Digital Entertainment Group International Names New Co-Chair & Board Members

Digital Entertainment Group International (DEGI) has appointed Johnnie Thompson, director of digital stores at The Walt Disney Company EMEA, as co-chair and added five new members to its board.

DEGI has also added to the board Andrew Stewart, head of Prime Video Store for Western and Northern Europe at Prime Video; Brandon DiMassa, senior VP of international digital transactional at NBCUniversal; Ewa Voigt, director of digital distribution and international licensees at Warner Bros. Discovery; Fahad Durrani, head of product, content discovery and monetization for Google TV at Google; and Paul Newton, head of commercial at Sky Store.

Thompson joins fellow co-chair Ruth Sharp, VP and head of digital distribution at Warner Bros. Discovery. He succeeds Joe Braman, outgoing senior VP of international digital account management at NBCUniversal, who left the company earlier this year after a decade with the organization.

Additional board members include Amy Jo Smith (DEGI), Ana Iglesias (NBCUniversal), David Hare (Amazon & MGM Studios), Greg Tod (Paramount Pictures), Jesper Dahlgaard (Nordisk Film), Laura Broadbent (The Walt Disney Company), Lesley Johnson (BBC Studios), Liz Bales (BASE/DEGI), Robert Marsh (Sony Pictures Entertainment) and Tom Reveler (Lionsgate).

"The DEGI continues to play an increasingly important role in advancing the digital home entertainment industry by providing an essential forum to come together to share knowledge, insights and expertise," Thompson said. "It's a particularly exciting time to be in this business, and I'm looking forward to working alongside Ruth Sharpe as co-chair and with the whole of the DEGI Board as its scope continues to grow."

Bales, CEO at DEGI, said, "I am incredibly excited to welcome Johnnie and The Walt Disney Company as our new DEGI co-chair, alongside new DEGI board members from Google, NBCUniversal and Warner Bros. Discovery. This is a hugely important time for DEGI, as its international reach and insights continue to grow year on year. The DEGI Board, with its wealth of expertise across production, distribution, product and retail, adds significant value to all our stakeholders. We are thrilled to collaborate with such exceptional talent, thank them for their contributions at the 2024 DEGI Roadshows in Paris and Stockholm and look forward to their participation in London on Tuesday, April 30, and in Berlin."

Celebrity stories buried and disputes over paying a porn actress: What you missed on Day 7 of Trump's trial

Taking the stand Thursday for now the third day this week, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker provided testimony to form a road map for New York prosecutors' case against former President Donald Trump.

From detailing business invoice practices to establishing how deeply Trump was involved from beginning to end, lawyers for the Manhattan district attorney's office had Pecker walk the jury through much of the events that occurred leading up to and after the payments to Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about an affair she alleges she had with Trump.

Sprinkled in the testimony were juicy celebrity gossip tidbits and revelations about Trump's repeated inquiries about a Playboy model who also claimed to have had an affair with him.

And after hours of dishing new details, the defense tried Thursday to paint Pecker as suffering from memory lapses and operating for his own motives.

Here's what you missed on Day 7 of Trump's hush money trial:

Pecker lays out the series of events

At the heart of the prosecution's case is the accusation that former Trump lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen paid Daniels to keep quiet about the affair she alleged occurred.

Pecker didn't make those payments. But he did make payments, he says, to other people who were shopping salacious stories about Trump. And, he told the jury, he was communicating with Cohen about the payments to Daniels, including asking Trump to pay Cohen back at Cohen's request.

Much of Pecker's testimony focused on his dealings with Karen McDougal, a Playboy model who said she had a yearlong relationship with Trump.

Pecker testified that he paid McDougal $150,000 — for both the rights to her story, which he never intended to publish, and for her to write pieces for his publications. He did so with assurances from Cohen, he testified, that Trump would pay him back, at least for the $125,000 he estimated the rights to her story were worth.

Pecker was concerned over the legality of deals with Trump

Pecker testified about new public evidence that demonstrated he was concerned about the potential legal liability for paying for stories tied to a political candidate. That's what prompted him and a lawyer to decide not to seek repayment from Trump for the McDougal payment.

He admitted that his company lied to The Wall Street Journal about the agreement with McDougal.

"I wanted to protect my company, I wanted to protect myself, and I wanted to protect Donald Trump," Pecker said.

Pecker said Trump tried to buy boxes of old research on him the National Enquirer kept

Pecker testified that Trump was fixated on obtaining old boxes of materials and files that the National Enquirer had in its possession. Cohen called "constantly" in September 2016 to request that they be sent to his office, Pecker said, as they were trying to negotiate how Trump would pay for McDougal's story.

At a meeting at Trump Tower in September 2016, Cohen continued to press Pecker about boxes of National Enquirer materials that Pecker brought to New York from Florida.

Cohen told Pecker that Trump was nervous about the records' and the McDougal story's remaining in Enquirer control and that if he "got hit by a bus or the company was sold, he did not want someone else to potentially publish those stories."

'I am not a bank'

In detailing how the payments to McDougal were made, Pecker told the jury that he went to lengths to make sure the rest of the newsroom didn't find out.

Pecker planned to use a company run by a former executive at his company, Investment Advisory Services Inc., to pay a shell corporation that Cohen had established, Resolution Consultants.

"I don't want to have a check from the Trump Organization going through AMI," Pecker testified. He said Cohen advised making a flat-fee payment for "advisory services."

"Because I believe that payment would raise a lot of issues and communicate something to the editors which I did not want to happen," he said.

Pecker also testified that he was tired of making payments. He said Cohen was "very agitated" as the negotiations dragged on with McDougal and wanted Pecker to pay.

By the time it got to paying Daniels, Pecker said, he put his foot down.

"We already paid $30,000 to the doorman. We paid $150,000 to Karen McDougal, and I am not a bank," he testified. "We are not paying out any further disbursements or monies."

Trump asked for updates on McDougal

Pecker said Trump was "very upset" about a video of Trump on Radar Online, a website that Pecker's company had acquired, that described Trump as "being a Playboy man."

The post predated AMI's acquisition of Radar, and he instructed editor-in-chief Dylan Howard to take it down. It included an audio clip of Trump.

Repeatedly, including after Trump took office, he or his bodyguard asked Pecker how McDougal was doing, referring to her as "our girl."

Pecker testified that at a private meeting in January 2017, he told Trump that McDougal "is writing her articles. She's quiet. She's fine." Trump thanked him "for handling the McDougal situation and the doorman situation."

Defense worked to sow doubt about Pecker's memory and motive and prosecutors' tactics

Trump lawyer Emil Bove conducted cross-examination — at first suggesting that the district attorney's office had refreshed Pecker's memories of the events.

"It's hard to remember exactly what happened almost 10 years ago, right?" Bove asked.

"Yes," Pecker replied.

Bove sought to show that Pecker didn't tell FBI investigators that Hope Hicks had been in a meeting at Trump Tower in August 2015 — a detail he then testified to do during the trial.

Testifying under cross-examination, Pecker said he learned from prosecutors about the phrase "catch and kill," which has been used to describe his purchasing McDougal's story with no intention to publish it.

Bove also got Pecker to testify about several other gossip-laden stories about celebrities and politicians he helped kill.

Pecker testified that he helped kill a "Planet Hollywood restaurant story" to aid Ron Perelman, one of his biggest advertisers through Revlon. And he struck an agreement with Arnold Schwarzenegger not to write negative stories about him when he ran for governor of California, he said — in exchange for Schwarzenegger's blessing for a "giant acquisition."

Pecker testified that Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel enlisted his help to suppress potentially negative stories about his brother Rahm Emanuel, who had just ended a stint as the White House chief of staff and was angling for a run for Chicago mayor, and actor Mark Wahlberg. "What Mr. Emanuel wanted was for help with an affair Rahm Emanuel had, right?" Pecker was asked. "Yes," he said. Rahm Emanuel is now the U.S. ambassador to Japan.

Pecker said he sought to use compromising photographs of golf star Tiger Woods as leverage — getting him to pose for the cover of one of his other magazines.

Jurors' attention appeared to ebb and flow

During Pecker's testimony about Daniels, who surged to infamy during Trump's presidency, jurors began taking notes.

But the panel of New Yorkers who are set to judge Trump in the case appeared less interested in Pecker's account of the bookkeeping for payment to McDougal, whose name is less well-known.

Judge didn't rule whether Trump violated the gag order

The prosecution alleged that Trump had made four new violations in the last three days — including during an early morning stop outside a J.P. Morgan building under construction when Trump issued a warning to Pecker and others, saying, "I have a platform and I will use it."

"Be nice," he said.

But Judge Juan Merchan still hasn't ruled whether Trump violated the order in instances that were previously debated when prosecutors argued Trump "seems to be angling" for incarceration by repeatedly and knowingly breaching it.

