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CBS News
4 days ago
- General
- CBS News
Folsom Zoo Sanctuary asks for public's help in naming its new bear
The Folsom Zoo Sanctuary has taken in a new bear, and the public can now help choose its name. Back in March, the Folsom Zoo welcomed a bear named Herbie after the closure of a different Northern California wildlife facility. Herbie was living with a female bear at the other facility, but for some reason the other handlers wanted the pair to go their separate ways. Circumstances changed, however, and the female bear has since joined Herbie at the Folsom Zoo. Don't miss your chance to help name the zoo sanctuary's newest resident! The new Eurasian Brown Bear is enjoying her... Posted by Friends of the Folsom Zoo Inc on Tuesday, June 3, 2025 Now, the zoo is asking for the public's help in choosing the female bear's name. For a minimum donation of $5, people can vote for either Matilda, Petunia or Magnolia as the bear's name. The Folsom Zoo Sanctuary is home to dozens of animals. The zoo's summer hours run Thursday through Sunday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Washington Post
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
Want a Tony? Try playing one of these iconic roles.
Danny Burstein was uniquely aware of the legacy he was joining when the actor rehearsed for the Broadway revival of 'Gypsy' and prepared to portray Herbie, the compassionate talent manager who romances Mama Rose. Burstein, 60, had appeared in the 1993 production of 'Three Men on a Horse' alongside Jack Klugman, the actor who played Herbie in 'Gypsy's' 1959 Broadway premiere. Over the years, Burstein also worked with Jonathan Hadary, John Dossett and Boyd Gaines — the actors who had inhabited Herbie in the beloved musical's three most recent Broadway revivals. After all four of those performers earned Tony Award nominations for the role, Burstein wasn't daunted by the prospect of living up to their performances. In fact, he invited their influence.
Indianapolis Star
25-05-2025
- Automotive
- Indianapolis Star
Hey you on the red carpet: What's your favorite car in a movie or television show?
IndyStar posed a single question to several celebrities and athletes who walked the Indy 500 red carpet Sunday: What is your favorite car you've seen in a movie or show? Here are some of their answers: Terry Crews (retired NFL player and actor from 'Everybody Hates Chris' and 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine'): Herbie from 'The Love Bug': 'It was cute. It was wonderful. It was for family. It's kind of like me,' Crews said with a laugh. Kathy Ireland (actress; designer; entrepreneur; and model for Sports Illustrated, Vogue; and Cosmopolitan): the magical flying car from 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.' DeForest Buckner (Colts defensive tackle): James Bond's Aston Martins. Kat McNamara (singer and actress known for 'Shadowhunters'): the Mystery Machine from 'Scooby-Doo' and the Millennium Falcon from 'Star Wars.' 'I'm just a big old nerd,' McNamara said. 'Those were the ones that I think were iconic for me growing up as a kid. Full disclosure: When I'm at Comic Con and there's a Mystery Machine or Millennium Falcon, I will go see it and sit in it and hang out.' (Editor's note: People may disagree as to whether the Falcon is a car, but it's race day and we're having fun, so we're counting it.) Matt Barr (actor from 'Hatfields & McCoys' 'Blood & Treasure,' and 'Walker'): the Shelby Cobra from 1995's 'Bad Boys.' 'There's something about those kind of classic cars — there's a danger to them, you know … you just drive and the universe decides what happens,' Barr said. Katie Feeney (social media content creator who has covered major sporting events): the Batmobile. 'I love superheroes, and I love any Marvel … type of movies,' Feeney said. Natalie Grant (Grammy-nominated vocalist who sang the national anthem at the 2025 Indy 500): Herbie from 'The Love Bug.' It was 'cute, felt like it was your friend, felt like it loved you. It was just like, how could you not love it?' Grant said. Ephraim Owens (musician, composer and bandleader from Indianapolis who sang 'America the Beautiful' at the 2025 Indy 500): 'My son would hate me if I didn't say this, but 'Lightning McQueen' wins every time.' Owens said his son loves that McQueen is 'really, really fast and he's funny. And he loves saying 'Ka chow.'' Michael Evans Behling (actor, known for 'All American' who attended Columbus North High School in Indiana): the Batmobile Tumbler from 'The Dark Knight.' 'I love its versatility and the fact that it can blow things up but also go silent,' Behling said. Reggie Wayne (former Colts player and now wide receivers coach): 'Eleanor,' the 1967 Ford Mustang from 'Gone in 60 Seconds'.
