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'The Bold and the Beautiful's Thorsten Kaye Has Message for Fans Ahead of Italy Episodes
'The Bold and the Beautiful's Thorsten Kaye Has Message for Fans Ahead of Italy Episodes originally appeared on Parade. The Bold and the Beautiful is headed back to Italy, where, as fans know, romance always blossoms. As Parade reported, Jack Wagner (Nick) teased that things heat up between Nick and Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang), much to Ridge's (Thorsten Kaye) dismay. Kaye opened up about the infamous love triangle of Brooke, Ridge, and Taylor (Rebecca Budig). Now that Nick is back in the mix to fight for Brooke, Kaye admitted to TV Insider that there are plenty of twists and turns in Italy. 'I think Ridge feels threatened, not necessarily by Nick as a person, but by any man who walks in and is ready to give Brooke the full attention she deserves. I think Ridge is threatened by that, because he can't do it. I think the insecurity is that she's going to see that Ridge is not irreplaceable,' Kaye shared with the outlet. Ridge and Brooke reunited last time the CBS soap was in Italy. Kaye didn't say if history would repeat itself, but he did have some words of encouragement for fans. 'Without question, these are some of the most beautiful places in the world. In addition to the mystery of Naples, there's something about being on an island. Something could happen because weather could come in, or somebody that knows a lot about boats may not know as much as he thinks he does…. You've got to tune in for it,' he expressed. Make sure to tune in to see what happens in Italy as Ridge, Nick, Brooke, and Eric (John McCook) head there for business and unexpected pleasure. The Bold and the Beautiful airs weekdays on CBS. 'The Bold and the Beautiful's Thorsten Kaye Has Message for Fans Ahead of Italy Episodes first appeared on Parade on Jul 28, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 28, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
22-07-2025
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Dakota Johnson-Pedro Pascal rom-com 'Materialists' now on VOD
Dakota Johnson, seen at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, stars in "Materialists." File Photo by Rune Hellestad/UPI July 22 (UPI) -- A24 announced Tuesday that Materialists is now available to rent or buy on video-on-demand retailers. The price is $19.99 to rent and $24.99 to own. Retailers include Apple TV+, Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Google Play, YouTube and cable or satellite providers. The film opened June 13 in theaters. Dakota Johnson plays a matchmaker who falls for the brother (Pedro Pascal) of one of her clients. A love triangle forms when her ex-boyfriend (Chris Evans) returns into her life and they reconnect. UPI praised writer/director Celine Song's film in its review, highlighting her poignant take on the contradictions of turning love into a for-profit service. The focus on matchmaking also challenged some of the conventions of Hollywood love stories. ADVERTISEMENT Materialists will be on Blu-ray in September. The Blu-ray is available for pre-order. Pedro Pascal, seen at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, stars in "Materialists." File Photo by Rune Hellestad/UPI A24 also sells Materialists merchandise including a hat for the fictional Adore matchmaking service, silver heart ring, T-shirt and vinyl soundtrack.
Yahoo
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Why are women over 30 hooked on teenage TV dramas?
In recent weeks, I've spent an unprecedented amount of time thinking about two teenage boys and the various merits of dating each. Before you call the police, let me explain. I've become completely addicted to The Summer I Turned Pretty, a television show based on Jenny Han's Young Adult novels of the same name, which has a love triangle between a 15-year-old girl, Belly Conklin, and two brothers, Conrad and Jeremiah Fisher, at its heart. First released on Amazon Prime in 2022, the show has attracted a passionate and vocal fanbase, a large proportion of which, if Reddit forums and anecdotal evidence are to be believed, is over the age of 30 – like me. 'I started watching the show from the very first season and have been hooked on it ever since,' shares Rebecca Newham, a 43-year-old fashion stylist. 'I haven't read the books but as soon as I saw the trailer I knew it would be a show that I would enjoy.' Isla Heller, a 41-year-old copy editor, is also a fan. 'It's got it all! Love triangles, brooding youths, long hot summers, sexual awakenings, country club politics… what's not to love?' The phenomenon of older women enjoying teen dramas right now is far from unique to TSITP either, with others waxing lyrical about Ginny and Georgia, a Netflix series following a single mother and her teenage daughter; or XO Kitty, a Korean dating drama set in a high school. Personally, I've spent a lot of time questioning why I'm enjoying a TV series about people two decades younger than me. Is this a sign of an imminent mid-life crisis? Perhaps not. According to Dana Moinian, psychotherapist at The Soke, our thirties and forties often feel like times of great change, much like our teenage years, so there's a resonance there. 'The appeal to women in their thirties and beyond is rooted in both emotional resonance and psychological projection,' she explains. 'The narratives often explore identity formation, social belonging and relational intensity – core developmental themes that, while prominent in adolescence, continue to echo throughout adulthood. 'For women in mid-life, watching teen dramas can offer a form of emotional revisitation, where unresolved experiences or unarticulated feelings from adolescence can be symbolically processed through the safety of fictional characters. Additionally, these shows tend to emphasise heightened emotional clarity, which may be particularly appealing amid the often ambiguous, emotionally muted realities of adult life.' It's also undeniably nostalgic for those of a certain generation; TSITP is ostensibly set during the period in which I 'came of age' (ish). 