Michelle Wie announced her exit from professional golf. It looks like she’s going to be even busier! Go, Michelle Wie! (Golfweek)
Director Taika Waititi (“Jojo Rabbit”, “Boy”, “Thor: Ragnorak” and this July’s “Thor: Love and Thunder”) will be directing a new “Star Wars” film…also, he’s writing the screenplay 🙂 (AV Club)
Actor Laverne Cox has her own Barbie! (Mattel)
The new recruits (great ensemble imo!) from “Top Gun: Maverick” had no real flight training. How did Tom Cruise “ease” them up to F-18’s? (Entertainment Weekly)
Do you remember when a little boy visited President Barack Obama at the White House and asked, “Is your hair like mine?”. He’s graduating high school this year! (below: Obama Foundation shared the photo and video phone chat between Mr. Obama and now teenager, Jacob Philadelphia.)
If you’re feeling the Kanye West designs always, you can now shop the “Yeezy x Gap engineered by Balenciaga” collection. (Yeezy Gap)
The annual “Shinnyo Lantern Floating Festival” has adjusted over the past few years and now, “In place of its usual ceremony at Ala Moana Beach on Memorial Day, Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaiʻi is being offered as an in-person interactive experience on the grounds of the Shinnyo-en Hawaii temple by reservation from Friday, May 27 through Sunday, June 5, 2022.” (Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaii)
Meghan Markle donated food and drinks for volunteers at one of the Uvalde, Texas sites providing assistance to community members in the wake of the Robb Elementary shooting that killed 19 children and two adult teachers. She didn’t identify herself as the former actor nor Duchess of Sussex, just as Meghan. (Yahoo!)
“The Ellen Degeneres Show” was taped a few weeks ago and aired today. For the final musical performance of her 19 season run, Ellen had P!nk (below). (People)
SPOILERS! CBS’s “Survivor” had five finalists and only one could win the big prize… (Entertainment Weekly)
“Menopause and Weight Gain”…is a myth? More research and studies will help to understand how we humans live, can live healthier and happier. First, we need to be honest with ourselves when we don’t feel well and share this with our doctors… (Good Housekeeping)
“Goodfellas” launched the acting career of Ray Liotta. I really liked him in the short lived TV series with Jennifer Lopez, “Shades of Blue”, on CBS. For baseball, sports, and father/son movie genres, it would also be “Field of Dreams”, where Mr. Liotta starred as Shoeless Joe Jackson. #builditandtheywillcome.
Many film roles that you’ll hear about (below: GQ interview about his films from 2019) Ray Liotta has died at age 67. (Deadline)
Actor Matthew McConaughey – who was born in Uvalde, Texas – speaks out on the primary school shooting that killed 21 persons – 19 children and two teachers, on Tuesday. (Yahoo!)
(below: a peek at the new “Biography: Bobby Brown” two-part show, where Bobby Brown talks “ginormous” money earned as a teen singer with New Edition in the 1980’s.)
The series finale of NBC’s “This is Us”. It began with stars Mandy Moore and Milo Ventimiglia leading an ensemble that grew into household names in their own right: Sterling K. Brown, Justin Hartley, and Chrissy Metz for starters… (Photo gallery, Entertainment Weekly)
(below: Oprah Winfrey sits with Ellen Degeneres as their talk show run comes to a close this week. These episodes were filmed earlier this year.)
“Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning” is being released in Summer 2023 though Tom Cruise is fire rn! Before you watch “Top Gun: Maverick”, you’ll likely get this on the big screen as well…
“Stranger Things” Season four is split into two seasons, with the first episode of “Volume 1” drops on May 27th, 2022 with 7 episodes – “Volume 2” continues in July 2022 – and the teaser trailer is W O W (below):
AND! They released the FIRST EIGHT MINUTES HERE. Watch all seasons exclusively on Netflix.
(below: “Thor: Love and Thunder”‘s second official movie trailer…Natalie Portman’s return as an Also God of Thunder!)
“The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Crystal Kung Minkoff understands that social media can get loud and she is can still see the positivity on it! (People)
What is 20 years?: Actor Laura Dern pondered the age gap between her character and her on-screen partner – played by Sam Neill – in the “Jurassic Park” movies. (Entertainment Weekly)
Jeff Goldblum’s “Dr. Ian Malcom” has another way to remember him from the original, “Jurassic Park”: as a collectible! (Mattel)
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