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A presidential run for Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is officially "off the table." The DC League of Super-Pets star told Tracy Smith in a CBS Sunday Morning interview that his family comes first.

"It's off the table. Yes, it is off the table," Johnson said to Smith. "I will say this, 'cause it requires a B side to this: I love our country and everyone in it. I also love being a daddy. And that's the most important thing to me, is being a daddy, number one, especially during this time, this critical time in my daughters' lives."

The Black Adam star continued, sharing that he wants to be present in his daughters' lives. "'Cause I know what it was like to be on the road and be so busy that I was absent for a lot of years when my first daughter's growing up in these critical age and this critical time in her life."

Johnson added, "The number one thing I want to be is daddy. That's it."

Following the success of the first Hunger Games film in 2012, Jennifer Lawrence admitted she felt she "lost a sense of control" in her career. The Winter's Bone actress spoke with Francine Stock recently as part of the London Film Festival's "Screen Talk" series.

"I think I lost a sense of control. Between ‘The Hunger Games' coming out and winning the Oscar for 2012's ‘Silver Lining Playbook', I became such a commodity that I felt like every decision was a big, big group decision," she said.

Lawrence continued, "When I reflect now, I can't think of those following years, because there was just a loss of control." She went on to say that she has since gotten her creative identity back. "It feels personal for me the first time in a long time," she said.

On a recent episode of The Adam Corolla Show podcast, T.J. Miller said he won't work with Ryan Reynolds again because he had "really weird" interaction with him while filming Deadpool 2.

Miller called Reynolds "kind of an insecure dude" and said, "it's weird that he hates me." The She's Out of My League actor, who played Deadpool's friend Weasel, detailed an interaction that they had on set.

"We had a really weird moment on ‘Deadpool' where he said, ‘Let's do one more take.' And then, as the character, he was horrifically mean to me as if I'm Weasel. So he was like, ‘You know what's great about you, Weasel? You're not the star, but you do just enough exposition so that it's funny, and then we can leave and get back to the real movie,'" Miller said.

The Silicon Valley star added, "I would not have done ‘Deadpool 3' if they came to me and were like, ‘We want you to do ‘Deadpool 3,' and we're going to pay you twice as much.'"

The horror film Smile took the number one spot at the domestic box office for the second week in a row, beating out newly released films Lyle, Lyle Crocodile and Amsterdam. Deadline reports that Smile has the "second-best hold ever for an R-rated horror movie," behind Get Out in 2017.

Box Office Numbers from Friday (October 7th) through Sunday (October 9th):

1. Smile, $17.6 million
2. Lyle, Lyle Crocodile, $11.5 million
3. Amsterdam, $6.5 million
4. The Woman King, $5.3 million
5. Don't Worry Darling, $3.47 million
6. Avatar (re), $2.6 million
7. Barbarian, $2.18 million
8. Bros, $2.15 million
9. Ponniyin Selvan: Part One, $894,000
10. Terrifier 2, $825,000

EVA MENDES ADDRESSES THE ‘NARRATIVE' THAT SHE ‘QUIT ACTING:' On Friday (October 7th), Eva Mendes took to Instagram to clear things up when it comes to her acting career. "I never quit acting," she wrote. "I wanted to be home with my babies and fortunately my other business ventures allowed me to do that more than acting would. Also, I was not excited about the stereotypical roles being offered to me at the time. Especially after working on the film LOST RIVER -that was a dream project. That's a tough act to follow." The Hitch actress added, "Whats the point of this post? To shift that narrative. I never quit."

MILA KUNIS CALLS OUT CELEBS WHO GAVE WILL SMITH A STANDING OVATION FOLLOWING OSCARS SLAP: In a recent cover story for C Magazine, That ‘70s Show star Mila Kunis commented on why she and her husband, Ashton Kutcher, chose not to stand when Will Smith won the Best Actor award at this year's Academy Awards. Kunis said she was "shocked" by the other celebrities in the audience who gave him a standing ovation. "The idea of leading by example only makes sense when you actually have someone to lead. We have our tiny little tribe here at home, and never once do I want to tell them to do something if I'm not willing to do it myself," she said. Kunis added, "Not standing up to me was a no-brainer, but what was shocking to me was how many people did stand up...I thought, wow, what a time we're living in that rather than do what's right, people focus on doing what looks good. It's insane to me."

