on shifting more research and development costs to foreign countries, which experts say the U.S. has disproportionately borne.
Los Angeles Times
31-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Alden Ehrenreich's mission to make L.A. a ‘theater city' involves a 119-year-old trolley station
Alden Ehrenreich should be tired. He's just returned from Italy after about three months of filming across Europe. He's off to the Philippines for his next film tomorrow. But as he sits under a blooming citrus tree at the entrance of his new theater, he's overcome with energy. He could rhapsodize about live theater for hours if you let him. The actor, who starred in his first film — Francis Ford Coppola's 'Tetro' — while still in high school, just wants to play. After more than a decade in the industry, he longed to find a space to do just that. He yearned for the uninhibited artistic exploration of his late teens and early 20s when he was a part of theater groups with friends. 'That sense of freedom and play is kind of our birthright. It's innate to us,' he said. 'It's sort of artists' job, in a way, to fight for and protect that freedom.' So he bought a historic substation in Cypress Park, determined to make it an artistic hub where he and others could get back to youthful creativity that's often 'quelled' by industry expectations, Ehrenreich said. Huron Station Playhouse, which celebrated its soft opening last fall, has become his 'pride and joy.' The L.A. native had a marathon year in 2023 — appearing in 'Cocaine Bear,' 'Fair Play,' best picture winner 'Oppenheimer' and writing, directing and starring in the short film 'Shadow Brother Sunday' — and he's not slowing down anytime soon. In just a few months, he'll appear in Disney+'s Marvel miniseries 'Ironheart.' He says he not only loved his character, but his collaborators too. He's also set to star opposite fellow 'Star Wars' alum Daisy Ridley in 'The Last Resort,' appear in the horror film 'Weapons' and star alongside Helen Mirren in 'Switzerland,' an adaptation of the play by the same name. With a strenuous work and travel schedule, Ehrenreich said he felt the need for an artistic home base. When he came across a building that predates the Hollywood sign, he knew he found the perfect space to reinvigorate himself and other Angeleno artists. 'This has been extremely helpful for me, just psychologically,' he said. 'You end up living this very itinerant existence. And this,' he said, motioning to the blades of grass outside the theater's entrance he'd been fiddling with while speaking, 'could not be more, not that. To be able to put love and attention and growth into something that continues to be there is really helpful.' Ehrenreich wanted a place where art could be produced without the pressure of commercial success. 'What business does, understandably, is focus on results. 'How much money is this going to make? Who's going to see it? Blah, blah, blah.' And when you're focused on results, you can't really play because every gesture, every move that you make has this baggage on top of it,' he said. 'The true magic and joy of these things doesn't always survive the infrastructure of the business side.' That being said, Ehrenreich has appeared in a number of big-budget projects that were subject to that commercial pressure, including his starring role as Han Solo in the 2018 'Star Wars' prequel, 'Solo: A Star Wars Story,' which underperformed at the box office. But he appreciates both the major studio production side of his resume and the theater side. 'It's harder than it's ever been nowadays to only do one [genre or style] for a lot of different reasons,' he said. 'The most important thing is that you still get to use the muscle of the thing that you really care the most about. It also is possible in some of those commercial environments, when it's helmed by somebody who has a really personal vision, for those things to be genuinely creative.' Another part of his mission to 'reenvision L.A. as a theater city' is to make Huron Station Playhouse a watering hole for artists. After play readings last fall that launched the theater, cast members and theatergoers mingled and conversed on the patio outside the building. Ehrenreich said this is a crucial part of how he hopes the Playhouse will establish a collaborative artistic community in what can often feel like an isolated city. 'A lot of actors only meet each other at parties thrown by Hollywood entities, agencies or companies. I could meet someone who's the most exciting artist to me in the world. The conversation we're gonna have there is not gonna lead to the great American novel. It's just not,' he said. 'I just always felt kind of hungry for that. And I think in L.A., it has to be a little bit more of a fight to carve out that ground.' When he began searching for commercial real estate in L.A., Ehrenreich said this was the first place that came up on Google. The same person who, years earlier, had performed in original plays — written by friends — under a construction light in an abandoned house, had finally found a permanent space to forge the theatrical hub he'd been dreaming of for his hometown. He got the keys to the Huron Substation in 2021. The Huron Substation was built in 1906 in Cypress Park to convert the Los Angeles Railway Yellow Cars to a higher voltage. A relic in a town where not much is over a century old, the building still maintains the original brickwork, although some spots bear the remnants of a fire in the '80s. The 45-foot ceiling and exposed wood beams would be the stars of the space if it weren't for the giant chandelier lighting the main floor. Ehrenreich brought in furniture and decor with the help of his mom, interior designer Sari Ehrenreich. Much of the building was well maintained and didn't require much work, but they added a restroom by the entrance where Ehrenreich and his collaborators got creative, crafting an intricate tile design on the floor and installing antique lamps from an old department store. A spacious mezzanine sits above the stage and seating area and it will function as a shared workspace for artists. Ehrenreich envisions a place where writers can ask peers for help with a script or toss around pitches and workshop ideas in a safe and welcoming environment. Downstairs, there is no fixed stage so directors can choose where the audience will be in relation to the actors. The close proximity between performers and patrons creates a sense of intimacy that's difficult to replicate, said Julie Cohn, the executive director of Huron Station Playhouse. 