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Yahoo
6 hours ago
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Sarah Sherman Opened Up About Aimee Lou Wood's Reaction To Her Impersonation And SNL's White Lotus Sketch
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The White Lotus was one of the viral hits on the 2025 TV schedule, and after it ended, Saturday Night Live's parody of it has made waves. In the sketch, Sarah Sherman impersonated Aimee Lou Wood, and afterward, Wood reacted to it, calling the sketch 'mean and unfunny.' Now, the comedian has opened up about everything that happened after the sketch aired and shared her thoughts on the actress's reaction. In the weeks since The White Lotus sketch, 'The White Potus,' aired, many have commented on it, including current SNL cast members (more on that later). Now, the comedian who played Wood has been asked about it. During an interview with Vanity Fair, Sarah Sherman reflected on impersonating the Sex Education star, and the discourse that followed, explaining that she didn't want to make anyone 'feel bad:' I was excited to play her because she's so iconic, her character is so iconic, and I fucking obviously never meant to hurt anyone's feelings. Never in a million years did I get into comedy to make anyone upset. I feel terrible that anyone would feel bad. How To Watch SNL And The White Lotus Saturday Night Live will close out Season 50 this Saturday at 11:30 p.m. ET on NBC (or you can stream with a Peacock subscription). You can stream The White Lotus with a Max subscription. Now, it's been reported that Saturday Night Live didn't apologize to Wood directly. However, it was alleged that someone who works on the show did reach out to her. Along with that, The White Lotus actress confirmed Sherman sent her flowers after she called the sketch out. In the weeks since, a few cast members have also commented on what happened and how Wood reacted. In terms of folks who were also in this White Lotus sketch, Chloe Fineman responded to the criticism by saying they make 'stuff with love,' and both she and Sherman 'worship' Amiee Lou Wood. Before that, Bowen Yang shared his thoughts on Wood's reaction, calling it 'completely valid.' He also said this situation was a reminder that 'parody can go too far sometimes' and 'comedians can take account for that.' To that point, Sherman was also asked about working on SNL and if she needs to consider the fact that she could be 'upsetting people' more. In response, she said: Totally. The show is in constant dialogue with culture as it's happening, and it happens really fast. [Long pause] You have to be vigilant, you know what I mean? There are a lot of things out of your control. You're playing a lot of different parts, you're doing a lot of different roles that you're not in control of. A lot of the process of the show has been, to me—how am I answering this? [Pause] Staying vigilant but also being a part of the show—that is your job. Peacock TV: from $7.99 a month/$79.99 a yearTune into the latest hits, including Saturday Night Live, from NBC by subscribing to Peacock TV. Costing as little as $7.99 a month, you can also pay more for Peacock Premium and enjoy ad-free streams and the option to download titles to watch offline Deal In the weeks since the sketch aired, Aimee Lou Wood has been asked about appearing on the NBC mainstay. This happened at the Met Gala right before her co-star Walton Goggins hosted an episode of SNL 50. While she said she likely wouldn't appear in his episode, the door was not closed in terms of future appearances. In fact, she said, being on the sketch comedy show 'would be fun.' Overall, it would seem Aimee Lou Wood is cool with SNL, and Sarah Sherman made it very clear that she thinks the actress is 'iconic' and had no intention of hurting her with her impersonation. Now, maybe someday, the two can share the stage in Studio 8H, since Wood made it clear she wouldn't be opposed to coming on the show.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Sean Combs' Accuser Thalia Graves Wins Fight to Dismiss Bodyguard's Defamation Suit
A staggering $100 million defamation lawsuit that was filed against Sean Combs' accuser Thalia Graves by her alleged rapist was dismissed Monday, with a U.S. District Judge ruling the suit contained several 'patently frivolous claims.' Thalia Graves brought her suit against Combs and ex-bodyguard Joseph Sherman in September 2024, days after the hip-hop mogul was arrested and charged with sex trafficking and racketeering. She claimed that Combs and Sherman drugged her, bound her wrists, and raped her at Combs' recording studio Daddy's House in 2001. She also said they recorded the alleged rape, and later shared it and sold it as pornography. More from Rolling Stone Sean Combs' Ex-Assistant Says Mogul 'Terrified and Brainwashed' Her 50 Cent Pledges to Prevent a Trump Pardon for Sean Combs: 'I'm Gonna Reach Out' Sean Combs Trial: RICO Heating Up, Suspicious Destroyed Evidence and Alleged Rape Several weeks after Graves filed her suit, Sherman sued Graves and her attorney, Gloria Allred, for defamation, denying that he was the man who allegedly assaulted her and filmed the alleged attack. Sherman called Graves' claim 'utterly and entirely false,' alleging he stopped working for Combs in 1999 and had never even met Graves. In dismissing Sherman's suit, New York district judge Analisa Torres did not rule on the veracity of Graves' assault allegations, or Sherman's denial, but only whether Sherman could actually sue Graves for defamation. He could not, the judge ruled, because New York law 'prohibits defamation claims arising out of statements made in litigation' if they're relevant to the litigation. Torres added that 