Month: January 2021

While the internet went crazy this week over Page Six’s news that Olivia Wilde and Harry Styles are dating, one person wasn’t so happy: Wilde’s former longtime fiancé, Jason Sudeikis. Back in November, it was reported that Wilde and the “Ted Lasso” star, who were together for seven years and share two young children, had split. But an insider told The Post that the relationship with Styles has actually been going on as far back as October, leaving “Saturday Night Live” vet Sudeikis distraught. And while there were reports that Wilde and Sudeikis split in early 2020, other sources close to the couple say, in fact, that they broke up in early November — and cite Wilde’s relationship with Harry as the main reason for the split. “Olivia and Jason were hav...

1. The show's fictional Stars Hollow—which has gone on to become one of TV's most beloved settings—was inspired by Amy Sherman-Palladino's unexpected visit to Washington, Conn. Charmed by the people she met, traditions she witnessed and the inn she stayed at, she left the small town with the concept for the series—including some of the pilot's dialogue. "If I can make people feel this much of what I felt walking around this fairy town, I thought that would be wonderful," Sherman-Palladino told Deseret News. 2. Alexis Bledel had only uncredited acting role on her resume and was a student at New York University when she decided to audition for Rory. "I was very sick, I was a student at NYU, and they kept calling me back up to audition," Bledel recalled during an appearance on Late Nig...

Fans have quoted it for decades: “Sweep the leg!” “Get him a body bag!” “Wax on, wax off.” Now, more than 30 years after “The Karate Kid” crane kicked its way into pop culture history in 1984, the mythos has been reborn for the digital age. Make that reborn again. After debuting on YouTube Premium in 2018, breakout spinoff “Cobra Kai” moved to Netflix last year where the series, whose third season premiered on the platform New Year’s Day, received more attention than ever. (Season 3 was originally produced for YouTube before the company shifted its original programming strategy.) Ralph Macchio still remembers the moment it sunk in that he’d get to come back for more as Daniel LaRusso, the scrawny San Fernando Valley teen befriended by Noriyuki “Pat” Morita’s martial arts master, Mr. Miya...

"Jeopardy!" aired its final episode featuring its iconic host Alex Trebek.  Trebek, who passed away at 80-years-old back in November after a long battle with pancreatic cancer, made his final appearance on the long-running game show on Friday. The episode was taped back in October.  The three contestants in Trebek's final show were New York educator Jim Gilligan, Illinois software engineering manager Cliff Chang, and Yoshie Hill, the two-day returning champion from California who had won a collective $24,800.  However, it was only Hill and Gilligan who faced off in Final Jeopardy! and Chang landed in the red during Double Jeopardy! 'JEOPARDY!' HOST ALEX TREBEK DEAD AT 80 AFTER BATTLE WITH PANCREATIC CANCER In Trebek's final Final Jeopardy!, which the subject was "Women & Scienc...

EXCLUSIVE: One of the final unseen films with awards season potential presents itself tonight as Netflix unveils the Sam Levinson-directed Malcolm & Marie in its first industry screening before a February 5 release. John David Washington plays a writer/director who returns home with his girlfriend after the triumphant premiere of what he hopes will be his breakout film. Zendaya plays that girlfriend, whom he forgot to thank even though her difficult life experiences informed much of the movie. The drama unfolds from there, just the two of them over an evening in a picturesque house shot in 35mm black and white film, as the fight over a slight forces them to reveal themselves and how they really feel about each other. They bare their souls and insecurities, sometimes with brutal...