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Watch 7 A-List Stars Who Got Their Start on ‘Baywatch’ (Videos)
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Before she was nominated for an Oscar – four times – Michelle Williams made her screen debut on “Baywatch,” where she appeared twice as two different characters. Jason Momoa got plenty of training for “Aquaman” when he joined the cast of “Baywatch” after it moved locations and became “Baywatch Hawaii” in later seasons. She solves crimes on “Law & Order: Svu” now, but Mariska Hargitay was the one who needed saving when she made an appearance on a Season 1 episode of “Baywatch.” Add Mila Kunis to the list of A-listers whose child acting days included a stint on “Baywatch.” Like Michelle »
- Linda Ge
Cannes Winds Down: Who’s Going to Win the Palme d’Or?
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As the penultimate day of the 70th Cannes Film Festival comes to a close in the South of France, all 19 of the films in the main competition have screened. The most prestigious prize on the international film-festival circuit, the Palme d’Or, is now in the hands of a nine-member jury headed by director Pedro Almodovar and also including actors Jessica Chastain and Will Smith, directors Maren Ade and Paolo Sorrentino and composer Gabriel Yared. What will they choose? Occasionally, a clear frontrunner emerges and takes the Palme: “Blue Is the Warmest Color” was the odds-on favorite in 2013, and »
- Steve Pond
Former Mlb Superstar Alex Rodriguez Lands With ABC News (Report)
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Former New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez has “sealed a deal” to become a contributor with ABC News, according to the New York Post. The post reports that former baseball star would appear on a variety of ABC News platforms, including “Good Morning America” “Nightline” and “World News Tonight.” Citing a “network insider,” the Post reported that A-Rod and ABC News have been in talks for the retired slugger to “contributor for sports, family and even financial segments.” ABC News did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment. Reps for ABC and A-Rod declined to comment to the Post. »
- Brian Flood
‘The Simpsons’ Skewers Trump With Visit from Richard Nixon’s Ghost (Video)
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Courtesy of “The Simpsons,” the ghost of Richard Nixon has offered up a little advice for President Trump: “If you have tapes, burn ‘em.” “The Simpsons” mocked the Potus on Friday with a new video short commemorating his 125th day in the Oval Office. It features Vice President Mike Pence scratching off the word “vice” from his nameplate and Trump attempting to squash his beef with former FBI Director James Comey. Trump is laying in a bed surrounded by books including “Two Scoops for Me,” “How to Lose Friends and Piss Off Israel” and “I’m Still Fired” by Bill O’Reilly. »
- Brian Flood
Yahoo News Boss Megan Liberman Will Leave Once Verizon Deal Wraps Up
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Yahoo News editor-in-chief Megan Liberman will leave the company when the upcoming merger with Verizon becomes official, TheWrap has confirmed. “For now, I just want to say thank you,” Liberman said to staffers in an email obtained by CNN. “It has been an honor and a pleasure to work with each of you. Before coming to Yahoo, I had been fortunate to work with incredibly talented journalists and do consequential work, but I have never been prouder in my professional life than I have been of leading this team and of the work you have produced.” The deal between Yahoo and. »
- Brian Flood
Cannes: ‘Lerd’ Wins Top Award in Un Certain Regard Section
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Mohammed Rasoulof’s “Lerd” (“A Man of Integrity”) has been named the best film in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, a jury headed by Uma Thurman announced on Saturday in an awards ceremony at the Salle Debussy. The drama deals with corruption in a small town in Iran and stars Reza Akhlaghirad and Soudabeh Beizaee. Rasoulof shot the film in Iran, but he told TheWrap that the film will not be shown in that country because of censorship restrictions. Taylor Sheridan, the only American director in Un Certain Regard, won the best director award for “Wind. »
- Steve Pond
15 Actresses Who’ve Called Out Hollywood on Sexism (Photos)
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Jennifer Lawrence Back in 2015, Jennifer Lawrence wrote that higher pay for “the lucky people with dicks” needs to end in an essay for Lenny, Lena Dunham’s feminist newsletter. “I’m over trying to the find the ‘adorable’ way to state my opinion and still be likable,” she wrote. “F— that. I don’t think I’ve ever worked for a man in charge who spent time contemplating what angle he should use to have his voice heard. It’s just heard.” Read her full letter “Why Do I Make Less Than My Male Co-Stars?” here. Mo’Nique Oscar winning »
- Rasha Ali and Joe Otterson
