By Wonderwall.com Editors
2:18pm PST, Nov 30, 2023
Trump to-be?
On Nov. 29, multiple outlets reported Sebastian Stan, who played Pamela Anderson's then-husband Tommy Lee in Hulu's "Pam & Tommy," has been cast as a young Donald Trump in an upcoming movie from Ali Abbasi dubbed "The Apprentice."
According to Deadline, "The Apprentice" is "an exploration of power and ambition, set in a world of corruption and deceit." The film focuses on "Trump's efforts to build his real estate business in New York in the '70s and '80s," and "his relationship with infamous attorney Roy Cohn," according to the logline. "Borat 2" star Maria Bakalova will reportedly play Ivana Trump, while Emmy Award-winning "Succession" star Jeremy Strong is said to have signed on to play Roy Cohn, though no casting details have been confirmed.
"It's a mentor-protege story that charts the origins of an American dynasty," the juicy blurb teases. "Filled with larger than life characters, it reveals the moral and human cost of a culture defined by winners and losers."
News of the production comes amid the former president's civil fraud trial in New York City.
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Death threat reveal
While filming "Full House" in the '90s, John Stamos and Jodie Sweetin both got death threats — and they were serious enough that John ended up with FBI agents as his security. The actors opened up about their bizarre experiences recently on Jodie and Andrea Barber's "How Rude, Tanneritos!" podcast.
Recalling how security made the then-"unheard of" decision to install metal detectors before a live taping once, Jodie said (People), "I could feel like this nervous energy all throughout backstage. And then right before you went out for your intro, John, you did the sign of the cross. And then I think it was Bob [Saget], maybe Dave [Coulier] … who leaned over to you and said, 'Can I have your parking spot?'"
According to John, it turned out a "deranged" fan had surfaced across the street from the set demanding to know where John was, telling one woman, "because I'm going to kill him." After that, John said an "FBI agent" was assigned to stick to him like glue for "24 hours a day."
Jodie, meanwhile, said she got death threats from men behind bars when she was a child star on the show.
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System scammers
"We scammed the system!" That's how Kim Kardashian jokingly summed up her family's success on the Season 4 finale of "The Kardashians." The November 2023 episode features the famous family celebrating Scott Disick's 40th birthday when Kim thanked him for "supporting me through thick and thin.
He then reminded her she was once "on the cover of Dog Fancy," — it was apparently K9 Magazine, but who's counting — to which Kim replied, "Anything for a cover!" Looking around at her family, she added, "Guys, we scammed the system. We did it! Whatever it is, we figured it out and did it! We put in some hard work."
"Keeping Up With the Kardashians" aired for 20 seasons on E! after Kris Jenner pitched the show amid Kim's growing notoriety, thanks to a friendship with Paris Hilton and a leaked sex tape. Relaunched as "The Kardashians," the show later found a home on Hulu.
"Scott's my motivator," Kim told cameras in a confessional. "He'll always say, 'God, can you believe you did it?' And I'm like, 'I can't, this is crazy.' … We aren't supposed to be here, like how did we get in this cool party? We weren't the cool kids, how did we do it?"
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Not done living
At 52, Shannen Doherty says she's "not done with living … loving …creating … or changing things for the better," even as what was Stage 4 breast cancer has now spread to her bones. If anything, terminal cancer has made her more driven than ever before, she recently told People.
"When you ask yourself, 'Why me? Why did I get cancer?' and then 'Why did my cancer come back? Why am I stage 4?,' that leads you to look for the bigger purpose in life," said the "Beverly Hills: 90210" alum.
"People just assume that it means you can't walk, you can't eat, you can't work. They put you out to pasture at a very early age —'You're done, you're retired,' and we're not. We're vibrant, and we have such a different outlook on life," she continued. "We are people who want to work and embrace life and keep moving forward."
That's why the actress is launching her new "memoir-style podcast," "Let's Be Clear" on Dec. 6 on iHeartRadio, according to the outlet. The show will cover Shannen's eight-year battle with cancer as well as her career, her relationships, her health and more. She hopes it will help raise awareness about the disease — and illustrate how much people diagnosed with terminal cancer have to offer.
As Shannen put it, "We're the people who want to work the most, because we're just so grateful for every second, every hour, every day we get to be here."
Hall & Oates ruling
Music duo Hall & Oates have more time to hash out a deal after a Nashville judge ruled in Daryl Hall's favor in an increasingly ugly lawsuit over John Oates' desire to sell his share of their joint venture, Billboard reported.
The Nov. 30 ruling essentially extends a temporary restraining order on John's ability to sell his share of the band's trademarks, record royalty income, website and more, to Primary Wave, according to NBC News.
The '80s-era chart-toppers have issued nasty declarations about one another's motives in multiple court filings since early November, with Daryl accusing John of the "ultimate partnership betrayal" — an attempt to sell his shares of their business without Daryl's approval. John, for his part, slammed Daryl for allegedly making "inflammatory, outlandish, and inaccurate statements about me," NBC reported.
They now have until February 2024 to continue arbitration in the matter.
In memoriam
The Pogues' frontman Shane MacGowan, who brought Irish music to London's punk rock scene and beyond, died on Nov. 30 after battling multiple health problems. He was 65.
In a moving announcement on Instagram, his wife described the singer as "the most beautiful soul and beautiful angel and the sun and the moon and the start and end of everything." She continued: "There's no way to describe the loss that I am feeling and the longing for just one more of his smiles that lit up my world. Thank you thank you thank you thank you for your presence in this world you made it so very bright and you gave so much joy to so many people with your heart and soul and your music."
Despite his well-documented, hard-partying ways, Shane's songwriting has been acclaimed for decades, with the Pogues' ballad, "Fairytale of New York" becoming an unlikely Christmas classic. In the wake of his death, artists and entertainers from across Hollywood and across the pond have paid tribute on social media.
