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The bizarre incident went down Thursday night ahead of a gala in New York City.

"Dianne who?" That's literally what a photographer uttered -- mispronunciation and all -- after yelling at Dianna Agron and others to move out of the way because they were blocking "an important photo" of Sarah Jessica Parker.

The bizarre incident went down Thursday night in New York City where a bevy of celebrities attended the New York City Ballet's 2023 Fall Gala at the Lincoln Center. In video posted on TikTok, the Glee star can be seen looking stunning as ever, chatting and appearing to have a great time. That is until photographers got inpatient and then downright annoyed.

In the video, photographers can be heard shouting, "You're blocking an important photo!" That's followed by, "Very important photo right behind you!" At the same time, other photographers can be heard shouting, "Excuse us! Excuse us!"

There was also a heavy dose of condescension when a photographer could be heard shouting, "You're not int he way. You're not in the way at all."

After Agron and others move out of the way, a photog can be heard mispronouncing her name saying, "That's Dianne," to which another photographer responds with, "Dianne who?" That photographer is told she's the actress from Glee, but the photographer claims to have no idea who she is.

In any event, Parker gave the gaggle of photographers exactly what they wanted -- a clear shot of her in a stunning strapless black dress as she chatted with Wes Gordon, the fashion designer and creative director for Carolina Herrera.

The And Just Like That star and Sex and the City alum also struck several solo poses, much to everyone's delight. Photogs also shouted at Parker with "beautiful" and "gorgeous" as they snapped away.

Parker later walked the red carpet alongside husband Matthew Broderick.

The 'Everybody Loves Raymond' star made the quip during a performance at The Event fundraiser hosted by Shaquille O'Neal to raise funds for his The Shaquille O'Neal Foundation

Ray Romano's four kids are trading places on his "favorites" list!

“My order of favorites has changed,” the “Everybody Loves Raymond” actor joked during a comedy set at The Event at MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Saturday. The fundraiser was held by NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal to benefit his The Shaquille O'Neal Foundation and during his set, Romano, 65, took the opportunity to poke fun at his offspring and how his ranking off them has recently changed.

“I thought it was locked in. I thought [No. 4] is still four because he's horrible. He's not going anywhere," the actor joked. "He's happy. But one and three flipped for a number of reasons.”

Romano and his wife, Anna Romano, share a daughter Alexandra, 33, twins Matt and Gregory, 30, and son Joseph, 25.

During the set, Romano said he and Greg, who had previously been his third favorite, were in the kitchen when his wife started “screaming” about pee on the bathroom floor.

“Greg looked at me and he could see the guilt in my eyes, and I did not ask him to do this. He just turned to the bathroom and went, ‘It was me, mom,’” Romano said. “He took a bullet for his father. That's No. 1. That's the new No. 1. He jumped two spots.”

Prior to that moment, Alexandra had been the apple of the actor's eye. In fact, he revealed she had been the favorite since the day she was born, and “rightfully so,” he said.

“She's smarter than [the other kids.] She works harder than them. But she wouldn't have done that,” the comedy legend said of the hilarious pee incident.

“I mean, technically she couldn't have done that. She couldn't have convinced my wife. No, my wife knew it was a male who got pee all over the floor.”

Romano’s ranking confession came during a comedy set at O’Neal’s charity event for his foundation — which helps underprivileged youth in Atlanta and Las Vegas — and he didn't miss the chance to playfully roast his youngest child, Joe, who he said places at No. 4.

“I don't know how to describe this kid. I can't tell if he's the dumbest kid in the world or maybe the other way around. He might be the deepest kid,” Romano said. “All I know is he says stuff that I don't know how to react to.”

Joe, who still lives at home, recently went to a party and came home at 6 a.m. the actor explained.

“I get out of bed, go in the hallway and I'm like, ‘Joe, you come home at 6 a.m.?’ And he just keeps walking and goes ‘for now,’” Romano recalled.

“Huh? What? What? I went down a hole. I went down a black existential hole from two words out of this kid's mouth. Oh, it was bad. I went in the bedroom and my wife said ‘Did you find out where he was?’ And I'm like, 'Where are any of us? I don't even know if I'm here.’”

Back in April, Romano spoke to PEOPLE about his family and how they feel about being an inspiration for his work, including his directorial debut for his 2023 movie Somewhere in Queens.

"I think they like that I get creative inspiration from them," Romano said. "They read rough drafts of the script. My wife, not as much as my kids."

"I've been married to her for 35 years and I've been in the business for just about that long," he explained. "So she's supportive, but she's not as on top of it as my kids are."

However, he added that when it comes to family members, he is mindful about what to divulge. "I never do it at their expense," he said, adding that his kids have never objected to what he has wanted to include, but that his wife has had a few words about it in the past.

"My wife, on occasion, when our TV show was on, and we'd have an argument and she'd turn and say, 'I don't want to see this on the show.' And I would say, 'We already did that episode.'"

The actor, who played lifeguard Mike "Newmie" Newman on the long-running show, will detail his struggles with the disease in Baywatch: The Documentary.

Baywatch star Mike Newman is speaking out about his 16-year battle with Parkinson's disease.

The retired actor, who played lifeguard Mike 'Newmie' Newman in more than 150 episodes of the hit action series, told PEOPLE that he was diagnosed with the disorder in 2006 after his family encouraged him to seek medical advice when they noticed he was moving more slowly. His doctor then prescribed Newman with medication to help with his symptoms and later revealed his diagnosis.

"Everything changes," Newman told the outlet. "All those things that you thought you were going to do with your children and grandchildren, pictures we were going to take, all the plans I had… stopped."

The former firefighter will discuss his diagnosis in an upcoming four-part docuseries about the show titled Baywatch: The American Dream. Newman admitted that he was initially hesitant because he didn't want to be remembered by fans as "the guy with Parkinson's," but its director, Matt Felker, ultimately changed his mind. The pair have since gone on to form a strong friendship.

Newman, who has been active his entire life and even worked as a lifeguard before starring on Baywatch, said he continues to keep up a healthy lifestyle in order to treat his symptoms. He works out for at least 45 minutes each day, often swimming, kayaking, or going for a run on the beach.

"I've been training for this," Newman explained. "Somebody that was 65 and not very athletic, if they got the news that they got Parkinson's, it wouldn't turn out as well. I got them all beat, I guess, if we could call it 'beat.'"

Still, he called the disease "sinister," noting how its symptoms "march forward so slowly that you barely notice that they're changing." As part of his participation in the docuseries, the project will work alongside the Michael J. Fox Foundation and Cedars-Sinai to raise funds for those fighting the same battle. "This may not help me," Newman said. "But it's going to help someone down the road."

