Celebrity Status: Matthew Perry, Oprah, & Andor
Jon Stewart shocked his Daily Show audience on Monday when he cut his hand on a broken mug and continued delivering the monologue while bleeding.
Stewart cut his hand when he smashed a mug while speaking about the prescription drug prices. He moved the hand under the desk after looking at it and said “I might be going to the hospital soon.”
A few minutes later, guests caught a glimpse of the blood when he moved his fingers above the desk. As the audience gasped, he said: “I’m fine!”
It’s unclear if Stewart indeed went to the hospital. It’s not the first time the host had sustained an on-air injury, once cutting his wrist during a 2011 segment about representative Anthony Weiner.
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Legendary pop/R&B vocalist Roberta Flack, who was launched to stardom in the early ’70s by the Grammy-winning hits “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” has died, according to a statement from her rep. No cause of death was cited; she was 88.
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A new one-hour documentary will examine the circumstances behind the death of beloved Friends star Matthew Perry, who died in October 2023 at his Pacific Palisades home.
Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy premieres on Feb. 25 and features interviews with actress Morgan Fairchild (who played the actor’s mother in Friends), U.S. attorney Martin Estrada, former Los Angeles Police Department detective Greg Kading and other Hollywood insiders and law enforcement officials. Perry’s co-stars — Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow and David Schwimmer — do not appear in the documentary.
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Disney+ has released a first look at the eagerly anticipated second season of Andor.
The teaser trailer, below, reveals new footage from the Emmy-nominated Star Wars drama series.
The upcoming season will wrap the story and lead up to the events in the 2016 film Rogue One.
The official description of the new season: “Season two will see the characters and their relationships intensify as the horizon of war draws near and Cassian becomes a key player in the Rebel Alliance. Everyone will be tested and, as the stakes rise, the betrayals, sacrifices and conflicting agendas will become profound.”
The trailer includes the return of Ben Mendelsohn as his Rogue One character Director Orson Callan Krennic, and Rogue One fan favorite droid K-2SO, which is voiced by Alan Tudyk.
The final season will unfold over 12 episodes broken down into four chapters of three episodes each. The first chapter will premiere April 22, with subsequent chapters debuting each week.
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Oprah Winfrey has set the topic for her next ABC special — what she calls “the inevitable phase of life every woman will face: menopause.”
The hour-long show, titled An Oprah Winfrey Special: The Menopause Revolution, is set to air March 31. It will feature Winfrey speaking with medical experts, celebrities — including Halle Berry, Naomi Watts and Maria Shriver — and everyday women about their experiences with perimenopause and menopause.