Stephen Colbert Mocks Trump Over ‘Alpha Male’ Behavior on Foreign Trip (Video)
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“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert called President Trump a “jerk” on Friday night for his behavior with world leaders at the Nato summit in Brussels, including pushing aside a prime minister and engaging the president of France in an intense handshake. The now-viral video of the shove shows Trump putting his hand on Montenegro Prime Minister Dusko Markovic, pushing him aside and stepping around him before adjusting his jacket. “Out of my way… Alpha male coming through,” Colbert joked,”I don’t think that kind of shoving is appropriate for an International Summit. That’s the kind of shoving that belongs at the buffet. »
- Brian Flood
‘Based on a True Story’ Cannes Review: Roman Polanski Thriller Is Timid and Unsure
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The most generous thing you can say about “Based On A True Story”, Roman Polanski’s half-baked almost-thriller that screened out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, is that it goes down easy enough. Banking on the director’s eyes-closed, hands-behind-his-back skill and a game cast of actresses, the film is an enjoyable if not terribly memorable jaunt. But consider the pedigree of cast and crew and make no mistake about it: That fully damns it with faint praise. Polanski might well be the greatest living director of thrillers. Actress Emmanuelle Seigner, the star Polanski of successes like “Frantic” and. »
- Ben Croll
Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld Rips Hillary Clinton: ‘Textbook Definition of a Loser’ (Video)
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Fox News Channel’s “The Five” slammed Hillary Clinton’s “bitter” Wellesley College commencement speech on Friday night, fact-checking the former U.S. secretary of state before co-host Greg Gutfeld called her the “textbook definition of a loser.” Co-host Kimberly Guilfoyle reminded viewers that Clinton’s husband, Bill, was the most recent president to be impeached. “Feast on that fact,” she said. “Hillary is just a walking fountain of bitterness. I am starting now to feel sorry for her. Imagine being the quarterback of a losing Super Bowl team that sounds months trashing the winning quarterback,” Gutfeld said. “It’s »
- Brian Flood
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Former Us Diplomat and Father of ‘Morning Joe’ Co-Host, Dies at 89
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Zbigniew Brzezinski, who served as President Jimmy Carter’s national security adviser and advised many Democratic presidential campaigns, died Friday at age 89. His daughter, MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” co-host Mika Brzezinski, announced the news on Friday night. The elder Brzezinski, a Polish-American diplomat who had advised campaigns from Hubert Humphrey and Barack Obama, had appeared on his daughter’s program to discuss security issues as recently as last November. Mika took to Twitter to honor her father in a series of tweets. My father passed away peacefully tonight. He was known to his friends as Zbig, to his… https://t. »
- Brian Flood
‘Pirates’ Charts Course for $76 Million Memorial Day Weekend
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For this Memorial Day weekend’s new releases, the box office returns aren’t quite what Hollywood bean-counters were hoping for. The top film of the weekend, “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,” is on pace for a $76.3 million four-day weekend after hauling in $23.4 million from 4,276 screens on Friday. If that total holds, it will be below the $80 million projection target set by both Disney and independent trackers and well below the $90 million 3-day total set by this franchise’s predecessor, “On Stranger’s Tides.” The film failed to get “Pirates” out of the critical hole »
- Jeremy Fuster
11 Shows That Aren’t About Trump — But Totally Were (Photos)
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It’s tough to avoid the current political climate thanks to daily headlines that feel straight out of a reality show. TV series don’t have to address a specific current event, but they can be inspiration for core themes concerning politics, feminism, ideology or any number of things. To put it simply, shows this year talked about President Donald Trump… even if they didn’t do it directly. “Supergirl” The CW show is blunt about its ties to feminism. However, “Supergirl” stepped up its game in Season 2 with not-so-subtle jabs at the Trump presidency and the conversation around it, »
- Carli Velocci
10 Hulu Originals You Should Be Watching, From ‘The Path’ to ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ (Photos)