By sharing his diagnosis, Newman hopes his story will provide comfort to others. While he acknowledged that he would have done "a lot of things" differently, Newman said he's grateful for all of the people he's met and the experiences he's had from being on Baywatch.

"Where would I be without it?" he said. "Well, it would've been kind of a boring life, I guess."

The NBA player was called out by the sister of his ex, Jordan Craig, after Kim Kardashian praised his involvement in her family on Hulu’s “The Kardashians.”

Tristan Thompson has been accused of ignoring his oldest son, Prince, 6, after he was showered with praise for his parenting skills on a recent episode of the Hulu reality show “The Kardashians.”

The NBA player, who recently signed a one-year contract to reunite with the Cleveland Cavaliers, was called out for his “appalling and inexcusable” behavior by the sister of his ex, Jordan Craig.

On Thursday, Kai Craig shared a lengthy Instagram post accusing Thompson of “ignoring” Prince and seemingly showing more support for his other children and young family members of his more recent ex, Khloé Kardashian, than his firstborn child. Thompson and Kardashian share a 5-year-old daughter, True, and son, Tatum, 1.

Kai Craig called out Kim Kardashian for appearing “insensitive” since the Skims co-founder was filmed boasting about Thompson’s presence in True and Tatum’s lives and the lives of her own four children, whom she shares with her ex-husband Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West.

“It has been so hard to refrain from speaking up, and out of respect for my sister’s privacy I haven’t for over 7 years, but this is just too much,” she wrote in the statement. “It’s so painful to see how Tristan can find the time to do these nice things for others but can’t seem to show up and be a real parent for my nephew Prince.”

She continued, “The fact that he can take other children to school and activities in the same city, yet never sees or speaks to his own son, unless it’s for a party or planned photo opportunity, is appalling and inexcusable.” Advertisement

Kai Craig then directed her attention toward Kim Kardashian, saying that Thompson “literally ignores his children.”

“That’s nice if he’s been a good friend to you, but let’s consider our sisters before taking to global platforms to defend this man’s character,” she said.

She then charged that Thompson had long stopped paying the amount of child support that had been previously reported and that he had also allegedly stopped paying Prince’s school tuition.

“He hasn’t even inquired where Prince goes to school now,” she said before noting that her sister works “multiple jobs.”

Then Kai Craig added, “[Tristan] you are NOT a good father if you can’t be a good father to ALL of your children.”

A representative for Thompson has not immediately returned a request for comment.

During last week’s episode of “The Kardashians,” Kim Kardashian was filmed praising Thompson in a confessional interview, calling him a “good person and friend,” despite cheating on her sister Khloé Kardashian multiple times over the years.

The older Kardashian added that Thompson “stepped up” and has even helped her with her kids by attending her son’s games and taking him out to dinner.

Thompson and Khloé Kardashian’s on-and-off relationship have made headlines over the years due to the basketball player’s multiple cheating scandals.

Their relationship appeared to end after Thompson acknowledged in January 2022 that he fathered a child with model Maralee Nichols while he was still in a relationship with Khloé Kardashian — and they were expecting their son via surrogacy.

The athlete’s child with Nichols, a boy named Theo, was born in December 2021.

Thompson and Khloé Kardashian went public with their relationship in the fall of 2016, while Jordan Craig was pregnant with Prince. In October 2016, Khloé Kardashian posted a photo on Instagram of her hand over Thompson’s hand with a heart emoji in the post’s caption.

Jordan Craig gave birth to Prince in December 2016, according to People. Thompson posted a photo on Instagram of him hugging Khloé Kardashian that same month on Christmas Day.

“Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays from me and mines, to you and yours,” he captioned the post.

Khloé Kardashian said that she had forgiven Thompson for cheating multiple times in an episode of “The Kardashians” that aired in July.

“Yeah, I forgive Tristan, doesn’t mean I forget what he’s done,” she said at the time. “But I forgive Tristan for me. ’Cause I gotta let that shit go, I need to for myself. I can’t move on with my life if I’m holding on to this bullshit.”

Rumors started swirling again earlier this year that the pair had reconciled. But Khloé Kardashian posted on Instagram in May to shut down rumors that she had rekindled her romance with the athlete.

The Grammy winner played his first-ever show in the city on Wednesday.

Bruno Mars has canceled his second Tel Aviv concert after a surprise attack in Israel by Hamas on Saturday. The land, sea, and air assault, which took place on a Jewish holiday, led prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to declare the country "at war" with the militant group, reports The New York Times.

"Dear customers, the performance of Bruno Mars that was planned to take place tonight is canceled," Live Nation Israel announced in an Instagram statement in Hebrew, translated through Google. "All ticket buyers for the show will receive an automatic refund to the credit card with which the purchase was made. We are strengthening the residents of Israel, the IDF fighters, and the security forces in these difficult moments."

Mars played his first-ever concert in Israel at HaYarkon Park on Wednesday. The following day, he posted a photo of himself facing the massive crowd on Instagram with the caption "Last night."

Saturday's attack left at least 250 people dead and 1,452 wounded in Israel, reports The New York Times. The outlet also reported that the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said at least 198 people have died and at least 1,610 were wounded in the Gaza Strip following Israel's subsequent retaliation.

"What happened today has not been seen before in Israel," Netanyahu said, per the outlet. "We will win this war, but the price is unbearable."\

‘You Would Think Someone Would’ve Gotten Me By Now,’ Says Leto

As he reflected upon various well-known allegations of his misconduct, Morbius star Jared Leto reportedly asked Thursday if he was ever going to get into real trouble for all the stuff he’s been doing, saying he had just assumed his actions would have caught up with him by now. “It seems like people know I’ve been accused of some pretty bad things, but there hasn’t been any real push to cancel me, and I’m honestly not sure why,” said the Academy Award winner, wondering aloud whether anyone would ever come forward and file a lawsuit or something. “I mean, look at me—I known for sleeping with underage models and starlets like it’s 1972, but I’m still getting a Ridley Scott film here, a Marvel movie there. My career’s great! I even talked openly about how I sent anal beads and used condoms to my Suicide Squad co-stars, and when I tried to pass it off as method acting, people were totally cool with that. If someone did something like that to me, I’d assume it was some kind of creepy power thing and be really upset.” At press time, Leto was reportedly googling himself and shaking his head at all the awful stuff that came up.

Kanye West Files for 'YEWS' Trademark ... Financial Services, Clothing, Streaming & More

Kanye West is reportedly working behind the scenes to lock down trademark rights to "YEWS," a phrase he wants to slap on just about everything .. from streaming to restaurants.

The filing, obtained by TMZ, and first submitted earlier this month is linked to an LLC called Ox Paha Inc. We've never known Kanye to be associated with that LLC, but it has an address listed to Kanye's office on Melrose Ave.

