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We now know the name of Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly‘s daughter: Saga Blade Fox-Baker.
The “cliché” artist, born Colson Baker, revealed the news in an Instagram post alongside a video of him strumming a ukulele in front of the newborn resting in a bouncer just out of frame.
“Thank you for the ultimate gift @meganfox,” mgk writes in the caption.
Saga was born in March. At the time, mgk wrote, “She’s finally here!! Our little celestial seed.” That led some to believe “Celestial Seed” was her actual name, which mgk later clarified wasn’t the case.
Fox has three children from her marriage to actor Brian Austin Green, while mgk has a daughter from a previous relationship.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the entertainers who will receive honorary Academy Awards at the 2025 Governors Awards.
Along with Cruise, choreographer Debbie Allen and production designer Wynn Thomas will receive honorary Oscars at the upcoming ceremony. Additionally, Dolly Parton is set to receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
The trophies will be presented at the 16th annual Governors Awards on Nov. 16 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood.
“This year’s Governors Awards will celebrate four legendary individuals whose extraordinary careers and commitment to our filmmaking community continue to leave a lasting impact,” AMPAS President Janet Yang said in a statement.
As for what led to Cruise’s recognition, Yang said it was his “incredible commitment to our filmmaking community, to the theatrical experience, and to the stunts community [that] has inspired us all.”
Yang said Parton “exemplifies the spirit of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award through her unwavering dedication to charitable efforts.”
Allen’s recognition comes from her history as “a trailblazing choreographer and actor, whose work has captivated generations and crossed genres,” Yang said, before also recognizing the production design from Thomas.
“Wynn Thomas has brought some of the most enduring films to life through a visionary eye and mastery of his craft,” Yang said.
Cruise has been nominated for three Oscars. Allen has choreographed the Academy Awards ceremony seven times. Thomas is known for his work on Spike Lee‘s films, including Do The Right Thing and Malcolm X. Parton is being recognized for her humanitarian work, which includes her organizations the Dollywood Foundation and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.
Lilo & Stitch actor David Hekili Kenui Bell has died, according to a Facebook post from his sister Jalene Kanani Bell. Bell was 46 years old.
“It is with a heavy heart I share that my sweet, generous, talented, funny, brilliant and handsome little brother David H. K. Bell will spend today in the company of our Heavenly Father,” Jalene Kanani Bell wrote in the post, which was shared Sunday. “I’ve been waiting for the words and mindset to properly express the joy of a human, and Prince of a Man he was, but fate pushed my hand this morning by a pre-scheduled Father’s Day newsletter honoring the men in our lives.”
The Hawai’i Police Department confirmed in a statement to People on Monday that Bell died June 12.
“We have launched a coroner’s inquest investigation (as is standard practice) and an autopsy is being scheduled to determine the exact cause of death,” a police spokesperson said, according to People. “The investigation is ongoing at this time. No foul play is suspected.”
Bell’s representative Lashauna Downie also told People in a statement, “I am learning like you through social media. This is heartbreaking & sad, if true.”
“He was one of my best talent & embodied the true meaning of aloha…a gentle giant,” Downie added.
Bell most recently appeared as “Big Hawaiian Dude” in the new live-action Lilo & Stitch movie, where he made a lasting impression as the man holding a shave ice near the end of the movie trailer. He was also a guest on the shows Hawaii Five-0 and Magnum P.I.
“David loved being an actor, doing voiceovers,” his sister wrote in her Facebook post Sunday. “The film industry and entertainment was so exciting to him and I loved that he enjoyed the arts.”
Describing him as “a diamond in the rough” and “a bright and shining star,” she said her brother “recently made it on to the big screen with an iconic Lilo & Stich [moment].”
“He planned ahead and purchased the best seats in the house for us all to go together to opening night in Kapolei just two short weeks ago,” she wrote. “We talked about and were so energized by the fans dressed in L&S gear head to toe, t-shirts, onezees, hats, mask, and the merch galore flying off the shelf as we stood in line for pop-corn.”
