Jean Smart Says Sigourney Weaver Turned Down Her 'Watchmen' Role: 'Thank You'

Jean Smart, Sigourney Weaver.Jean Smartalmost wasn’t part of theWatchmencast.Smart, 69, revealed that another actress almost played the character of Agent Laurie Blake (a.k.a. Silk Spectre) in the 2019 HBO miniseriesWatchmen, which earned Smart her most recent Emmy nomination.“They hired metwo days before I started,” she toldSaturday Night LivestarBowen Yangin an interview forVariety. “I’ll be really honest: I hadSigourney Weaverto thank for turning down the role. So, thank you, Sigourney.“Based on the 1986 DC comic book of the same name,Watchmenfeatures Smart as Laurie, an FBI agent and former superhero who now works with the Anti-Vigilante Task Force....

March 16, 2025 · 5 min · 1038 words · Jason Wilson

Jean-Claude Van Damme Hugs His Mom in St. Barts, Plus J. Lo, A-Rod, Mindy Kaling & More

01of 108Family FunAbacaPress/SplashNews.comJean-Claude Van Damme was spotted spending time with his family, including mom Eliana Van Varenbergh in St. Barts. 01of 108 Family Fun AbacaPress/SplashNews.com Jean-Claude Van Damme was spotted spending time with his family, including mom Eliana Van Varenbergh in St. Barts. 02of 108Mask UpMEGAJennifer Lopezand fiancé Alex Rodriguez went to the gym the day after Christmas in Miami. 02of 108 Mask Up MEGA Jennifer Lopezand fiancé Alex Rodriguez went to the gym the day after Christmas in Miami....

March 16, 2025 · 21 min · 4449 words · Tara Davis

Jean-Louis Trintignant, Legendary French 'Amour' Actor, Dead at 91

Jean-Louis Trintignant.Photo: HERBERT NEUBAUER/APA/AFP via Getty Images Jean-Louis Trintignant, an award-winning French actor, has died. He was 91. French News agencyAFP announced Trintignant’s deathon Friday, attributing the sad news to his wife of over 20 years, Marianne Hoepfner Trintignant, and the actor’s agent. PEOPLE confirms Trintignant, who starred in 2012’sAcademy Award-winning filmAmour, died in his sleep in Uzès, France, where he had lived for the past 30 years. A cause of death has not been revealed, though Trintignant previously announced that he had been diagnosed with cancer, according toThe Hollywood Reporter....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 330 words · Katie Nash

Jeannie Mai and Jeezy Apply for Georgia Marriage License 1 Year After Engagement

Jeannie MaiandJeezyare one step closer to officially being husband and wife.TheRealco-host, 42, and the “Soul Survivor” rapper, 43, applied for a marriage license through the Fulton County Court Clerk in Georgia, PEOPLE confirms. In the state, marriage licenses are valid for up to six months after the date of issuance.The couple began quietly dating in late 2018 after meeting on the set of Mai’s daytime talk show, but they didn’tgo public with their romanceuntil August 2019....

March 16, 2025 · 5 min · 921 words · Jeremiah Rivera

Jeannie Mai's Mom Got Secretly Married Years Ago — and 'The Real' Host Only Recently Found Out!

Jeannie Mai‘s mother has been married for eight years — andThe Realhost only recently found out. What’s more, the man the star had called ‘Uncle’ for over a decade is actually her stepfather “My mom got married without telling us kids for years,” Mai, 40, said on Wednesday’s episode ofThe Real. “‘Uncle Ted’ has been my stepfather for 15 years. Eight years married, eight years married, sorry. But I found out just a year and a half ago....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 565 words · Lynn Turner

Jeff Lewis Reveals What's 'Not Working Out' in Parental Custody Agreement with Ex Gage Edward

Photo: Cindy Ord/Getty Images Like many former couples,Jeff LewisandGage Edwardare still figuring out how to undo the knots in the complicated ropes of co-parenting. “This open-door visitation policy is not working out,” theFlipping Outstar said on Tuesday’s episode of his SiriusXM showJeff Lewis Live, about his and his ex’s shared custody of their 2½-year-old daughterMonroe Christine. “I did say to Gage yesterday, moving forward, we need to have some sort of schedule....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 387 words · Heather Weiss

Jen Lilley and Husband Jason Wayne Share Their Moving Foster-to-Adopt Journey: 'You 'Have' to Get Too Attached'

Photo: Brooke Parker As part of PEOPLE’s celebration of National Adoption Month, the loving couple opened up about their family’s journey so far: becoming mentors to children in foster care throughChildhelp, how adoption has changed their lives for the better and what resources they personally rely on and recommend. Getting to know the foster care system Jen Lilley:My parents were kind of unofficial foster parents, meaning we had people who would live with our family from time to time who maybe had just fallen on difficult times and needed some assistance getting back on their feet....

