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“Orange is the New Black” star Laura Prepon revealed to People magazine that she hasn’t practiced the controversial religion Scientology since becoming a mother to her two children, who are 4 years and 16 months old. Prepon was just one of the famous celebrities tied to Scientology, and was even rumored to be dating one of the most prominent Scientologists, actor Tom Cruise, in 2014.

Said the 41-year-old Prepon: “I’m no longer practicing Scientology. I’ve always been very open-minded, even since I was a child. I was raised Catholic and Jewish. I’ve prayed in churches, meditated in temples. I’ve studied Chinese meridian theory. I haven’t practiced Scientology in close to five years and it’s no longer part of my life.”

Prepon also told the magazine that she meditates with her husband, actor Ben Foster: “We meditate daily and I’m really liking it,” she said. “Because it’s something that helps me to hear my own voice and it’s something we can do together.”  Prepon and Foster tied the knot in June 2018 after welcoming their daughter Ella in August 2017. In October 2019, Prepon announced she was pregnant with the couple’s second child.

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Alyssa Milano took to social media to confirm that she was involved in a car accident after her uncle Mitchell Carp suffered a heart attack. The 48-year-old actress wrote on Instagram: “Yesterday, my family suffered a terrifying and traumatic event. I was a passenger in a car my uncle Mitch was driving when he suffered a serious heart attack, resulting in a car crash. I am grateful to the people who stopped to help us. I’ll never be able to thank them enough for the care and attention they, along with the first responders, doctors, nurses, and staff at UCLA Medical Center paid to him and to me.”

Milano and Carp were on a Los Angeles freeway on Tuesday, August 17, when another vehicle hit their car and he became unconscious behind the wheel. Milano hit the brakes of the 2020 Ford Edge with her hand, but the SUV drifted and collided with a car in another lane before stopping. She gave her uncle CPR until first responders arrived.

Milano continued her Instagram post, saying: “Uncle Mitch is such an important part of our family. He’s with us every day, spending time with my children and present in every meaningful part of our lives. He’s still in the hospital, and we are unsure if he will recover. Please, take this as your inspiration to get CPR certified. You don’t know when you’ll be called upon to save a life. The American Red Cross and many hospitals and other organizations offer regular classes. It’s such a small effort and can have a huge impact.”

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Colin Jost confirmed that he and his wife, Scarlett Johansson, are expecting their first child together. While performing at a stand-up gig at the Ridgefield Playhouse in Connecticut over the weekend, Jost said, “We’re having a baby, it’s exciting,” according to a source in the audience.

Johansson first sparked pregnancy rumors in June after she skipping out on several “Black Widow” events Instead, the actress carried out promotional appearances via Zoom, appearing virtually on “The Tonight Show” to chat with Jimmy Fallon — conspicuously only shot from the shoulders up.

Johansson, 36, already has a 6-year-old daughter named Rose from a previous marriage to Frenchman Romain Dauriac. She and Jost, 39, were married in October 2020 after three years of dating.

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Actress Emma Stone has been confirmed to star in the upcoming sequel to her hit Disney film “Cruella.”

The movie was released in May 2021 to both theaters and Disney+ Premier Access streaming (which is an additional $30 fee), and has earned more than $85 million domestically and $220 million in global box office to date.

Stone also executive produced “Cruella,” and director Craig Gillespie and screenwriter Tony McNamara are both expected to return for the new movie. No further information has been given for the sequel.

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FX released the official trailer for part 1 of American Horror Story – Season 10.  ‘Red Tide’ is the first part of the season American Horror Story: Double Feature.  ‘Red Tide’ shows an author (Finn Wittrock) move with his family to a beach house in Provincetown to work on his writing; his wife (Lily Rabe) is pregnant and they have a daughter (Ryan Kiera Armstrong).  The author turns to some locals (Frances Conroy and Evan Peters) for inspiration to help combat his writer’s block. Meanwhile, Leslie Grossman tells Macauly Culkin “something weird is going on here and I want to know what it is.” Further clips show the author obsessively typing, Angelica Ross doing lab work and a bloody body dangling over a table. Sarah Paulson and Billie Lourd also star in ‘Red Tide.’ You can check out the trailer for part 1 – here.