“Hug your loved ones today…our last time together after returning home from the movie was just sitting on my living room couch talking story about life, having a seltzer and doing a little genealogy,” she added. “Blessed by this and all the big and small moments, I will keep our memories alive.”
ABC News has reached out to the Hawai’i Police Department, Bell’s representative Downie and SAG-AFTRA for comment.
The actress, who played Lily Tucker-Pritchett on Modern Family, has come out as bisexual. She shared the announcement to her Instagram on Monday.
Her announcement video used audio from a Modern Family scene where her character, Lily, had a conversation with her parents, Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and Cam (Eric Stonestreet), and aunt Gloria (Sofia Vergara).
In the scene, Gloria tells Lily she is Vietnamese. “No I’m not, I’m gay,” Lily says in response.
Anderson-Emmons lip-synched the quote from the show while other text she wrote appeared on top of the footage. “people keep joking so much abt me being gay when I literally am(I’m bi),” the text reads.
Her caption also shared a message to her fellow members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
“happy pride month to all and to all a goodnight hehehe,” Anderson-Emmons captioned the video.
Anderson-Emmons joined the cast of Modern Family in season 3. She portrayed Lily until the show’s 11th and final season in 2020.
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DC Studios has found its Clayface.
Relative newcomer Tom Rhys Harries has been cast in the titular lead role in the upcoming film Clayface. DC Studios head JamesGunn announced the decision in a post shared to Threads on Tuesday.
“After a long and incredibly exhaustive search, we finally have our DCU Clayface in @tomrhysharries,” Gunn wrote. “Both MattReeves and I were just blown away by this guy, and can’t wait for you to see this film, directed by James Watkins and written by Mike Flanagan.”
The Batman director Reeves is producing Clayface from a script by Flanagan, who is known for his Netflix horror projects TheHaunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass.
Harries is a Welsh actor known for the Apple TV+ series Suspicion, and Guy Ritchie‘s The Gentleman and The Return.
The Clayface story follows a B-movie actor who drinks a substance that is supposed to help his career and instead causes him to be made up entirely of clay, according to Variety.
Gunn officially announced the Clayface film was coming in a post to social media in December 2024.
“Exciting news out of @DCOfficial Studios today as #Clayface, a DCU story from a script by Mike Flanagan, has been OFFICIALLY greenlit,” Gunn wrote at the time.
One of the two doctors charged in connection with Matthew Perry‘s ketamine death case has agreed to plead guilty to distributing the drug, the Department of Justice said Monday.
Dr. Salvador Plasencia is expected to plead guilty to four counts of distribution of ketamine in the coming weeks, the DOJ said.
The charge carries a statutory maximum sentence of 40 years in federal prison, prosecutors said.
Plasencia is one of five people charged in the wake of Perry’s death from a ketamine overdose at his home on Oct. 28, 2023, at the age of 54. The Friends actor was discovered unresponsive in a jacuzzi at his Los Angeles home, police said. An autopsy report revealed he died from the acute effects of ketamine.
Plasencia, who operated an urgent care clinic in Malibu, had been set to go on trial in August in the case.
His plea agreement comes after Mark Chavez, the other doctor charged in the case, pleaded guilty to distributing ketamine in October 2024. Chavez is scheduled to be sentenced in September.
According to Plasencia’s plea agreement, which was filed on Monday, he distributed 20 vials of ketamine, ketamine lozenges and syringes to Perry and the actor’s live-in assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, between Sept. 30, 2023, and Oct. 12, 2023.
Plasencia “admits that his conduct fell below the proper standard of medical care and that transfers of ketamine vials to Defendant Iwamasa and Victim M.P. were not for a legitimate medical purpose,” his plea agreement stated.
Iwamasa, who admitted in court documents to administering the ketamine on the day that Perry died, pleaded guilty in August 2024 to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine causing death, the DOJ said. He is scheduled to be sentenced in November.