Unclear if there's anything Kanye wants to do specifically with the word -- if he's the guy who filed for it -- but he's taking just about every realm of possibility with it.

The docs want to use "YEWS" for financial services, real estate, clothing (footwear, headwear, jeans, etc.), music and audio, entertainment content, beauty products, restaurants and so much more.

Of course, while Kanye hasn't publicly said anything about the word "YEWS" -- people are already speculating it's got some sort of connection to "Jews" and the controversy surrounding Kanye.

As we reported, he was blasted for praising Hitler on "Info Wars" along with his other attacks against Jewish people on social media. Kanye's been mostly out of the public eye since the controversy -- spending the last several months in Europe.

Aspiring artist Emaza Gibson filed a complaint alleging she was dropped from Derulo's label after refusing his sexual advances.

Jason Derulo, an artist known for hits like "Whatcha Say" and "Savage Love," is being sued over claims of quid pro quo sexual harassment by an aspiring singer who alleges that she was dropped from his label after refusing his sexual advances, which Derulo calls "completely false and hurtful."

In a complaint filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday and viewed by EW, Emaza Gibson outlines several allegations against Derulo, his manager Frank Harris, Atlantic Records, and Derulo's Future History Inc., including quid pro quo sexual harassment, failure to prevent and/or remedy work environment harassment, breach of contract, and more.

The lawsuit also lists Radio Corporation of America DBA as "RCA Records," but the Radio Corporation of America is a former electronics company that is separate from Sony Music's RCA Records and neither company seems to have a working relationship with Derulo or his company.

"Mr. Derulo's behavior toward this young artist was despicable and, unfortunately, another example of the music industry's dark underbelly," attorney Ron Zambrano said in a statement to EW. "He not only broke promises and breached contracts, but his threats of physical harm and unconscionable sexual advances toward this young woman who is just trying to break into the industry were outrageous and illegal. Executives knew of Derulo's behavior without a care. No one should have to suffer through such treatment by their employer, and in this case, by someone who preyed on the plaintiff's vulnerabilities and desire to succeed, then just threw her away like garbage when he didn't get his way."

Representatives for Derulo, Atlantic Records, and RCA Records did not immediately respond to EW's request for comment, but a representative for the singer issued a statement to PEOPLE denying the allegations. "These claims are completely false and hurtful," the statement reads. "I stand against all forms of harassment and remain committed to supporting people chasing their dreams. I strive to live my life in a positively-impacting way, so I am deeply offended by these defamatory allegations."

In the complaint Gibson claims Derulo contacted her in August 2021 and said he was planning to participate in a joint venture between Atlantic and Future History, but that he needed to bring a new artist to Atlantic in order to do so. She accepted the offer and entered into agreements with Derulo, Atlantic Records, and Future History, concluding that she would deliver a mixtape in four months and an album in six months, and make a song that would feature Derulo.

The pair began working on her album in November, with Derulo acting as Gibson's "mentor, supervisor, as well as the agent" for Atlantic Records and Future History, per the suit. During one session, Gibson alleges that Derulo told her that "if she wanted to be successful in 'this business' (a.k.a., the music industry)" that she "would be required to partake in 'goat skin and fish scales,' which is a Haitian reference referring to conducting sex rituals, sacrificing a goat, goat blood, and doing cocaine," according to the complaint.

"The manner and timing of such a statement meant DERULO was demanding sexual acts from Plaintiff in order for DERULO to fulfill his role as her mentor, supervisor, and musical collaborator," the complaint claims. "This explicit demand for sex-in-exchange-for-success was reinforced through DERULO's subsequent behavior."

Gibson claims that Derulo "repeatedly invited" her to have drinks with him at a members-only lounge, but that she refused because she wanted to "keep their relationship purely professional." The complaint also alleges that Derulo would often schedule the pair's recording sessions at "late-night hours between 9:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.," and "constantly pressured Plaintiff to drink with him despite Plaintiff repeatedly expressing she's not a drinker."

The complaint continued, "As a pretext, DERULO would 'assure' Plaintiff he would arrange for an Uber to take her home."

Gibson says she felt like she had "no choice but to accept the offer from the person that was essentially her boss" and took a sip from Derulo's drink during an alleged encounter in September 2021. "Immediately, Plaintiff tasted inappropriately large amounts of alcohol, and told DERULO that the 'drink was too strong,'" the complaint reads. "After this session, where Plaintiff declined to drink and have sex with DERULO, the offer to arrange for Plaintiff to get to and from DERULO's studio ceased."

The lawsuit also claims that Derulo yelled at Gibson on two separate occasions, the first taking place after a meeting with Atlantic Records to discuss her career. In the complaint, Gibson claims another female artist named Rosa was also invited and, when she later admitted in the car ride to being "thrown off guard" by her presence, Derulo allegedly grew angry.

"DERULO immediately lost control and began aggressively hitting his arm rests screaming, 'What does she have to do with you?! We weren't going to tell you anything! We don't have to tell you anything!'" the complaint stated, noting that after the incident, Gibson insisted that her mother and manager Sandra Bales "travel with her to any future meetings or sessions with DERULO out of concern for her own safety."

After the car ride and meeting in New York, Gibson claims that Derulo went "radio silent" and did not respond to her text messages, which is how they often communicated. According to court documents, they reunited for another recording session in June 2022, when Gibson allegedly drew his ire again by showing up an hour late due to traffic.

"When Plaintiff arrived at the recording studio, DERULO immediately charged at Plaintiff in front of Bales, the videographer, Plaintiff's engineer, and DERULO's all-male staff, and lunged at her causing her to step back and clutched her chest to brace herself for DERULO to physically assault her," reads the complaint. "DERULO screamed within inches of Plaintiff's face, 'I don't know who you think you are! You're supposed to be here before me! You need to plan better!'"

The lawsuit claims that Derulo "realized the aggressive manner" of his approach and then attempted to give Gibson a hug. She "raced to the bathroom, where she proceeded to cry" and was later told by one of Derulo's engineers that his actions were "just tough love."

Gibson continued to record music without Derulo until September 2022, when she was notified that "her employment with ATLANTIC and FUTURE was being terminated effective immediately," and was told that the reason behind the decision was that they wanted her to be "happy," per the documents. She claims that she attempted to reach out to the presidents of Atlantic Records, Craig Kallman and Julie Greenwald, but was told that "they're not going to have a conversation with you."

The lawsuit added that "no one has ever reached out to address" Gibson's allegations of Derulo's "sexually, emotionally, and physically inappropriate behavior towards her."

