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Jamie Lee Curtis Talks Fallout Over Charlie Kirk Discussion
Jamie Lee Curtis Talks Fallout
Over Charlie Kirk Discussion
CELEBRITY INTERVIEW
Oct 29, 2025 10:00 AM CDT

Jamie Lee Curtis Talks Fallout Over Charlie Kirk Discussion

In today's world, 'you cannot hold 2 ideas at the same time'

(Newser) - Jamie Lee Curtis has spent nearly five decades in the spotlight, but her latest headlines haven't been for her acting—they've been for her surprising reaction to the assassination of Charlie Kirk. In a new interview with Variety , Curtis reflects on the backlash she received after expressing empathy...

Jamie Lee Curtis Has All-Caps Reply to Freakier Friday Review

Review a 'TAD HARSH,' actor says, and commenters agree

(Newser) - Freakier Friday is getting largely positive reviews —it currently has a 93% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes and 73% from critics—and it's not doing too shabby at the box office , either. Even so, not everyone is a fan, most notably a critic from Time magazine who got...

Jamie Lee Curtis Slams 'Genocide' of Plastic Surgery

Generations of women have been 'disfigured,' says the actor

(Newser) - Jamie Curtis has some seriously strong words about the prevalence of plastic surgery in an interview with the Guardian :
  • "I've been very vocal about the genocide of a generation of women by the cosmeceutical industrial complex, who've disfigured themselves."
  • And, yes, "genocide" is a carefully
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Jamie Lee Curtis: I Had Plastic Surgery at 25

Actor says she regretted it 'immediately,' and that it led to a quiet painkiller addiction

(Newser) - Jamie Lee Curtis has had work done, and she doesn't recommend the experience. Speaking to 60 Minutes , the actor says that a cinematographer's offhand comment that "I'm not shooting her today [because] her eyes are baggy" on the set of 1985's Perfect led her to...

It's Pamela Anderson Like You've Never Seen Her Before
It's Pamela Anderson Like
You've Never Seen Her Before
movie review
Jan 10, 2025 9:36 AM CST

It's Pamela Anderson Like You've Never Seen Her Before

Actor delivers 'quietly devastating performance' in The Last Showgirl

(Newser) - You're about to understand why Pamela Anderson received a Golden Globe nomination for her starring role in The Last Showgirl . The Gia Coppola-directed film, premiering Friday, has an 80% rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes , with much talk of the commitment and vulnerability Anderson shows on screen.
  • It's
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Celebs Flee California Fires
California Fires
Hit A-Listers Hard
Jan 8, 2025 11:36 AM CST

California Fires Hit A-Listers Hard

'I'm watching our house burn down on the security cameras,' says Spencer Pratt

(Newser) - As the California fires rampage through posh communities, a whole lot of celebrities are fleeing and finding themselves homeless courtesy of a blaze that hadn't even started when they awoke Tuesday morning. Many are taking to social media to show footage of the destruction and describe the situation, reports...

Here Were the Best Moments From the Oscars
The Oscars Got
Pretty Emotional
Mar 13, 2023 6:53 AM CDT

The Oscars Got Pretty Emotional

Some of the night's best moments included a tribute from Travolta, reunion between Indiana Jones stars

(Newser) - Everything Everywhere All at Once was the big winner at Sunday night's Academy Awards , but there were plenty of big moments to go around at the star-studded event:
  • Irritation, actually: Before the show even began, Hugh Grant made an appearance on the "red" carpet that had everyone buzzing,
...

Halloween Ends 'More With a Sizzle Than a Bang'
Halloween Ends
With a Thud, Apparently
MOVIE REVIEW
Oct 14, 2022 10:52 AM CDT

Halloween Ends With a Thud, Apparently

One critic calls it 'a fitting farewell to Laurie Strode,' another calls it 'tedious'

(Newser) - Touted as Laurie Strode's last stand against Michael Myers, her slasher enemy of 44 years and 13 movies, Halloween Ends ... with a thud. That's according to critics who give the final installment in the David Gordon Green trilogy based on the original 1978 film a poor 47% rating...

Jamie Lee Curtis Praises Youngest Child's Gender Transition

She has 'watched in wonder and pride as our son became our daughter Ruby'

(Newser) - In an interview with AARP magazine, Jamie Lee Curtis revealed for the first time that her youngest child is a transgender woman, reports TooFab . The actor says she and husband Christopher Guest "have watched in wonder and pride as our son became our daughter Ruby." The 25-year-old Ruby,...