EMMA STONE AND DAVE MCCARY ARE BOOED AT PADRES-METS GAME: Cruella actress Emma Stone and her husband, Dave McCarry, attended the Padres-Mets game on Friday (October 7th) at Citi Field in Queens, NY. Since the pair were wearing Padres bomber jackets, Mets fans booed them en masse when they appeared on the jumbotron. In response to this, Stone and McCarry humorously lifted their glasses to toast the booing crowd.

DWYANE WAYDE EXPLAINS WHY HE TURNED OFF THE COMMENTS ON HIS DAUGHTER ZAYA'S SOCIAL MEDIA: In an interview with Today published on Friday (October 7th), basketball star Dwyane Wade said he and his wife, Gabrielle Union, consciously chose to turn off the comments on his daughter Zaya's social media accounts. Zaya came out as transgender at the age of 12 in 2019. Wade said they learned from their first child, Zaire, how to protect their kids on these platforms. "Zaire's conversation was about sports. Zaya's is about what a lot of people don't even understand and get. And so we sat down with Zaya about being on social media. Her, my wife and I, we just talked about, we just want to make sure if she's going to be on social media, if she's going to show people some of her life, it's going to be the people that she wants, that's in her circle," he said. The NBA legend added, "And so that's the people we wanted to follow her journey and follow her life. And so that's what we did and we left the hate out of it. There's enough of that in the world. She gets enough of it. We didn't want it to be on her comments so she can read it. We know what we are in this world. Mental health is a very — this is an important topic in this world. It's very important for us as parents to protect the health of our kids, both physically and mentally, so we wanted to do that."

LISA RINNA RESPONDS TO KATHY HILTON CALLING HER ‘THE BIGGEST BULLY IN HOLLYWOOD:' After Kathy Hilton called Lisa Rinna "the biggest bully in Hollywood" in a trailer for The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reunion, Rinna took to Instagram to respond. The reality star shared an image of a red M&M made to resemble her and wrote, "The biggest bully in Hollywood, And everyone knows it."

WATCH THE OFFICIAL TRAILER FOR ‘WEDNESDAY:' According to Deadline, Netflix dropped the official trailer for the upcoming Wednesday series on Saturday (October 8th), starring Jenna Ortega, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Luis Guzmán. The trailer gives a glimpse at Christina Ricci's role in the show, as she played Wednesday in the original Addams Family movie. It also reveals that Fred Armisen will be starring as Uncle Fester.

MICHAEL J. FOX AND CHRISTOPHER LLOYD REUNITE AT COMIC CON: Back to the Future stars Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd reunited on Saturday (October 8th) at the New York Comic Con. TMZ reports that the pair met onstage and hugged, to the delight of many fans.

‘THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF' IS CRITICIZED FOR ITS MEXICAN-THEMED EPISODE: Deadline reports that the beloved baking show The Great British Bake Off is facing backlash for a Mexican-themed episode that aired recently. Many are accusing the show of cultural appropriation, while others are calling the episode downright racist. Adriana Cavita, who runs Cavita restaurant in London, said, "For me, it's a bit sad to see this kind of thing because knowing my culture and my country, I feel it's more than just a cactus and a sombrero." She added, "It makes me feel that we are undervalued. The world has evolved so much that I cannot believe people think about other countries like they were 100 years ago." Many took to Twitter to express their outrage. One user wrote, "I had a moment where I wanted to watch this episode just to see how bad it was. That moment has passed. I'm so incensed that they don't realize how vile and racist this crap is. #GBBO."

ALAN MOORE LINKS POPULARITY OF ‘BATMAN' TO FASCISM: Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen creator Alan Moore told The Guardian recently that he thinks there's a link between Batman and fascism. "I said round about 2011 that I thought that it had serious and worrying implications for the future if millions of adults were queueing up to see Batman movies. Because that kind of infantilisation – that urge towards simpler times, simpler realities – that can very often be a precursor to fascism."

KEANU REEVES EXITS ‘DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY:' According to Variety, Keanu Reeves will no longer star in the upcoming Hulu series Devil in the White City, based on the book by Erik Larson. This would have marked Reeves' first major American television role.

Kevin Spacey was present in Manhattan federal court Thursday (October 6th) for opening arguments in the actor's civil trial.

Anthony Rapp is currently suing the Oscar-winning actor for $40 million, claiming that Spacey made unwanted sexual advances on him in 1986 when Spacey was 26 and Rapp was 14-years-old.