As a result of the defendants' conduct, Gibson claims she "required medical intervention for breakdowns, weight loss, insomnia, mood swings, hopelessness, loss of motivation, betrayal," and "feelings of betrayal and deception" and was diagnosed with "post-traumatic stress disorder." She is demanding a trial by jury and seeking punitive damages, special damages, further relief, and for the defendants to cover her legal fees.

“I didn’t enjoy being laughed at. I stormed off the set and into my trailer, slamming the door," the actor recalled in his new memoir, Making It So.

To storm off stage or to not storm off stage? That was the question Patrick Stewart was asking himself while shooting the first season of Star Trek: the Next Generation.

In an excerpt from his new novel Making It So: A Memoir, the Royal Shakespeare Company veteran recalled clashing with his fellow Enterprise shipmates during the first season of the sci-fi series because he didn't believe they were taking their roles seriously enough.

"My castmates doubled over in laughter when they flubbed multiple takes and, in rehearsals, they sometimes ad-libbed things that weren't in the script to make their lines funnier," Stewart recalled, per the Hollywood Reporter. "My experiences at the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre had been intense and serious. Naturally, we enjoyed a bit of levity, but in general we knew our time was limited and we didn't fool around."

As a result, he continued, "On the TNG set, I grew angry with the conduct of my peers, and that's when I called that meeting in which I lectured the cast for goofing off and responded to Denise Crosby's, 'We've got to have some fun sometimes, Patrick,' comment by saying, 'We are not here, Denise, to have fun.'"

Stewart's bold proclamation didn't exactly win over his peers. "In retrospect, everyone, me included, finds this story hilarious. But, in the moment, when the cast erupted in hysterics at my pompous declaration, I didn't handle it well," he recalled. "I didn't enjoy being laughed at. I stormed off the set and into my trailer, slamming the door."

After he had been "sulking for a while" in his trailer, Stewart said his costars Jonathan Frakes and Brent Spiner stopped by to hash everything out. He remembered the latter telling him, "Everything's okay. People respect you, but I think you misjudged the situation here."

"He and Jonathan acknowledged that yes, there was too much goofing around and that it needed to be dialed back. But they also made it clear how off-putting it was — and not a case study in good leadership — for me to try to resolve the matter by lecturing and scolding the cast," Stewart acknowledged. "I had failed to read the room, imposing RSC behavior on people accustomed to the ways of episodic television — which was, after all, what we were shooting."

Over the course of several decades and spinoffs, Stewart noted that he's "learned so much from my Star Trek friends about acting for television and simply being a good colleague" on set.

Still, it wasn't easy to adapt to his new environment in the beginning. "It took me that entire first season to relax and thaw out from an uptight Englishman to a loose, amiable colleague given to quasi-American behavior but, bit by bit, I got there," he acknowledged. "Chance had thrown me into a company that was as generous and funny as it was talented. Our mutual respect grew over time and into friendship and ultimately, a feeling of family."

Troast is the only new cast member to join Saturday Night Live's 49th season.

Following an unexpected ending to its 48th season due to the WGA strike, Saturday Night Live announced Wednesday that it will premiere its 49th season next week and every cast member from the end of season 48 is returning to the show, along with one new face: Chloe Troast, a New York–based comedian.

Though Troast doesn't have many screen credits yet, she's a veteran of NYC's comedy scene, and if her social media presence is any indication, she'll be a hilarious addition to the show's cast.

Here's everything we know so far about SNL's newest cast member.

What has Chloe Troast been in?

Troast's most notable on-screen work was on The Basics, a six-episode web series that she also co-wrote but she is no stranger to SNL. She previously worked alongside staffers Ben Marshall, John Higgins, and Martin Herlihyin in their upcoming movie Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain, which is set to premiere on Peacock on Nov. 17. She's also set to appear in the comedy Sweethearts on Max alongside Kiernan Shipka and Jake Bongiovi.

The comedian also frequently performs live at New York venues like the Public Hotel and the Slipper Room, often as her character Pepper Slit. At the former venue, she hosts the weekly comedy show Cherry alongside Moss Perricone and Auguste White. Guests of the show have included Rachel Sennott, Hasan Minhaj, and SNL's Andrew Dismukes.

Troast used to post videos on TikTok at the handle @caloetrust, but it appears that her account has been closed since securing her place on SNL.

Where is Chloe Troast from?

The New Jersey native attended NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Design, where she studied "Practice of Play," which she described on LinkedIn: "From playground games to rule of law, from the First Folio to improv, we engage in the fundamental properties of play in nearly all facets of life. The theatrical practice of play helps garner these products and brings a new sense of purpose, spontaneity, surprise, cooperation, and discovery in the rehearsal room." Troast minored in Middle Eastern Islamic Studies.

Why is SNL returning during the strike?

Though the SAG-AFTRA strike is still underway, SNL is permitted to return to air because it's classified as a variety show, which means it's covered by a different contract than the one currently being struck by the guild. The union released a statement Wednesday supporting the return, which reads "SAG-AFTRA members appearing on Saturday Night Live either as hosts, guests, or cast members are working under the Network Code agreement, which is not a contract we are striking. They are not in violation of SAG-AFTRA strike rules, and we support them in fulfilling their contractual obligations."

Who else is going to be on SNL this season?

SNL's 49th season will see every cast member from the end of season 48 return to the show, including Michael Che, Mikey Day, Andrew Dismukes, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Punkie Johnson, Colin Jost, Ego Nwodim, Kenan Thompson, and Bowen Yang. Last season's featured players Sarah Sherman and James Austin Johnson have both been promoted to repertory players.

Selena Gomez is reflecting on one of the hardest chapters of her life.

In the latest issue of Fast Company, the 31-year-old Rare Beauty founder explains how her breakup with Justin Bieber and bipolar diagnosis led to her taking an extended break from social media.

"I had just gotten my heart broken. I didn't need to see what everyone was doing," the "Single Soon" singer tells the magazine. "Then there were those moments of not feeling positive about how I looked because of what I'd see on Instagram. Wow, I wish my body looked like that."

In 2018, Gomez and Bieber ended their years-long on-again, off-again relationship. Around the same time, the "Lose You to Love Me" singer was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Today, Bieber is married to wife Hailey and Gomez has confirmed that she is single and living life.

In 2020, Gomez shared the news of her diagnosis for the first time during a conversation with Miley Cyrus -- a choice she made to inspire her fans and followers who were there to support her through different stages of her life.

"I wanted there to be a conversation started," Gomez says. "I wasn't ashamed, and I wanted it to lead to something healing."

Gomez reveals that she could no longer hide the truth about her diagnosis out of fear of people not liking her.

"I grew up being a people pleaser," she shares. "I had a responsibility at a very young age, young people were looking up to me. I didn't know who I was. Having that responsibility would make me walk on eggshells a lot. I thought maybe it would be damaging to tell people who I am. It started to become a threat that freaked me out. Well, if you're not right, then you can't work."