This article was originally published on NBCNews.com

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Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 5-11

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Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 5-11:

May 5: Actor Michael Murphy is 86. Actor Lance Henriksen ("Millennium," ″Aliens") is 84. Comedian-actor Michael Palin (Monty Python) is 81. Actor John Rhys-Davies ("Lord of the Rings," ″Raiders of the Lost Ark") is 80. Former MTV News correspondent Kurt Loder is 79. Drummer Bill Ward of Black Sabbath is 76. Actor Melinda Culea ("The A Team," ″Knots Landing") is 69. Actor Lisa Eilbacher ("An Officer and a Gentleman," ″Beverly Hills Cop") is 67. Actor Richard E. Grant ("Gosford Park") is 67. Singer Ian McCulloch of Echo and the Bunnymen is 65. Newsman Brian Williams is 65. TV personality Kyan Douglas ("Rachael Ray," "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy") is 54. Actor Tina Yothers ("Family Ties") is 51. Singer Raheem DeVaughn is 49. Actor Santiago Cabrera ("Heroes") is 46. Actor Vincent Kartheiser ("Mad Men") is 45. Singer Craig David is 43. Actor Danielle Fishel ("Boy Meets World") is 43. Actor Henry Cavill ("Man of Steel," ″The Tudors") is 41. Bassist Josh Smith of Halestorm is 41. Singer Adele is 36. Singer Chris Brown is 35.

May 6: Singer Jimmie Dale Gilmore is 79. Singer Bob Seger is 79. Singer and comedian Lulu Roman ("Hee Haw") is 78. Actor Alan Dale ("Lost," ″Ugly Betty") is 77. Actor Richard Cox ("Alpha House," ″American Tragedy") is 76. Host Tom Bergeron ("Dancing with the Stars," new "Hollywood Squares") is 69. Actor Roma Downey ("Touched by an Angel") is 64. Singer John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants is 64. Actor Julianne Phillips is 64. Actor George Clooney is 63. Child actor turned rodeo star Clay O'Brien ("The Apple Dumpling Gang") is 63. Singer-bassist Tony Scalzo of Fastball is 60. Actor Leslie Hope ("24") is 59. Actor Geneva Carr ("Bull") is 58. Guitarist Mark Bryan of Hootie and the Blowfish is 57. Guitarist Chris Shiflett of Foo Fighters is 53. Actor Stacey Oristano ("Bunheads," ″Friday Night Lights") is 45. Actor Adrianne Palicki ("Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.") is 41. Actor Gabourey Sidibe ("Precious") is 41. Come dian Sasheer Zamata ("Saturday Night Live") is 38. Rapper Meek Mill is 37. Actor Naomi Scott (2019's "Aladdin") is 31. Actor Noah Galvin ("The Good Doctor") is 30.

May 7: Singer Thelma Houston is 81. Actor Robin Strasser ("One Life to Live," "Passions") is 79. Singer-songwriter Bill Danoff (Starland Vocal Band) is 78. Drummer Bill Kreutzmann of the Grateful Dead is 78. Drummer Prairie Prince (The Tubes) is 74. Director Amy Heckerling ("Clueless," "Fast Times at Ridgemont High") is 72. Actor Michael E. Knight ("All My Children") is 65. Guitarist Phil Campbell of Motorhead is 63. Actor Traci Lords is 56. Actor Morocco Omari ("Empire") is 54. Singer Eagle-Eye Cherry is 53. Actor Breckin Meyer ("Herbie: Fully Loaded," "Road Trip") is 50. Drummer Matt Helders of Arctic Monkeys is 38. Comedian Aidy Bryant ("Saturday Night Live") is 37. Actor Alexander Ludwig ("Vikings," "The Hunger Games") is 32. Actor Dylan Gelula ("Jennifer Falls," "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt") is 30.

May 8: Singer Toni Tennille is 84. Country singer Jack Blanchard is 82. Jazz pianist Keith Jarrett is 79. Actor Mark Blankfield ("Robin Hood: Men in Tights," ″The Incredible Shrinking Woman") is 76. Drummer Chris Frantz of Talking Heads and of Tom Tom Club is 73. Singer Philip Bailey (solo and with Earth, Wind and Fire) is 73. Country musician Billy Burnette is 71. Drummer Alex Van Halen of Van Halen is 71. Actor David Keith is 70. Actor Raoul Max Trujillo ("Mayans M.C.") is 69. "The NFL Today" commentator and former NFL coach Bill Cowher is 67. Actor Melissa Gilbert is 60. Drummer Dave Rowntree of Blur is 60. Drummer Del Gray of Little Texas is 56. Singer Darren Hayes (Savage Garden) is 52. Singer Enrique Iglesias is 49. Singer Joe Bonamassa is 47. Actor Matt Davis ("The Vampire Diaries") is 46. Actor Domhnall Gleason ("Peter Rabbit," ″Unbroken") is 41. Drummer Patrick Meese of Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats is 41. Actor Julia Whelan ("Once and Again") is 40.

May 9: Producer-director James L. Brooks is 87. Guitarist Sonny Curtis of Buddy Holly and The Crickets is 87. Singer Tommy Roe is 82. Singer-guitarist Richie Furay (Buffalo Springfield, Poco) is 80. Actor Candice Bergen is 78. Singer Clint Holmes is 78. Actor Anthony Higgins ("Raiders of the Lost Ark") is 77. Musician Billy Joel is 75. Bassist Tom Petersson of Cheap Trick is 74. Actor Alley Mills ("The Bold and the Beautiful," "The Wonder Years") is 73. Actor Amy Hill ("Magnum P.I.") is 71. Actor Wendy Crewson ("Revenge") is 68. Actor John Corbett ("My Big Fat Greek Wedding," ″Northern Exposure") is 63. Singer David Gahan of Depeche Mode is 62. Actor Sonja Sohn ("Body of Proof," ″The Wire") is 60. Rapper Ghostface Killah of Wu-Tang Clan is 54. Guitarist Mike Myerson of Heartland is 53. Actor Chris Diamantopoulos ("Episodes," ″24″) is 49. Singer Tamia is 49. Trombonist Dan Regan of Reel Big Fish is 47. Singer Pierre Bouvier of Simple Plan is 45. Actor Rosario Dawson is 45. Musician Andrew W.K. is 45. Actor Rachel Boston ("Witches of East End," ″In Plain Sight," ″American Dreams") is 42. TV personality Audrina Patridge ("The Hills") is 39. Actor Grace Gummer ("American Horror Story," ″The Newsroom") is 38.

May 10: Actor David Clennon ("thirtysomething") is 81. Filmmaker Jim Abrahams ("The Naked Gun," "Airplane!") is 80. Singer Donovan is 78. Singer Graham Gouldman of 10cc is 78. Singer Dave Mason is 78. Sports anchor Chris Berman is 69. Actor Bruce Penhall ("CHiPs") is 67. Actor Victoria Rowell ("The Young and the Restless") is 65. Singer Bono of U2 is 64. Drummer Danny Carey of Tool is 63. Actor Darryl M. Bell ("A Different World") is 61. Model Linda Evangelista is 59. Rapper Young MC is 57. Actor Erik Palladino ("ER") is 56. Singer Richard Patrick of Filter is 56. Actor Lenny Venito ("Kevin Can Wait") is 55. Actor Dallas Roberts ("Dallas Buyers Club," ″The Good Wife") is 54. Actor Leslie Stefanson ("The Hunted," ″The General's Daughter") is 53. Actor Todd Lowe ("True Blood," ″Gilmore Girls") is 52. Actor Andrea Anders ("Joey") is 49. Bassist Jesse Vest of Tantric and of Days of the New is 47. Actor Kenan Thompson ("Sa turday Night Live," ″Kenan and Kel") is 46. Singer Jason Dalyrimple of Soul For Real is 44. Drummer Joey Zehr of The Click Five is 41. Actor Lindsey Shaw ("Pretty Little Liars") is 35. Actor Lauren Potter ("Glee") is 34.

May 11: Singer Eric Burdon (The Animals, War) is 83. Actor Pam Ferris ("Call the Midwife") is 76. Actor Shohreh Aghdashloo ("24″) is 72. Actor Frances Fisher ("Resurrection," ″Titanic") is 72. Actor Boyd Gaines is 71. Drummer Mark Herndon (Alabama) is 69. Former MTV VJ Martha Quinn is 65. Country singer Tim Raybon of The Raybon Brothers is 61. Actor Tim Blake Nelson ("Lincoln," ″O Brother, Where Art Thou?") is 60. Actor Jeffrey Donovan (TV's "Fargo") is 56. Bassist Keith West of Heartland is 56. Actor Nicky Katt ("Boston Public") is 53. Actor Coby Bell ("Third Watch") is 49. Cellist Perttu Kivilaakso of Apocalyptica is 46. Actor Austin O'Brien ("Last Action Hero") is 43. Actor Jonathan Jackson ("Nashville," ″Tuck Everlasting") is 42. Rapper Ace Hood is 36. Singer Prince Royce is 35. Actor Annabelle Attanasio ("Bull") is 31. Musician Howard Lawrence of Disclosure is 30.