Jamie Lee Curtis Officiates Wedding for Fan Moments Before Death

"Halloween' superfan had cancer, died less than an hour after wedding started

(Newser) - A Halloween "superfan" with esophageal cancer died less than an hour after Jamie Lee Curtis officiated his wedding on Sept. 13, Deadline reports. Anthony Woodle, 29, got in touch with Rough House Productions, which is reviving the horror franchise, and the company got him in touch with the iconic...

Jamie Lee Curtis: I 'Freebased' With Dad Tony Curtis

Actress, 20 years sober, opens up for Variety's 'recovery issue'

(Newser) - Jamie Lee Curtis has been open about her struggle with addiction and her recovery journey; she's been sober 20 years. She gets even more open in a new interview with Variety for its "recovery issue," revealing that dad Tony Curtis, whose addiction struggles were also well-known, "...

Halloween Notches Another Win
Halloween Notches
Another Win
BOX OFFICE
Oct 28, 2018 11:04 AM CDT

Halloween Notches Another Win

Jamie Lee Curtis and Co. pull in $32M, again taking the weekend crown

(Newser) - Michael Meyers and Jamie Lee Curtis can't be stopped . Halloween has topped the box office for the second straight weekend , carving up $32 million in ticket sales. The top three films were all unchanged at the North American box office, as Hollywood left Halloween to dominate the pre-trick-or-treating weekend....

Halloween Keeps Killing at the Box Office

The sequel has scared up $77.5M in ticket sales

(Newser) - Forty years after he first appeared in theaters, Michael Myers is still drawing huge audiences for a good scare. Universal Pictures said Sunday that Halloween took in an estimated $77.5 million in ticket sales from North American theaters. It captured first place at the box office with the second-highest...

Halloween Is a 'Killer of a Movie' Thanks to Curtis
Halloween Is a
'Killer of a Movie'
Thanks to Curtis
MOVIE REVIEW
Oct 19, 2018 9:39 AM CDT

Halloween Is a 'Killer of a Movie' Thanks to Curtis

She's 'moving' in her return as Laurie Strode

(Newser) - Four decades after she first encountered Michael Myers, Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) meets the killer for what is said to be the final time in David Gordon Green's Halloween , a follow-up to John Carpenter's 1978 horror classic that overrides all the other sequels that have come before....

Jamie Lee Curtis Breaks Protocol With Comic-Con Hug

Actors don't usually leave the stage

(Newser) - In Comic-Con's Hall H, the 6,500-seat room that holds the highest profile presentations and hosts the biggest movie and television stars, there is still a strict division between the actors on stage and those in the audience. But Jamie Lee Curtis changed that Friday, walking off-stage during the...

Jamie Lee Curtis: I, Too, Was Addicted to Painkillers

She shares her story in response to Prince's death

(Newser) - It's time to do something about painkiller addiction, writes Jamie Lee Curtis in the Huffington Post , where she reveals that she was once addicted, like Prince reportedly was. "I too, waited anxiously for a prescription to be filled for the opiate I was secretly addicted to. I too,...

11 Stars Whose Kids Are Adopted

It's a difficult process for celebrities too, they say

(Newser) - In honor of National Adoption Awareness Month, the Stir rounds up 21 celebrities who've adopted kids:
  • Kristin Davis: The Sex and the City star adopted not just on the show, but in real life. She adopted Gemma Rose domestically in 2011, calling it a "wish come true."
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11 Celebs Who Are Godparents to Celebs

Seems like everyone in Hollywood knows one another

(Newser) - In honor of Prince George, who has seven new godparents , PopSugar rounds up 23 celebrities who are godparents of other celebrities' children. A sampling:
  • Michael Jackson was godfather to Nicole Richie.
  • Simon Pegg is godfather to Apple Martin, daughter of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin.
  • Drew Barrymore is godmother to
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Jodie Foster: Jamie Lee Curtis' Emergency Contact?

Curtis calls Foster after car accident, Foster rushes over

(Newser) - Jamie Lee Curtis was in a car accident yesterday in Venice, California, and emerged OK. Too boring to report? Maybe, save for this rather interesting detail: Curtis, who was a passenger in the SUV that hit a BMW, immediately called Jodie Foster, who rushed right over to the scene. TMZ...

14 Stars Who Regret Their Plastic Surgery

And they're not all female

(Newser) - We all know Heidi Montag regrets her cosmetic surgery, but you don't have to get G-cup implants to wish you hadn't gone under the knife. Radar rounds up 13 more celebrities who regret the decision:
  • Carmen Electra got a boob job, becoming a DD, and later said she
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