She adds, "I went through a really hard season. It was my highs and my lows, and I didn't know what to do, so I couldn’t control it. I would want to cancel things. It was just a tormented feeling. That's why, when I found out my diagnosis, it was just, 'Oh, okay, I feel a bit relieved, I understand a bit more.' I got second opinions. I went to doctors. I’m fortunate enough to be able to have people who can help me survive every day."

Today, the Only Murders in the Building star confirms that she is no longer a "sad girl," and the proof is in her upcoming music.

"I love sad-girl music, I'm really good at that," she tells Fast Company about her latest era. "However, I can't really write that if I'm not sad. I've had to relearn what being me and being happy looked like. There is not one sad song on this whole album."

While she is living in her current state of success and happiness, Gomez is realistic when it comes to the thought of having bad days in the future.

"I've never promised anyone that I'll never have a bad day again," she says. "I've always been honest with my fans. Even when I take breaks from social media, I'll say I'm taking a break."

Gomez also has found hope in sharing her experience, and has a key piece of advice for anyone who is thinking about making decisions, good or bad.

"All I would say is, 'Every choice you make is yours. At the end of the day, you have to be proud of it. If it ends up being a mistake, it's your mistake to learn. Take a lesson from that. Does it make you feel good? Does it not? Evaluate and get to know yourself as much as you can.' But I would never say don't do something, because I don't live with regrets," the beauty mogul says when asked what advice she would give her fans. "I can relate to a whole sea of beautiful human beings, because I've walked through some really tough moments, and now I'm on the other side."

The “Queen’s Gambit” star married her beau in Italy roughly two years after the two met at the premiere of her Netflix hit.

Anya Taylor-Joy has gotten married.

The “Queen’s Gambit” star, 27, tied the knot with musician Malcolm McRae, 29, in an intimate ceremony at the Palazzo Pisani Moretta in Venice, Italy, over the weekend. Photos of the event were shared by the Daily Mail on Monday and have already sparked viral celebration on social media.

The bride and groom made their commitments in front of an estimated 150 people, including actors Miles Teller, Julia Garner and Cara Delevingne.

The couple reportedly first met at the “Queen’s Gambit” premiere in March 2021. McRae, an actor in his own right and a member of the band More*, said on Instagram last year that he wrote an original song for Taylor-Joy, “Really Want to See You Again,” two days after meeting the Briton.

“I know that I’m high now, but I’ve gotta get this out,” McRae sings in the song. “I think we’re alike in ways that I can’t quite explain.”

Taylor-Joy first publicly mentioned her partner in an interview with Elle the following month.

While the couple was rumored to have secretly married as early as last July, those whispers were never confirmed. Taylor-Joy, who won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film the year prior, opened up about McRae in 2022.

“I said to my partner the other day that he was my hobby,” she told British Vogue in March of last year.

“He loved it because he’s the same. I’ve finally found someone who will happily sit in silence with me reading,” she continued. “We’re basically 80 years old and seven at the same time and it works really well.”

Taylor-Joy mentioned in a Vanity Fair cover story last year that she endured a “devastating breakup” right before filming the 2020 Jane Austen adaptation “Emma,” saying it “challenged everything” and made her “incredibly insecure and very, very unsafe in my own skin.”

McRae apparently endured heartbreak of his own prior to meeting Taylor-Joy. His band’s bio on Spotify says he had “fallen in love with a young woman and followed his foolish heart” to Los Angeles, but that the relationship “was a disaster.”

While McRae reportedly spends much of his time in the U.S. and Taylor-Joy primarily resides in London, the actor told British Vogue last year that she was relieved to leave the dating scene.

“I was not a good dater and I’m quite glad to not be,” she told the outlet. “I hear stories from my friends and I’m like, ‘God, I would suck at that.’”

Sheeran said he couldn't pass up on an opportunity to chill with the rapper, despite rarely smoking marijuana.

Ed Sheeran has a hazy recollection of his time smoking pot with Snoop Dogg.

The “Bad Habits” singer admitted to getting so stoned he couldn’t see while hanging out with the “Drop It Like It’s Hot” rapper during a recent concert in Melbourne, Australia.

Talking about the experience on the “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast, Sheeran said he couldn’t pass up an opportunity to chill with Snoop, even though the singer said he doesn’t “really smoke at all.”

“I was in the dressing room and they’re just [smoking] blunt for blunt for blunt for blunt, and I’m like, I guess at some point during the night I have to, just to be like, ‘I smoked with Snoop Dogg,’” he recalled.

Once one of the blunts found its way to Sheeran, he decided to partake. Ed Sheeran says he couldn't see straight after smoking a blunt with Snoop Dogg.

“He was like, ‘Do you want some?’ and I was like, ‘Now’s the time.’ We were having a good conversation,” recalled Sheeran.

It seems the singer got a little bit too confident about his smoking skills during the session though.

As Sheeran remembered, “So I have a bit, and I was like, ‘I don’t feel too bad. This is good.’ Then I have a bit more, and then I have a bit more, and then I have a bit more.”

“I just remember looking at him and being like, ‘I can’t see right now,’” the “Photograph” singer confessed.

While Sheeran isn’t exactly a pro pot smoker, he does love a pint of beer now and again.

The English singer-songwriter recently celebrated the release of his album “Autumn Variations” with a pub crawl around New York.

Things went a bit awry when the American Idol alum attempted to hide her kid's digital device in the oven.

Katharine McPhee Foster is cooking up a storm — and an iPad.

In a chaotic post to her Instagram Story on Monday, the American Idol star revealed that she inadvertently charred her son Rennie's Apple tablet alongside dinner in an attempt to hide the device from him.

"Just over here cooking iPads," McPhee Foster wrote. "I tried to hide it and forgot it was in there while [heating] up the oven for my chicken special."

A video captured by her real estate agent, Kelly Viavattine, shows the singer in a frazzled state attempting to remove the tablet from the oven using oven mitts.

"Katharine, I thought something smelled funny," Viavattine says. "Why the hell is the iPad in the oven?"

"The iPad is in the oven because he kept asking for it!" McPhee Foster responds, referring to her 2-and-a-half-year-old son, who can be heard repeatedly yelling for his mom throughout the video. ("Poor Rennie saying 'help me Mommy,'" she wrote on her story.)

Upon taking the iPad out of the oven, McPhee Foster exclaims, "Oh my God, it smells really bad!"

Viavattine, who last year sold her pal's Hollywood Hills home for more than $3 million, says in the video, "I smelled it and I thought it was just the chicken! I thought it was orange juice chicken."

Orange, Apple — close enough.