In opening arguments, Spacey's attorney Jennifer L. Keller called Rapp "bitter" and claimed that he "peaked around the year 2000" and "blames Mr. Spacey for everything that hasn't gone well in his life."

According to Variety, Spacey's legal team plans to bring medical experts who will testify about trauma and memory lapses. Based on their opening statements, they appear ready to argue that Rapp has misremembered or embellished key details.

Bethenny Frankel is suing TikTok for allegedly allowing her "image and likeness" to be used to promote counterfeit products on the social media platform.

According to documents obtained by Page Six, the Skinny Girl founder claims that in September followers noticed what appeared to be Frankel promoting a counterfeit designer cardigan.

When she made her own video disputing, warning followers that the clip was a scam, she claims TikTok deleted the video for being "abusive".

According to the filing, the Real Housewives of New York star is seeking compensation for damages to her reputation and a change to the platform's advertising policy which she claims does not "police" these kinds of ads.

Jojo Siwa shared her "gay awakening story" as part of the "One Thing About Me" trend on TikTok.

In the video, released Wednesday (October 5th), the Dance Moms alum revealed that both Demi Lovato and Jenna Dewan helped her realize that she liked women.

First, at age 12, she said Lovato's song "Cool for The Summer," an anthem about wanting a summer fling with another woman made a big impression. She later became obsessed with Dewan's Magic Mike number on Lip Synch Battle.

She added, "A couple years later, a man was my first date and he wanted to have sex with me and I did not want to—never wanted to, grossed out by the thought of it. Immediately knew men are not my thing. Women are my gig. Gotta go."

William Shatner reveals in his new book Boldly Go: Reflections on Life of Awe and Wonder that going to space on a Blue Origin flight last year left him with a strong feeling of "grief."

He writes in an excerpt shared with Variety, "The contrast between the vicious coldness of space and the warm nurturing of Earth below filled me with overwhelming sadness. Every day, we are confronted with the knowledge of further destruction of Earth at our hands: the extinction of animal species, of flora and fauna . . . things that took five billion years to evolve, and suddenly we will never see them again because of the interference of mankind. It filled me with dread. My trip to space was supposed to be a celebration; instead, it felt like a funeral."

He added that this feeling, dubbed the "Overview Effect" is not uncommon for astronauts and has been described by Yuri Gagarin, Michael Collins, Sally Ride, and many others

JADA PINKETT SMITH MEMOIR IN THE WORKS: Jada Pinkett Smith is working on a memoir. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the biography will detail her "unconventional upbringing in Baltimore, her friendship with Tupak Shakur, her love story with Will Smith and her experiences with motherhood,

ARMIE HAMMER SPOTTED IN BEVERLY HILLS: Armie Hammer was spotted back in the United States in the wake of the Discovery+ docuseries House of Hammer. The Call Me By Your Name star, who has been hiding out in the Cayman Islands, was spotted having dinner at the popular Beverly Hills eatery Il Pasatio on September 28th, accompanied by an older woman.

KATE BECKINSALE LIKES PETE DAVIDSON MEME: Social media users are rooting for Pete Davidson and Gisele Bundchen to get together if she and Tom Brady split. Among them, is one of the Saturday Night Live star's famous exes. E! News reports that Kate Beckinsale, who dated the comedian back in 2019, recently liked a popular meme that features Davidson smiling about the speculation that Brady and Bundchen have split.

KIM REVEALES YE'S TEXTS ABOUT HER FASHION WEEK OUTFIT: Kim Kardashian revealed Thursday (October 6th) that Kanye West did not appreciate her Milan Fashion Week looks from February. The SKIMS founder revealed on the latest episode of The Kardashians that he sent her a slammer her oversized Prada jumpsuit that said, "The orange look made me so mad, would've went to jail before I went out in that." Ye famously overhaled her wardrobe when they started dating in 2012 and Kardashian herself has admitted that she was "having panic attacks" without him as her stylist.

MELISSA MCCARTHY CELEBRATES GIRLMORE GIRLS ANNIVERSARY: Melissa McCarthy took to Instagram Thursday (October 6th) to pay tribute to pay tribute to her time on The Gilmore Girls. In one post, she shared a photo of her and co-star Lauren Graham embracing with the comment, "Happy Stars Hollow season to all those who celebrate!! How was this 22 years ago." In a separate post she praised Graham, writing, "I have no idea how LG did all that dialog – she was amazing."