Another Reality TV Show Canceled Despite Big Ratings: New Report Claims 'I'm A Celebrity... South Africa' Is Done

The series was 'one of the biggest entertainment shows of the year,' an ITV spokesperson said when confirming that cancellation news.

Campmates will not be returning to Kruger National Park for a second season of I'm A Celebrity South Africa. After just a single, which aired in celebration of the flagship show's 20th anniversary and was hosted by Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, ITV has canceled the popular All Star edition, despite big ratings and a star-studded cast.

"ITV have decided I'm A Celebrity South Africa will not return this year and there are currently no plans for another series," an insider told The Sun. "This will come as a disappointment to fans as Ant and Dec had previously hinted that it would be back and it was expected that it would be an annual thing."

Premiering in April 2023 with the premise being an All Star edition of the flagship British series, I'm A Celebrity South Africa brought back campmates including Helen Flanagan, Joe Swash, and Phil Tufnell for another epic adventure filmed in South Africa's Kruger National Park. Although a spinoff of the flagship series, the show did have some differences, mainly doing with the fact that it was pre-recorded, something that eliminated both public votes and audience interaction. Campmates' fates were instead determined by trials, with Season 6 runner-up Myleene Klass ultimately being crowned winner after defeating Season 16 campmate Jordan Banjo in the final survival trial.

The show did spark some upset among viewers over the formatting and voting changes, but it still managed to reel in massive numbers, averaging more than 5 million viewers per episode. However, confirming the cancellation, an ITV spokesperson indicated that the series was intended as a one-off show in celebration of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here's 20th anniversary.

"I'm A Celebrity... South Africa was commissioned to air in 2023 to celebrate favourite campmates from the past 20 years as they returned to the jungle," the spokesperson said. "The series was one of the biggest entertainment shows of the year averaging 5.2million across its consecutive weeknight run and reaching over one million 16-34s for the launch episode. It was never planned for the series to return again this year."

While I'm A Celebrity South Africa will not be returning in 2024, it seems hope is not completely lost. Both McPartlin and Donnelly previously hinted at returning for future seasons. The Sun's insider also said "it may well return in the future so it's not necessarily gone for good, but it definitely won't be happening this year and there is nothing set in stone for when it will be."

Ryan Gosling surprises Universal Studios Hollywood guests at stunt show

Ryan Gosling has been making the rounds promoting his new film “The Fall Guy,” and what better place to highlight a stuntman-focused flick than a real-life stunt show?

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Gosling appeared Saturday in the pre-show of “Waterworld” at Universal Studios Hollywood as part of “The Fall Guy Stuntacular Pre-Show,” Deadline reported.

He sported a black and yellow coat with “The Fall Guy” printed in large block letters on the back, and was joined by “The Fall Guy” director David Leitch, who was planted in the crowd and wearing the same coat.

The performers tried to get Gosling to participate in some of the stunts, but he told them and the crowd, “No, I just came out to say hi.” He also urged the fans to go see the film, which hits theaters on May 3.

“The Fall Guy” pre-show is scheduled to run through May 19 at Universal Studios Hollywood.

People magazine reported that the stunt-show appearance was one of several takeovers that Gosling has done to promote the film. He earlier filled in on Instagram for Seth Phillips, who is known as @dudewithsign, with Gosling holding a sign that read ”Filling In As Dudewithsign’s Stunt Double.”

The film is based on the 1980s television show of the same name, with Gosling taking over the lead role from Lee Majors. Gosling’s Colt Seavers is a stuntman who leaves the business to help his physical and mental health but is called in to help his ex, director Jody Moreno â€" played by Emily Blunt â€" on her new big-budget film. Moreno goes missing and he has to save her, Deadline reported.

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Huge Hollywood star, 60, unrecognisable with silver hair as he pops up at glitzy bash in tuxedo

After over a year of absence, Mike Myers made a rare public outing as he attended the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute on Saturday and stunned fans with a new look

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Mike Myers has traded in his shaggy locks for a silver buzzcut and looked unrecognisable at his first public event in over a year on Saturday.

The actor, 60, returned to the spotlight to attend the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre, in honour of Nicole Kidman, cutting a dapper figure in a black tuxedo.

Appearing on the star-studded red carpet, which included the likes of Meryl Streep and Morgan Freeman, the Shrek and Austin Powers star was in good spirits next to Top Gun actor Miles Teller, sporting his new hairdo and grey stubble - worlds away from the shaggy brown hair and clean face he maintained through most of his career.

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Mike flaunted his new appearance on stage, walking into the limelight wearing a black cloak and a Venetian mask, a direct reference to Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut, starring Nicole Kidman and former husband Tom Cruise, and dramatically removing his mask to reveal himself ahead of a speech.

Fans were quick to compliment the star on his changed look on social media, particularly on X, formerly known as Twitter. "He looks great! He very much still resembles his younger self. He's 60 & besides the lack of pigment he has a very youthful look to him," one of them notably penned.

Another echoed: "He seriously has a baby face! He looks great! I like his hair colour," while a third added: "Right!!!! He looks fine." One social media user was in awe as they chimed in: "Wow. He looks good to me."

Mike's latest appearance comes after almost two years of absence as he took on his last on-screen role in David O. Russell's Amsterdam in 2022. That same year, he created and starred in the Netflix series The Pentaverate before revealing he wasn't ruling out a fourth instalment of Austin Powers, the most famous franchise of his long career.

"I can neither confirm nor deny the existence or non-existence of such a project, should it exist or not exist. [That’s a] non-confirmed confirmation confirmation," he said during an appearance on The Jess Cagle Show. Rumours have been swirling around the film series for years with Mike Myers teasing the potential new movie as early as 2018.

"Well you're going to see Dr. Evil soon, somewhere in the culture. But the movie, you know I've had three kids under the age of seven. They take a long time to write, they always have. Jay [Roach]'s been super crazy. He's doing a fantastic movie right now that he's working on. But it's looking good", he had told Access Online at the time.

Mike shares a low-key life with his artist wife Kelly Tisdale, 47, and their children Spike, 12, Sunday, 10, and Paulina, 8. But while his fans may be impatient to see him back on the silver screen, members of his own family are "remarkably unexcited" about his upcoming projects. "They’re remarkably unexcited about anything [I do]," he joked during an interview with People Magazine. "You know, which is great."

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Demi Lovato Joins Celebrity Friends At Baby2Baby Mother’s Day Celebration

Demi Lovato hung out with Jordana Brewster, Leslie Mann, Jenna Dewan and Ali Wong at the Baby2Baby Mother's Day Celebration at The Grove in Los Angeles.

Lovato showed up wearing a denim jacket and a floral dress. Wong was rocking a baby bump, Dewan was in shades protecting her eyes, and Bruster and Mann were in black-and-white outfits.

Baby2Baby is an organization based in Los Angeles that helps impoverished children have essentials such as clothes. 

In December, Lovato got engaged to her fiancé Jordan Lutes. The couple met in 2022 when Lutes was writing for Lovato's 2022 rock album, Holy F—-.

Lovato remembered when she was about to meet him in a September LadyGang podcast.

"He came into the session and I literally was like, 'Who is this guy?' I texted my friends and was like, 'Oh my God, the hottest guy just walked in," she said. "I am so nervous. I don't know what to do with myself."

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After Period of Chastity, Hollywood Movies Embrace Sex Again

LOS ANGELES — Zendaya, clad in a skintight dress, gyrates on a dance floor in "Challengers," a $56 million sports drama that arrived in multiplexes Friday. "It's getting hot in here," the hip-hop soundtrack intones, as she closes her eyes and runs her hands through her hair, lost in fantasy. "So take off all your clothes."

The story continues at a motel, where Zendaya, playing a tennis prodigy, begins a menage a trois with two guys; it fizzles after they become more interested in each other. The plot moves on — to sultry interplay on the hood of a car, in a dorm room, in the back seat of a car, on the wooden slats of a saun a. There is erotic churro eating.

"Sex is back!" shouted an apparently elated man at the conclusion of a prerelease "Challengers" screening in West Hollywood, California, this month.

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Trend spotting in cinema is a hazardous pursuit. Think about how many times the rom-com has been declared dead — and alive — and dead. (No, wait, alive.) But this much can be said with surety: Hollywood is hornier than it has been in years.

"It absolutely feels like the pendulum has swung back toward filmmakers exploring adult relationships and sexuality in their projects," said Amy Pascal, the former chair of Sony Pictures and producing f orce behind "Challengers."

"I welcome that," she added.

Eroticism used to be common in studio movies like "Challengers," which was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. "Body Heat," "Basic Instinct," "An Officer and a Gentleman," "Fatal Attraction," "Disclosure," "Cruel Intentions" and "Eyes Wide Shut" are among the many examples from the 1980s and '90s.