McPhee Foster, 39, and husband David Foster, 73, welcomed Rennie in 2021. Last holiday season the couple recorded a Christmas EP, aptly titled Christmas Songs, and McPhee Foster also launched a jewelry line, KMF Jewelry.

The 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' stars came up with the idea for their Four Walls Irish American Whiskey in a bar, of course

The stars of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia are bringing their humor and charm to a new venture: whiskey.

Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney, and Charlie Day launched an Irish American whiskey brand called Four Walls, and it is now available nationwide, PEOPLE can reveal exclusively.

After the trio released a limited whiskey in 2022 to raise money for the bartending community, they started to experiment with a new spirit.

In a hilarious YouTube video about the "origin story," Day sips on a smooth Irish whiskey, while Howerton orders an American rye for "something a little more bold." A tap on the back from McElhenney forces the two drinks to spill into one another, thus creating Four Walls Irish American Whiskey.

"We wanted to create a brand celebrating the four walls that have held our good times in and kept our troubles out,” Howerton says of the whiskey named after the four walls of a bar.

The 80-proof blend is hitting bars around the country soon, and is now available to order online at FourWallsWhiskey.com, ReserveBar, Flaviar, and Caskers for $36. The brand is also selling merchandise, with 100% of proceeds from select items benefiting Tales of the Cocktail Foundation.

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"After our higher-end releases, it was important for us to make a whiskey priced that all of our fans could try and that bartenders would want to use in everyday drinks," Day said in a statement.

"The three of us have come up with some of our best ideas and had some of our most memorable nights out together in unassuming rooms where great bartenders made us feel like a million bucks when we probably didn't have a hundred between us," added McElhenney. “That is the power of a great bar - when your favorite people are there, your favorite bartender is working, and a great song is playing. Nothing can beat that good time, and that’s what Four Walls is all about.”

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia follows the daily shenanigans of Philadelphia bar owners Charlie Kelly (Day), Mac (McElhenney) and Dennis (Howerton). Kaitlin Olson — McElhenney's real-life wife — plays Dennis’ sister Dee, who is the pub’s lead bartender. Danny DeVito also appears as Frank Reynolds, a.k.a. the legal father of Dennis and Dee.

The show premiered its 16th season in June.

Suge Knight Hell No, I Won't Testify Against Keefe D!!! Insists Cops Still Don't Know Who Shot Tupac

Suge Knight is surprised there's finally an arrest in the murder of Tupac Shakur, and even though he was an eyewitness in the case ... he says he'll refuse if called to testify against the suspect, Duane "Keefe D" Davis.

TMZ spoke exclusively with the Death Row Records founder on Monday ... and he insists cops and prosecutors are barking up the wrong tree with their arrest of Davis. Even further, he refutes the long-held belief Davis' late nephew, Orlando Anderson, was the shooter.

Of course, Suge was in the BMW that 1996 night in Las Vegas when both he and Tupac were shot. During the phone call from a CA state prison, he told us regardless of what Davis has confessed to in interviews, or to police ... Suge himself won't ever say a bad word about the man.

He also said prosecutors can forget about getting him on the stand during Davis' murder trial. In a nutshell, Suge says he's not ratting out anyone. Keep in mind, of the 6 people involved in the shooting -- 4 were in the shooter's car -- Suge and Davis are the only 2 still alive.

As you know ... Davis was arrested last week in Las Vegas after a grand jury indicted him -- but the whole bust was a huge surprise to Suge.

Cops say Keefe D was in on Tupac's murder and supplied the gun used in the fatal shooting ... which went down shortly after Tupac's crew beat the crap out of Orlando inside the MGM Grand following a Mike Tyson fight.

While Suge made it clear he'll never say who did open fire on Pac and him ... he says he knows it wasn't Anderson, and he insinuated Keefe D doesn't belong behind bars either.

Keefe's been outspoken for years about his alleged involvement in Tupac's murder, giving interviews and even writing a book about it -- and cops say that played a big part in reinvigorating the investigation.

Suge, who is currently serving out a 28-year sentence for voluntary manslaughter, won't say whether Keefe D was involved at all in the shooting -- but he was sure of one thing, telling us he'd never wish prison time on anyone.

Pespas, a breakout star of the HBO docuseries, is thought to still be in the area of Easton, Penn., or New Jersey.

Patrick J. Pespas, one of the subjects of the recent HBO docuseries Telemarketers, has been reported missing in eastern Pennsylvania.

Lt. Matthew Gerould of the Easton Police Department confirmed to EW on Monday that Pespas, 54, has been missing since Friday, and that authorities believe he is still in the Easton area or in New Jersey.

A media alert issued by authorities Monday morning states that Pespas might be operating a white 2002 Ford Mustang with a New Jersey license plate, N74KUB. The alert notes that police "are concerned for [Pespas'] well-being."

Adam Bhala Lough, one of the directors of Telemarketers, posted about Pespas' unknown whereabouts on social media on Friday. "Pat is missing, and Sue, his family and friends are very worried about him," the filmmaker wrote. "Please put out the word that Pat is missing and help us find him. He was last seen in the Easton, PA area. Thank you."

Lough also wrote on social media that Pespas had been spotted around 10 p.m. Saturday at a bar in Pittsburgh, but Lt. Gerould told the Los Angeles Times that police have been unable to confirm such a sighting.

Lough has asked anyone with information about Pespas' location to email findpatpespas@gmail.com, and Easton police have asked anyone with info to call 911.

Telemarketers, a three-part documentary series directed by Lough and Sam Lipman-Stern, was released in August and investigates a financial scandal at Civic Development Group, the telemarketing company where Lipman-Stern worked alongside Pespas. The series was executive-produced by the Safdie Brothers, Danny McBride, and David Gordon Green.

A Los Angeles judge has once again ruled in the singer's favor.

Lady Gaga received some pawesome news Monday: A Los Angeles judge has again ruled in her favor, declaring that she does not need to pay Jennifer McBride — a woman tied to the violent Feb. 2021 kidnapping of the star's two dogs — the $500,000 reward money that was offered at the time of the incident.

The news comes after Judge Holly J. Fujie first paused the breach of contract suit in July, after McBride sued Gaga in February for not paying her the reward money for the dogs' safe return. However, Fujie did give McBride a 20-day leave to amend and refile the lawsuit, which alleged that Gaga made the offer "with the intent to defraud and induce members of the public, such as Plaintiff, to rely upon it and to act upon said promise by locating and delivering Lady Gaga's bulldogs to Defendants."

Per PEOPLE, Fujie said in her court order in July that McBride's suit against Gaga was "legally insufficient in its entirety" due to McBride's "involvement in the theft," and since McBride was indicted and pleaded no contest to charges of receiving stolen property in 2022, was therefore "not entitled to thereafter benefit from their wrongdoing by seeking to enforce the contract."