'any allegedly defamatory statements made by Graves in her complaint are absolutely privileged.' While Sherman also accused Graves of defamation over statements she made about him and her lawsuit in the press, Torres said Sherman's own complaint failed to properly identify or list these purported media statements. Furthermore, direct messages Graves purportedly sent Sherman in 2023, allegedly trying to persuade him to serve as her witness against Combs, could not be considered defamation because they weren't published to a third party. (A lawyer for Sherman did not immediately return Rolling Stone's request for comment. In a statement, Allred called the lawsuit 'frivolous' and applauded her and Graves' attorneys Mariann Wang and Heather Gregorio for 'vigorously and successfully' representing them.) Wang added in her own statement, 'We are pleased that the Court swiftly rejected this frivolous and harassing lawsuit, and look forward to vindicating our client's rights in her original, underlying lawsuit against Combs and Sherman.' Along with dismissing the defamation claims, Torres tossed all the other allegations in Sherman's complaint: Negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, vexatious litigation, abuse of process, and malicious prosecution. 'The complaint asserts at least five patently frivolous claims,' Torres wrote. '[T]he defamation claim is barred by an absolute privilege, the intentional infliction of emotional distress and abuse of process claims are premised upon conduct that does not support such claims, the vexatious litigation claim is not recognized under New York law, and the malicious prosecution claim is plainly premature.' Torres also agreed with a motion brought by Graves seeking sanctions against Sherman and his lawyer, who will now have to cover costs and attorneys' fees incurred by the defendants while opposing his suit. Graves' sexual assault lawsuit against Combs and Sherman is still ongoing, though like many of the other civil actions against Combs, it's been put on hold amid his federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial. Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
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a day ago
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Harrison Ford wants the Operation Smile award honoring his friend to inspire others to give more
Harrison Ford will receive an award for his philanthropy Tuesday night from the global surgery and training nonprofit Operation Smile. But the star of the 'Indiana Jones' and 'Star Wars' film franchises, as well as this year's 'Captain America: Brave New World,' says all the attention should go to the award's namesake – Ford's friend, the late humanitarian and noted plastic surgeon Dr. Randy Sherman. Like Ford, Sherman, who was director of the Cedars-Sinai Division of Plastic Surgery in Los Angeles and a specialist in reconstructive surgery who developed numerous training programs, was an avid pilot and they bonded when they shared the same home airport. Sherman told Ford of his volunteer work with Operation Smile, providing cleft palate surgery to children in countries where access to such services is limited, and Angel Flight West, which provides free medical transportation to patients. 'The things that he contributed to my life and to my family's lives are beyond anybody's wildest imagination,' Ford said of Sherman, who died in 2023 when his plane experienced engine failure and crashed in New Mexico. 'He was a very important person to me and, by the way, to all of the people that he's associated with in the medical community. All of them recognize his selfless service.' Dr. Billy Magee, Operation Smile's chief medical officer, called it a joy to honor both men, pointing out that Sherman was a leader in cleft palate care and 'a driving force behind Operation Smile's work to expand access to surgical care closer to patients' homes, even in the most remote corners of the world.' 'This award celebrates the spirit of compassion and dedication that both Harrison and Dr. Sherman embody,' said Magee, who recently announced Operation 100, which will equip 100 cleft operative teams in 100 hospitals around the world. 'I can't think of a more deserving recipient to carry that legacy forward.' The Associated Press recently spoke with Ford about receiving the Dr. Randy Sherman Visionary Award from Operation Smile and how he hopes it will inspire others to give what they can. The interview was edited for clarity and length. Q: How did you get to know Dr. Sherman? A: When the earthquake in Haiti struck (in 2010), I reached out to Randy and asked if he thought there was anything that we could do with an airplane that I had, which was particularly suited to the kind of work that's done in these circumstances. He very quickly organized a mission with Operation Smile and he met me and my pilot, who was working for me at the time, Terry Bender. We flew my Cessna Caravan to Miami and picked up supplies and medical professionals -- doctors, nurses, anesthesiologists -- and flew to Port-au-Prince. We flew missions to bring supplies and medical personnel to a community called Hinche, in the highlands of Haiti, a town that had no airport but did have a field that we were able to land the aircraft in. We were there for about a week, going back and forth each day to Hinche to bring in supplies. Q: What made you want to be a part of that — a dangerous mission under tough circumstances? A: Well, I didn't consider it to be dangerous. I considered it to be an opportunity to be able to use something that I had that was needed. The issue in Haiti was that when people were injured in the urban setting, there were no resources to treat them. They were then transported to