Alicia Silverstone shares update on ‘Clueless’ TV show: ‘Really excited about it’
Stacey Dash and Alicia Silverstone walking and talking on their mobile phones in a scene from the film ‘Clueless.'(Paramount Pictures/Getty Images)
Alicia Silverstone has shared an update on the Clueless TV series.
The actress spoke about what fans can expect from the upcoming Peacock show that continues the story from the 1995 AmyHeckerling film while guesting on Today.
“I’m really excited about it,” Silverstone said. “I think we’re going to try really hard. The goal is to make it honor what everyone loves about Clueless and Cher.”
Silverstone also said she wants to pay tribute to the source material but also create something new.
“So we want to honor that, but also bring something fresh and new to it. I’m confident that we’ll be able to do that, but we’re in baby stages right now,” Silverstone said.
Clueless was inspired by Jane Austen‘s classic novel, Emma. It follows a wealthy teenage girl from Beverly Hills as she plays matchmaker to two of her lonely teachers, gives a new friend a makeover and navigates her own love life.
The animated Netflix hit KPop Demon Hunters topped the box office over the weekend, and now the soundtrack has officially made history on the Billboard Hot 100.
Four songs from the movie’s soundtrack are now sitting in the top 10, making it the first-ever soundtrack in the 67-year history of the chart to have four simultaneous top 10 songs. “Golden” by HUNTER/X is back at #1, and they’re also at #10 with “How It’s Done.” Meanwhile, Saja Boys‘ “Your Idol” is #4, while their song “Soda Pop” is #5.
Plus, it’s now the first soundtrack to have at least four top-10 hits since 1995’s Waiting to Exhale, which had five in all, but those weren’t all at the same time. The only other soundtracks that have ever had four top-10 hits are Saturday Night Fever,Grease and Purple Rain, but again, they weren’t simultaneous.
Leonardo DiCaprio attends the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences’ 14th Annual Governors Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom on January 09, 2024, in Hollywood, California. (Emma McIntyre/WireImage via Getty Images)
Leonardo DiCaprio doesn’t feel a day over 32, let alone 50.
The actor, who celebrated his 50th birthday last November, spoke to director Paul Thomas Anderson for Esquire‘s Mavericks of Hollywood issue, which was released Wednesday.
In the interview, Anderson asked DiCaprio, “If you didn’t know how old you are, how old are you right now?”
The Titanic actor responded with, “32.” He also said that when he turned 50, he really felt as though he turned “emotionally 35.”
Anderson, who directed DiCaprio in the upcoming film One Battle After Another, asked if hitting the milestone age of 50 made the actor reflect on his life.
“Well, it creates a feeling like you have a desire to just be more honest and not waste your time,” DiCaprio said. “I can only imagine how the next few decades are going to progress.”
DiCaprio said he looks up to his mother, Irmelin Indenbirken, in this regard.
“She just says exactly what she thinks and wastes no time. She spends no time trying to fake it,” DiCaprio said.
As for how he incorporates this in his day-to-day life, DiCaprio said it means he is “more upfront and risking having things fall apart or risk the disagreements or risk going your separate ways from any type of relationship in life — the personal, professional.”
“You have to just be much more upfront. It’s almost a responsibility because much more of your life is behind you than it is ahead of you,” he said.
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Jussie Smollett is engaged.
The Empire alum revealed the big news on Instagram over the weekend, posting a series of photos from his proposal to boyfriend Jabari Redd.
Smollett shared that the moment unfolded just one day before his 43rd birthday celebration.
“I’ll be spending my birthday with my Fiancé,” he wrote in the caption. “He said YES.”
The snaps in the post captured the moment Smollett proposed to Redd near a restaurant, from getting down on one knee to slipping the ring on his fiancé’s finger.
The slideshow ended with joyful shots of the couple celebrating with hugs, laughter and a close-up of the ring.
Family and friends later flooded the comments section with love and congratulations.
“Screaming with tears of joy,” Jussie’s little sister and actress Jurnee Smollett wrote. “My whole heart loves both of you @jussiesmollett. Welcome to the family @jabriredd.”
Their other sister, Jazz Smollett, added, “Yaaaass!!! Welcome to the family Jabari!!! Love y’all!! Sooooo happy for you both!”
The news comes after Smollett recently reached a settlement with the city of Chicago in a civil case related to the city’s efforts to recover costs from its investigation into a 2019 incident that authorities claim was a staged hate crime. Smollett has always maintained his innocence.
As part of the agreement, the city dropped its lawsuit in exchange for a $50,000 donation from Smollett to a local arts nonprofit, marking a formal end to the years-long legal battle.
In a statement shared on Instagram last month, Smollett said he chose to settle by making a charitable donation, not as an admission of guilt, but to move forward from what he described as a “false narrative” that he said “has left a stain on my character that will not soon disappear.”
The city said in an official statement that the settlement offers “a fair, constructive, and conclusive resolution, allowing all the parties to close this six-year-old chapter and move forward.”
In November, the Illinois Supreme Court overturned Smollett’s 2021 conviction for allegedly filing a false police report about a hate crime in 2019, stating in its decision that the case violated his due process rights and raised questions about the state’s obligation to honor agreements made with defendants.
In March 2019, Smollett forfeited his $10,000 bond to the city and agreed to perform 16 hours of community service as part of an agreement to drop all criminal charges related to the alleged false report, according to then-Cook County first assistant state attorney Joe Magats.