McBride tried to argue in her amendment that she wasn't involved in the actual theft and only took possession of the dogs to return them, but now, as PEOPLE reports, the court "finds that nothing alleged in the [first amended complaint] changes" its earlier conclusion, and because the judge will not allow McBride another revised complaint, the case is now closed.

McBride was one of five people arrested in 2021 in connection with the dognapping and shooting of dogwalker Ryan Fischer. James Howard Jackson, who shot Fischer before stealing dogs Koji and Gustav, pleaded no contest to one count of attempted murder and was sentenced to 21 years in prison.

Though McBride did not participate in the actual kidnapping or shooting, she was arrested in 2021 and charged with one count of being an accessory after the fact to attempted murder, and one count for receiving stolen property. She was not convicted on the former charge, but was ultimately sentenced to two years probation after pleading no contest to the charge of receiving stolen property.

The actors married in 2019 and share one child together.

PEOPLE reports that Turner-Smith filed for divorce from Jackson in Los Angeles. The two quietly tied the knot in late 2019 and share a young daughter, 3, together. The Queen & Slim actress reportedly requested shared custody with Jackson.

EW has reached out to Turner-Smith and Jackson's representatives for comment.

She also conceded that she played hard to get at first. "I saw him before he saw me and when I saw him, I was like, 'I want that,' Turner-Smith added. "And then when he saw me, I just pretended like I didn't see him."

Jackson has shared that it was an "adamant" Turner-Smith who proposed to him on New Year's Eve in Nicaragua. "It was very beautiful, incredibly romantic," he said on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in 2021. "We were walking down the beach, and she asked me to marry her. She was quite adamant, and she was right. This is the best choice I ever made."

Adam DeVine and Chloe Bridges are pregnant with baby No. 1.

“Look we’re pregnant! Well, I’m just fat now but Chloe is all preggo with a human baby!” DeVine, 39, wrote via Instagram on Monday, October 2, alongside a photo of him and Bridges, 31, posing back to back with their stomachs featured. “Obviously, very exciting stuff! This will mostly be a baby page now, as I will be dedicating my life to my child in hopes he doesn’t use my decades of recorded dirty jokes against me.”

Bridges, for her part, also expressed her excitement with her own announcement.

“We have news!! 🤰🏻 can’t wait to get this lil family started,” she shared via Instagram on Monday alongside a series of photos taken in front of the water in Newport Beach, California.

Hollywood stars including Brody Jenner and Logic announced in 2023 that they are expanding their families by welcoming new babies. Jenner shared on January 1 that his now-fiancée, Tia Blanco, was pregnant with their first child. “To start off this new year, we’d like to take this opportunity to wish all of our friends, family […]

Many of the couple’s friends, including Francia Raisa, Blake Anderson, AnnaSophia Robb and others, flocked to the comments to send their congratulations to the parents-to-be.

“OH MY GOSH!!!!!! Chloe!!!! 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 I can’t wait! Congratulations 🎉,” Raisa, 35, gushed. In her reply, Bridges seemingly revealed that the duo were expecting a boy when she told Raisa that “he’s gonna have the very best tías 🥹🥹.”

“The CUTEST lil family!!!💕💕❤️❤️💕💕🥰😍 i can’t wait!!! 🥰🥰😍 I’m so happy! Love you guys! I’ll have a buzzball on ice for you 😉😜🫶💕💕❤️,” Anderson, 39, replied. “That buzzball is gonna taste so good in 4.5 months 😋,” Bridges teased back.

The pair’s news comes two years after they tied the knot in October 2021 in a private Cabo San Lucas ceremony surrounded by friends and family. DeVine’s former Workaholics costars Anderson, Erik Griffin and Anders Holm were in attendance for their pal’s big day.

“Dem Boyz! Devine is off the market! Such an awesome wedding!” Griffin, 51, penned via Instagram at the time.

Ahead of their nuptials, Bridges exclusively told Us Weekly about how the pair’s connection was “undeniable” and the moment when she knew that DeVine was The One for her.

“I don’t know if this is too personal, but the moment I knew he was The One was actually during a disagreement we had early in our relationship,” she recalled to Us in August 2020. “He said something along the lines of, ‘We got to figure it out, because breaking up is not an option.’”

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Bridges shared that DeVine’s perseverance to make their relationship work stuck with her and saw things going long-term with the comedian after that moment.

“I was like, ‘Wow, I really respect that.’ I think that’s an attitude he got from his parents’ successful marriage,” she told Us. “No matter what happens, you stick it out. You figure it out.”

The daytime talk show host surprised a couple on their wedding day with a performance of her 2008 song

Jennifer Hudson is spreading the love!

In a clip shared on The Jennifer Hudson Show ahead of its season two premiere, Hudson, 42, revealed that she surprised a couple on their wedding day in Los Angeles with a performance of her 2008 song, “Giving Myself.”

"We are here today at Traci and Pat’s wedding reception. I’m here to surprise them. They have no idea that I am here,” Hudson told viewers at the start of the video. “I got this huge performance plan for them. The mama don’t even know, the family don’t know. Don’t nobody know nothing!”

In the clip, Hudson is then told that the couple are on the roof taking pictures, enabling the team to get ready for the big surprise. The couple then arrived to an empty wedding reception.

“Where’s everybody,” the groom said as the bride gasped, “What in the world?” The pair then walked in a dreamy and floral purple-lit hallway to find their guests as Hudson stood onstage behind a curtain.

After the newlyweds made their way to the front of the room, the white curtain dropped, leaving everybody stunned as Hudson stood behind the microphone.

“Congratulations, Tracy and Pat,” Hudson said as the couple screamed along with their friends and family. “And to all of y’all, this is for you!”

The “Spotlight” singer then delivered a wholesome performance of “Giving Myself” backed by a band that consisted of singers, a drummer, a pianist and a guitarist.

Hudson looked elegant as she wore a rose red off-shoulder gown with a thigh-slit and styled her faux locs braids to the side.

The star also revealed on The Jennifer Hudson Show what was on the top of her playlist during the summer break. Speaking to the audience, Hudson revealed that Usher’s “Boyfriend” has been one of her favorites to listen to.

Hudson also shared that she wants to see Usher in concert but would prefer to sit at the back to avoid being brought up on stage.

“Usher be out there skating, then he get his little moonwalk on and dancing. That’s not my department," the talk show host joked as she explained why she didn’t want to be onstage at Usher’s concert.

The Jennifer Hudson Show returns Monday, Oct. 2.

Arnold Schwarzenegger wakes up at dawn with thunderclap energy, taunts forming like thought clouds over his bed in his Los Angeles home: Oh, Arnold needs a little more sleep, little baby? The animals need me to feed them. The pig is outside, probably grunting already. The dogs are hungry. Come on. Be useful!