In the 2000s, however, film companies started to obsessively focus on PG-13 franchises and animation — genres that could play to a global audience and sell merchandise. Studios also wanted to expand into China, where censors do not allow sex scenes. As a result, steamy storytelling began to dwindle on the big screen (except at art house theaters). Premium television picked up the slack.

Sex in mainstream movies was "pretty much gone" by 2019, as Ann Hornaday, chief film critic for The Washington Post, wrote in a column that year. A few months later, Kate Hagen, writi ng in Playboy magazine, found that only about 1.2% of films released between 2010 and 2020 contained an overt sex scene, the lowest decade total since the 1960s. (It peaked in the 1990s. Coincidentally or not, that was the decade when pornography started to become available online.)

Now, some filmmakers are pushing back.

Awards season brought "Saltburn," with its arousing-disturbing bathtub scene and Barry Keoghan's twirling, full-frontal finale. "Poor Things" found an insatiable Emma Stone romping through a Paris brothel. Christopher Nolan filmed the first sex scenes of his 35-year career for "Oppenheimer." ("More interested in the joys of sex than any recent season I can remember," as Kyle Buchanan, awards columnist for The New York Times, described the crop of contenders in February.)

Over the past year, the trickle of R-rated sex comedies in theaters turned into a relative torrent. "Anyone but You" found Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell going at it. "No Hard Feelings" starred Jennifer Lawrence as a kinda-sorta prostitute on a mission to deflower an awkward student. The libidinous "Bottoms," "Back on the Strip" and "Joy Ride" also tried mixing sex with laughs.

In late May, Powell will return to theaters in the comedic "Hit Man," about an undercover agent who begins a smoking-hot affair with a suspect, played by Adria Arjona. In addition to acting in the R-rated film, he co-wrote the screenplay with Richard Linklater and served as a producer. (It will arrive on Netflix in June.)

"'Body Heat' was one of the inspirations," Powell said in January, when "Hit Man" debuted t o rave reviews at the Sundance Film Festival. "There aren't many sex scenes in movies anymore, and certainly not many that are done well."

He continued, "'Body Heat' has a lot of foreplay, which is one reason it feels so intense — steamy, carnal." ("Body Heat," released in 1981, starred Kathleen Turner as a wealthy woman who plots the murder of her husband while having a torrid affair with a sleazy lawyer, played by William Hurt.)

The multiplex lineup for this summer includes "Deadpool & Wolverine," from Disney-owned Marvel Studios; a trailer included a joke about an intimate act involving a sex toy. (The activity "isn't new for me," Ryan Reynolds jokes as the mischievous Deadpool, "but it is for Disney.") "Blink Twice," a twisted thriller starring Channing Tatum as a mogul who lures women to a private retreat, is scheduled for release in August.

The upturn may simply be a scheduling quirk. "Challengers" was supposed to come out last year, but it was delayed because of union strikes. Its arrival now — sandwiched between "Poor Things" and "Hit Man" — could be creating the false appearance of a film industry turn.

But there are signs that suggest a genuine shift. One involves intimacy coordinators, or experts who help performers navigate the awkwardness of filming sex scenes. Their inclusion on sets, once a rarity, became common after the #MeToo movement of the late 2010s. Film producers say stars have become more willing to participate in simulated intimacy as a result.

Young screenwriters and directors also seem to be rediscovering movies like "American Gigolo" (1980) and "9 1/2 Weeks" (1986) and drawing inspiration. Some studio executives say filmmakers such as Luca Guadagnino, who directed "Challengers," are interested in exploring changing attitudes about sex — as seen in the rise of OnlyFans and the shame-free embrace of sexual fluidity by younger millenni als and Generation Z. (One counterpoint: In a study last year by the Center for Scholars & Storytellers at UCLA, about 52% of respondents ages 13 to 24 said they wanted movies and TV shows to focus more on friendships and platonic relationships.)

Perhaps contributing a degree of sexual liberation: Studios have stopped chasing China, where ticket buyers have turned against Hollywood movies en masse.

So far, results at the box office have been mixed. "Anyone but You," made by Sony for $25 million, collected a hefty $219 million this year, while "Poor Things," which cost Searchlight Pictures $35 million, took in a solid $117 million. Other attempts ("Joy Ride," "No Hard Feelings") have disappointed or fizzled entirely.

Reviews for "Challengers" have been extremely positive. Box office analysts expect it to collect roughly $15 million in its debut weekend in the United States and Canada, where it is playing in 3,400 theaters, enough for No. 1.

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Hollywood Forfeits $30 Billion By Failing To Engage Diverse Audiences

By not providing content for Black audiences specifically, Hollywood has lost a reported $10 billion.

Over the last four years, McKinsey & Company has produced three separate reports indicating that Hollywood has effectively lost $30 billion by not engaging in diversified business solutions. The failure of Hollywood to engage Black, Latinx, and Asian-American/Pacific Islander communities through various means has respectively cost the film industry $10 billion, $12-$18 billion, and $2-$4.4 billion. 

As the Hollywood Reporter reports, there is a significant disparity in the Asian-American/Pacific Islander representation in Hollywood. The Asian portion of the designation received the bulk of the representation. At the same time, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders were left to be represented by five men, most notably Jason Momoa and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. 

In April's report, the McKinsey Company's authors note that companies are leaving billions of dollars on the table by not substantially engaging diverse audiences. "As our research and analysis have demonstrated, executives don't need to act out of altruism," they write, "The reward for getting it right could create real impact for the industry — and the prize will only grow. Progress may not be easy, but when the enhanced richness of storytelling is accompanied by a multi-billion-dollar opportunity, the business case is clear."

In 2021, McKinsey's report on the lack of Black representation indicated sparse representation in off-camera roles and a Black executive who spoke to McKinsey indicated that the lack of diversity carried over to the production of projects as well. "Many former studio execs get production deals as independent producers affiliated with the studio, so whatever inequity is prevalent in the studios will carry over to the mix of producers."

A Black writer described the issue of finding an agent, particularly one who related to Black people, telling McKinsey, "Even though I was staff writing on a popular, well-received show, it was still tough to find an agent. Your average agent is a 50-year-old white guy…who never had to stretch to see [himself] in other people or spaces. So [such agents will] have a harder time representing people they don't personally relate to."

In March, a similar devaluing of Latinx representation both in front of and behind the camera was evaluated by McKinsey, and as one Latinx producer told the company, "There is no shortage of actors. Almost a surplus of writers. The broken part is the business side: they don't know how to support or market content made by Latinos." 

Additionally, the writers of the report directly tied the roles of Black and Latinx off-screen talent together; both groups are inevitably tasked with providing members of their ethnic groups with jobs.

"As with Black representation in film and television, Latinos who rise to prominence in the industry play an outsize role in providing opportunities to other Latino talent: the likelihood of a Latino producer, writer, or lead signing on to a project is an average of 15-fold higher if the director or showrunner is Latino," the authors wrote. "Given that only 5 percent of films have Latino directors and 1 to 5 percent of TV and streaming shows have Latino showrunners, Latinos' ceiling of opportunity is low."

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Celebrity Kids With Famous Godparents

Having famous parents must definitely be a trip, but for some celebrity kids, their extended family includes even more famed individuals — including these famous kids who were bestowed with celebrity godparents.

Perhaps the most well-known celebrity kid-godparent duo is Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton, but did you know that the iconic director Steven Spielberg is godfather to not one but two ultra-famous actresses who are icons in their own right? Or that Marisa Tomei and Lisa Bonet's friendship, developed on the set of the 1980s sitcom A Different World, has turned into a lifelong bond that includes Tomei being godmother to all three of Bonet's kids?

The most recent major celeb godparent news is the bombshell dropped in Netflix's Harry & Meghan: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry asked Tyler Perry to be their daughter's godfather after th ey forged an extremely special bond during the Sussexes' incredibly intense departure from the royal family and the UK at large.

The three had never spoken until Perry reached out to Meghan ahead of her nuptials to Harry in 2018, and although they were but acquaintances at the time of the Sussexes' move to North America in 2020, Perry offered them his home when they needed a safe place to stay during the COVID-19 pandemic, away from the constant intrusion of paparazzi. They've remained extremely close ever since, and that closeness reached its peak after Lilibet Diana's arrival in 2021.

Retelling the story for the docuseries, Perry explained that he, Meghan, and Harry frequently check in with each other: "We'll call and we'll chat and we'll talk about silly things, but [during one call] they were pretty serious on the phone and I go, 'Okay, what's going on?' They said, 'Well, we'd like for you to be Lili's godfather.' I go, 'Whoa.' I had to take a minute to take that in," Perry shared. "And I thought, 'I'd be honored. I'd be absolutely honored.'"

He (semi) jokingly added, "I got off the phone, took it all in, and then called them back, and I go, 'Uh, hold on a second — does that mean we gotta go over there and do all of that in the church with [the royal family] and figure that all out, because I don't wanna do that. Maybe we can do a little private ceremony here and let that be that, and if you have to do it there, then that's okay."