JARED LETO TO PLAY KARL LAGERFELD: Jared Leto is set to star as Karl Lagerfeld in a biopic about the Chanel Designer. Leto told Women's Wear Daily that he once told Lagerfeld that he hoped to play him in a movie one day and the designer replied, "Only you, darling, only you."

JOHN WATERS TO RETURN TO DIRECTING: John Waters is set to direct his first film since 2004's A Dirty Shame. The filmmaker will write the script and direct a film based on his new novel Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance. He told Deadline, "Liarmouth is the craziest thing I've written in a while, so maybe it's fitting that my novel was shocking enough to jumpstart the engine of my film career. Thrilled to be back in the movie business, hopefully to spread demented joy to adventuresome moviegoers around the world."

'VELMA' CAST REVEALED AT NYCC: Mind Kaling's HBO Max animated series, Velma, revealed its star-studded cast Thursday (October 6th) at New York ComicCon. Kaling will voice Velma with the rest of the Scooby gang rounded out by Glenn Howerton, Sam Richardson and Constance Woo playing Fred, Shaggy and Daphne, respectively.

MAJOR THEATER CHAINS TO PLAY 'KNIVES OUT' SEQUEL: The three largest theater chains in the U.S. have all agreed to Netflix's Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery for one week over Thanksgiving, a month before the highly anticipated movie hits the streamer. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Rian Johnson-directed sequel will open in approximately 600 cinemas including those owned by AMC Theaters, Cinemark Theaters and Regal Cinemas. The movie's theatrical film is scheduled for Nov. 23rd to 29th.

Christian Bale told GQ in a cover story published Wednesday (October 5th) that he served as a "mediator" between director David O. Russell and Amy Adams during filming of the American Hustle in 2012.

He told the outlet, "When you're working with people of the crazy creative talent of Amy or of David, there are gonna be upsets. But they are f***ing phenomenal."

Adams previously told British GQ that the director yelled at her and made her cry almost daily during filming.

He told the outlet, "If I can have some sense of understanding of where it's coming from, then I do tend to attempt to be a mediator. That's just in my nature, to try to say, ‘Hey, come on, let's go and sit down and figure that out. There's gotta be a way of making this all work.'"

Bale had previously worked with Russell on The Fighter and can be seen in his latest movie, Amsterdam.

Khloe Kardashian has had enough of Kanye West's antics.

After Ye accused Kim Kardashian keeping him from their daughter Chicago's fourth birthday, the Good American founder wrote on Instagram, "Please stop tearing Kimberly down and using our family when you want to deflect."

She added, You know exactly where your children are at all times and YOU wanted separate birthdays. I have seen all of the texts to prove it. And when you changed your mind and wanted to attend, you came."

Rather than let things go, the rapper spat back, "Y'all basically kidnapped Chicago on her birthday so she could remember her father not being there."

Bethenny Frankle says Kylie Jenner's lip kit is a scam.

In her popular makeup reviews on social media, the Skinnygirl founder took aim at the Kylie Cosmetics Birthday PR Box, which features the three-piece Birthday Lip Crayon Set and Lip Gloss Set in a large box for $175.

She pointed out that the two sets can be purchased for just $58, meaning that the decorative box cost $117.

Frankle quipped in her Instagram video, "I was confused. I thought something had to be different. There is something different: This has a box that you're going to throw in the garbage unless you have a hamster that you're gonna put in here."

She added, "This is going right back and being returned because it's a scam."

Charlie Hunnam battled serious health issues while filming the Apple TV+ series, Shantaram.

He told The Hollywood Reporter at the show's premiere Monday (October 3rd), "When I was in India, I got a bacterial gut infection, a viral gut infection, an acute respiratory infection. I had conjunctivitis in both eyes, an ear infection and dengue fever from a mosquito bite."

His bad luck continued on the Zach Snyder film Rebel Moon where he sustained "a totally exploded S1 and S2 that are torn wide open."

Fortunately, Hunnam told THR that he's finally starting to heal.

HILARY SWANK IS EXPECTING TWINS: Hilary Swank is pregnant with twins! The 48-year-old Oscar winner announced on Good Morning America Wednesday (October 5th) that she and her husband Philip Schneider are expecting. The Million Dollar Baby star said, "This is something that I've been wanting for a long time and my next things is I'm gonna be a mom, and not just of one, but of two. I can't believe it. " She and Schneider have been married since August 2018.