Buzz Feed
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
20 Child Stars Open Up About Exploitation
Becoming famous at a very young age is usually overwhelming for celebrities, and for many child stars, their career in entertainment was chosen for them by their parents. Because of their youth, they can easily get taken advantage of. Many former child stars have shared how their parents took advantage of their fame and money or how powerful people in show business mistreated them. These are some celebrities who have spoken about it: Lindsay Lohan has spoken about being overworked as a child star and not having time to rest or go to the doctor. Lohan said that she could only fit in an hour of rest during her hectic work schedule in the mid-2000s. 'I was recording an album in my trailer on the set of the movie [Herbie] and promoting the album while shooting, like, TRL,' she recalled. 'I remember this so specifically: I had to go to the dentist. I had no time to go to the dentist, but something happened with my tooth. The dentist had to come to see me. It was just so much all the time.' Lohan also said that a big part of her work on herself was learning to say "no," as she said that as a child actor, 'They teach you to say 'yes' to everything, and that's not really what life's all about.' Emma Watson has said she was terrified of the global interest in her as a child during the Harry Potter films. "As a young person that feeling of not being comfortable in my own skin was exacerbated by the microscope I was under," she explained. "The level of questioning I was under, coming at such a young age. People asking me, 'What do you think of this? Who are you, who are you, who are you?' I felt so inadequate because I just didn't have answers yet." She continued, "I had so many friends who had a clear sense of self. Who knew that they liked certain things, like the smell of grass or what their favorite color was. I envied those girls because I was so unsure of myself. I questioned everything. I was terrified by the level of interest in me." She also added she "used to have to go numb and close myself off" just to get through events and red carpets. Shirley Temple's mother Gertrude started her in the entertainment industry when she was a toddler, and by the time Shirley was 12, she had starred in 44 films. Shirley was making over $200 a week from 20th Century Fox Studios, but she kept $20 a week after her parents took their share. By the time Shirley was an adult, she had earned $3.2 million, but she only found $44,000 in her accounts because her father allegedly didn't put her money as a child star in a court-ordered trust. Alyson Stoner wrote in an essay that at the age of 6, she had to audition for scenes depicting sexual violence and that it took an emotional toll on her. She also stated that at 12 years old, she was overworked and chronically stressed, which led to her being malnourished and having eating disorders. She added that many companies made her work more hours than are legal for a minor, that set conditions were inappropriate and hazardous, and that she also experienced sexual harassment. Cole Sprouse spoke up about having trauma from childhood fame and how "every single person going through that trauma has a unique experience. When we talk about child stars going nuts, what we're not actually talking about is how fame is trauma." He added that he and his brother Dylan Sprouse can't even compare their experience to the female child stars on Disney Channel because they "were so heavily sexualized from such an earlier age." Raven-Symoné opened up about how when she was a child, she was body-shamed for years and that people in the industry would tell her to watch her weight. She also claimed she was not allowed to eat on the set of The Cosby Show: "I remember not being able to have the bagel or anything at — we would call it crafty, where it's just a table of food, ready for you to eat whatever you want. And I remember people would be like, 'You can't eat that. You're getting fat!' I'm like, 'I'm 7! I'm hungry!'" Christy Carlson Romano revealed that her mother had tried to get all of her siblings into performing, but that she was the only one who had success with it. At 6 years old, she was already booking small roles on television. Christy revealed she was devasted after landing the role in Even Stevens, because at the time, she was finally starting to have a normal life in her hometown of Connecticut, was dating a boy, and didn't want to leave her family for Los Angeles. 