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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Ageless 80s Icon, 63, Reenacts Famous Valley Girl Scene
Ageless 80s Icon, 63, Reenacts Famous Valley Girl Scene originally appeared on Parade. Actress E.G. Daily isn't forgetting where it all started. The Valley Girl star is getting back to her '80s roots by reenacting a famous scene from the hit teen movie, which also starred Nicolas Cage (as the unlikely heartthrob Randy) and Deborah Foreman (as the conflicted popular girl Julie Richman).Daily, who has since built an incredibly successful career in voiceover work for animated shows and movies like Rugrats and The Powerpuff Girls, played Julie's wild-child best friend, Loryn. While Foreman and Cage delivered plenty of totally tubular lines — like Foreman's classic, 'Yeah, but Tommy can be such a dork, ya know? Like he's got the bod, but his brains are bad news' — it's the movie's iconic sleepover scene that remains one of the most memorable moments of the cult classic. Now 63 (and barely looking a day older than her Valley Girl character), Daily reenacted the famous sleepover dance scene in a recent TikTok video, set to the movie's irresistible opening credits song: 'Girls Like Me' by Bonnie Hayes & The Wild Combo. Fans loved E.G.'s trip back to 1983. One commented, 'Valley Girl is highly underrated.' Agreed. Another wrote, 'Nobody will understand how we felt when we saw that movie.' Totally hearing that iconic theme song brings back rad memories of Saturdays at the mall and endless calls on the family rotary phone. Thanks for the throwback, E.G.! 🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox🎬 Ageless 80s Icon, 63, Reenacts Famous Valley Girl Scene first appeared on Parade on May 30, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on May 30, 2025, where it first appeared.
Daily Mail
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
A Different World Star Cree Summer looks unrecognizable on recent outing
A Different World star Cree Summer looked unrecognizable during her recent outing in Los Angeles over the weekend. On Sunday, the actress, 55, who has voiced over 100 animated characters in her illustrious career, enjoyed an outing at a local flea market with her friend. She was seen towing around her vintage finds in a foldable shopping cart on wheels while strolling around the open-air market and hunting for goods to take home. During her outing, she showcased her fun and eclectic style in a colorful, summer-ready outfit featuring cut-off denim shorts and an oversize graphic T-shirt on top. Paired with the effortlessly stylish look, she sported her signature, tall hat and yellow-tinted sunglasses paired with a red bandana tied around her neck. The Rugrats voice actress tied her raven black tresses in two pigtail braids and appeared to be wearing little to no makeup for her outing. On Sunday, the actress, who has voiced over 100 animated characters in her illustrious career, enjoyed an outing at a local flea market with her friend She accessorized with a brown leather belt with a gold, leaf buckle paired with layers of chunky, matching bangles. She completed her look with knee-high socks paired with motorcycle boots. Summer recently got candid about her life earlier this month about life after divorce after separating from her now-ex Angelo Pullen. She was previously married to the film producer for nine years from 2013 and 2022. She said that during their decade-long marriage, she lost her sex drive as she opened up about feelings of loneliness and love in an Sandra Rose article, which was published on May 2. Summer, who is known for her iconic role as Freddie Brooks on A Different World, said that that she is post-menopause and emotionally liberated, her sexuality has resurged. She said that she is now excited by the idea of initiating romance and pursuing someone in a way she has never done before in the past. 'I don't think I've ever approached a man. I've never asked a man out. I would love to have a husband and a real partner,' she said. 'Someone that we could get excited about the trials and the tribulations in life together,' she continued. 'That would be great.' She compared the end of her marriage to an 'old car' as she shared her thoughts about staying in relationships too long because of loneliness. 'Who the f*** wants to separate and divorce? But sometimes that old car ain't gon' run anymore... It's run its f***ing course, literally.' She continued: 'I think loneliness is probably the greatest culprit to get me into things where I could've probably looked at it and go, "I know that ain't gon' work. But he drives a really nice car..."' She also talked about embracing aging as she acknowledged feeling unseen as an older woman. Summer, who is known for her iconic role as Freddie Brooks on A Different World, said that that she is post-menopause and emotionally liberated, her sexuality has resurged; pictured February 2022 in Los Angeles 'You do become a little more invisible the older you get as a woman, unfortunately. I spent a lot of my time being hemmed up in vanity, and now that I really can't be, I'm, you know, I'm in the second half of my life, and now I don't care so much about what it looks like. But it's hard in this town.' She also shared her thoughts about being a 55-year-old woman living in a city like Los Angeles. 'This is not a place where I have the opportunity. I don't get asked out on a lot of dates. I never get asked out on dates. I don't know if it's being 55 in Los Angeles, or if it's just a strange town, you know? It's a weird, counterintuitive feeling, because I actually feel more beautiful now than I have ever felt before,' she said. 'I feel like I've come into my face. I've come into my body. I've really come into my sense of style. So it's weird to not be seen as much.'