“And so I jump out of bed,” he says.

“Be useful” was his mercurial father’s edict while Schwarzenegger, 76, was growing up in the remote Austrian town of Thal, and the record-shattering bodybuilder turned global action star turned “Governator” of California has co-opted it for his new motivational book Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life.

In his latest project, he plucks lessons he’s learned from his remarkable rise to his “fourth act,” in which Schwarzenegger has striven to “make amends, to climb back from the bottom,” he writes, nodding to the affair that “brought my world crashing down on me.”

The father of five — Katherine, 33, Christina, 32, Patrick, 30, and Christopher, 26, with ex Maria Shriver, and Joseph, 26, with Mildred Baena — arrives at a recent breakfast in Santa Monica with his right arm encased in a compression sleeve from nerve surgery the day prior. Is he in pain? Spearing his eggs Benedict with salmon, the silver-bearded star appears almost affronted when asked.

He swiftly delivers the morning’s first certitude: “Pain is temporary, but the progress is permanent.” He hit the gym the morning before the surgery and predicts he’ll be lifting again in “maybe a week or two."

Slowing down is not in the cards: This year alone he headlined his first live-action series, FUBAR, for Netflix; released Arnold, a docuseries about his life for the streamer; and launched a fitness-infused newsletter and podcast called Arnold’s Pump Club — “not so much to motivate people,” he says of the latter, “but to create a positive corner on the Internet.” Here, Schwarzenegger (or Opa, as his young granddaughters call him) opens up to PEOPLE.

You’ve called this chapter your fourth act. How would you describe your life now? Do you feel a sense of contentment?

I don’t know what you mean by contentment. I’m always content, but I’m always hungry for more. I slept with my first trophy. No one could take it away. But at the same time, the other foot is already out of bed going for the second Mr. Universe title. [He went on to win three more, followed by seven Mr. Olympia titles.] Today I feel good where I am. I’m much wiser now. I’m much smarter. I think more about people. I think more about people’s feelings.

Does this book feel like a kind of closure to a tough childhood with your father, who was at times physically abusive?

I’m not into all this stuff, because I never really blamed my father for anything. I never ran around and said, “It’s my father’s fault.” It’s nobody’s fault. I have fond memories of my dad, and I don’t blame him for anything, simply because he did not know any better.

How did your children feel about being told to “be useful” growing up?

Today they have very humorous stories. Katherine comes over with Lyla [her 3-year-old daughter with her husband, actor Chris Pratt], and she says, “Lyla, I told you already not to put the shoes there. You don’t leave them there by the stand in front of the fireplace, because you know what Daddy did when I left my shoes there twice? The third time, he burned them in front of me, and I cried.” The same as with Patrick. The first story he would tell you is [when he didn’t make his own bed], I opened up the door to the balcony, picked up the mattress and threw it down with the bed- sheets, the pillows, everything. So there were certain moments that I did the discipline. Maria brought in the balance, but she was also very disciplined, especially with school. Funny enough, those kind of things are what they bring up all the time [now] with tremendous laughter and telling other people as a joke.

Outside of their Hollywood endeavors, all of your children are quite entrepreneurial. Did you impart that from an early age?

I always told them, “Look, you can be an actor, that’s great. But until you become an actor that can be self-sufficient, you’ve got to work and you’ve got to make money. You don’t want to wait for the money from the movies. I never waited for the money from the movies. I made my first million dollars from real estate.” And that’s in the ’70s! That’s the equivalent of, today, $20 million.

Are you enjoying being a grandfather? [In addition to Lyla, Katherine has Eloise, age 1.]

It’s a fun thing, because I [didn’t] know how good I would be. But I have the animals, so it’s an easy thing. I teach [Lyla] how to feed the horses. She was scared in the beginning, but she got used to it.

Have you and Maria entered a new chapter in your relationship now that you’re grandparents?

We never left the [first] chapter. Because remember, it’s not like we had a feud. We didn’t have a fight. It’s just my f---up, right? We always made it very clear that the kids should not suffer because of that. And she has her things, her relationship, I have mine, but we always communicate about the kids, about the holidays, about birthday parties and Mother’s Day parties and Christmas. My chapter with Maria will continue on forever. Even though it’s a different relationship, there’s no reason for me to feel anything other than love for her.

You met your girlfriend, physical therapist Heather Milligan, a decade ago following your shoulder surgery in 2012. What is your relationship like?

She’s unbelievable, because we have so many things in common. After my therapy was finished, after I was finished [shooting the 2013 film Escape Plan], I called her and took her out for lunch to say thank you. And then one thing led to the next. Our relationship is fantastic. I think the world of her. I love that she’s into working. She’s clearly independent. She just is driven as hell.

Is there still a role you’d like to play onscreen?

No, I haven’t spent much time, or any time, thinking about what I want to play. Because I was very fortunate to play the ballsiest guys on the screen and, at the same time, the most feminine guy in Junior. So I could be, at any given time, in touch with my feminine side and act that out and then also be in touch with my really hard side and act that out. Not many people are able to do that. Remember, even Dustin Hoffman — who’s a very good friend of mine and [whom] I admire tremendously — has done Tootsie. An extraordinary job. But he could never be f---ing Conan. He could never play the Terminator.

Have any of your costars given you sage advice?

You just observe. Jeff Bridges or Sally Field in Stay Hungry — [it] was absolute heaven to me to watch them perform, how smooth they were and how much I had to grow. [I learned] to be natural, not to act. It’s what made Sally Field start falling into tears and crying and throwing fits. It was really her. [Clint Eastwood] was my idol because he was kind of Mr. Cool. His approach of not being noisy, that he was able to listen, I always loved that. Because I always thought that there’s something to be said about listening.

How is your relationship with Sylvester Stallone these days?

Fantastic. I really admire him. I love him. He’s just a different person than me. He’s much more raw, and he’s much more vulnerable and in touch with his emotions. When he gets mad, he just gets mad. It’s like when you light a fuse — his goes right away. “Boom!” Mine goes, “Shhh.” It takes two days to get to the actual boom. It makes him good in acting, because he feels things immediately.

What’s your ideal way to decompress?

I don’t plan a day off. To go on vacation to Europe or to go on a boat like most of my friends do. ... Sly calls me: “Want to come on the yacht?” What, do you think I’m going to ask, “When can I have dinner?” It’s not going to happen. I can get my own yacht. That’s not my trip. I can’t even relax under those circumstances.

But you do enjoy painting.

That’s what I do for the girls [in my family]. F---ing flowers, right? But it’s true. I love painting flowers. What can I tell you? It's the reality of me.

Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life is out Oct. 10, and available for preorder now on amazon.com.