Meg Ryan Defends Son Jack Quaid Of ‘Nepo Baby’ Label: “That Nepo Stuff Is So Dismissive Of His Work Ethic”

Barry Keoghan is never seen acting. The 31-year-old native of Summerhill, Ireland, slips so seamlessly into his characters, it’s easy to forget you’re watching a performance. And it’s intended as a compliment — no matter how unsavory the character or fantastical the situation, Keoghan is always completely believable.

Addie Morfoot Contributor In “Downwind,” a documentary executive produced by Matthew Modine, directors Mark Shapiro and Douglas Brian Miller chronicle the lethal effects that nuclear testing on American soil has had on U.S. citizens. The Oscar hopeful reveals that from 1951 to 1992, Mercury, Nevada, was the site for the testing of 928 large scale nuclear weapons.

“Did we have any scenes together?” he was caught asking while posing for photographs on Wednesday night. She politely replied: “Yes, we have one.”“Have you seen the film?” Jones then wondered.Ortega shook her head and the pair then burst out laughing.“Finestkind” will hit Paramount+ on Dec.

were announced Monday morning, and the biggest shocker is … that they still exist!Like a post-apocalyptic Twinkie, the 80-year-old ceremony has survived against all odds. There’s been scandal after scandal, the disbanding of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a sale to Dick Clark Productions and a move from NBC to CBS.

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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Julia Roberts is an icon of the romantic-comedy genre, but there’s one famous rom-com the Oscar-winner happened to turn down: Nora Ephron’s 1998 classic “You’ve Got Mail.” Roberts revealed the scoop during a recent appearance on Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live.” Ephron’s film memorably paired Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in the story of business rivals unaware they are falling in love with each other online. “You’ve Got Mail” marked the third Hanks-Ryan romantic comedy after “Joe Versus the Volcano” (1990) and “Sleepless in Seattle” (1993), the latter title also being directed by Ephron.

John Waters has named Ari Aster’s dark comedy Beau Is Afraid as the best film of 2023.The Pink Flamingos director shared his annual list of favorite movies of the year with Vulture, placing the A24 film at the very top.“A superlong, super-crazy, super-funny movie about one man’s mental breakdown with a cast better than Around the World in 80 Days: Joaquin Phoenix, Patti LuPone, Parker Posey, Nathan Lane, and Amy Ryan,” Waters wrote. “It’s a laugh riot from hell you’ll never forget, even if you want to.”Also making Waters’ top 10 were Pierre Croton’s A Prince, Paul Schrader’s Master Gardener, Fallen Leaves, Do Not Expect Too Much of the End of the World, Last Summer, and the short film Strange Way of Life.The director also included Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, which Waters argued “deserves the Oscar for being a big-budget, star-studded, intelligent action movie about talking.”You can find Waters’ top 10 films of the year below:Recently, Beau Is Afraid writer-director Aster told Vanity Fair that he was “disappointed” by the film’s reception, describing the movie as a social “experiment” for audiences.“I always knew the film was going to be polarizing and it’s designed to be divisive.

When Harry Met Sally co-star Meg Ryan was on hand to help pay tribute to the comedy actor, and address their most famous scene.“The scene came really naturally to me, and I really have Billy to thank for that,” Ryan, , said in her speech, referring to the iconic moment when her character, Sally Albright, re-enacts an orgasm at a crowded deli to prove to her friend Harry (Crystal) that he can't always tell when a woman is ”faking it." Per , she added, “I’ve actually never been around anyone who made faking an orgasm easier. So thank you, Billy.”In a candid interview, the 62-year-old talks directing during the pandemic, her worst date ever, the joy of parenting, the “moonshot” trifecta of her three highest-grossing rom-coms, and more.

The Daily Mail. “I’ve never been around anyone who made faking an orgasm easier.” In the 1989 romantic comedy, Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) and Sally Albright (Ryan) are having lunch in New York City’s Katz’s Delicatessen when Burn claims a woman has never faked an orgasm with him.Albright then begins moaning and panting, drawing the attention of several restaurant patrons before fake climaxing. Left in disbelief, restaurant-goers attempt to return to their meals, while one woman takes the opportunity to order her meal.

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"When Harry Met Sally" star Meg Ryan hit back at critics claiming that Jack Quaid, her son with ex-husband and actor Dennis Quaid, is a "nepo baby" – that he's gotten his Hollywood career thanks to his famous parents. "Jack is really talented. He's more of a natural than I'll ever be," Ryan said during a recent interview with Glamour.

The Boys, is actually the child of two movie stars, with his father being Dennis Quaid (The Parent Trap).However, in a recent interview with Glamour, Ryan pushed back on the claims that her son might be a child of nepotism privilege, given his parents’ success in the industry.The Sleepless In Seattle actor said: “Jack is really talented. He’s more of a natural than I’ll ever be. That nepo stuff is so dismissive of his work ethic, his gifts, and how sensitive he is to the idea of his privilege.”Quaid, who made his movie debut in 2012’s The Hunger Games, acting opposite Jennifer Lawrence and Stanley Tucci among other famous faces, has always had a gift, according to his mother.“I remember seeing him in a middle school production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” she said.

an interview with Glamour, the 62-year-old “When Harry Met Sally” star said of working under the piercing public eye, “You don’t wish it [on anyone]. It’s too hard and it’s too weird.”“Jack is really talented,” she added. “He’s more of a natural than I’ll ever be.

interview with Glamour published on Thursday, Ryan, 62, did not directly confirm that she’s had plastic surgery, but she discussed how she feels about the tabloid speculation, and the headlines about her “unrecognizable” face. “I can’t pay attention to it. I just can’t,” she said.

Meg Ryan has been in the business long enough to know when someone has it or doesn't, and like it or not, her 31-year-old son Jack has it.Despite knowing fame is, in many ways, “too hard” and “too weird,” realized early on that , her son whom she shares with ex-husband and fellow actor Dennis Quaid was destined for a career in Hollywood. “I remember seeing him in a middle school production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He was playing Bottom.

By Photography by Meg Ryan is not having a very Fall. Instead of curling up with a good book, an even better sweater, and a steaming cup of tea, Ryan has spent the last few months flying back and forth between New York and Los Angeles for a planned-to-the-second schedule created by a team of publicists and managers to promote her new film, What Happens Later.

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his upcoming appearance in “Beetlejuice 2,” the long-awaited sequel to 1988’s “Beetlejuice.”“I haven’t seen any footage yet, but it was fun to do,” Dafoe, 68, told Variety of the movie, which wrapped production in November. “I play a police officer in the afterlife, so I’m a dead person. And in life I was a B-movie action star, but I had an accident, and that’s what sent me to the other side.”Here’s everything to know about “Beetlejuice 2” so far.“Beetlejuice 2” is slated to hit theaters on Sept.

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and frightening send-up of the horror genre with appealing young stars has stumbled klutz-like into mediocrity, cuteness and groan-worthy predictability. Some say campy.