From Jake Gyllenhaal and Jamie Lee Curtis to Nicole Richie and Michael Jackson, read on for more famous godparent-kid connections.

A version of this story was published in January 2023.

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Luai Shammas & Stephen & Ayesha Curry

Luai Shammas & Stephen & Ayesha Curry

Lindsay Lohan and Bader Shammas' son Luai has an enviable set of godparents — NBA star Steph Curry and actress Ayesha Curry! Random as it may seem, Lohan and Ayesha starred alongside each other on Irish Wish.

Lohan announced the news in a sweet way, posting a picture on Instagram of her, her husband, and Steph at a Golden State Warriors game. Shammas is holding up a signed Curry jersey that says, "To Luai, Your godparents love you!"

Kit & Spencer Kaling & B.J. Novak

Kit & Spencer Kaling & B.J. Novak

Fans of The Office costars Mindy Kaling and B.J. Novak have often speculated that he is the father of her daughters Kit and Spencer. It's a topic Kaling has addressed in the past, and though she says the rumors are untrue, her BFF does play a very important role in their lives.

"He's the godparent to both my kids—and they have such a great relationship—and so far [the rumors haven't] affected my happiness at all, it hasn't affected my kids or B.J," she told Marie Claire in August 2022. "…If that's what is going to be titillating to people, I'll take it."

Billie Lourd & Meryl Streep

Billie Lourd & Meryl Streep

Billie Lourd has a godmother who is just as epic as her late mother. Because Star Wars star Carrie Fisher's daughter's godmother is Meryl Streep!

"I mean, she's Meryl Streep," Lourd told Andy Cohen when he asked what it's like to have such a legendary actress as her godmother.

Meadow Walker & Vin Diesel

Vin Diesel had such a close bond with his Fast & Furious costar Paul Walker, that Walker named him the godfather of his daughter Meadow. After Walker's tragic passing, Diesel was the one to walk Meadow down the aisle at her wedding.

Kendall & Kylie Jenner & Kathie Lee Gifford

Kendall & Kylie Jenner & Kathie Lee Gifford

As for the Jenner girls, TV presenter Kathie Lee Gifford is the godmother to her friend Kris Jenner's daughters, Kendall and Kylie.

Nell & Billy Ray Burton & Johnny Depp

Nell & Billy Ray Burton & Johnny Depp

Tim Burton, Helena Bonham Carter, and Johnny Depp were quite the trio back in the day. So it's unsurprising that Depp is the godfather of the former couple's kids, Nell and Billy Ray.

Garrett Hedlund & Tim McGraw

Garrett Hedlund & Tim McGraw

Seeing as how Tim McGraw is a father figure to Garrett Hedlund — both on and off screen — it was only fitting that Hedlund choose the country singer to be the godfather of his son Rhodes Robert, who he shares with ex Emma Roberts.

Princess Lilibet & Tyler Perry

Princess Lilibet & Tyler Perry

Tyler Perry and the Sussexes formed a close friendship during the couple's tumultuous transition out of the royal family, and it wasg recently revealed in the Harry & Meghan docuseries that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry asked Perry to fill the role of godfather for their daughter, Lilibet Diana.

Perry recalled the moment the Sussexes asked him to be a part of their family, explaining, "They said, 'Well, we'd like for you to be Lili's godfather.' I go, 'Whoa.' I had to take a minute to take that in. And I thought, 'I'd be honored. I'd absolutely be honored.'"

Miley Cyrus & Dolly Parton

Miley Cyrus & Dolly Parton

Perhaps the most famous celebrity godparent-child relationship is that of Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton. During Billy Ray Cyrus' reign in the '90s country music scene, he and Parton became close friends. When Miley arrived, he and ex-wife Tish Cyrus asked her to be their little girl's godmother, and the two women has remained famously close ever since — they even hosted a New Year's Eve show together at the end of 2022.

Zoë Kravitz & Marisa Tomei

Zoë Kravitz & Marisa Tomei

Marisa Tomei starred alongside Lisa Bonet in the '80s sitcom A Different World, and they remain friends to this day. In fact, the two women are so close that Bonet named Tomei the godmother of her eldest daughter, Zoë Kravitz. It's become a bit of a family tradition.

Nakoa-Wolf Momoa & Lola Momoa & Marisa Tomei

Nakoa-Wolf Momoa & Lola Momoa & Marisa Tomei

Marisa Tomei is also godmother to Lisa Bonet's youngest two children, Lola and Nakoa-Wolf. Bonet shares Lola and Nakoa-Wolf with ex-husband Jason Momoa and Zoë with ex-husband Lenny Kravitz.

Nicole Richie & Quincy Jones

Nicole Richie & Quincy Jones

When the iconic Lionel Richie adopted Nicole Richie, he bestowed upon her two equally iconic godfathers — one of which is legendary music producer Quincy Jones. Jones collaborated with Richie on his many hit songs in the 1980s, and Nicole inherited two "god-sisters" as well out of Jones' own two daughters.

Who's Nicole's other godfather, you ask?

Nicole Richie & Michael Jackson

Nicole Richie & Michael Jackson

A longtime friend and frequent collaborator of Lionel Richie's, the late Michael Jackson was godfather to Nicole Richie as well.

Jackson named another famous figure godfather of all three of his kids — think Home Alone and Richie Rich…

Blanket, Paris, & Prince Jackson & Macaulay Culkin

Blanket, Paris, & Prince Jackson & Macaulay Culkin

Macaulay Culkin formed a close friendship with Michael Jackson during his days as a child star, and their bond goes beyond life itself — Culkin is god-dad to all three of Jackson's kids, Paris, Prince, and Blanket.

Coco Arquette & Jennifer Aniston

Coco Arquette & Jennifer Aniston

Best friends both on and off screen, Jennifer Aniston is godmother to Courteney Cox's daughter Coco.

James Newman & Jessica Alba

James Newman & Jessica Alba

Jaime King and Jessica Alba are close friends — so close that King asked Alba to be the god-mom of her eldest son, James Newman. Little James also has a famous godfather…

James Newman & Topher Grace

James Newman & Topher Grace

That '70s Show star Topher Grace is James' godfather.

Jaime King's youngest son has a ultra-famous godmother as well…

Leo Newman & Taylor Swift

Leo Newman & Taylor Swift

Music icon Taylor Swift is god-mom to Jaime King's son Leo Newman — Swift announced the news herself on her Instagram, writing, "Guess who just got named Godmother of this little one….. (ME) @jaime_king @kyle_newman."

Violet Affleck & Victor Garber

Violet Affleck & Victor Garber

Extremely close friends since co-starring in Alias as father and daughter, Victor Garber and Jennifer Garner are more akin to family than just friends. When her youngest daughter, Violet, was born, Garner asked Garber to fill the role of godfather to her second child with ex-husband Ben Affleck.

Rocco & Wilder Faison & Zach Braff

Rocco & Wilder Faison & Zach Braff

Former Scrubs co-stars turned besties are now more like family — Donald Faison chose Zach Braff to be godfather to both his son Rocco and his daughter Wilder.

Gwyneth Paltrow & Steven Spielberg

Gwyneth Paltrow & Steven Spielberg

Close friends with her parents Blythe Danner and Bruce Paltrow, legendary film director Steven Spielberg is Gwyneth Paltrow's godfather. He's also god-dad to another iconic actress of the same generation…

Drew Barrymore & Steven Spielberg

Drew Barrymore & Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg is Drew Barrymore's godfather as well — the E.T. director helped Barrymore land her debut role in the movie when she was just 7 years old.

The Charlie's Angels actress also has an insanely iconic godmother…

Drew Barrymore & Sophia Loren

Drew Barrymore & Sophia Loren

Legendary Italian actress Sophia Loren is Drew Barrymore's god-mom. But the string of famous connections doesn't stop here — Barrymore herself is also godmother to one of the most famous celebrity children of the '90s…

Frances Bean Cobain & Drew Barrymore

Frances Bean Cobain & Drew Barrymore

Drew Barrymore was close friends with Courtney Love around the time her daughter was born, so Barrymore was named godmother of the Nirvana singers' little girl.

In a 2007 interview with Jane magazine, Drew revealed, "Courtney and I have not seen each other in a while, so I haven't had the pleasure of being in Frances [Bean Cobain's] life for a few years. That's a great loss for me, and I hope to reconnect with her." It's not clear today whether the two women are in contact or not.

Barrymore named one of her very best friends the godmother of her youngest daughter, and she may or may not be a fellow Angel…

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Frankie Kopelman & Cameron Diaz

That's right — Charlie's Angel co-star-turned-best friend, Cameron Diaz, is godmother to Drew Barrymore's youngest daughter, Frankie.

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Emme & Max Anthony & Leah Remini

Jennifer Lopez chose her longtime friend Leah Remini to be godmother to her twins, Emme and Max.

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Jake Gyllenhaal & Jamie Lee Curtis

Halloween icon Jamie Lee Curtis is godmother to none other than Jake Gyllenhaal. Curtis and The Day After Tomorrow actor's parents — director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner — are lifelong friends.