'I've never really unpacked how that must have felt, but I know that it was very traumatizing,' she said. As an adult, she realized how little control she had over her childhood and now feels that parents should only seek out acting opportunities for their kids if it is organic to their dream. Miley Cyrus has stated how the fame from starring on Hannah Montana probably caused her some serious psychological damage. She enjoyed acting and being on the series, but once she started to tour as the Hannah Montana persona, it became too much. She explained how because she toured as Hannah in real life, people didn't distinguish Miley Cyrus from Miley Stewart, the TV character, and it became harder for her to do so herself. She said, "I think that's what's probably a little wrong with me now. I mark that up to doing some extreme damage in my psyche as an adult person." When Taylor Momsen was asked to explain her "bad attitude" on the set of Gossip Girl, she answered that her parents signed her up with Ford Modeling when she was just 2 years old. She said, "No 2-year-old wants to be working, but I had no choice. My whole life, I was in and out of school. I didn't have friends. I was working constantly and I didn't have a real life." In 1989, Gary Coleman sued his parents for misappropriating his multimillion dollar fortune while he was working as a child actor on Diff'rent Strokes. When he turned 18, he found his accounts basically empty, so then in 1989, he sued his parents and ex-manager. Gary was awarded $1.3 million, but after legal fees, bad investments, and medical bills for his lifelong kidney problems, he filed for bankruptcy in 1999. By the time he died in 2010 at 42 years old, he had not spoken to his parents in about 20 years. Brooke Shields' mother was her manager at the start of her career, and she received a lot of backlash for letting 12-year-old Brooke play a child sex worker in Pretty Baby, which included a nude scene of her. Brooke has expressed that she doesn't regret doing the film, saying, "I was such a naïve, innocent child. I wasn't Lolita. I didn't have that precocious understanding of my sexuality." She's often defended her mother for letting her participate in the film. In 2014, she defended her mother, saying that she considered the movie mild for what's acceptable in films now. When Brooke went to Cannes Film Festival, the film caused an uproar, and someone trying to cut Brooke's hair with scissors had to be restrained. She expressed how traumatic this was, saying, 'I had never seen frenzy like that. It was so obscene but absurd. I couldn't identify with magnitude of the attention was really scary.' She still has no regrets about doing the film. In 2018, when asked if she would let her daughters be in a movie like Pretty Baby, she said, 'In this environment and with social media and with the dangers on that level and just being a mom now, looking at my 11-year-old, I would not facilitate it." Judy Garland's mother made her start performing when she was only 2 years old. She sang and danced with her sisters before movie screenings at the local movie theater her father owned. When Judy was 4, her mother moved the family to California. 'From the day we arrived in Lancaster, all the wonderful carefree fun and joy in my family began to vanish,' Judy said. 'Suddenly mother decided we had to be stars. She started to drag us to anyplace someone important might see us.' By the time she was 7, she was performing with her siblings every night. 'The only time I felt wanted when I was a kid was when I was performing,' she said. Macaulay Culkin's father Kit managed him during his childhood career. Macaulay has shared that his father was controlling and had him on a very busy filming schedule in the early '90s. He added his father made him stay up every night to study the lines he would have to say the next day. Macaulay asserted that his father was "such a crazy person" that he forced him to do SNL without cue cards when he hosted the show at 11 years old. Macaulay has explained that he felt his father was jealous of him because 'everything he tried to do in his life I excelled at before I was 10 years old.' When Macaulay stopped acting after his 1994 movie Richie Rich, he told his parents, 'I'm done, guys — hope you all made your money because there is no more coming from me.' His parents were never married and after he stopped