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New York Post
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Actor Elan Zafir asks $800K for NYC home
When actor Elan Zafir and his wife Lindsay first moved into their two-bedroom apartment on East 17th Street, the rest of New York City seemed to be heading for the exits. It was mid-pandemic, the housing market had shifted dramatically, and while others fled, the Zafirs doubled down on city life. 'I think most people were getting out because of COVID and we were coming into it,' Zafir told The Post, who currently appears as Rocco alongside Jon Hamm in the Apple TV+ series 'Your Friends & Neighbors.' Now, four years later, their Gramercy Park sanctuary — Residence 3D at 210 E. 17th St. — is hitting the market for $800,000. 12 Elan Zafir, a stage actor currently featured alongside Jon Hamm in Apple TV's 'Your Friends & Neighbors,' has listed his Gramercy Park home for $800,000. Celeste Godoy 12 Located at 210 E. 17th St. in the Beaux-Arts cooperative known as 'Mon Bijou,' which translates to 'my jewel.' Celeste Godoy 'We're really sad to be leaving that area, it's so great,' he said. Listed with Michelle Griffith of Douglas Elliman, the apartment is part of the Beaux-Arts cooperative known as 'Mon Bijou,' a building whose name, translating to 'my jewel,' reflects the lived-in charm Zafir said they'll miss most. 12 Elan Zafir is currently filming season two of 'Your Friends & Neighbors.' Getty Images 'It's like an oasis when you get in there. It's shockingly quiet,' he said. 'You can't hear like anything and there's this enormous church that you're kind of facing the back of that has all this moss on it.' The 1,000-square-foot home is sun-drenched, with seven oversized windows and southern and eastern exposures, including view of the historic St. George's Church. French doors lead to a corner primary bedroom with dual closets, and the updated kitchen includes full-size appliances and an in-unit washer/dryer. 12 While compact, the couple cherished the apartment's natural light, character-rich details and neighborly atmosphere, which Zafir said made it easier to commit to filming in Queens. Celeste Godoy 12 The living room. Celeste Godoy 12 The living room overlooks the historic St. George's Church. Celeste Godoy But Zafir said the true appeal is the sense of community. 'I know everyone in the building,' he said. 'My kid can go run downstairs to let her friend in for a playdate. I never worried about anything because it's mostly owners in the building.' Zafir has lived all over New York since arriving in July 2000 — Canal Street during 9/11, the East Village, Crown Heights. But it was this pocket of Gramercy that finally felt like home. 'You're two blocks from the East Village, another two blocks from Eataly in Madison Square Park. You're like half a block from Stuyvesant Square Park — which is just beautiful — and they've got like tango some nights, and concerts and they show movies there.' 12 The kitchen. Celeste Godoy 12 One of two bedrooms. Celeste Godoy 12 A second bedroom. Celeste Godoy A classically trained stage actor who has performed with institutions like TFANA, La MaMa, and Classic Stage Company, Zafir said the apartment's proximity to the city's cultural core made it easy to juggle auditions and rehearsals across boroughs. 'I could walk to Chinatown and just get whatever dumpling I wanted. It was just so easy anywhere I had to go,' he said. 'I'm always like working in a different theater … I worked at the Classic Stage and it was super easy to get to work.' He and Lindsay, who previously worked remotely for The Forge and is now a professor at CUNY, are relocating to Morningside Heights for more space and to be closer to work and schools. 12 Elan Zafir as Rocco in 'Your Friends & Neighbors.' Apple TV+ 12 The full bathroom. Celeste Godoy 12 The unit is a block from Stuyvesant Park. Celeste Godoy 'My son is coming to move in with me … so we need a proper three-bedroom,' Zafir added. 'We got Sarah [his daughter] into a good school. We're happy about that… but it's just nothing like where we were.' The move marks a new chapter, but not an easy departure. 'The apartment is super cute. When it was just me, my wife, my dog and my 7-year-old, we all just liked to sleep in the bed and be all bundled up. I've got really fond memories of that,' Zafir said. 'Life became a lot easier actually, and so yeah — we're not looking forward to leave, to be honest.'
