By Wonderwall.com Editors
3:00am PDT, May 23, 2023
Jamie Foxx, family break silence on his hospitalization, recovery
UPDATE:
Jamie Foxx's health has been shrouded in mystery since his hospitalization last month following a medical emergency, and there have been conflicting reports regarding his condition in the weeks that followed. On May 12, the Oscar winner's daughter Corinne Foxx shared a major update about Jamie's condition, claiming her dad is active and doing well. "Update from the family: Sad to see how the media runs wild. My Dad has been out of the hospital for weeks, recuperating," she wrote on her Instagram Story. "In fact, he was playing pickleball yesterday! Thanks for everyone's prayers and support!" She further added, "We have an exciting work announcement coming next week too!" Corinne's post came days after an unverified report claimed Jamie's family was "hoping for the best" but "preparing for the worst."
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On Wednesday (May 3), Jamie Foxx broke his silence on the undisclosed "medical complication" that sent him to the hospital more than three weeks ago. Amid reports the Oscar winner has remained hospitalized since — shutting down production of his upcoming Netflix film "Back in Action" and forcing his game show "Beat Shazam" to sub in Nick Cannon as guest host — Jamie shared two posts on Instagram after weeks of silence. "Appreciate all the love!!! Feeling blessed," he wrote on his page Wednesday. He also thanked Nick for swooping in to help with his show, writing, "Appreciate ya my boy @nickcannon" on his Instagram Stories. "See u all soon," he added, according to Entertainment Tonight.
On the May 2 episode of the "Impaulsive" podcast, Jamie's friend Kevin Hart said the actor was "getting better" but acknowledged that he's still in the dark about what the Oscar winner is facing. "I don't know the details or the exact details as to what's going on, but to my knowledge, there's a lot of progression and a world of better," the comedian said.
Jamie, 55, first suffered the health incident on the Atlanta set of "Back in Action" on April 11. His family has kept all further details about the situation private.
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Gwyneth Paltrow dishes on chemistry, heartbreak and more with exes Brad and Ben
Back in the '90s, Gwyneth Paltrow dated two of Hollywood's biggest heartthrobs, Brad Pitt and Ben Affleck — and she's not shy about comparing them on the romance Richter scale all these years later. In an appearance on the May 2 edition of the "Call Her Daddy" podcast, the Oscar winner was asked how her exes measured up in a variety of ways in a game of "Brad or Ben." After revealing Brad was the more romantic of the two and Ben made her laugh more, Gwyneth said both guys were "good kissers."
When the host got to the juicy question of who's boudoir skills were better, Gwyneth admitted it was a "really hard" choice to make. "Brad was like the sort of major chemistry, love of your life, kind of, at the time and then Ben was, like, technically excellent." Laughing, she added, "I can't believe my daughter is listening to this!"
Recalling how she and Brad first met on the set of 1994's "Seven," the actress shared, "We sort of said, 'Hi,' on set, and it was like major, major love at first sight. It was crazy." The pair began dating in 1994 and got engaged in 1996, but called off their wedding plans the following year because Gwyneth didn't think she was ready for marriage. The split left her "totally heartbroken," she added. She went on to date Ben on and off from 1997 until 2000.
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Snoop Dogg and Ryan Reynolds could soon be engaged in a bidding war for ownership of the NHL's Ottawa Senators franchise. On Instagram this week, Snoop confirmed he's teaming up with businessman Neko Sparks' investment group to bid on the team in a sale ESPN reports could "reach north of $1 billion." "Amazing what [Neko Sparks] is trying to do in Ottawa," Snoop posted on Monday (May 1). "I'm looking forward to being apart [sic] of that ownership team. I WANNA BRING HOCKEY BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY."