acting, his mother filed for custody. Macaulay ended up taking his parents to court to stop them from controlling his $17 million in earnings. Since then, he and his father have been estranged. Jennette McCurdy has been very open about how her mom, Debbie McCurdy, became determined to make her famous when she was 6 years old. She said, "My mom had always dreamt of being a famous actor, and she became obsessed with making me a star." Jennette revealed that when she was 10, her mother started bleaching her hair, whitening her teeth, and teaching her how to count calories. By the time she was cast in iCarly, she was struggling with eating disorders. Jennette's mother died of cancer in 2013, and Jennette went to therapy to help recover from her eating disorders in 2018. She stated, "I know if my mom were alive, I'd still have an eating disorder." Drew Barrymore's mom Jaid got Drew started in acting at 11 months old in a dog commercial. Drew became globally famous at 7 years old after starring in E.T. Drew's mom managed her career and took Drew out with her friends multiple times a week. After Jaid divorced Drew's dad, she took 9-year-old Drew to Studio 54, where Drew was first introduced to and encouraged to dance with other young male celebrities. Drew was first exposed to drugs here, and by 12 years old, she'd been in rehab. When Drew was asked if she felt exploited by her parents, she answered, 'I mean, well, yeah, I think with my mother, it was definitely too out there." The Jackson 5 experienced physical abuse from their father. Michael Jackson revealed that their father, Joe Jackson, would physically abuse the group to work longer and harder. He stated that if there were any mistakes during the group's rehearsals, Joe Jackson would beat them with a tree branch, a belt, or an electrical cord. Aaron Carter claimed that as a teen musician, his family spent $500 million of his money on 15 houses and 30 cars. He claimed that when his parents sold the houses, he didn't get a cut of the profits. He also alleged that his dad shot a .44 magnum near his ear — which resulted in him going 70% deaf in one ear — to force him into signing a $256,000 check. Dakota Fanning has mentioned how she was asked inappropriate questions by interviewers when she was a child star. "In interviews at a young age, I remember journalists asking me, 'How are you avoiding becoming a tabloid girl?' People would ask super-inappropriate questions. I was in an interview as a child, and somebody asked, 'How could you possibly have any friends?' It's like, huh?" Corey Feldman has spoken about the rampant sexual abuse he and other child actors faced in Hollywood during the 1980s. Feldman and Corey Haim became known as "The Two Coreys" after they appeared together in The Lost Boys in 1987. In his memoir, Coreyography, Feldman alleged that men in the entertainment industry sexually abused him for years. He also alleged that Haim had been sexually abused as a child. "There are people that did this to me and Corey that are still working, they're still out there and they're some of the most rich and powerful people in this business. And they do not want what I'm saying right now. They want me dead," he shared on The View while promoting his memoir. On the 10th anniversary of Haim's death, Feldman premiered a documentary, My Truth: The Rape of Two Coreys, about the alleged abuse that Feldman and Haim experienced while growing up in the entertainment industry. And finally, Ariel Winter has spoken out about how acting wasn't her choice, but it was her mother's. Ariel shared that her mother, Crystal Workman, had dreams of being an actor herself. Ariel said that with Crystal as her stage mom, she dealt with a lot of abuse and exploitation. Once Ariel's acting career began, she said her mom put her on a strict diet and neglected her education. Her mother also had her dress in outfits that sexualized her. Ariel claimed her mom put her in 'the smallest miniskirts, sailor suits, low-cut things, the shortest dresses you've ever seen. People thought I was 24 when I was 12. If there was going to be a nude scene when I was that age, my mother would have a thousand percent said yes.' Sharon Sacks, Ariel's on-set teacher, said that she got so concerned by the intense diet Ariel was on that she started sharing food with her. She also said that Ariel's mom would keep her out late at parties when she was just 12 and 13 years old. Ariel legally emancipated herself at 14.