the community that they grew up in… It was such a (expletive) in Port-au-Prince when we got there. Nobody knew what was going on. But we knew there was a hospital in Hinche that was staffed by two Cuban doctors and they had no supplies, no anesthetics. And because of the delay in assets reaching them, there were a lot of people suffering amputations and other very significant medical issues. Q: What was it like to see philanthropy in action in that moment? It's an example of something that the government is not going to handle. If the nonprofit doesn't do it, it doesn't get done. A: Pilots are good citizens. They're involved. They really are aware in many, many cases of the contributions they can make with their resources and their skills… This is not all altruism. We do want people to understand the positive values of general aviation and what they bring to a community. The freedom to fly in the United States is unequaled around the world, to my understanding. And the preservation of that freedom is really important to me and others. So we want to demonstrate our positive contribution to the community. Q: You don't talk about your philanthropy much, especially what you do to fight climate change. Do you feel that should get more attention? A: I think it gets attention when it needs to be recognized -- not my work, but the issues I'm talking about. I've been working in conservation for 35 years with an organization called Conservation International. We work internationally, as the name suggests. The only work we do here in the United States is fundraising. And we're under enormous threat now with the rise of nationalism and isolationism and all of the (expletive) that we're suffering. Q: Does that make your work even more pressing? Especially with the cuts to USAID that previously funded environmental work? A: Of course. Yes. Members of the Republican Party and the administration had been enthusiastic about the importance of funding international conservation. In the last 10 years, we have had a real, substantial contribution from USAID addressing and mitigating issues that have suddenly disappeared from our moral flowchart. It just (expletive) disappeared. It's a travesty. It's a tragedy. Q: Will Conservation International do something differently this year to make up for those cuts? A: Unfortunately, we will not be able to do that because we don't have extra funds to distribute. We don't have the structures of a scientific community that have been established and nurtured and cultured over the years. They've been dissolved. We can't do it. Q: Do you hope the Operation Smile award and the attention that comes with it will convince some people to donate more? A: I hope so. I hope it motivates some people to recognize they will have to create new mechanisms of funding and support. But we're also disavowing science. We're in such a fragile point of inflection here… There will be moments when all of us will be called upon to think about these things again and to make our individual efforts to address the imbalance of the situation that now exists. There are many people upset with this stuff. But will we coalesce around these things and become a political constituency, a moral army? ______ Associated Press coverage of philanthropy and nonprofits receives support through the AP's collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content. For all of AP's philanthropy coverage, visit
San Francisco Chronicle
a day ago
- Health
- San Francisco Chronicle
Harrison Ford wants the Operation Smile award honoring his friend to inspire others to give more
Harrison Ford will receive an award for his philanthropy Tuesday night from the global surgery and training nonprofit Operation Smile. But the star of the 'Indiana Jones' and 'Star Wars' film franchises, as well as this year's 'Captain America: Brave New World,' says all the attention should go to the award's namesake – Ford's friend, the late humanitarian and noted plastic surgeon Dr. Randy Sherman. Like Ford, Sherman, who was director of the Cedars-Sinai Division of Plastic Surgery in Los Angeles and a specialist in reconstructive surgery who developed numerous training programs, was an avid pilot and they bonded when they shared the same home airport. Sherman told Ford of his volunteer work with Operation Smile, providing cleft palate surgery to children in countries where access to such services is limited, and Angel Flight West, which provides free medical transportation to patients. 'The things that he contributed to my life and to my family's lives are beyond anybody's wildest imagination,' Ford said of Sherman, who died in 2023 when his plane experienced engine failure and crashed in New Mexico. 'He was a very important person to me and, by the way, to all of the people that he's associated with in the medical community. All of them recognize his selfless service.' Dr. Billy Magee, Operation Smile's chief medical officer, called it a joy to honor both men, pointing out that Sherman was a leader in cleft palate care and 'a driving force behind Operation Smile's work to expand access to surgical care closer to patients' homes, even in the most remote corners of the world.' 'This award celebrates the spirit of compassion and dedication that both Harrison and Dr. Sherman embody,' said Magee, who recently announced Operation 100, which will equip 100 cleft operative teams in 100 hospitals around the world. 