USA Today
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Olivia Munn reveals her mom was diagnosed with breast cancer: 'Even more heartbreaking'
Olivia Munn's mother has been diagnosed with breast cancer. The "Newsroom" star, 45, shared the news in an Instagram post on Wednesday, July 9, more than a year after revealing her own breast cancer diagnosis. Munn said that after being diagnosed with breast cancer herself in 2023, she urged her mother to take a breast cancer lifetime risk assessment test. Her mom's high score on the test led her to get an MRI, and she was ultimately diagnosed with breast cancer. Munn said her mom has since completed 12 rounds of chemotherapy. "From my mom being there after my double mastectomy to me being there after hers," Munn wrote in her post. "From me having to find an oncologist, to my mom and I sharing one. I can tell you this: going through cancer is really hard. But there's something about watching a loved one go through it that is even more heartbreaking." Munn also shared a series of photos and videos on Instagram along with her message, the first of which showed her mother on her first day of chemotherapy. Another showed Munn's mother sitting with her son-in-law, comedian John Mulaney. The "Your Friends & Neighbors" star said she spent "many nights" taking care of her mom when the chemotherapy "became too much," and she wished "I could fight the fight for her, even if only for a day to give her a little break." She added that she is "proud" of her mom for handling the diagnosis "with bravery and humor while still driving us crazy," quipping that "just days after her double mastectomy she tried to do laundry and make dinner — she's insane."
Hindustan Times
05-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Stream team: Check out Deepanjana Pal's mid-year watchlist
What do Panchayat, The Bear, Squid Game and The Last of Us have in common? All released new seasons this year that have left fans disappointed. While this isn't good news for the entertainment business, there has been great news elsewhere, with some excellent additions to streaming platforms too. As we hit the mid-year mark, here are my top five picks. * Best film: Sinners (released in April) * Hamm on Top: Your Friends & Neighbors (released in April) Jon Hamm is on song as Coop, ably supported by a talented cast that includes Olivia Munn and Hoon Lee. (Apple TV) Part comedy, part social satire and part murder mystery, this is a show about a hedge-fund manager who turns to crime to maintain his lifestyle after losing his job. His targets? His super-rich friends and neighbours. Jon Hamm is on song as Coop, ably supported by a talented cast that includes Olivia Munn and Hoon Lee. Your Friends & Neighbors shifts gears awkwardly halfway in and the finale leaves us with many questions, but the good news is that the Apple TV show has been renewed for a second season, in which James Marsden will join the cast. * TV done right: The Pitt (released in January) Noah Wyle is all high-strung tension as the show traces a 15-hour shift in the emergency department of a fictional Pittsburgh hospital. Nostalgia for the '90s has been having a moment, and one of the best things it's given us is this medical drama, which reunites some key talent from the hit show ER (1994-2009). Starring Noah Wyle and a stellar cast packed with nepo babies, The Pitt, streaming on JioHotstar, follows a single 15-hour day in the emergency department of a fictional Pittsburgh hospital. The show updates the medical drama by adding complexity, gore and grit to the mix. My recommendation: Don't binge; savour it. There is a lot to take in. * Feminism, but make it fluffy: The Apothecary Diaries (2023; now on Netflix) Adapted from a manga series of the same name, this animated show follows Maomao, a servant at the imperial palace, who is also an apothecary's daughter and therefore knows a fair bit about medicines and poisons. As a result of this, Jinshi, an influential eunuch, enlists her to help him track and intervene in various incidents of palace intrigue. Soon enough, Maomao seems to be the one calling the shots, despite her officially low status. This is escapist entertainment at its best and the anime wears its progressive, feminist heart on its sleeve. * A masterclass in build-up: Paatal Lok (S2 released in January) The taut storytelling delivers another great set of characters, while giving us more of the wonder that is Jaideep Ahlawat. Debacles such as The Royals notwithstanding, Indian streaming delivered some excellent shows this year. These include the murder mockumentary Black, White & Gray, and Black Warrant (set in Tihar Jail in the 1980s and based on the memoirs of a long-standing jailor). What gave the Amazon Original Paatal Lok an edge was how thoroughly bingeworthy it was. The taut storytelling delivered another great set of characters, while also giving us more of the wonder that is Jaideep Ahlawat as Inspector Hathi Ram. Paatal Lok reflected issues specific to Nagaland, where the story is set, without losing sight of what it takes to craft a gripping context for crime and crimefighting. All in all, a second season so good, one can even overlook the weak finale.