FX had previously released a teaser for American Horror Story: Double Feature showing an alien and a vampire on a beach, but the full trailer establishes the beachside location, and offers some glimpses at the vampire.  Meanwhile, Part 2 of American Horror Story: Double Feature is titled ‘Death Valley.’  Season 10 of American Horror Story premieres Aug. 25 at 10 p.m. on FX. with episodes streaming on Hulu the following day.

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Bob Dylan is being sued by a woman who alleges she was “sexually molested and abused” by the musician at 12 years old, back in 1965. The musician (born Robert Allan Zimmerman) was accused in a lawsuit filed in NY of sexually abusing a child at his Chelsea Hotel apartment in 1965 after giving her both drugs and alcohol.

The lawsuit states that the now-80-year-old Dylan groomed the girl — who filed the lawsuit under the initials J.C. — for six weeks prior to the assault, “leaving her emotionally scarred and psychologically damaged to this day.” The lawsuit states that Dylan, then 24 years old, “exploited his status as a musician” to gain her trust “as part of his plan to sexually molest and abuse J.C.”  J.C,  now 65 and living in Connecticut, alleges that she suffers from depression, anxiety and other psychological damages of “permanent and lasting natures” that have “incapacitated” her from her regular activities. She’s seeking unspecified damages and a jury trial.

A spokesperson for Dylan denied the allegations, saying in a statement: “The 56-year-old claim is untrue and will be vigorously defended.” In a response to the spokesperson’s statement, J.C.’s attorney Daniel Isaacs said: “We look forward to seeing them in a court of law. The complaint speaks for itself. We will prove the allegations in a court of law.”

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Actress Selma Blair, best known for her work in films like “Cruel Intentions” and “Legally Blonde,” was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in 2018; and now she is sharing her battle against the disease in the new documentary “Introducing, Selma Blair.”

The documentary, directed by Rachel Fleit, explores Blair’s journey of personal acceptance and resilience as her condition progresses. Blair even says she believed she was “shooting the final days of (her) life” at one point during filming.  Blair said in the trailer (which can be viewed here):  “I was told to make plans for dying. Not because I have MS, because I’m fighting MS.”   When Blair first revealed her diagnosis in 2018, she said she had been experiencing symptoms for years, leading her to believe she might have had the disease for more than a decade. She wrote in an Instagram post at the time: “I have Multiple Sclerosis. I am in an exacerbation. I am disabled. I fall sometimes. I drop things. My memory is foggy. And my left side is asking for directions from a broken GPS. But we are doing it.”

“Introducing, Selma Blair” will debut in theaters on October 15. It will then be available to watch on the streaming service Discovery+ on October 21.

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‘Free Guy’ starring Ryan Reynolds debuted this weekend with an estimated $28.4 million in its opening weekend domestically, with another $22.5 overseas, for a worldwide total of $51 million.  Free Guy, directed by Shawn Levy, was given a wide release in 4,165 North American theaters by parent company Disney.

The video game-inspired film reportedly cost $100 million to make, and was released exclusively in theaters. Following Free Guy with an estimated $10.6 million from 3,005 theaters was ‘Don’t Breathe 2,’ a sequel to 2016’s hit thriller ‘Don’t Breathe’. Disney’s ‘Jungle Cruise’ starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt took the number three spot, with an estimated $9 million this weekend. The film has made $82 million domestically so far, and $154 million worldwide; however is also available for $30 on Disney+. At number four was the Aretha Franklin biopic ‘Respect,’ starring Jennifer Hudson.

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Ross and Rachel actors, Jennifer Aniston and David Shcwimmer, possible real life thoughts of dating… Through the years we all wondered… Well the wonder is over! A rep for David told Buzzfeed the answer to the burning questions after the Friends Reunion talk of them having a crush on each other, but being in their own relationships it never matched up.

 

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