The Guardian
18-04-2025
- General
- The Guardian
Digested week: The house feels less of a house without Herbert Hound
Grief is the Thing with Fur. Herbert Hound died in our arms at home at 4.11pm on Sunday, 6 April, bathed in love and sunshine. We had hoped he would live longer. Maybe to the end of the summer. But his prostate cancer had spread to his bladder and urethra and he faded very fast. By his final weekend, he could barely pee or poo and would only nibble on a slice of ham. All he really wanted to do was lie down and sleep next to where we were sitting. We took him for one last walk – more of a slow dawdle, as his movement was limited – to his favourite part of the woods on Tooting Bec Common, where he got to sniff the smells for one last time. For the rest of the time, we just held and stroked him and told him how much he was loved. The vet came at 4pm to administer the injections and we sat with him for an hour before his body was collected by the cremation team. It was one of the most painful things I have ever done. It's also a very different kind of grief to that I feel for my mother. The death of a parent – especially one with Alzheimer's – is the final separation in a life full of separations from infancy onwards. With Herbie, there had never been much separation. It was an uncomplicated relationship. He liked doing what we did and we liked doing what he did. There were never any regrets, no expectations that went unmet. He taught us every bit as much as we taught him. He was the embodiment of unconditional love, bringing out the best in everyone he met. Even those who weren't that keen on dogs. I miss him terribly. The house feels less than a house without him. Sometimes, I think I catch sight of him out of the corner of my eye, sitting in his favourite spot at the bottom of the stairs. I do a double take only to see the outline he wore away on the carpet. I still call his name when I come in the front door. It feels wrong not to. The other day, I discovered his towel at the bottom of the laundry basket and burst into tears. There have been so many tears. Next Thursday is my event at the Bloomsbury theatre in London – still a handful of tickets available, so please do come. Though it may be hard for me to get through without crying. It looked to me a bit like doughnutting off the back of a billionaire's superyacht. An 11-minute adrenaline ride on the world's most expensive boy's toy. But for Jeff Bezos's fiancee Lauren Sánchez, the singer Katy Perry, TV host Gayle King and three other women, the blink-and-you-miss-it trip to the edge of space in the Amazon boss's Blue Origin rocket was somehow the ultimate expression of the feminist ideal. A triumph for women everywhere. Let's try to think this one through. None of the six 'astronauts' – AKA the backseat passengers on a fully automated spacecraft – had been through any rigorous selection procedure. The only criteria was that they were all close friends of Jeff. Nor was there any point to the trip. No new scientific ground was being broken. This was just a pleasure ride. They might as well have taken over Thorpe Park for the day. As the rocket reached its highest point of 66 miles above the Earth's surface, one woman could be heard saying over the radio, 'I love you, Jeff Bezos'. I'm not sure this is what my mother would have called feminism. But each to their own. King reported back that her highlight of the trip had been to hear Perry sing What a Wonderful World. You wonder why she bothered. She could have done that on the ground. Sánchez said she was so proud of all the crew. For doing what, exactly? Sitting down and looking out of the window? She also said that the Earth looked quiet but alive. Mystic Lauren. But pride of place went to Perry for saying she had prepared for the trip by reading up on string theory. I hope she had more luck in understanding it than I did when I read Stephen Hawking. Then again, Perry also felt she had a connection with the stars because she was interested in astrology. Perhaps Scorpios make the best astronauts? 'What you're doing is really finding the love for yourself,' she concluded. 'I'm really feeling that divine feminine right now.' Bezos will be laughing all the way to the bank. The government announcement last Friday that parliament was being recalled from recess on a Saturday for the first time since the Falklands war in 1982 caught me on the hop. I had to hastily revise my weekend plans to make sure I was in the press gallery to sketch the proceedings as emergency legislation was pushed through parliament inside a day. The Labour benches were packed. The opposition benches, not so much. Only about 20 Conservative MPs had broken off their holidays to head back to London. I guess they thought this was Labour's problem. This week, it was also announced that the government had found and paid for the fuel to keep the