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Streaming service Hulu might not get all the attention that Netflix or HBO does, but it’s turning out some quality shows that rival the big networks and streaming services alike. Here are 10 Hulu original series you should add to your list of binge-worthy titles. 10. “The Hotwives of Orlando” Sending up reality TV shows about real housewives, “The Hotwives of Orlando” is has some great casting, including Kristen Schaal of “Bob’s Burgers” and “Last Man on Earth,” and Angela Kinsey of “The Office.” It constantly gets to the best absurdity of reality TV with some great, ridiculous characters. 9. “Chance” Hugh Laurie. »
- Phil Hornshaw
Radar Online Sues FBI Over Jeffrey Epstein Investigation Records
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The FBI needs to pony up its records on Jeffrey Epstein — at least, so says Radar Online, which is suing the bureau after allegedly being stonewalled on a Freedom of Information Act request. In the lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court in New York, Radar Online asks for the production of the bureau’s records concerning “the agency’s investigation and prosecution of Jeffrey Edward Epstein for sexually trafficking underage women. Defendant FBI has withheld these records despite a properly filed Foia request.” “Jeffrey Epstein is a billionaire financier, philanthropist, and sex offender. In 2005, Epstein became the subject of an undercover. »
- Tim Kenneally
Netflix In June: What’s Coming and What to Watch Before It’s Gone
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What’s coming June 1: “13 Going On 30”
The cult classic featuring Jennifer Garner as a 13-year-old trapped in a 30-year-old’s body will be on the streaming service at the beginning of the month. It’s worth watching for the “Thriller” scene if nothing else.
What’s coming June 9: “Orange Is The New Black”
We know you’ve been waiting for the fifth season of OITNB. The entire season will be available to stream June 9.
What’s coming June 17: “Grey’s Anatomy”
So, with all that Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) has been through–like a plane crash and »
- Ashley Boucher
Here’s Why 15 Sean Hannity Advertisers Say They Haven’t Dumped Him
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When news broke that several advertisers were withdrawing ads from Sean Hannity’s show this week, many in the media world wondered whether the Fox News host was headed for a Bill O’Reilly repeat. In April, O’Reilly, then the network’s most visible talent, was fired by Fox when advertisers fled his primetime show, “The O’Reilly Factor,” en masse after a sexual harassment scandal involving multiple reported victims became public. Hannity hasn’t been accused of sexual harassment, but he provoked a backlash this week over his continued peddling of a right-wing conspiracy theory surrounding the murder »
- Itay Hod
Washington Post: Jared Kushner Sought Back Channel With Russians… Say Russians
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Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak reported to his superiors in December that Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, asked to set up a “secret and secure communications channel” between Trump’s transition team and the Kremlin, according to a new report by The Washington Post Friday. The claim comes from intercepts of conversations between Russia’s ambassador and Moscow. The request was to help shield the transition team’s discussions from the public and authorities, according to U.S. officials briefed on intelligence reports. According to the Post, Kislyak told higher-ups in Moscow that Kushner suggested the idea during a meeting »
- Itay Hod
MSNBC President Phil Griffin Signs Multi-Year Contract Renewal
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MSNBC president Phil Griffin has renewed his contract amid surging ratings, TheWrap has learned. Griffin, who has been with the cable news network since its inception in 1996, has signed a multi-year deal. He landed the role of president in July 2008. This comes at a time when the NBCUniversal-backed outlet’s ratings are on the rise. For the week ending on May 19, MSNBC beat Fox News and CNN in weekday primetime among both total viewers and the key news demo for the first time ever. Also Read: NBC News Unveils First Promo for 'Sunday Night With Megyn Kelly' (Video) MSNBC averaged 2.44 million. »
- Ryan Gajewski and Brian Flood
A Federal Court Just Called Trump a Bigot
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Judges don’t usually write opinions personally attacking the integrity of the president of the United States. But in a highly unusually decision this week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit rebuked President Trump personally, ruling that he wrote a bigoted Muslim ban that was not in “good faith” and violates the First Amendment. The court, in a 10-3 decision, began its first paragraph saying that Trump’s executive order “drips with religious intolerance, animus, and discrimination” towards Muslims. Also Read: How Trump's Attacks on the Media Turned Into Literal Attacks on the Media Government lawyers »
- Susan Seager
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