'I can't think of a more deserving recipient to carry that legacy forward.' The Associated Press recently spoke with Ford about receiving the Dr. Randy Sherman Visionary Award from Operation Smile and how he hopes it will inspire others to give what they can. The interview was edited for clarity and length. Q: How did you get to know Dr. Sherman? A: When the earthquake in Haiti struck (in 2010), I reached out to Randy and asked if he thought there was anything that we could do with an airplane that I had, which was particularly suited to the kind of work that's done in these circumstances. He very quickly organized a mission with Operation Smile and he met me and my pilot, who was working for me at the time, Terry Bender. We flew my Cessna Caravan to Miami and picked up supplies and medical professionals -- doctors, nurses, anesthesiologists -- and flew to Port-au-Prince. We flew missions to bring supplies and medical personnel to a community called Hinche, in the highlands of Haiti, a town that had no airport but did have a field that we were able to land the aircraft in. We were there for about a week, going back and forth each day to Hinche to bring in supplies. Q: What made you want to be a part of that — a dangerous mission under tough circumstances? A: Well, I didn't consider it to be dangerous. I considered it to be an opportunity to be able to use something that I had that was needed. The issue in Haiti was that when people were injured in the urban setting, there were no resources to treat them. They were then transported to the community that they grew up in… It was such a (expletive) in Port-au-Prince when we got there. Nobody knew what was going on. But we knew there was a hospital in Hinche that was staffed by two Cuban doctors and they had no supplies, no anesthetics. And because of the delay in assets reaching them, there were a lot of people suffering amputations and other very significant medical issues. Q: What was it like to see philanthropy in action in that moment? It's an example of something that the government is not going to handle. If the nonprofit doesn't do it, it doesn't get done. A: Pilots are good citizens. They're involved. They really are aware in many, many cases of the contributions they can make with their resources and their skills… This is not all altruism. We do want people to understand the positive values of general aviation and what they bring to a community. The freedom to fly in the United States is unequaled around the world, to my understanding. And the preservation of that freedom is really important to me and others. So we want to demonstrate our positive contribution to the community. Q: You don't talk about your philanthropy much, especially what you do to fight climate change. Do you feel that should get more attention? A: I think it gets attention when it needs to be recognized -- not my work, but the issues I'm talking about. I've been working in conservation for 35 years with an organization called Conservation International. We work internationally, as the name suggests. The only work we do here in the United States is fundraising. And we're under enormous threat now with the rise of nationalism and isolationism and all of the (expletive) that we're suffering. Q: Does that make your work even more pressing? Especially with the cuts to USAID that previously funded environmental work? A: Of course. Yes. Members of the Republican Party and the administration had been enthusiastic about the importance of funding international conservation. In the last 10 years, we have had a real, substantial contribution from USAID addressing and mitigating issues that have suddenly disappeared from our moral flowchart. It just (expletive) disappeared. It's a travesty. It's a tragedy. Q: Will Conservation International do something differently this year to make up for those cuts? A: Unfortunately, we will not be able to do that because we don't have extra funds to distribute. We don't have the structures of a scientific community that have been established and nurtured and cultured over the years. They've been dissolved. We can't do it. Q: Do you hope the Operation Smile award and the attention that comes with it will convince some people to donate more? A: I hope so. I hope it motivates some people to recognize they will have to create new mechanisms of funding and support. But we're also disavowing science. We're in such a fragile point of inflection here… There will be moments when all of us will be called upon to think about these things again and to make our individual efforts to address the imbalance of the situation that now exists. There are many people upset with this stuff. But will we coalesce around these things and become a political constituency, a moral army? ______
Winnipeg Free Press
a day ago
- Health
- Winnipeg Free Press
Harrison Ford wants the Operation Smile award honoring his friend to inspire others to give more
Harrison Ford will receive an award for his philanthropy Tuesday night from the global surgery and training nonprofit Operation Smile. But the star of the 'Indiana Jones' and 'Star Wars' film franchises, as well as this year's 'Captain America: Brave New World,' says all the attention should go to the award's namesake – Ford's friend, the late humanitarian and noted plastic surgeon Dr. Randy Sherman. Like Ford, Sherman, who was director of the Cedars-Sinai Division of Plastic Surgery in Los Angeles and a specialist in reconstructive surgery who developed numerous training programs, was an avid pilot and they bonded when they shared the same home airport. Sherman told Ford of his volunteer work with Operation Smile, providing cleft palate surgery to children in countries where access to such services is limited, and Angel Flight West, which provides free medical transportation to patients. 'The things that he contributed to my life and to my family's lives are beyond anybody's wildest imagination,' Ford said of Sherman, who died in 2023 when his plane experienced engine failure and crashed in New Mexico. 