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Celebrity Feuds have been fueling tabloids, talk shows, and the rumor mill since Hollywood began. Recently, the FX series Feud highlights the Bette Davis and Joan Crawford rivalry. From what I hear it's a pretty good show.
The reason I bring this up is apparently Feud star Susan Sarandon was in her very own feud with with "Stepmom" co-star Julia Roberts during the making of the 1998 film... or was she?
Susan Sarandon is setting the record straight on her rumored feud with "Stepmom" co-star Julia Roberts.
The 70-year-old actress denied this week on Twitter that she and Roberts "hated each other" on the set of the 1998 movie.
"Press printed that Julia & I hated each other during Stepmom. Found out it was my PR person creating rumors," she tweeted Sunday, adding a link to a 1998 interview with Entertainment Weekly.
"If you make a movie with a male star, everyone assumes you're [expletive]. If it's a female star, everyone assumes you're fighting," Sarandon told the publication at the time.
"Actually, Susan and I were kinda hoping that people would say we were [expletive]," Roberts wryly added. "Now that's delicious cocktail-party fodder. But this? Boring."
Sarandon plays Bette Davis on the FX series Feud, which explores the famous rivalry between Davis and Joan Crawford (Jessica Lange). The actress also commented Sunday on her relationship with Lange.
"The #1 question I get in interviews is whether Jessica & I get along. Jess & I not only got along great during filming, we're now dating," she jokingly tweeted.
"...I mean, staying in touch. She's one of the reasons I agreed to do the series. Working with brilliant actors only makes you better. #FeudFX," the star wrote.
Feud: Bette and Joan airs Sundays on FX.
I might try this one out. Any Feud watchers out there? What's the word?
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Steve
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Barry Manilow on marriage to Garry Kief: 'I'm proud of it'
Barry Manilow says he's "proud" of his marriage to husband Garry Kief.
The 73-year-old singer explained his longstanding reluctance to come out as gay in interviews this week after secretly tying the knot with Kief, his manager and longtime love, in 2014.
"It never really dawned on me [to say anything]," Manilow told Entertainment Tonight. "This is my life, we've been together for all these years. Everybody knows that we're a team. Everybody that I know knows. I mean, I'm a very private guy."
"I don't even like people knowing the names of my dogs, so for the public to get that close was really very... it was strange that we were even talking about it," he added. "But I don't mind at all. I'm proud of it, I am. I'm proud of it."
News broke in 2015 that Manilow and Kief had wed in an intimate ceremony in April 2014 after more than 30 years together. Manilow, who was previously married to Susan Deixler from 1964 to 1966, told People he kept quiet for decades in fear of letting down fans.
"I thought I would be disappointing them if they knew I was gay. So I never did anything," he admitted.
"When they found out that Garry and I were together, they were so happy. The reaction was so beautiful -- strangers commenting, 'Great for you!' I'm just so grateful for it," the star said.
Manilow will release his 29th studio album, This is My Town, on April 21.
'Marvel's The Defenders' to premiere on Netflix on Aug. 18
Marvel says its superhero ensemble miniseries The Defenders is to start streaming on Netflix Aug. 18.
The action drama will feature characters from Netflix's other Marvel programs Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist.
A brief video clip showed those series' stars Charlie Cox, Krysten Ritter, Mike Colter and Finn Jones in an elevator going down from the 45th floor of the Midland Circle Financial building.
The teaser is intended to look like hidden-camera footage and a time-stamp clock in the right-hand corner of the screen stops at 8:18:20:17.
"A quartet of singular heroes with one common goal -- to save New York City," says a Netflix synopsis for the eight-part drama. "This is the story of four, solitary figures, burdened with their own personal challenges, who realize they just might be stronger when teamed together."
LOOSE LIPS:
"I was totally fanboying."
--Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, on meeting late actor Robin Williams, at CinemaCon
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Which 'X-Men' star explained why he refused the Dumbledore role in the 'Harry Potter' films?
Jordan Klepper to host 'Daily Show' companion program
The Daily Show alum Jordan Klepper is getting his own late-night talk show this fall.
Kent Alterman, president of Comedy Central, announced Tuesday The Daily Show companion program will air Monday through Thursday each week.
"Jordan's talent has become so increasingly obvious it would take a real fool to not offer him this opportunity," Alterman said in a statement.
"The choice to entrust me with the 11:30 p.m. time slot is both incredibly humbling and deeply disturbing," added Klepper. "Without a doubt, it has utterly destroyed my confidence in Comedy Central's decision-making acumen. Dear God, now I have to work with these fools."
Heath Ledger documentary to air May 17 on Spike
Spike TV says it plans to air the documentary I Am Heath Ledger on May 17, following its world premiere at New York's Tribeca Film Festival on April 23.
The 90-minute documentary from director-producer Derik Murray also will receive a limited, theatrical, nationwide release on May 3 via Fathom Events.
"I Am Heath Ledger provides an intimate look at Heath through the lens of his own camera, with a treasure trove of never-before-seen footage, as he films and often performs in his own personal journey -- extravagant in gesture and in action," a press release said. "Through these personal home movies, we get a rare glimpse into his true character -- demonstrating his creative energy and unshakable willingness to take risks that instilled such an extraordinarily deep love and affection in the people that entered his life."
The Australian actor starred in the films Brokeback Mountain, A Knight's Tale, Monster's Ball, The Patriot and 10 Things I Hate About You before he died in 2008 of cardiac arrest brought on by prescription drug intoxication.
Ledger was 28 at the time of his death. The actor was awarded a posthumous Oscar for his portrayal of the Joker in The Dark Knight and he is survived by his 11-year-old daughter with his ex-girlfriend, actress Michelle Williams.
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Which 'X-Men' star explained why he refused the Dumbledore role in the 'Harry Potter' films?
Ian McKellen says he refused the role of Professor Dumbledore out of respect for Richard Harris.
The 77-year-old English actor explained Tuesday on the BBC show HARDtalk that he turned down the chance to play the Harry Potter wizard after Harris' death because the late actor didn't approve of him.
"When they called me up and said would I be interested in being in the Harry Potter films, they didn't say in what part," McKellen recounted. "I worked out what they were thinking, and I couldn't. I couldn't take over the part from an actor who I'd known didn't approve of me."
Harris, who played Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets before his death in 2002, once described McKellen as a "passionless" performer, as HARDtalk host Stephen Sackur brought up in the interview.
"He lumped you and Derek Jacobi [and Kenneth Branagh] together, and he said, 'These guys are technically brilliant, but passionless,'" Sackur recalled.
McKellen was cast as Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings trilogy prior to Harris' death, and went on to reprise the wizard in The Hobbit movies. Michael Gambon, meanwhile, replaced Harris as Dumbledore in the final six Harry Potter films.
"Sometimes when I see the posters of Mike Gambon, the actor who gloriously plays Dumbledore, I think sometimes it is me," McKellen joked in the interview.
McKellen previously told The Frame that he's "often mistaken for Dumbledore," but "will always be the actor who played the real wizard." He last portrayed Gandalf in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, which opened in theaters in 2014.