DANE COOK ADDRESSES RELATIONSHIP AGE GAP IN COMEDY SPECIAL: Dane Cook addresses the 27-year age gap between him and his fiancée in his new stand-up special, Dane Cook: Above It All. The 50-year-old comedian told E! News Tuesday (October 4th), "We have a bit of an age difference, so it's in the show, it's in the show. If we can't laugh at it, then nobody else is allowed. The Good Luck Chuck actor proposed to 23-year-old Kelsi Taylor in July after five years of dating.

GEENA DAVIS REFLECTS FONDLY ON MARRIAGE TO JEFF GOLDBLUM: Geena Davis reflects fondly on her marriage to Jeff Goldblum in her forthcoming memoir Dying of Politeness. The couple met on the set of 1985's Transylvania 6-5000 and went on to star in The Fly and Earth Girls Are Easy together. The Thelma & Louise star told People, "Our relationship was joyful. It really was. That was a magical chapter in my life,"

KYLIE JENNER SHARES GLIMPSE OF SON: Kylie Jenner gave fans a peak at her 8-month-old son Wednesday (October 5th). A photo posted within a carousel of Instagram images showed the little guy's feet as he lounged with his mother by the pool while another showed his tiny brown sneakers. Jenner and Travis Scott have yet to publicly reveal the name of their child since changing it from Wolf.

On Tuesday (October 4th), Angelina Jolie filed a cross-complaint in the legal battle over a French winery she and Brad Pitt once owned together. The court documents detail abuse allegations against Pitt from the plane incident in 2016 that led to their divorce.

"When one of the children verbally defended Jolie, Pitt lunged at his own child and Jolie grabbed him from behind to stop him. To get Jolie off his back, Pitt threw himself backwards into the airplane's seats injuring Jolie's back and elbow," the filing reads. "The children rushed in and all bravely tried to protect each other. Before it was over, Pitt choked one of the children and struck another in the face. Some of the children pleaded with Pitt to stop. They were all frightened."

The documents also claim that Pitt "periodically emerged from the back of the plane to yell and swear at them" over "many tense hours" on the flight, and "at one point, he poured beer on Jolie; at another, he poured beer and red wine on the children."

The filing states that Jolie "has gone to great lengths to try to shield their children from reliving the pain Pitt inflicted on the family that day, but when Pitt filed this lawsuit seeking to reassert control over Jolie's financial life and compel her to rejoin her ex-husband as a frozen-out business partner, Pitt forced Jolie to publicly defend herself on these issues for the first time."

Constance Wu broke into tears on Late Night With Seth Myers Monday (October 3rd) while discussing the sexual harassment she experienced on the sitcom Fresh Off the Boat. Wu details the allegations in her new memoir Making a Scene.

The Crazy Rich Asians star shared that she "didn't want to write" about what happened during the first two seasons of the show. "That was the last essay I wrote for the book, and only after being, like, pushed by my editor, like, 'You should write about this. This is what people want to hear.' And I was like, 'I'm done with that chapter in my life,'" she said.

Wu writes in her book that one of the producers on Fresh Off the Boat dictated what she should wear, such as "short skirts," and who she should be friends with, among other accusations. She also claims that he touched her inappropriately at a basketball game.

"I had never done anything big before. I had just graduated from being a waitress. I was scared of being fired," she said. "Once I, sort of, felt a little bit of job security then I started saying no to this producer, which infuriated him. But it was okay, so I thought, 'You know what? I handled it. I don't need to stain the reputation of this show or of this producer. I can just keep it inside,'" she told Seth Myers.

The Hustlers actress added that all of this happened "before the #MeToo movement" as well. "I was just like, 'Nobody's going to believe me.' … I didn't know what to do."

In an interview with Vanity Fair published on Tuesday (October 4th), Emma Thompson commented on filming a nude scene with Jeff Goldblum for the 1989 film The Tall Guy.

"I spent two delightful days nude with Jeff Goldblum when I was in my 20s," she told the publication.

The Love Actually actress continued, "We were both so nervous. We both had indigestion I think for two weeks beforehand. But once we got into it, we just had the best time."

Thompson shared that this positive experience helped her film nude scenes in other movies, such as her latest film Good Luck to You, Leo Grande. "That has always stood me in good stead because I always remember thinking, ‘Oh, it's OK, it's fine. It's all right.' As long as you are calm, everyone else is calm."