'He was a very important person to me and, by the way, to all of the people that he's associated with in the medical community. All of them recognize his selfless service.' Dr. Billy Magee, Operation Smile's chief medical officer, called it a joy to honor both men, pointing out that Sherman was a leader in cleft palate care and 'a driving force behind Operation Smile's work to expand access to surgical care closer to patients' homes, even in the most remote corners of the world.' 'This award celebrates the spirit of compassion and dedication that both Harrison and Dr. Sherman embody,' said Magee, who recently announced Operation 100, which will equip 100 cleft operative teams in 100 hospitals around the world. 'I can't think of a more deserving recipient to carry that legacy forward.' The Associated Press recently spoke with Ford about receiving the Dr. Randy Sherman Visionary Award from Operation Smile and how he hopes it will inspire others to give what they can. The interview was edited for clarity and length. Q: How did you get to know Dr. Sherman? A: When the earthquake in Haiti struck (in 2010), I reached out to Randy and asked if he thought there was anything that we could do with an airplane that I had, which was particularly suited to the kind of work that's done in these circumstances. He very quickly organized a mission with Operation Smile and he met me and my pilot, who was working for me at the time, Terry Bender. We flew my Cessna Caravan to Miami and picked up supplies and medical professionals — doctors, nurses, anesthesiologists — and flew to Port-au-Prince. We flew missions to bring supplies and medical personnel to a community called Hinche, in the highlands of Haiti, a town that had no airport but did have a field that we were able to land the aircraft in. We were there for about a week, going back and forth each day to Hinche to bring in supplies. Q: What made you want to be a part of that — a dangerous mission under tough circumstances? A: Well, I didn't consider it to be dangerous. I considered it to be an opportunity to be able to use something that I had that was needed. The issue in Haiti was that when people were injured in the urban setting, there were no resources to treat them. They were then transported to the community that they grew up in… It was such a (expletive) in Port-au-Prince when we got there. Nobody knew what was going on. But we knew there was a hospital in Hinche that was staffed by two Cuban doctors and they had no supplies, no anesthetics. And because of the delay in assets reaching them, there were a lot of people suffering amputations and other very significant medical issues. Q: What was it like to see philanthropy in action in that moment? It's an example of something that the government is not going to handle. If the nonprofit doesn't do it, it doesn't get done. A: Pilots are good citizens. They're involved. They really are aware in many, many cases of the contributions they can make with their resources and their skills… This is not all altruism. We do want people to understand the positive values of general aviation and what they bring to a community. The freedom to fly in the United States is unequaled around the world, to my understanding. And the preservation of that freedom is really important to me and others. So we want to demonstrate our positive contribution to the community. Q: You don't talk about your philanthropy much, especially what you do to fight climate change. Do you feel that should get more attention? A: I think it gets attention when it needs to be recognized — not my work, but the issues I'm talking about. I've been working in conservation for 35 years with an organization called Conservation International. We work internationally, as the name suggests. The only work we do here in the United States is fundraising. And we're under enormous threat now with the rise of nationalism and isolationism and all of the (expletive) that we're suffering. Q: Does that make your work even more pressing? Especially with the cuts to USAID that previously funded environmental work? A: Of course. Yes. Members of the Republican Party and the administration had been enthusiastic about the importance of funding international conservation. In the last 10 years, we have had a real, substantial contribution from USAID addressing and mitigating issues that have suddenly disappeared from our moral flowchart. It just (expletive) disappeared. It's a travesty. It's a tragedy. Q: Will Conservation International do something differently this year to make up for those cuts? Weekly A weekly look at what's happening in Winnipeg's arts and entertainment scene. A: Unfortunately, we will not be able to do that because we don't have extra funds to distribute. We don't have the structures of a scientific community that have been established and nurtured and cultured over the years. They've been dissolved. We can't do it. Q: Do you hope the Operation Smile award and the attention that comes with it will convince some people to donate more? A: I hope so. I hope it motivates some people to recognize they will have to create new mechanisms of funding and support. But we're also disavowing science. We're in such a fragile point of inflection here… There will be moments when all of us will be called upon to think about these things again and to make our individual efforts to address the imbalance of the situation that now exists. There are many people upset with this stuff. But will we coalesce around these things and become a political constituency, a moral army? ______ Associated Press coverage of philanthropy and nonprofits receives support through the AP's collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content. For all of AP's philanthropy coverage, visit