Plasencia’s attorney, Stefan Sacks, told ABC News following Plasencia’s arraignment in August 2024 that a plea deal was possible in the case.
According to his plea agreement, Perry asked Iwamasa to help him procure ketamine in September 2023 and provided his assistant with “money, or promised to reimburse him, and directed him to find sources from whom to acquire the drugs.”
One of Plasencia’s patients introduced him to Perry on Sept. 30, 2023, with the unidentified patient referring to the actor as a “‘high profile person” who was seeking ketamine and was willing to pay “cash and lots of thousands” for ketamine treatment,” according to Plasencia’s plea agreement.
Plasencia contacted Chavez, who had previously owned a ketamine clinic, to discuss Perry’s request for ketamine and purchased vials of liquid ketamine, ketamine lozenges and other items from him, according to the agreement.
Plasencia administered ketamine to Perry at the actor’s home on several occasions, as well as left vials and lozenges with Iwamasa to administer, according to the plea agreement. In one instance, he was paid $12,000 for such a visit, according to the agreement.
One instance occurred outside of the home, when Plasencia administered ketamine to Perry in a parking lot near an aquarium in Long Beach, according to the plea agreement. Upon learning about that, Chavez “reprimanded” the other doctor “for “dosing people in cars, and in a public place where children are present,” Chavez’s plea agreement stated.
Plasencia returned to Perry’s home on Oct. 12, 2023, to administer ketamine, during which the actor’s blood pressure spiked, causing him to “freeze up,” according to Plasencia’s plea agreement.
“Notwithstanding Victim M.P.’s reaction, defendant left additional vials of ketamine with Defendant Iwamasa, knowing that Defendant Iwamasa would inject the ketamine into Victim M.P.,” the agreement stated.
After receiving 10 more vials of ketamine through a licensed pharmaceutical company using his DEA license, Plasencia texted Iwamasa on Oct. 27, 2023, according to the plea agreement: “I know you mentioned taking a break. I have been stocking up [in] the meanwhile. I am not sure when you guys plan to resume but in case its when im out of town this weekend I have left supplies with a nurse of mine …I can always let her know the plan.”
Perry died the following day after overdosing on ketamine, which Plasencia had not provided, according to the plea agreement.
Another defendant in the case, Eric Fleming, admitted in court documents that he distributed the ketamine that killed Perry, prosecutors said. He pleaded guilty in August 2024 to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine and one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death. He admitted in court documents that he distributed 50 vials of ketamine that he obtained from another defendant in the case — Jasveen Sangha — to Iwamasa, including the ketamine that killed Perry, the DOJ said. Fleming is scheduled to be sentenced in November.
Sangha, allegedly known as “The Ketamine Queen,” is accused of selling 50 vials of ketamine over two weeks to Perry, working with Fleming and Iwamasa to distribute the drugs to Perry, prosecutors said. She is accused of selling Perry the batch of ketamine that killed him.
Sangha pleaded not guilty and is scheduled to go on trial in August.
The official trailer for The Naked Gun has arrived. Paramount Pictures released the trailer for the upcoming reboot of the franchise on Monday. It finds Liam Neeson‘s character, Lt. Frank Drebin Jr., following in his father’s footsteps. Pamela Anderson and Paul Walter Hauser also star in the upcoming film, which arrives in theaters on Aug. 1 …
Kevin Hart‘s upcoming Netflix comedy film 72 Hours has added brand-new members to its cast. The upcoming bachelor-party comedy, which also stars Mason Gooding and Marcello Hernández, has added Teyana Taylor, Zach Cherry, Ben Marshall and Sam Patterson to its cast. The film is about a 40-year-old executive who strives to save his career by joining a group of 20-somethings on a three-day bachelor party weekend …
Tucci in Italy has been renewed at Nat Geo. The travel series will return for season 2 on the network, Deadline reports. Season 2 will consist of five episodes where actor Stanley Tucci explores regions in Italy …
To coincide with Pride Month, Star Trek icon George Takei has documented his journey as a gay man in a new memoir in graphic novel form called It Rhymes With Takei. As he reveals in the book, Takei came out at age 68 because he was furious that California’s 2005 same-sex marriage bill had been vetoed. But there was another reason, too.
