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Jennifer Tilly is best known for her work on the Chucky franchise. But, did you know that the new Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star was nominated for an Oscar before playing Tiffany Valentine in Bride of Chucky? Jennifer has had a unique journey in Hollywood, including a clash with Harvey Weinstein after she decided to take that Academy Award nomination into her own hands.

As it turned out, the former Miramax boss was against the reality TV star's campaign at that time. While Harvey was known for helping actresses get an Oscar, the Seed of Chucky star didn't get the same support from him. 30 years later, she attributed it to not being his "young starlet" type. But in the end, Jennifer said Harvey ended up admiring her hustle.

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Don’t think that Samuel L. Jackson feels any kind of honor when receives the surprise that he’s got an Oscar nomination for any of his roles. The Marvel star recently opened up about his feelings towards the awards ceremony – where Will Smith famously slapped Chris Rock if you can believe it – during a latest interview with the Associated Press.

Samuel L. Jackson Talks About “Contest” You Don’t “Volunteer To Be In”

Samuel L. Jackson obviously has some strong feelings about the prestigious award ceremonies that recognizes the best in artistic and technical merit in the film industry. They’re not all negative feelings, in case you’re wondering.

If you can believe it, Samuel L. Jackson – who plays Marvel’s Nick Fury across dozens of movies and shows – has only been nominated for one Oscar throughout his successful movie career.

It was in 1995 as a best supporting actor for ‘Pulp Fiction.

Samuel L Jackson said in a video interview with AP Entertainment, while promoting his role in Netflix’s “The Piano Lesson,” that Oscar nominations aren’t too big of a deal for him. Shockingly, Jackson has only earned one Oscar nomination during his illustrious career — for “Pulp Fiction,” which he landed a best supporting actor nod for in 1995. Jackson was awarded an honorary Academy Award in 2021.

“We’ve been in the business long enough to know that when folks go, ‘It’s just an honor to be nominated.’ No it ain’t. It’s an honor to win,” Jackson said with a laugh. “You get nominated and folks go, ‘Yeah I remember that.’ Or most people forget. Generally it’s a contest you didn’t volunteer to be in. I didn’t go in there so I could flex. ‘Let me do my scene, so you can remember who I was.

Who doesn’t love a soap opera? Minute for minute this fantastic genre is packed with enough drama, emotion, surprise, and angst to fuel decades of daytime shows that cater to loyal fans.

The landscape has changed, with only a handful of soaps surviving whereas there once were tons. Most readers had a soap watching partner, usually an older female relative and watching their “story” together was a wonderful, daily bonding experience.

Soaps Have Changed

With so many soaps airing at one point in time, they provided a fertile training ground for some of today’s biggest, most beloved stars. Here are just a few of the world-famous actors who got their start in daytime.

Alison Sweeney Started On Days Of Our Lives

Allison Sweeney is a Hallmark favorite, but she began acting on Days of Our Lives as firecracker teenager Samantha “Sami” Brady. Sami set the fictional town of...

Updated, 4:50 Pm: Noel Gallagher posted a multi-second teaser announcement to his Instagram page on Sunday, hinting at a drop coming at 8 a.m. Aug. 27. The black-and-gold clip, set to electronic static and the sound of a band plugging in its instruments, gave no further information.

Liam Gallagher, one half of the warring brothers at the centre of one of the UK’s most successful ever bands, appears to have confirmed the spinning rumours of an Oasis reunion next summer.

Following reports in the UK press of a thaw in relations between Liam and Noel Gallagher and an estimated 20 gigs in two cities next year, Liam posted on X: “See you down the front.”

The Times newspaper reports that industry insiders are convinced the band will reform, with today’s reports coming 15 years after they played their last gig at the V Festival in the UK in 2009.

Reports are that...

Actor Brian Cox wasn’t impressed with fellow actor Joaquin Pheonix’s performance in ‘Napoleon’.

Cox didn’t mince words when talking about Phoenix’s performance, reports ‘People’ magazine.

The ‘Succession’ star, 77, called Joaquin Phoenix’s performance as Napoleon Bonaparte in Ridley Scott’s biopic ‘Napoleon’ “terrible” during a conversation at the British Library in London.

“It really is appalling,” said the Scottish actor of the “truly terrible performance by Joaquin Phoenix,” as reported by ‘The Standard’.

“I don’t know what he was thinking.”

As per ‘People’, Phoenix, 49, played Napoleon Bonaparte in the Oscar-nominated historical drama directed by Scott and written by David Scarpa, released last November.

The ‘Joker’ Oscar winner starred opposite Vanessa Kirby as Josephine de Beauharnais, Tahar Rahim as Paul Barras, Rupert Everett as Arthur Wellesley, and Ben Miles as Armand de Caulaincourt.

In his conversation with moderator Clive Myrie, titled ‘History on Stage and Screen...

Farce has played a significant role in the history of "Frasier," despite the sitcom being renowned for its more sophisticated comedy. Somehow, putting Kelsey Grammer's pompous yet lovable Dr. Crane at the center of some ridiculous hijinks served only to highlight how absurd a figure he could be rather than undermining the otherwise highbrow humor of the series. Farce proved a worthy technique for knocking both Frasier and often his brother, Niles (David Hyde Pierce) off their high horses in particularly hilarious fashion.

It's not surprising, then, that farcical episodes are among the series best, from the famous Ski Lodge episode in season five to the dead seal episode, which was inspired by real events. But it took some time for the series to develop its unique spin on the genre. During the inaugural season of the show, which aired all the way back in 1993, the writers didn't attempt a single farce.