Buzz Feed
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
23 Awesome "The Lego Movie" Facts I Bet You Didn't Know
Remember The Lego Movie? The so-good-you-almost-can't-believe-it, Academy Award-nominated film that spawned a whole franchise turns 11 years old this year. Here are some cool behind-the-scenes facts about it: Mark Mothersbaugh, who was the main composer on Rugrats, wrote the score for The Lego Movie. The film racked in a whopping $468 million worldwide. Directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller planned to include R2-D2 in the film, but had to scrap him after a battle over ownership rights. However, they were able to work out a deal to have Anthony Daniels reprise his famous role as C-3PO for the film. The film's success will spawned three separate Lego-themed films: The Lego Movie Sequel, a direct sequel to the original film; The Lego Ninjago Movie, which will be based off the Lego Ninjago product line; and The Lego Batman Movie, in which Will Arnett reprised his role as the Caped Crusader. After the film dominated box offices, Lego profits skyrocketed by 15%. In 2014, approximately 62 billion Lego pieces were sold, which equates to about 102 Lego pieces for every single person in the world. Whoa. All Lego pieces in the film were digitally rendered, resulting in a total of 3,863,484 pieces. However, if the producers had chosen to make the film stop-motion animation, it would have taken 15,080,330 pieces. The "Where Are My Pants?" running gag parodied How I Met Your Mother. Phil Lord and Chris Miller were writers and executive producers for the show's first season. When the idea was initially pitched, Lego executives weren't interested. Their company was already doing very well, and they didn't want to risk it. They eventually changed their minds after reading the treatment by Kevin and Dan Hageman. The corporation Lord Business runs is called "Octan," which is a fictional brand of gasoline Lego created back in 1992. Morgan Freeman, who voiced Vitruvius, assumed he'd be doing scenes with the other actors, because he thought that's how animated movies worked. Nope. He ended up doing his part alone in a room. Posters in Emmet's apartment clearly reference 21 Jump Street, which Phil Lord and Chris Miller directed in 2012. Macho and the Nerd is actually the Russian title of that film. Consequently, both Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill from 21 Jump Street have cameos in the film as Superman and Green Lantern, respectively. This ended up making Phil Lord and Chris Miller battle with Warner Bros. about letting Superman and Green Lantern have a certain storyline in the film. Both Robert Downey Jr. and Emma Stone were considered for the main roles, but Chris Pratt and Elizabeth Banks ended up playing the parts. In an older draft of the script, Unikitty ends up with Batman. However, in another version, she ends up with Metal Beard. The directors wanted the Lego pieces to look used and played with, so they worked with their effects team to add fingerprints, fading, and scratches. No one ever says the word "Lego" during the entire movie. Chris Miller drew some of the artwork the characters use in the film. Liam Neeson insisted on doing his Good Cop and Bad Cop characters at the same time, instead of during separate sessions like the directors wanted. According to Will Arnett, Batman was chosen as Wyldstyle's boyfriend to make Emmet feel completely out of her league. No one can compete with Batman. Will Forte, who voiced Abraham Lincoln, actually played the president years earlier in the short-lived TV series Clone High. This show was created by The Lego Movie directors, Phil Lord and Chris Miller. Benny the spaceman's helmet is cracked in a certain spot because Lego's space-line products from the 1980s would tend to break in that exact location. Vitruvius' line, "Ah, we gotta write all that down 'cause I'm not gonna remember any of it, but here we go," wasn't originally in the script. It was only added when Morgan Freeman said it during filming because he was frustrated with all the line changes.