“It was rage, but it was also guilt, because progress was being made and all these people … gave up their jobs, their careers, some their families, and were out advocating for equality for LGBTQ people,” Takei tells ABC Audio. “And here I am protecting my career.”
As Takei relates in the book, he was closeted for years because back in the day, an actor outed as gay might find himself permanently out of show business. In addition, there was always the fear of arrest by overzealous law enforcement.
“There is a full, rich, turbulent, fraught story to our achievement,” Takei says of gay history. “And it’s happening again with the transgender community, so it’s a very relevant story to our times.”
And telling that story in graphic novel form is an effort to reach as many people as possible, says Takei.
“I wanted to reach young people. But then I realized that there are older people who find it difficult to read, but they’ll look at comic books,” he explains.
Takei also hopes the history he relates in the book will hit home in the current political climate.
“The whole LGBTQ movement is under threat,” he says. Then, using a Star Trek reference, he notes, “Things in politics go in cycles, and now we have that Klingon in the White House who is making it a real challenge. And that means we’ll have to get galvanized again.”
Daddy was more than a state of mind this Father’s Day.
New York City held a Pedro Pascallookalike contest on Sunday. Brooklyn dad George Gountas was unanimously crowned the winner of the competition, beating nearly 30 other contestants for the title. He won $50 and a year’s worth of free burritos from the event’s organizer, Son Del North.
In a post announcing the Pascal lookalike event on Instagram, Son Del North asked several questions. “Do you look like this man? Or know someone who does? Do they also claim there’s no good Mexican food in NYC? Bring them to Orchard.”
It’s a reference to Pascal’s Hot Ones appearance from 2023, where he said there was no good Mexican food in New York City.
While Son Del North said the event is a parody and not affiliated with or endorsed by anyone, it promised “the burrito prize is real.”
Gountas may not be starring in three films playing in theaters this summer (Materialists, Eddington and The Fantastic Four: First Steps) like Pascal is, but he does have roots in the entertainment industry. According to his IMDb page, Gountas is a lighting director who has worked on The Daily Show for years.
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The live-action Masters of the Universe film is one step closer to coming to the big screen.
Nicholas Galitzine confirmed production on the film has ended in a photo shared to Instagram on Monday. The picture shows him in costume as He-Man. It is taken from behind and is shadowed, with his signature Sword of Power, loincloth, boots and gauntlet on display.
“Well, that’s a wrap on Masters of the Universe,” Galitzine wrote. “It has been an honour shouldering the responsibility of playing Adam and He Man.”
The actor said He-Man was “the role of a lifetime” and that he “put everything into it.”
“There’s not much I can show you, but I am so proud of the movie we’ve made. Thanks to our amazing cast and crew for all your hard work,” Galitzine continued in his caption.
Camila Mendes, who portrays Teela in the film, also took to Instagram to commemorate the end of the film’s shoot.
“getting to play teela has been one of the most exciting and challenging experiences of my career,” Mendes wrote.
She said the week of suspense between her final audition and landing the role “was excruciating to say the least.”
“but here i am almost a year later, a full-blown gym bro and converted redhead, wrapping up 7 incredible months of living like a london girl, eating like an athlete, and running around as a warrior woman!!” Mendes wrote.
While Mendes lamented not being able to share more about the experience at this time, she said the carousel of photos she shared “will have to do for now.”
The carousel includes selfies with her brand-new red hairstyle and blue-colored contacts. She also included a video of her and Galitzine hugging.
“grateful is an understatement,” Mendes said.
Masters of the Universe arrives in theaters on June 5, 2026.
