In a case of life imitating art, Veep star Julia Louis-Dreyfus tells the Times of London that she plans to be “extra involved” in the presidential run of real-life Vice President Kamala Harris‘ presidential run.
In the hit HBO show, Louis-Dreyfus’ Selina Meyer plays a senator-turned-vice president who has to take over as POTUS when her running mate steps down.
In real life, of course, President Joe Biden bowed out of the 2024 race, leaving his own veep, Harris, in the driver’s seat for the 2024 Democrat nomination.
Since Biden announced he was stepping away, viewership for Veep, which ended its run in 2019, has reportedly shot up more than 300%. Louis-Dreyfus tells The Times that left her gobsmacked.
That said, the apparent cooperation between the TV veep and the real one is a little odd: Selina Meyer was well-educated and had the right political bona fides, but she was painted as over-ambitious, self-centered and impulsive, and arguably much of the humor of the show came from her decisions blowing up in her face.
Louis-Dreyfus tells the paper, “Let me just say this. If Selina had any advice for Kamala, she had best not take it. I think Kamala is so intelligent she wouldn’t take the call.”
The Seinfeld alumna also revealed Harris told her in 2022 she’s a “big fan” of Veep. When asked if she would appear at the upcoming Democratic National Convention, Louis-Dreyfus replied “probably, yes.”
Carl Weathers was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this week.
On Thursday, the actor, known for his role as boxer Apollo Creed in the Rocky films as well as his time as an NFL linebacker for the then-Oakland Raiders, was posthumously honored with his own Hollywood landmark.
Among those paying tribute were his family members, as well as dear friends in Hollywood and sports, including actress/director Bryce Dallas Howard, who worked with him on The Mandalorian — for which Weathers was nominated for an Emmy — and Star Trek actor LeVar Burton.
Carl Weathers’ sons Matthew and Jason Weathers, as well as his partner Christine Kludjian, also paid tribute to him in moving speeches.
“My father was an individual with dreams and aspirations,” Matthew Weathers said in his speech. “He knew what he wanted at a very young age. He told me on numerous occasions that if he had some money in his pocket as a young man, he’d go to the movies.”
“Not a lot of people have the opportunity to do what he did,” he added of his father’s illustrious career. “He was proud of what he created. So am I. It’s hard to imagine that he’s not here.”
Jason Weathers echoed his brother’s words, and said that he’s “so proud” of the actor-director.
“I wish he could be here to experience this,” he continued. “I know he was looking forward to this — over 50 years in Hollywood, in his career, and now to be immortalized with a star is just truly wonderful.”
Carl Weathers, who logged memorable performances in Predator, Toy Story, Arrested Development, and Happy Gilmore, died in February at age 76.
Weathers’ monument, in the category of Sports Entertainment, is the 2,787th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
A New York grand jury indicted disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein on Thursday, prosecutors with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said in court.
Weinstein — who is recuperating after emergency heart surgery — was not present, and prosecutors asked the judge to set a date for his arraignment.
Judge Curtis Farber ordered the city corrections department to house Weinstein in the Bellevue Hospital prison ward, if medically necessary.
“Inattention at Rikers carries very real risks. He could find himself again in crisis,” Farber said.
The new indictment remains sealed until arraignment, so the charges are not yet known. As ABC News previously reported, prosecutors presented evidence of three alleged sex assaults from varying time periods that were not part of his previous case.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office previously presented evidence to the grand jury over an alleged sexual assault that occurred sometime in a four-month time period between late 2005 and mid-2006 in a lower Manhattan residential building, according to a transcript of a court hearing.
Prosecutors also indicated they were aware of two other potential offenses: a sexual assault in May 2016 in a hotel in Tribeca and a potential sexual assault that occurred at the Tribeca Grand hotel.
Thursday’s hearing was held days after Weinstein was rushed from Rikers Island, where he is being held, to Bellevue Hospital for emergency heart surgery after experiencing chest pains, his representatives told ABC News.