Buzz Feed
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Popular TV Shows That Vanished From Memory
Is there a TV show you used to love, but it seems like nobody else remembers it? Recently, Redditor u/lonelylamb1814 asked r/television about "shows you're surprised are now culturally forgotten." Here are 31 of the top responses: "Ally McBeal was pretty huge for a short time. Calista Flockhart was a household name. It even had that weird dancing baby. It's almost totally forgotten now." —JohnnyFootballStar "Melrose Place was fucking huge in the '90s. People would have watch parties, and Kimberly's scar reveal was late-night talk show fodder for weeks. There was even a Seinfeld episode about the show! And now? It's total pop cultural crickets." —JamMasterJamie Here's the scene: "People claim Game of Thrones's popularity/presence evaporated overnight because of the terrible finale, but in reality, that happened with How I Met Your Mother." —Dnashotgun "Desperate Housewives was 'water-cooler' TV at one point in history…But in general, any TV show older than about 15 years." —Msdamgoode "Home Improvement was a huge ratings draw (Tim Allen and Patricia Richardson declined a combined $75 million for a ninth season) and probably the third most successful '90s sitcom after Seinfeld and Friends, and yet, it's not talked about anymore, something that the other two clearly have achieved." —mxinex "Rugrats. Kids don't know who Tommy Pickles or any of the other Rugrats are, and that freaks me out." —Krazy_Kane "The O.C. was an absolute cultural phenomenon from 2003-2006. Now, it is barely spoken about, and when it is, it is just referred to as another random teen show from the era and not a culturally defining one." —Dabrigstar "Scrubs has vanished for how big it was; honestly felt like it was on par with Friends at one point." —Wanbizzle "My answer will be American Horror Story. It's basically nothing now, when it was HUGE just a few years ago." —paulojrmam "Moonlighting was also massive. It helped to create the modern network dramedy. Launched Bruce Willis's career and was one of the go-to examples of 'will they/won't they' couples on TV for a long time. But it always had production issues, irregular scheduling, and never got the numbers to make up a syndication package, so it faded from view. Yet recently, it's shown up on a few different streaming services and seems like it might also be having a bit of a revival." —Belgand "Now, the one that nobody talks about is Thirtysomething. It wasn't just a massive hit, it was the defining yuppie show. It doesn't seem to be streaming anywhere. Even if it had an audience and wasn't just 'that show your parents used to watch' for people that are now past their thirties themselves, it's no longer easily accessible." —Belgand "Murphy Brown, as it even had its own presidential-level scandal, when VP Dan Quayle criticized Brown (a fictional character) specifically as a single mom, and the show responded the next season. [Editor's Note: According to CNN, in the Season 5 premiere, Murphy responded to Qualye's speech by inviting several "non-traditional" families onto her broadcast. She said, "I'd like to introduce you to some people who might not fit into the vice president's vision of a family. But they consider themselves families nonetheless. They work. They struggle. They hope for the kind of life for their children that we all want for our children."] Quayle's remarks caused quite a stir in the media, and Brown was also a divorced, professional, successful female character — not exactly a regular occurrence on TV at the time. Nobody talks about it much anymore." —Hippies_Pointing Here's the scene: "When I was a kid, I honestly thought Jimmy Neutron was as big as SpongeBob and Fairly OddParents in their primes, so it does surprise me that there isn't as much nostalgia for this compared to other 2000s cartoons." —Upbeat_Tension_8077 "Babylon 5 is more relevant than ever, but unfortunately, it never had the staying power of any Star Trek series, despite it being pretty popular in its heyday." —NovaHorizon "I'm kinda surprised how quickly the Arrowverse (especially Arrow and The Flash) disappeared from pop culture. Seems like they were decently popular (at least among young people), and now they almost feel forgotten." —mrmonster459 "3rd Rock from the Sun." —EyesWithoutAbutt "That show absolutely holds up. I've taken a couple of ten-year breaks from watching it, and each time I go back to it, it's still laugh-out-loud funny. Surprising