In an appeal filed on Monday (October 3rd), disgraced 19 Kids and Counting star Josh Duggar said government agents failed to interview his former coworker, Caleb Williams, in his child pornography case.

According to Duggar, Williams "regularly used the only computer that had child pornography on it, was tech savvy." He also allegedly sent Duggar a text offering to "watch the lot."

The documents show that Williams worked with Duggar at Wholesale Motorcars and is a convicted sex offender. Duggar claims his team tried to call Williams to the stand but that the federal court denied the request.

GISELE BUNDCHEN AND TOM BRADY HIRE DIVORCE LAWYERS: According to Page Six, Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady have both hired divorce lawyers, as the pair have been living apart for months following a big fight. A source told the outlet, "I never actually thought this argument would be the end of them, but it looks like it is. I don't think there will be any coming back now. They both have lawyers and are looking at what a split will entail, who gets what and what the finances will be."

PARIS HILTON IS STILL LOOKING FOR HER DOG DIAMOND BABY: Paris Hilton is desperately hoping her dog, Diamond Baby, will be returned safe and sound. On Tuesday (October 4th), Hilton shared a video of Diamond Baby in a Halloween costume and wrote, "For #WorldAnimalDay this year, I am hoping to reach every fellow animal lover out there to please, please, please help me find my dog, Diamond Baby. I've been working with multiple reputable pet psychics and they have ALL told me DB is still alive and still out there." The Simple Life star added, "If you know ANYTHING about Diamond Baby's whereabouts please email FindDiamondBaby@gmail.com. I miss her so much and my heart is hurting every minute of everyday and I just want to hold her again."

JODIE TURNER-SMITH SLAMS KANYE ‘YE' WEST OVER ‘WHITE LIVES MATTER' SHIRTS: According to Page Six, Jodie Turner-Smith took to her Instagram stories on Monday (October 3rd) to denounce Kanye "Ye" West after he wore a "White Lives Matter" shirt to his surprise Yeezy fashion show. "i thought he said he was trying to bring people together???" the Queen & Slim star wrote. "fake and disgusting and embarrassing … please go touch some grass and stop sharing your toxic thoughts," she added.

TIA MOWRY AND CORY HARDRICT ARE DIVORCING: PopSugar reports that, after 14 years of marriage, Sister, Sister star Tia Mowry and Cory Hardrict are divorcing. Court documents cited "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for their split. Mowry posted to her Instagram stories on Tuesday (October 4th), "Letting go can be painful. But it won't hurt as much holding on to an illusion."

JOAN HOTCHKIS DIES AT 95: Deadline reports that veteran actress Joan Hotchkis died last week at the age of 95 due to congestive heart failure. Hotchkis was most known for her roles on The Odd Couple and Legacy. She also held roles on shows such as Lou Grant, Charlie's Angels, Mannix, and The New Dick Van Dyke Show, and in films such as The Late Liz, Breezy, and Old Boyfriends.

‘FRASIER' SEQUEL TO AIR ON PARAMOUNT+: According to The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount+ has given the Frasier sequel a series order. Kelsey Grammer is set to reprise his role from the original show.

MEGHAN MARKLE CALLS OUT ‘AUSTIN POWERS' AND ‘KILL BILL' FOR STEREOTYPING ASIAN WOMEN: On the first episode of Meghan Markle's Archetypes podcast since the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Markle called out the hypersexualization of Asian women in movies like Kill Bill and Austin Powers. "Movies like Austin Powers and Kill Bill — they presented these caricatures of women of Asian descent as oversexualized or aggressive," she said. "This toxic stereotyping of women of Asian descent…this doesn't just end once the credits roll." Sociologist Nancy Wang Yuen appeared on the podcast with her and recalled the time a man used a line from Full Metal Jacket on her. "I myself have been propositioned in an airport in Atlanta of all places by a stranger who said, ‘Me so horny,' just yelled it out to me." Yuen explained, "I knew why because I looked around and I thought and I saw that I was the only Asian woman in that area. I knew he was talking to me, even though I don't even know if he'd ever seen Full Metal Jacket."

CASTING IS COMPLETE FOR ‘MEGALOPOLIS:' Deadline reports that Francis Ford Coppola has set his final casting for Megalopolis, which will begin filming this fall in Georgia. Chloe Fineman, Isabelle Kusman, D.B. Sweeney, Bailey Ives, and Dustin Hoffman have all secured roles in the film. They join Adam Driver, Forest Whitaker and Nathalie Emmanuel, among others.