Gyllenhaal himself is godfather to a celebrity couple's daughter …

Matilda Ledger & Jake Gyllenhaal

Matilda Ledger & Jake Gyllenhaal

In addition to costarring alongside both Michelle Williams and the late Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain, Jake Gyllenhaal is godfather to their daughter, Matilda.

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Matilda Ledger & Busy Philips

Matilda Ledger & Busy Philips

Best friends since their days on the set of Dawson's Creek, Michelle Williams asked Busy Philips to be god-mom to her daughter Matilda.

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Birdie Silverstein & Lizzy Caplan

Birdie Silverstein & Lizzy Caplan

When Busy Philips gave birth to her eldest daughter, Birdie, she asked her fellow Freaks and Geeks alum, Lizzy Caplan, to be her child's godmother.

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Kindred musical spirits and close friends Elton John and Lady Gaga are also more like family, thanks to John and his husband naming Gaga godmother of both their sons, Zachary and Elijah.

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Brooklyn & Romeo Beckham & Elton John

Victoria and David Beckham named fellow Brit and close friend Elton John godfather of their eldest sons, Brooklyn and Romeo. The boys also have a famous godmother…

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Supermodel Elizabeth Hurley stands opposite Elton John as the eldest Beckham boys' god-mom. Bringing the situation full circle, John is also godfather to Hurley's son Damian.

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Eva Longoria was bestowed the title of godmother by Victoria and David Beckham on behalf of their two youngest children, Cruz and Harper.

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Sailor Gardner & David Beckham

Liv Tyler's husband David Gardner is a longtime close friend of David Beckham's, so when their son Sailor was born in 2015, the couple asked Beckham to fill the role of god-dad.

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Sean Lennon & Elton John

One of Sir Elton John's other godchildren — not all of whom are famous — is the son of fellow British musician. The Beatles' John Lennon chose the "I'm Still Standing" singer to be the godfather of his son Sean, who he shared with his wife Yoko Ono until his tragic murder in 1980

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Rocco Ritchie & Sting

Madonna isn't the only single-name music icon in her son's life. The "Like a Virgin" singer named Sting to be godfather to Rocco, along with his wife, Trudie Styler, as Rocco's godmother.

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Vivienne & Knox Jolie-Pitt & Bono

Speaking of single-name music icons, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie named Bono godfather of their twins, Vivienne and Knox.

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Iris Law & Kate Moss

Model Kate Moss and actress Sadie Frost were longtime friends by the time Frost's daughter — whom she shares with ex-husband Jude Law — arrived in the world. Frost asked Moss to be Iris' godmother.

Lila Moss & Sadie Frost & Jude Law

Lila Moss & Sadie Frost & Jude Law

When Moss gave birth to her own daughter, Lila, she asked Frost and Law to return the favor by being her godparents.

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Theo Gabel & Josh Gad

Bryce Dallas Howard's husband, Seth Gabel, is childhood friends with Josh Gad. So when Howard and Gabel's son Theo arrived, the couple named Gad the little boy's god-dad.

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Ron Howard and Henry Winkler forged a lifelong friendship while acting together on the set of Happy Days, and when Bryce arrived in the '80s, her dad asked The Fonz to be her godfather.

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How Quvenzhané Wallis Spent Her Break From Hollywood "Being Normal"

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You never forget your first Oscars. Though that doesn't necessarily mean you can recall every detail, either.

"I barely remember any of it, honestly, which is surprising to a lot of people," Quvenzhané Wallis told E! News' Francesca Amiker in an exclusive interview. "It's very blurry."

But considering the puppy purse-toting phenom was only 9 when she became the youngest-ever Best Actress Oscar nominee in 2013 for her first movie, Beasts of the Southern Wild, it's understandable why the experience may have been a little overwhelming.

"The most that I remember is being on set for Beasts and being outside and having fun with everyone," shared the now-20-year-old. "But I don't remember meeting a lot of the people, I don't really remember that whole period. I just remember traveling the world and meeting so many different people."

Wallis added, "It was really eye-opening to me as a kid because I had only been in Houma, Louisiana, and I got to see everything so fast and so quickly that it was like, 'Oh [nodding and looking around], OK, alright…'"

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Hot off her acting debut as resourceful 6-year-old Hushpuppy in Beasts—a role she earned by distinguishing herself from 3,500 other hopefuls at an open casting call—Wallis appeared in 2014 Best Picture winner 12 Years a Slave and scored the lead in the 2014 remake of Annie, costarring Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz.

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A hard knock life, it was not, though there was an element of boot camp to it.

"I was having a ball to be able to sing, dance and run around the place," Wallis said of the time she spent in New York making the musical. "I was living the dream."

While "work can start feeling like work, it loses the fun, it loses the oomph," she explained, "Annie definitely kept me in the sense of having fun. Also the training, the dance lessons, the singing lessons reminded me you have to practice, even something that you're good at. You can't just expect it to get better and you not put in any work."

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Wallis was 11 when Annie hit theaters in time for Christmas 2014 and she was nominated for a Golden Globe. But while she kept acting, Breathe is her first movie since lending her voice to the 2016 animated hit Trolls.

"Everything about it was new to me," she said of the dystopian thriller, which is set in a New York devoid of oxygen. "The fight scenes, the guns, the mask, the wardrobe and being in the weather—it was a lot to deal with, but it was also challenging, and I love a good challenge."

And she got some advice she took to heart from Jennifer Hudson, who plays her mother in the film, which also stars Milla Jovovich and Sam Worthington.

More seasoned actors would tell her, "'Just be humble,' and they would explain their story and where they came from," Wallis shared. "But that's something that I always have to remind myself of. People watch us [onscreen] and stuff, but we are all human."

Yet it took her a minute to realize that how often the phone was ringing—or, for a time, not ringing—didn't define who she was as a person.

"I had that gap where I wasn't really working and my self-esteem dropped and I wasn't too sure of myself," Wallis explained, "and just talking to people since then has slowly rebuilt that. Jennifer told me, 'Go for it, what's the worst that can happen? Someone tells you no? You've already experienced that and you made it past that. Just go for it.'"

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And though it was admittedly hard to not book every job she tried out for, she wouldn't trade her break from the spotlight for anything.

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"That gap was really just me being 'normal' to the best extent that I could," Wallis said. "I was in high school and playing sports and I was on the dance team, just living life. But I was still auditioning and that's what made that gap the hardest thing for me, because I went back to being in a normal environment. No one treated me special, no one treated me like I was anyone…important."

She laughed knowingly. "I was just allowed to be me, I was allowed to find who I was as a person," she continued. "So I'm grateful for that break because I wouldn't have been this person if it wasn't for that. I don't know who I would have been if I'd just continued to work all throughout that time and made it here. I don't think I would like the person that I would be if that happened."

Now that Wallis is here, though, she's still figuring out how to best balance her career and private life.

"I can't even lie to you, I'm still learning!" she said. "It's been 10 years, I'm still trying to get there."

But she does know that, if it were possible, she would tell a certain Oscar-nominated 9-year-old not to take the whole Hollywood thing—or herself—so seriously.

"Not everybody really cares about what you're doing or how you look," Wallis said. "Everybody's so involved with their own life, so you can't hold them to your standards. Just be all of you, and don't let what you think other people are looking at or wondering [get to you]. Just don't. Be you."

Breathe in now playing in theaters and available via digital and On Demand.

And as you're mulling Wallis' wise words, keep reading to see what came next for more child actors who made a splash in Oscar-nominated movies:

Alan Kim

It's safe to say that 8-year-old Alan Kim won over audiences with his adorable performance in Minari, which is up for six awards at the 2021 Oscars. However, he's continued to steal our hearts throughout awards season. Case in point: Alan got adorably emotional as he accepted his Critics Choice Award for Best Young Actor.

As for what's next for the child star? He'll be starring opposite Eighth Grade star Elsie Fisher in Latchkey Kids.

Roman Griffin Davis

Audiences couldn't get enough of Roman Griffin Davis as the titular character in Taika Waititi's 2019 Oscar-winning film, Jojo Rabbit. On-screen, Roman played a 10-year-old Hitler Youth member who began questioning his beliefs after he discovered that his mother was hiding a Jewish girl in their home. Off-screen, Roman proved to be charming and sweet-natured as he participated in fun games for press tours, red carpets and more.

Following the success of JoJo Rabbit, Roman will star in Silent Night.

Archie Yates

Another adorable Jojo Rabbit child star!

Archie Yates' portrayal of Jojo's best friend Yorki was totally heartwarming and fans couldn't get enough of him on the red carpet. Thankfully, Archie, now 12, isn't going anywhere as he's been named the lead of Disney+'s Home Alone reboot.

Jacob Tremblay

Moviegoers were blown away by 7-year-old Jacob Tremblay's performance in Room. So much so, the youngster won the Best Young Performer award at the 2016 Critics' Choice Movie Awards.