March 16, 2025 · 8 min · 1628 words · Jordan Sheppard

Jen Richards Feels Caitlyn Jenner Is ‘Complicit’ in Systemic Transphobia After Athlete Comment

“I think I’ve kind of given up on her,” Richards says. Richards was reacting to Jenner’s opposition to trans girls competing in sports teams that match their gender identity, which has become a political flashpoint among conservatives across the country. “This is a question of fairness,” Jenner, a Republican,told TMZover the weekend. “That’s why I oppose biological boys who are trans competing in girls' sports in school. It just isn’t fair....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 626 words · Darrell Carpenter

Jenna Bush Hager Nearly Got ‘Survivor’ Tattooed on Her Back After a Bad Breakup: ‘Could You Imagine?’

Photo:Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Jenna Bush Hagerrevealed that she almost got a tattoo following a “terrible breakup.” The mom of three, 41, revealed on the latest episode ofToday with Hoda & Jennawhile discussing the highs and lows of relationships that she once considered getting a tattoo of a popular Destiny’s Child song to signify ending a long-time on-again, off-again relationship. “I ended up getting back together with the person about 47 times,” she said....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 376 words · Mr. Marcus Thompson Jr.

Jenna Bush Hager Posts Throwback Halloween Snap with Grandpa George H. W. Bush and Sister Barbara

Photo: Jenna Bush Hager/Instagram Halloweenwas always a family affair forJenna Bush Hager! TheTodayshow co-host, 37, threw it back to the ’80s more than once on Thursday — first with a snapshot of herself and twin sisterBarbara Pierce Bushas children, posing with their grandfather, former PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush. Posing with the former president aboard what appears to be a plane, the girls have big smiles and quite the creative get-ups against Bush’s crisp dark suit and red-and-white striped tie....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 279 words · Dylan Sloan

Jenna Bush Hager Says Dad Made 'Game' Out of Train Ride to George H.W. Bush's Final Resting Spot

The 37-year-oldTodaycorrespondent told the show’s morning co-anchors on Monday that her father, former President George W. Bush, kept the mood light while the famous family was aboard afuneral trainen route to her grandfather’s final resting place in College Station, Texas, last week. “I’m great, the past week, even though there’s the pain of missing somebody that we loved so dearly, and that will be here for a little bit, there was the joy, we took a train, which is what my grandpa always wanted to do — which was so much fun — to College Station, where he is buried next to my grandma,” said Bush Hager....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 430 words · Bernard Jimenez

Jenna Bush Hager Says She Worried About Her Weight at 9 Years Old — but Now Has a Positive Body Image

Jenna Bush Hager.Photo: Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty As a child and young woman, Jenna Bush Hagerstruggled with her body image— but no longer. She says she has learned through trial and error how to resist the pressure to look a certain way. “I no longer think that way and I haven’t for quite some time,” she tells PEOPLE. “I think having children, and your body changing in that way, is such a good reset where you realize, ‘wow, I’ve been doing this incredible thing, and my body is so much more than a vessel to be made fun of, to be worrying about....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 499 words · Stacy Kirk

Jenna Dewan on Co-Parenting with Ex Channing Tatum: 'We're Just Getting Used to It'

Jenna Dewanis an actress, host and dancer, but her most important job is being a mom to 4-year-old daughter Everly, whom she shares with exChanning Tatum. “We’re just getting used to it. We’re in a very positive energy together, trying to be the best parents to Everly. We support each other,” Dewan, 37, toldHarper’s Bazaarabout co-parenting after announcing hersplit with Tatumin April following nine years of marriage. The newly single mother of one also revealed that being a parent has made her worry less about working in Hollywood....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 342 words · Julie Walker