'Nostalgia has a well-documented psychological function: it supports emotional regulation, self-continuity and resilience during periods of stress or change,' explains Moinian. 'For many adult women, especially those navigating transitional phases – career shifts, caregiving roles or identity renegotiation – nostalgic content can offer a stabilising effect. Teen dramas may not precisely mirror the viewer's past, but they often evoke sensory and emotional cues – for example, fashion, music, interpersonal dynamics – that activate autobiographical memory systems. This can foster a comforting sense of connection to an earlier, perhaps more exploratory, phase of life.' For stylist Newham, the retro fashion also appeals. 'I love the nostalgia of it in both the storyline and the fashion. I love the nods to the early '00s fashion, which includes baby tees and denim shorts. This shows the revival in Y2K fashion and how relevant it still is.' While for me, it's the music: having a first dance at the prom to 'Mayonnaise' by Smashing Pumpkins took me immediately back to the halcyon days of my late teens. Unlike many of the teen dramas from our youth, a lot of these shows also feature more people of colour, with Belly in TSITP being biracial white and Asian American. It's something that writer Isabella Silvers (31) likes in particular. 'I love shows that focus on women and girls of colour,' she says. 'As someone who writes about being mixed-race, I'm always drawn to shows with characters and storylines that represent and explore that. They also explore other topics, like mental health, eating disorders, self-harm, bullying, queerness and so much more in non-patronising ways.' Indeed, it's also refreshing that TSITP also has a strong storyline for the parent characters too, in a way that wasn't necessarily true of the original noughties teen shows like Dawson's Creek or Gossip Girl – especially as many of the viewers are closer in age to the mums than the kids themselves. Belly's mum Laurel and the Fisher boys' mother Susannah are both sassy, fun, headstrong and intelligent – but they also get high and make out with strangers in bars, despite the fact they are in their forties. For me, as a single parent, too, it's comforting to see. Teen dramas undoubtedly allow most of us to reflect on a less complicated time in our lives – and don't require us to think too much, either, unlike the majority of prestige television made today. 'I love it because being an adult with all its complexities is hard, and to have a little window into a simpler time – 'Which brother should I snog?' – is light relief,' says Heller. At the same time, it's also not exploitative, like some reality TV can feel – so there's no need to feel guilty at someone else's expense. Far from being brain rot, there are scientific benefits from indulging in these so-called 'guilty pleasure' TV shows, too. 'In clinical practice, we see increasing signs of cognitive overload and performance fatigue, particularly among high-functioning adults,' says Moinian. 'The constant pressure to 'optimise' time can lead to chronic stress, diminished creativity and emotional depletion. Watching television that allows for low cognitive load – such as teen dramas – can serve as a form of passive restoration. This type of viewing supports downregulation of the nervous system, facilitating psychological recovery. Importantly, it also counters the perfectionistic mindset that leisure must be productive, which is itself a source of distress for many individuals.' If you haven't selected your teen drama of choice yet, now's the time. You Might Also Like 8 spring/summer 2019 nail trends to be wearing now 10 best summer shorts to wear beyond the beach 10 pairs of knee-high boots to transform your autumn look
CBS News
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Christopher Briney and Gavin Casalegno open up about final season of "The Summer I Turned Pretty"
Actors Christopher Briney and Gavin Casalegno, stars of the hit series, "The Summer I Turned Pretty," are opening up about the beloved show's third and final season. Adapted from the book series of the same name, Briney and Casalegno play Conrad and Jeremiah Fisher, two brothers in a love triangle with their childhood friend "Belly," played by Lola Tung. Without revealing too much, Briney said in the final season, the audience can expect to see the characters they've grown to know, but in different places in their lives. "Conrad is off at school. He's working on becoming a doctor and lives have moved on," Briney said. "So, they're characters we know but in different places, and drama ensues." Casalegno described the season as emotionally mature, adding that the audience sees the characters in key developmental stages of their lives. "We got to see these characters kind of going from high school into their college and from teenage and we get to see this time jump where we see four years of maturing," Casalegno said. "I feel like we get to see these characters right in the middle of so much of the maturing that happens in their life." Both actors told "CBS Mornings" that they are appreciative of the show's passionate fans. "It's a story that people can relate to and love. Yeah, we're just grateful that people are passionate about the story we're telling," Casalegno said. "You root for both of these characters at times," Briney added. The two have now known each other for four years and said at times, they've spent 14 hours per day on the show's set, which has helped them grow closer. "You spend a lot of time with these people, and you grow close. I think that sort of speaks to the dynamic we've created," Briney said.