Jacob, 14, continued to win over hearts with his adorable appearances on red carpets alongside his Oscar-winning co-star Brie Larson. Following his critically-acclaimed performance in Room, Jacob starred in Wonder, Good Boys, Doctor Sleep and several other projects. You'll see him next in Disney's The Little Mermaid as Flounder.

Quvenzhané Wallis

In 2012, Quvenzhané Wallis impressed moviegoers with her portrayal of Hushpuppy in the drama film Beasts of the Southern Wild. In fact, her performance was so impressive she landed a Best Actress nomination at just 9 years old. This nomination made her the youngest actress ever to be nominated and was the first performer born in the 21st century to be nominated for an acting Academy Award.

So, what has Quvenzhané been up to these days? Not only did the now 17-year-old play the titular character in the 2014 Annie film, but she also appeared in 12 Years a Slave, Fathers and Daughters, Trolls and more.

Hailee Steinfeld

Before she was a pop star and seasoned actress, Hailee Steinfeld was the impressive newcomer in 2010's True Grit. Cast at 13 to play Mattie Ross in the Western flick, Hailee went on to land an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

These days, Hailee, now 24, is churning out chart-topping hits like "Most Girls," "Love Myself" and "Starving" and starring in Apple TV+'s Dickinson. You may also recognize Hailee from her work in the Pitch Perfect franchise, The Edge of Seventeen and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

Saoirse Ronan

While Saoirse Ronan seems to be an awards season staple at this point, with four Oscar nominations under her belt at 27, she was relatively unknown when she starred in 2007's Atonement. At 13, Saoirse's portrayal of Briony Tallis earned her a Best Supporting Actress nomination, making her the seventh-youngest nominee in that specific category.

She has since gone on to be nominated in the Best Actress category for her work in Little Women, Lady Bird and Brooklyn. You may also recognized her from The Lovely Bones and Hanna.

Abigail Breslin

Although Abigail Breslin already had acting credits under her belt prior to her role in Little Miss Sunshine, the 2006 dark-comedy is certainly one of the most notable films on her resume. In fact, for her portrayal of Olive Hoover, Abigail, then 10, earned a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the 79th Academy Awards.

Since then, Abigail, now 25, has starred in Definitely, Maybe, My Sister's Keeper, Zombieland, August: Osage County, Scream Queens and more.

Keisha Castle-Hughes

At 13, Keisha Castle-Hughes became the second youngest Best Actress nominee when she was nominated for her work in Whale Rider. Following this celebrated film role, Keisha, now 31, has gone on to star in The Nativity Story, Game of Thrones and, most recently, FBI: Most Wanted.

Freddie Highmore

Before he was The Good Doctor, Freddie Highmore was breaking all of our hearts in the Oscar-nominated film, Finding Neverland. Starring opposite Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet, Freddie played the inspiration for J. M. Barrie's most famous character, Peter Pan.

Freddie's child actor career continued with leading roles in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, August Rush and The Spiderwick Chronicles. The British-born actor, 29, later made a splash as a young Norman Bates in the drama series, Bates Motel. He currently stars as Dr. Shaun Murphy in ABC's The Good Doctor.

Jonathan Lipnicki

Jonathan Lipnicki's film debut was certainly a memorable one. Starring opposite Tom Cruise and Renée Zellweger, Jonathan won over viewers with his sweet smile and even sweeter lisp in Jerry Maguire. While the film was nominated for five Academy Awards, it was 6-year-old Jonathan who we remember most.

After his role in Jerry Maguire, Jonathan starred in Stuart Little, The Little Vampire, Like Mike and other projects. Most recently, Jonathan, now 30, has appeared in TV shows such as Worst Cooks in America, Celebs Go Dating and Drop the Mic.

Dakota Fanning

Dakota Fanning became a child star at the age of 7 thanks to her performance in I Am Sam. The film, which earned Sean Penn a Best Actor nomination at the 2001 Oscars, help launch Dakota's career, which included blockbuster films Uptown Girls, War of the Worlds, Cat in the Hat and Man on Fire.

Now, at age 27, Dakota has explored modeling and even launched a production company, Lewellen Pictures, with sister Elle Fanning. Recent credits include Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, The Alienist, Effie Gray and The Twilight Saga.

Haley Joel Osment

It's hard to forget this '90s child star. While Haley Joel Osment made his breakthrough with a small part in Forrest Gump, most remember him from his specter-seeing part in The Sixth Sense. His work as Cole Sear opposite Bruce Willis landed him an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 72nd Academy Awards at the age of 11.

Haley, now 33, went on to book several prominent films, including A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Pay It Forward and Secondhand Lions. Most recently, Haley has appeared in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, Entourage, The Boys and more.

Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin's breakthrough role in The Piano made history! Not only did 11-year-old Anna get nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 66th Academy Awards, but she also won, which made her the second-youngest winner in Oscar history.

Her career didn't stop there as Anna, 38, went on to star in Jane Eyre, Almost Famous, the X-Men franchise, True Blood and more.

Justin Henry

Justin Henry's debut role in 1979's Kramer vs. Kramer was a historic one. Why? Well, because, at 8 years old, Justin earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor, which made him the youngest Academy Award nominee in any category.

Following this nomination, Justin, now 49, appeared in Fantasy Island, Sixteen Candles, Sweet Hearts Dance and more.

Jodie Foster

You may recognize this former child star!

Before she was an Oscar-winning actress and celebrated director, Jodie Foster was the breakout child star of Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver. For her work portraying a child prostitute in the psychological thriller, Jodie earned herself an Oscar nomination in the Best Supporting Actress category at the age of 12.

Jodie, now 58, went on to star in several other notable films, including the original Freaky Friday, The Silence of the Lambs, The Accused, Panic Room and more.

Tatum O'Neal

A dazzling performance by a child star.

In 1974, 10-year-old Tatum O'Neal became the youngest person to win the Best Actress Oscar. Tatum, now 57, took home the prize for her work opposite real-life dad Ryan O'Neal in Paper Moon.

Tatum's career didn't stop there as she went on to appear in several films and TV shows, including 1976's The Bad News Bears, Little Darlings, Sex and the City, Wicked Wicked Games and more.

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Travis Kelce to host 'Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?' game show

Travis Kelce famously led the short-lived reality dating show "Catching Kelce" back in 2016. The Chiefs tight end will soon make his return to TV, but this time as a game show host. 

Jason Kelce's little bro — and "New Heights" podcast cohost — is set to host Prime Video's "Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?," which has been ordered for 20 episodes. 

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The new show will be a spinoff of "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?," which began airing in 2007 and earned record-breaking viewership upon its premiere. That show saw adult contestants attempting to answer questions drawn from elementary school textbooks, while a panel of actual fifth graders provided them with assistance on achieving the jackpot.

"Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?" will offer a "fun, new twist" on the original show's premise, according to Amazon MGM Studios. Each episode will feature an adult contestant who must answer 11 elementary-level questions from a variety of subjects, relying on their own knowledge as well as a "classroom" full of celebrities from the entertainment and sports worlds who can offer help. For the final question, a 6th-grade level question worth $100,000, the contestants can choose one celebrity from the panel to discuss the answer with before locking it in.

Fresh off a Super Bowl LVIII win for the Chiefs and an iHeartRadio Podcast Award for "New Heights," Kelce is poised to make his foray into series television.

"I grew up loving game shows, and I'm excited to be following in the footsteps of so many TV icons by hosting my very first one with 'Are you Smarter than a Celebrity?,'" Kelce said in a release. "The original show is a great success, so to be bringing a new format with everyone's favorite celebrities to the screen, will definitely be entertaining. I'm just happy to be on the hosting side of the equation here and excited to see how these famous faces keep up."

In a recent interview with "Extra" host Billy Bush on set of the new game show, Bush asked Kelce whether "Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?" could be a gateway for the NFL star to do more reality TV.

"Keeping up with the Kelces," Bush said, offering a possible title for the hypothetical series. "A family reality show."

Kelce shot down the idea, but offered up his retired Eagles legend big brother and his wife, Kylie, as potential reality stars. They previously shared details about their family life in the Sports Emmy Award-nominated documentary, "Kelce."

"I tell you what – I'm going to have to be out on that," Travis said of starring in another reality show. "But maybe Jason and Kylie. Maybe you guys pick up the reality life."

Travis has a lot on his plate currently, anyway. Along with his recent successes in the sports and entertainment spheres, Travis is one-half of a celebrity power couple with Berks County-native pop star Taylor Swift. The pair were spotted on Saturday attending the 15 and Mahomies Foundation Golf Classic gala in Las Vegas, an event hosted by Kelce's Chiefs teammate Patrick Mahomes. Swift reportedly surprised guests by auctioning off tickets for her Eras Tour at the charity event.

All the Celebrity Godparents You Didn't Know About

Originally appeared on E! Online

These celebrities were made an offer they just couldn't refuse.