'There's an electricity, first of all, being in a space like this, but an electricity in being this close to an actor who is really going through something right in front of you,' Cohn said. 'Nothing is polished about it, it's super raw and really electric in a way that not only I've missed, but I think everyone has missed.' Those who attended the first performances at the theater — readings of the plays 'Gloria,' 'Intimate Apparel,' 'Cock' and 'You Got Older' — were treated to a unique experience with cast members, including Stephanie Hsu, Alia Shawkat, Chris Perfetti and Ehrenreich. The readings were sold out weeks in advance. While that early buzz was exciting for Ehrenreich and his team at the Playhouse, he said it also validated his theory that Angelenos were just as hungry as he was for an intimate style of theater like the rich off-Broadway scene in New York. 'I definitely feel that need for people to be together. I need it,' he said. 'I'm the audience member that I'm trying to speak to in certain ways.' All of this ties back to Ehrenreich's deeply rooted love for theater. He is a true student of the arts, rattling off actors he admires and recommending a biography he's currently reading on director Mike Nichols. Ehrenreich's first performance in a play — a production of 'Our Town' in which he played George and had his first kiss at age 13 — lit a fire under him. When he lived in New York, he saw an off-Broadway production of the show seven times. 'That play has a certain magic to it about appreciating life, as we're living it, that still completely bowls me over,' he said. But don't expect to see Thornton Wilder's 1938 Pulitzer Prize winner at Huron Station Playhouse. Ehrenreich and Cohn agreed they'd focus on contemporary plays at the start of the theater's life, straying away from classics or abstract titles. Ehrenreich said he wants to spotlight material that even non-theater buffs will appreciate and connect with, and highlight strong characters to inspire moving performances. The next reading will come at the end of May for the play 'Killing and Dying,' directed by Tony nominee Anne Kauffman and co-produced by Ari Aster's production company, Square Peg. Next, screenwriting and playwriting circles will kick off, and the Playhouse team plans to ramp up other programming for young artists. Between movie and TV shoots, Ehrenreich hopes to take a seat in the director's chair for a reading himself. While Ehrenreich could — and gladly would — speak about the theater's goals and his dreams for the space at length, he and the crew at Huron Station Playhouse seem to sum it up perfectly in the 'house values' posted outside the entrance, just below the plaque designating the site an L.A. historic cultural monument. Those values are: Be present. Have fun. Treat every person with kindness and respect. Give it all you got. And lastly — believe in art.
Yahoo
23-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Samara Weaving and Jimmy Warden Reveal the Rule That Keeps Their Marriage from 'Getting Strained' (Exclusive)
Samara Weaving and Jimmy Warden aren't about a one-size-fits-all approach to marriage. The couple have been married for five years and just released their horror-comedy Borderline, starring Weaving and marking Warden's directorial debut. Asked in a chat with PEOPLE about the film if there are any rules they follow to keep their relationship strong, the actress says, "When I'm away or if Jimmy's away shooting, we try not to go two and a half or three weeks [without seeing each other]." "And then we get weird," says Warden, while his wife adds that, if they are apart any longer, things "start getting strained" between them. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories. Related: How Samara Weaving's Husband Jimmy Warden Felt Directing Her Kisses with Ray Nicholson in Borderline (Exclusive) "We do daily jokes too," Warden, who also wrote Cocaine Bear, continues of himself and his Ready or Not actress wife, 33. "Like, voice notes of just jokes." One common practice the couple don't abide by? The popular never-go-to-bed-angry rule. Instead, the filmmaker tells PEOPLE, they sleep on their feelings — and sometimes the issue resolves itself. "We go to bed annoyed, and then we wake up and we're like, 'Why were we annoyed?' " Warden says. "A lot of people talk it out until it's 2 a.m. and we're just like, 'No, let's just go to bed.' " "Go to bed angry. It's fine," Weaving agrees. The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now! Related: Chris Evans and Wife Alba Baptista Are 'Exactly Right for Each Other,' Says Her Borderline Director (Exclusive) Set in '90s Los Angeles, Borderline stars Ray Nicholson as Duerson, an obsessive fan of Weaving's pop star Sofia who breaks into her mansion to stage their wedding. Also starring Alba Baptista, Borderline features the wedding scene near the end of the film. Asked whether any of their own wedding-day details made it into the scene, Weaving tells PEOPLE, "We never actually had a wedding." "We got married but then COVID hit, so we had to cancel the wedding," she says, joking that they "put in a pool" in their home instead. "Well, we made the movie instead," adds Warden. "I guess we had our wedding, and it's in the movie." Borderline is in theaters and on digital now. Read the original article on People