Scunthorpe furnaces open so, for the time being at least, the future of British Steel is secure. Now I know the government has had lots of other things to do, but even after all this, it still isn't immediately clear to me why the government needed to take emergency action with a recall of parliament. After all, it wasn't as if it had had no warning that British Steel was reaching crisis point. In the past few weeks leading up to the Easter break, there had been two urgent questions on the Scunthorpe steelworks in the Commons along with backbench questions at PMQs. On every occasion, the government had said everything was in hand and that they had made a generous offer which they believed it would be irrational for the Chinese owners, Jingye, to refuse. And each time, several MPs had suggested the government was being naive. That Jingye was a proxy for the Chinese state and might well see a strategic advantage in forcing the closure of virgin steelmaking in a G7 trading rival. It was only after parliament stopped for Easter that the penny dropped for the business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds. The Chinese sceptics had a point. Forgive me for feeling somewhat underwhelmed. At the weekend, JD Vance told an interviewer there was a good chance of a US-UK trade deal. 'The president really loves the United Kingdom,' he said. 'He loved the queen. He admires and loves the king. It is a very important relationship.' Mmm. Not sure King Charles feels the same way but he's well enough behaved to do whatever is necessary. Kissing the orange ring. Charles must be dreading the state visit – or 'fest' as Donald Trump is calling it – in September, every bit as much as most of the country is. Today, several media outlets are reporting the deal could be done within three weeks. But, before we get too excited about any special treatment, it should be pointed out we will be in the second wave of deals after Japan, India and South Korea. There are also limits to what we have been told we can expect. Trump isn't about to waive the 10% tariff on all goods we export to the US: if we're very lucky, the president may cut us a little slack on steel tariffs. Truly, he spoils us. Then again, he could throw a wobbly if we do any kind of deal with our biggest trading partner, the EU. Just as Keir Starmer is seeking to align with Brussels over carbon levies. Nor would British farmers thank the government if allowing imported food produced to a lower quality was a precondition for any deal with the US. Sign up to First Edition Our morning email breaks down the key stories of the day, telling you what's happening and why it matters after newsletter promotion So a UK-US trade deal may not be the gamechanger that it's cracked up to be. Not least because there's every chance Agent Orange could change his mind within days of signing an agreement. Only a few weeks ago, the Brexiters were congratulating themselves on the UK being hit with 10% tariffs – the same as the penguins of Heard Island – while the EU faced a 20% levy. Not long after, the president reduced EU tariffs to 10%. The Donald is not a reliable trading partner. He does not operate in good faith. The only deals in which he is interested are ones where he is the clear winner. We should be careful. Up until last night, the best entertainment Spurs had served up this season had been off the pitch. In the last month or so, Tottenham chat groups had been buzzing over claims from the manager, Ange Postecoglou, that details of team meetings had been leaked to the media. The biggest mystery was what Ange thought should have remained secret. It can't have been tactics as they don't really have any, other than to trot around aimlessly, as anyone who has had the misfortune to be a season-ticket holder this year will testify. Unless the plan has been to lose as many Premier League games as possible. Only Spurs have managed to lose at home to both Ipswich and Leicester. And, if the manager has been trying to persuade the players to try a bit harder, then it clearly hasn't worked. Now that they can't be relegated, the Tottenham players seem to have already given up on the Premier League. All of which has been obvious to any observer. So I'm excited to learn what wisdom from Ange has reached the media. Last night, though, Spurs showed they can play when they can be bothered by beating Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany to reach the semi-finals of the Europa League. It was a performance completely out of character with their league form. One that offered hope Spurs could actually win something for the first time in more than 15 years. A cup would be very welcome, but wouldn't cover up the cracks at the club. I've been coming to White Hart Lane for decades and this has been the most joyless season I can remember. Getting relegated back in the 1970s was more fun than this.