for a laugh track sitcom from the '90s." —SleepyFarts "24 seems to have vanished from pop culture." —Wazula23 "Although it was before my time, I was surprised to learn that George R. R. Martin had been nominated for an Emmy for working on a show called Beauty and the Beast as a writer. I'd never even heard of it." —Big_I "I'm surprised The Larry Sanders Show isn't more talked about — ran for a long time, hilarious show with a great premise." —Truethrowawaychest1 "Nip/Tuck. That shit was nuts at the time." —Msdamgoode "Picket Fences was such a huge deal when it was on. It's never mentioned anymore." —gothamsnerd "It was a while ago, but NYPD Blue incited a lot of alarm when it first aired because of the language and nudity, which was on network TV (though late at night). I remember people protesting and everything." —foxsable "Heroes. 'Save the cheerleader, save the world.' Then they did, but they wanted to milk the cow, and everyone forgot about it." —poopapat320 "Fringe was pretty fucking rad when that was airing. Most people haven't heard of it, let alone seen it." —Nillows "Boardwalk Empire. It was HUGE…. And now it's all but forgotten." —EmergencyCritical890 "The Good Wife. I still tell people it's one of the greatest television shows. And I loved The Good Fight as well, but hardly anyone knows about that one." —Grand_Menu620 "The Walking Dead felt like it was up there with Game of Thrones as water cooler talk and as the biggest show in the world 12 years ago. Now it's almost forgotten about." —Stpbatman "Bonanza was on the air for fifteen years." —thefuzzybunny1 "Mad Men. I don't think it's like 'forgotten' per se, but IMO, it should be around the top ten shows of all time discussions, but rarely is. Which really suprises me, honestly." —Wolfwing777 "I'm always surprised how little people talk about Mr. Robot anymore compared to how culturally dominant it seemed when it was airing. Maybe it just got too real?" —littlebigcheesefries And finally: "Boston Legal was hot when it was on. Everyone was talking about it. Now I never see it anyplace." —clinging2thecross Is there a movie you love that no one else seems to remember? What makes it worth watching? Let us know in the comments!
Politico
16-05-2025
- Politics
- Politico
Why conservatives are finally ready to cut the cord on public broadcasting
Presented by WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR — For many children growing up in conservative evangelical Christian households in the 1990s, Saturday morning cartoons were confined to one of two options: the Christian Broadcasting Network or PBS Kids. Aside from the occasional dustup, conservative families in the 1990s saw PBS programming — reading through history's greatest literary masterpieces with Wishbone or doing science experiments with Bill Nye — as a safe alternative to 'secular' shows found on network and cable TV like Sabrina the Teenage Witch or Rugrats. But a lot has changed in the last 30 years, in both the way kids consume television and in the right's relationship with PBS. And now, conservatives in Congress and the White House are finally ready to cut the cord, ending once and for all federal funding for PBS and National Public Radio. President Donald Trump issued an executive order on May 2 directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to cancel funding for both networks. Executives at those media organizations are pushing back — arguing that the changes are unlawful. 'Congress directly authorized and funded CPB to be a private nonprofit corporation wholly independent of the federal government,' Corporation for Public Broadcasting CEO Patricia Harris wrote in a statement on May 2. It isn't the first time Republicans have tried to defund PBS. Both PBS and NPR have long fielded accusations that their news programs lean too far to the left. According to the Ad Fontes media bias chart, PBS Newshour is rated further to the left than ABC's nightly news program, but not as far left as major CNN or MSNBC shows. NPR is in roughly the same place. Both are rated 'skews left,' the most centrist of the four left-leaning categories. 'We're gonna be more tolerant of publicly funded things that we agree with than publicly funded things we don't agree with,' pointed out Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) — a conservative evangelical Christian who also leans libertarian. 