Cosmopolitan
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Cosmopolitan
Olivia Munn Claims ‘The Newsroom' Director Tried to 'Ruin' Career
Olivia Munn isn't holding back. On the most recent episode of Dax Shepherd's Armchair Expert podcast, the actor and activist revealed she was nearly blacklisted in Hollywood after she disagreed with a male director while she was on HBO's The Newsroom. 'There was a storyline where my character and Tom Sadoski's character are dating and falling in love,' Olivia explained to Dax and his co-host, Monica Padman. Without naming names, she added that the director kept pushing the romantic storyline on her performance rather than Tom's. 'He kept trying to force me to carry that storyline only on my side. He's like, 'Can you look out at him and smile?' And I'm like, 'Why? She's busy doing this?' Or, 'Can you stop and snuggle up to him or flirt with him?' Or, 'Can you give him a kiss?' And I'm like, 'This is in the middle of working,'' she shared, describing the nature of the scene. The Your Friends & Neighbors star also revealed that someone on her team notified her that the director told film studios she was 'difficult' to work with after they disagreed on set. 'I was on the one-yard-line for the movie and my manager calls me and says, 'Hey, you're gonna get the role. But first, I guess there's another director who they know and he says that on The Newsroom, you were late all the time and really combative,'' Olivia said, though she didn't mention the movie in question. She continued, 'I lived seven minutes from there. I was never late. I was like, 'I know who this is.' He just was trying to bash me. And I told my reps, 'Please tell the directors this.' And then I still got the role. But I will always remember that just because of our conflicts of how we approached a role, he wanted to ruin my chances of getting anything else.' Olivia starred on the HBO series as Sloan Sabbith for three seasons from 2012 to 2014 before moving on to projects like X-Men: Apocalypse, Ocean's Eight, and The Daily Show over the years. ICYMI, tune in to Olivia Munn's full conversation with Dax Shepherd on Armchair Expert below.
Elle
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Elle
Loro Piana's Montauk Soirée Mixed Italian Ease With East-Coast Cool
If there's any brand that captures the essence of refined summer living, it's Loro Piana. To celebrate the carefree spirit of the season and the unveiling of its resort 2025 collection, the Italian maison hosted an intimate soirée at The Crow's Nest on the sandy shores of Lake Montauk. Among the linen-clad guests was Your Friends & Neighbors actor Jon Hamm, who sported a pair of newly launched Loro Piana sunglasses. The eyewear collection marks the brand's first full foray into the category, with frames made in Japan from lightweight titanium and hypoallergenic acetate. As the sun dipped behind the dunes, actress Alexandra Daddario relaxed on one of the many rattan loungers and enjoyed a quick game of backgammon—using a handcrafted walnut wood set from Loro Piana's very own game collection. Artist Josh Diesenhaus and director and photographer Tyler Rizzuto battled it out in a game of four in a row, reimagined by Loro Piana with polished wood chips and hand-stitched leather. Actors Anna Osceola and Will Arnett enjoyed upbeat tunes from DJ Bec Adams, while others nibbled on passed hors d'oeuvres and sipped on signature cocktails with Calabrian chili and watermelon juice. Loro Piana set the scene with a vision of sophisticated ease: a string of globe lights, terracotta pots, and the scent of strawberry Sorrento drifting through the air. Luxe details, like monogrammed aprons and Loro Piana blankets in leather-trimmed baskets, added warmth to the alfresco setting. Click through to see how Loro Piana brought the energy of the Amalfi Coast to the Hamptons.