Another "front-runner" in the race to buy the Senators, according to ESPN, is The Remington Group — led by actor and Canadian native Ryan Reynolds. Last week, the Ottawa Sun reported Ryan and his business partner, real estate mogul Christopher Bratty, were preparing a $1 billion bid to buy the Senators in a deal they hoped to close as soon as this month. Both Ryan and Snoop have experience in sports, though the NHL would be new terrain for the stars. In 2021, Ryan and "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" star Rob McElhenney bought the Wales-based soccer team Wrexham AFC for a reported $2 million. (And in April, the once-struggling club clinched the National League championship.) Snoop, meanwhile, has a long history of involvement with various sports ventures, including his youth soccer team and Ice Cube's BIG3 basketball league.
Emma Watson reveals why she stepped away from acting
Emma Watson's long run in the "Harry Potter" movies made her a household name at age 11. A slew of critically acclaimed performances in films like "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" followed and it wasn't long before Emma became the highest-paid actress in Hollywood. Then, after wrapping production on "Little Women" in late 2018, Emma unexpectedly stepped away from Hollywood, putting her acting career on hold. So why the hiatus?
"I wasn't very happy, if I'm being honest," the 33-year-old tells the Financial Times in a new interview. "I think I felt a bit caged. The thing I found really hard was that I had to go out and sell something that I really didn't have very much control over. To stand in front of a film and have every journalist be able to say, 'How does this align with your viewpoint?' It was very difficult to have to be the face and the spokesperson for things where I didn't get to be involved in the process," she explains. "I was held accountable in a way that I began to find really frustrating, because I didn't have a voice, I didn't have a say. And I started to realize that I only wanted to stand in front of things where if someone was going to give me flak about it, I could say, in a way that didn't make me hate myself, 'Yes, I screwed up, it was my decision, I should have done better.'" Despite her conflicted feelings, Emma says she's "absolutely" open to acting again. "But I'm happy to sit and wait for the next right thing," she notes. "I love what I do. It's finding a way to do it where I don't have to fracture myself into different faces and people. And I just don't want to switch into robot mode any more."
Sheryl Crow talks sharing 2023 Rock Hall induction with Willie Nelson
Sheryl Crow will join Willie Nelson in the 2023 class of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees this fall, but she's just as excited about Willie's milestone as she is about her own. "Even if I hadn't been inducted this year, I would've been there this year for him," Sheryl told Billboard after the hall announced this year's honorees on Wednesday (March 3). "I tell him all the time and I can't tell him enough: he's my favorite person to sing with and he's also one of my favorite people on the planet. I'm so blessed to know him. He's uniquely divine as far as I'm concerned. It's as much of an honor to be there with him as it is to be in it," the singer gushed. "He's a person that, in his unique way, stands up for what he believes in. For me, he sums up rock and roll – he is exactly who he is when he walks on stage," continued Sheryl, adding, "I think we've all cut our teeth on what he's written, and he's written some of the most important songs in the American catalog."
Sheryl and Willie join fellow 2023 honorees Missy Elliot, George Michael, the Spinners, Kate Bush and Rage Against the Machine at this year's induction ceremony on Nov. 3.
Rob Lowe, more stars support Hollywood screenwriters' strike
Stars like Rob Lowe, Natasha Lyonne and Tony Kushner hopped on the picket line outside Paramount Studios in Los Angeles on Tuesday (May 2), to support the first TV and movie writers' strike in 15 years. The Writers Guild of America ceased all scriptwriting at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday when studio negotiations failed to agree on a new contract for writers, who are pushing to revamp how they're compensated in the age of streaming services, AI and more technological developments. Late-night TV went dark across the board Tuesday night as writers for all the major shows put their pens and laptops down. As Rob told ABC 7, studios' refusal to come to an agreement writers find fair affects a whole army of production staff, too. "The makeup, the hair, the grips, the electrics, the people who work the long hours have nowhere to go right now," he said. "Nowhere to go while we fight this out."
Comic Wanda Sykes was also spotted on the picket lines. "Here we go again! #pencilsdown #wgacontract2023 #wgastrong," she captioned a post from the protest on Instagram. According to the Associated Press, the writers union's demands include "higher minimum pay, more writers per show and shorter exclusive contracts." The last writers strike began in February 2007 and lasted until February 2008.