'Unless you're a true, honest, free market conservative.' In the past, PBS' children's programming has proven a savior for the network. In 1969, Fred Rogers, host of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, famously testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications against then-President Nixon's proposed cuts. His testimony helped save funding for the network then, and PBS CEO Paula Kerger is taking a page out of the same playbook in the current fight. She told Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation last Sunday that Trump's order would halt all childrens' shows currently in development, and could impact the research which ensures that the programming is actually educating kids. But this time, that argument may not work as well — primarily because it's much easier to find childrens' programming online that aligns with individual family tastes. 'Now we have 1,000 channels,' said Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), who spent more than two decades as a youth pastor. Lankford said changes in technology make government funding for a network obsolete, as most families now stream childrens' programming online rather than turn on a TV. 'Why are we funding this [channel] when we have a $2 trillion deficit?' he asked. Cramer echoed Lankford: 'Why do we need to continue to fund … public television and/or radio, when there's so much competition out there?' Streaming, in other words, has diminished a once-effective argument to keeping PBS alive. Most evangelical groups — including Southern Baptist Convention and the Heritage Foundation — declined to discuss the issue of federal funding for PBS Kids for this report. But Franklin Graham, son of evangelist Billy Graham, told POLITICO that Christians are reacting to kids programming shifting left since the 1990s. He pointed to a 2021 episode of the kids show the Odd Squad, which ran from 2014-2024, that featured a wedding between two women. Graham suggested that if the network moved away from LGBTQ+ storylines and instead ran more Bible stories, there would be greater support for funding. When asked if they shared Graham's primary concerns with the network, however, Cramer and Lankford both disagreed. 'That's a fair point, particularly with him — Franklin Graham is a very political pastor, and it makes me uncomfortable,' Cramer said, instead arguing that defunding PBS is a financial consideration, not a culture war issue. 'For true conservatives, the idea of just funding anything doesn't make sense in a very competitive marketplace, [including] faith media.' 'There's nothing against Sesame Street,' Lankford added. 'It's a fiscal question.' Welcome to POLITICO Nightly. Reach out with news, tips and ideas at nightly@ Or contact tonight's author at nfertig@ or on X (formerly known as Twitter) at @natsfert. What'd I Miss? — Supreme Court extends block on Trump's deportation bid under Alien Enemies Act: President Donald Trump's drive to use an 18th century law to rapidly expel alleged Venezuelan gang members suffered another legal setback today as the Supreme Court extended its block on deporting dozens of men in immigration detention in northern Texas. The court emphasized that the men — whom the Trump administration has labeled 'alien enemies' — are entitled to more due process than the administration has so far provided. That means advance notice of their deportations and a meaningful opportunity to challenge the deportations in court, the justices wrote in an unsigned opinion. — House budget panel rejects GOP megabill amid conservative opposition: The House Budget Committee voted against advancing the GOP's party-line tax and spending package today thanks to ongoing opposition from hard-line conservatives. The 21-16 vote, with five Republicans joining all panel Democrats in opposition, is not the final word on the megabill. The House Budget Committee will reconvene over the weekend to vote again on approving the GOP's party-line tax and spending package. The panel is officially scheduled to gavel back in at 10 p.m. on Sunday, with negotiations expected in the meantime among GOP leadership, conservative holdouts and the White House. — Trump says U.S. will set new tariff rates for countries, skirting negotiations: President Donald Trump said today the U.S. would begin unilaterally informing many of its trading partners of new tariff rates, rather than securing deals with the countries individually as the White House has repeatedly promised. After his sweeping April tariff plan sent markets spiraling and set in motion a global trade war, Trump reversed course and issued a 90-day pause on the