One of the biggest decisions some parents make is selecting who will be their child's godparents, the two (or more) individuals invited to be active participants in their offspring's upbringing or to serve as legal guardians in the event of an emergency.

One star who was surprised to be offered that role? Tyler Perry, who was picked by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to be the godfather of their daughter Lilibet Diana after the couple formed a close connection with him amid the Coronavirus pandemic. While the director was "honored ," he admitted in the Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan that he needed to "take a minute" to reflect on the decision.

But saying yes was certainly worth it. "She's so adorable," Perry raved in November, noting he calls the 2-year-old Little Lili. "They make some beautiful kids. Archie and Lili are beautiful."

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And he isn't the only celeb to be named a godparent of a fellow famous person's child, with Meryl Streep, Tim McGraw, Jennifer Aniston and more all taking on the very special role for their friends' kids.

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Take, for instance, Taylor Swift's role in the life of Jaime King's son Leo.

"I always thought if I were to have another child that she would be the ideal godmother because the way she not only treats me but the way she treats other human beings," King told E! News in 2016 of selecting Swift for the honor. "She's so loving and so giving and so generous and she does everything from her heart and she's incredibly brave and authentic. It's a very rare thing to come across."

Now, read on and check out all of the celebrities who are godparents...

Stephen Curry & Ayesha Curry

The NBA star and his wife are godparents to Lindsay Lohan and husband Bader Shammas' son Luai, as they revealed with a basketball jersey the athlete gifted them at a Golden State Warriors game in February 2024.

Tyler Perry

The filmmaker recalled the surprising moment when he was crowned godfather to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's daughter Lilibet Diana.

"They were pretty serious on the phone," he recalled in the Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan. "I go, 'OK, what's going on?' They said, 'Well, we'd like for you to be Lili's godfather.' I go, 'Whoa.' I take a minute to take that in. And I thought, 'I'd be honored. I'd be absolutely honored.'"

Taylor Swift

The singer announced in 2015 that Jaime King had dubbed her godmother of her son Leo Thames. The Grammy winner posted a photo of her first meeting with her godchild on Instagram, writing, "Meeting my boy."

Jessica Alba

Swift isn't the only celeb that King tapped to be a godparent to her children, having revealed in a 2013 Instagram post that Jessica Alba was her eldest son James' godmother.

"Thank you Jess for your unending love and light," King wrote. "We are so grateful for you." Plus, King shared That '70s Show star Topher Grace is James' godfather.

Khloé Kardashian

Kim Kardashian named her little sis as North West's godmother during her baptism in Israel in 2015. Three years later, Khloé Kardashian returned the favor when she named the SKIMS founder as her daughter True Thompson's potential legal guardian, leading to tension with their older sister Kourtney Kardashian.

"So I can't make anything official until the baby is born…but I am going to probably have Kim as the legal guardian if, god forbid, something happens," the Good American mogul explained in a 2018 episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians. "I don't know my parenting style until I have a baby, but from what I envision my parenting style to be, I do think it'll be more like Kim. A little more stricter."

Kim's reaction to the title? "It is my honor," she said. "And I will take such good care of your kids."

Dolly Parton

The renowned country singer-songwriter known for her big voice and big hair was named godmother to "Wrecking Ball" artist Miley Cyrus after forming a close bond with her father Billy Ray Cyrus when they worked together in the early 1990s.

"We just kind of jelled, 'cause we're both country kids. We had a lot of fun just talking about that," Parton said on SiriusXM's Just Jenny in 2019. "And then when Miley came along, I said, 'She's got to be my fairy goddaughter.'" Parton would later make an appearance on Hannah Montana as the titular character's fairy godmother.

Jennifer Aniston

The one where Courteney Cox asked Jennifer Aniston a very special question.

Cox and her ex-husband David Arquette tapped her Friends co-star and real-life bestie as their daughter Coco Cox Arquette's godmother.

After Cox posted a video of her and Coco singing a cover of Demi Lovato's "Anyone" in 2020, Aniston commented, "Aww, just like her godmother taught her."

Joan Collins

The English actress and author is godmother to supermodel Cara Delevingne.

Jamie Lee Curtis

The Oscar winner, once dubbed the "scream queen" due to her starring roles in the Halloween film franchise, is godmother to siblings Jake Gyllenhaal and Maggie Gyllenhaal.

B.J. Novak

Who says you can't stay friends with your ex? While their romantic relationship ended, The Office costars and writers remained so close that Mindy Kaling named B.J. Novak the godfather to her kids, Katherine Kaling and Spencer Kaling. While she has never publicly identified the father of her children, some fans have wondered if it's Novak. As for how they feel about the speculation?

"It doesn't bother me," the A Wrinkle in Time star told Marie Claire in August 2022. "He's the godparent to both my kids—and they have such a great relationship—and so far [the rumors haven't] affected my happiness at all, it hasn't affected my kids or B.J…If that's what is going to be titillating to people, I'll take it."

Macaulay Culkin

After becoming close friends with Michael Jackson as a child star, the Home Alone actor was named the godfather of Paris Jackson, the late pop legend's only daughter.

"I am close with Paris," Culkin said on Marc Maron's WTF podcast in 2018. "I'm going to warn you now I am very protective of her, so just look out. I am a very open book when it comes to things but like with her, she is beloved by me."

Nick Jonas

He proved he's a sucker for his niece Valentina Jonas, revealing on Snapchat in 2017 that his older brother Kevin Jonas and his wife Danielle Jonas asked him to be her godfather.

The "Jealous" singer posted a photo of himself and his sister-in-law Katie Deleasa holding Valentina on her "Dedication Day," where they were officially named her godparents.

Vin Diesel

After Paul Walker's tragic death in 2013, his Fast & Furious co-tar Vin Diesel was first and foremost there for his then 15-year-old goddaughter Meadow Walker. Their bond held fast, and the action star was there to walk Meadow down the aisle at her wedding to Louis Thornton-Allan in October 2021.

"I could say that I am so proud of the person you are becoming," Diesel wrote in a 2019 Instagram post for Meadow's 21st birthday. "But the truth is I h ave always been proud of you."

Tim McGraw

From costars to close friends. After starring in two films together—Friday Night Lights and Country Strong—Garrett Hedlund selected Tim McGraw to be the godfather to his son Rhodes Robert, who he shares with his ex-girlfriend Emma Roberts.

"He's somebody that I admire and respect, not only as an amazing father and an amazing husband, amazing musician and amazing actor," Hedlund told Kelly Clarkson in 2021. "I've known him for a long time."

After first working together in 2006 when they played father and son, Hedlund explained, "I got to first experience him as a father...and we've remained such close friends. He's the best."

Victor Garber

From Spy Daddy to godfather! Jennifer Garner tapped her Alias costar Victor Garber for the important role when she and then-husband Ben Affleck welcomed daughter Violet Affleck in 2005.

Bryan Cranston

Aaron Paul was the one who knocked when he asked his Breaking Bad costar Bryan Cranston to be the godfather of his two children with wife Lauren Paul.

Cranston said that being a godparent to his friend's kids is "truly answering a call."

"It is truly allowing me to go through the experience of what it feels like to be a grandfather," he shared with British GQ. "My jaws hurt from [smiling]."

Of choosing Cranston, Paul told Jimmy Fallon, "I love the man to death. He's one of my best friends in the world, and it was just a no-brainer."

Jake Gyllenhaal

The award-winning actor is godfather to Matilda Williams, the daughter of his Brokeback Mountain costars Michelle Williams and the late Heath Ledger. Matilda counts her mom's Dawson's Creek costar-turned-BFF Busy Philipps as her other godparent.

Meryl Streep

"I mean, she's Meryl Streep."

That was the response Billie Lourd, daughter of the late Carrie Fisher, gave Andy Cohen when he asked what the best part of having the Oscar winner as her godmother was during a 2019 episode of Watch What Happens Live.

Sting & Trudie Styler

The British rock star and his wife are the godparents to Madonna and Guy Ritchie's son Rocco Ritchie.

Rupert Everett

Madonna's adopted son, David Banda, has the My Best Friend's Wedding actor as a godfather, forever and ever.

Zach Braff

The Garden State actor was given the title from his Scrubs costar and real-life best friend Donald Faison, who has two kids, Rocco Faison and Wilder Faison with wife CaCee Cobb.

"Thank you to @caceecobb for growing this for @donald_aison and I," Braff joked in Aril 2015 after Wilder's birth. #GodfatherII."

Kathie Lee Gifford

A longtime friend of Kris Jenner, the former Today host is godmother to Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner.

Cameron Diaz

Angels forever! Barrymore picked her Charlie's Angels costar and best friend Cameron Diaz to be the godmother to her younger daughter, Frankie Barrymore Kopelman.

Steven Spielberg

The famed director gave his goddaughters their big breaks, casting Barrymore in E.T. and Gwyneth Paltrow in Hook.

A version of this story was first published on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023 at 3 a.m. PT.

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