CNN
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
‘The Summer I Turned Pretty' is back and people are going to have some big feelings about it
There's a lot to unpack about third and final season of 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' – and we don't just mean Belly's (Lola Tung) college duffle bag. Prime TV on Wednesday released the first two episodes of the summery, love triangle-laden series, which picks up after a four-year time jump to find Belly in her junior year at the fictional Finch College with her boyfriend Jeremiah Fisher (Gavin Casalegno). Meanwhile, his older brother and Belly's ex, Conrad (Christopher Briney), is studying to be a doctor at Stanford University. While Belly and Jeremiah are still very much going strong, viewers are instantly reminded that the love triangle between the two brothers and Belly is still, of course, very much a thing, but not the focus of the first two episodes. The drama in these first two episodes – which take place largely outside of Cousins Beach, other than a select few flashbacks – stems largely from the conflict between Jeremiah and Belly, after Belly learns that Jeremiah cheated on her during a spring break trip to Cabo. The entire situation was very Rachel Green and Ross Gellar – a 'we were on a break' scenario. Jeremiah thought they were broken up when he went to Cabo; Belly did not. It was safe to assume some polarizing plot developments would ignite the show's passionate fandom, given the series released a preemptive warning to its active online community of viewers, asking them to 'keep the conversation kind' in a statement posted to its official X page ahead of the Season 3 debut. The show provided its followers with some guidelines, writing that users who engage in hate speech, bullying, targeting cast or crew and harassing or doxxing other members of the community would be 'banned.' The post did not detail how the rules would be enforced. 'I think we see with a lot of these love-triangle stories, people want the leading girl to end up with someone,' Tung told Teen Vogue in an interview published last week. 'When people have an attachment to the characters, they want to see it come together at the end.' Tung continued, 'I'm so grateful that they care so much, but people get a little scary about it.' The strong feelings are likely to continue all season, especially given that the second episode ends with Jeremiah proposing to Belly – a scene that has caused much discussion among show viewers. It all happened under unsurprisingly dramatic circumstances. After breaking up over Jeremiah's infidelity, the pair were brought back together after Belly's brother Steven (Sean Kaufman) was hospitalized following a car accident. With a little nudge from her friend Taylor (Rain Spencer), Belly forgave Jeremiah, who had been at the hospital for support. During a walk outside the hospital, after Belly forgives Jeremiah and tells him never to hurt her like that again, for which he promises, Jeremiah proceeds to ask Belly if she will marry him. Without presenting her with a ring (it matters!)… Just moments after her brother finally woke up from a medically induced coma (what?)… And she said yes (Oy vey). Book readers knew this was coming, but it still probably felt just as cringe on screen as it did on paper. It's not that Jeremiah can't be forgiven for a mistake, it's that Belly deserves better. (Here's lookin' at you, team Conrad people.) After all, Jenny Han, the author of the books on which the series is based, herself told People magazine in an interview published Wednesday that, as far as she's concerned, it's 'debatable' whether or not what Jeremiah did was considered 'cheating or not.' That we care at all is the ultimate testament to how good of a job the actors are doing on this show. Big plot twists will invite big feelings, which are fine, as long as they're accompanied by civility in equal measure. New episodes of 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Season 3 will be available to stream on Wednesdays until the series finale on September 17.