new duties for every affected country except China, opening the door for individual countries to negotiate deals with his trade team. — Hegseth briefly paused cyber ops against Russia as part of negotiations, GOP Rep. Bacon says: U.S. Cyber Command paused offensive operations aimed at Russia for a day earlier this year as a negotiating tactic, House Armed Services Committee cyber subcommittee Chair Don Bacon (R-Neb.) confirmed today. During a subcommittee hearing on the Pentagon's cyber posture, Bacon referenced reports that emerged in late February suggesting that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had directed Cyber Command to stand down from planning on all matters regarding Russia, including offensive actions. The Pentagon at the time denied that any stand-down order was made. — $40,000 SALT offer discussed with megabill holdouts: House GOP leaders discussed a new, heightened state-and-local-tax deduction with a group of Republican holdouts as they race to salvage their party-line megabill from ruin. A $40,000 cap on the key deduction for individuals and $80,000 cap for joint filers was part of a list of items GOP leaders raised overnight as they scrambled to shore up ultraconservative votes, according to three people granted anonymity to describe the private conversations. The SALT cap increase is one of the biggest hangups in the bill, which is filled with President Donald Trump's domestic policy priorities. A band of SALT Republicans are publicly pushing for the cap increase to hit $62,000 for individuals and double for joint filers. AROUND THE WORLD PRISONER SWAP — Talks between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul ended with the two sides pledging to exchange 1,000 prisoners of war but fell short of an unconditional ceasefire deal. The swap would be the largest since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Ahead of today's meeting, Ukraine pushed for a full, unconditional ceasefire for at least 30 days, an 'all-for-all' exchange of POWs, and a meeting between the Ukrainian and Russian presidents — at which point real peace talks would begin in earnest as long as a ceasefire held. 'Our position — if the Russians reject a full and unconditional ceasefire and an end to killings, tough sanctions must follow,' Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post on X after talks concluded. 'Pressure on Russia must be maintained until Russia is ready to end the war.' While the delegations were speaking in Istanbul, Ukraine's European backers — many of whom are in Albania for the European Political Community summit — held a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump. WHO'S IN FRONT? — The contest for the Romanian presidency is almost over. Sunday's vote will determine whether a strategically vital NATO member on the EU's eastern edge takes a turn against Ukraine under the disruptive influence of a hard-right populist, or remains firmly anchored in the traditional pro-Brussels mainstream. In the lead after the first round is the Donald Trump-loving George Simion, a 38-year-old nationalist who opposes aid to Ukraine and has previously favored uniting Romania with its neighbor Moldova. His opponent in Sunday's second round runoff vote is moderate, centrist mathematician Nicușor Dan, 55, who has been the independent mayor of Romania's capital, Bucharest, since 2020. Dan promises to keep Romania on its European and pro-Western trajectory and has called on Trump to take a harder line with Russia. On Wednesday, a poll of 4,000 people by AtlasIntel put the two candidates level on 48 percent each. Crucially, AtlasIntel included a sample of the large Romanian diaspora population, among whom Simion is hugely popular. Nightly Number RADAR SWEEP TAKE ME OUT TO THE MOVIES — If you've ever watched a baseball game on television, you'd know that a lot of it looks pretty rote. Shots of the pitcher, the hitter, the ball traveling and the occasional fan dominate. But John DeMarisco, director of the local network that broadcasts Mets games called SNY, is changing the way that the game looks by using his obsession with cinema to bring a different kind of feel to the game. He's taking inspiration for various shots from cinematic masters like De Palma, Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola. And his innovations have in recent days gone viral. For Slate, Luke Winkie talks to DeMarisco about the natural blend of baseball and the movies. Parting Image Did someone forward this email to you? Sign up here.
