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Ellen Degeneres, formerly extremely popular as a comedian left the USA in 2024 for the UK, allegedly to avoid Donald Trump’s presidency. Currently, though, she’s enjoying an African safari with a top wildlife guide, the founder of Safarious, Passage to Africa, and Safari By Design. Michael Lorentz is recognized for his work with nature.

On An African Safari

Ellen shared a video on her Instagram account on March 15 and revealed a splendid encounter with lions. It’s just got to be an upgrade on the weather in the UK at the moment. In the comments of her post, some of The Ellen Show and Netflix fans argued over which country she visited. Was it Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa, or even Zimbabwe?

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Well, Michael Lorentz recently tagged Tanzania in a post, so maybe they are there. It’s not easy to distinguish African scenery during the wet season.

Earl Holliman, the handsome actor who won a Golden Globe for his supporting role in “The Rainmaker” and appeared in numerous Westerns and dozens of films including “Giant” and “Forbidden Planet,” died Monday in Studio City. He was 96.

His partner Craig Curtis announced his death.

Holliman also starred in the first episode of “The Twilight Zone” in 1959.

Curtis recounted that in a letter to Holliman, Serling later wrote, “…your performance was outstanding, full of dimension, shading and a fantastic believability. In short, Holliman, you’re one hell of an actor!”

Some of his other film credits include “Broken Lance,” “The Bridges at Toko-Ri,” “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral,” “Don’t Go Near the Water,” “Last Train from Gun Hill,” “The Sons of Katie Elder” and “Sharky’s Machine.”

In television, he had a recurring role on “Police Woman” and also appeared in “Hotel de Paree” and “Wide Country.”

He received a...

Ellie Goulding was announced as this year’s recipient of The Perfect World Foundation Award, following in the footsteps of previous recipients such as Sir David Attenborough, Dr. Jane Goodall, and Hsh Prince Albert II of Monaco.

This prestigious conservation award, presented annually by the wildlife and nature organization The Perfect World Foundation, honors individuals who have significantly contributed to the preservation of the planet’s wildlife and nature. The award ceremony took place on September 5 in Gothenburg, graced by the presence of Sarah, Duchess of York, who presented the award to Ellie Goulding.

With over 18 million albums and 140 million singles sold globally, resulting in 23 billion streams, Ellie Goulding has leveraged her significant social media presence of over 50 million followers combined to champion environmental causes. Her role as a Global Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme (Unep) and her active participation in major environmental summits, including three COPs,...

With a career spanning over 50 years, Sigourney Weaver has showcased her versatility across Broadway, television, and film, creating iconic heroic characters in both dramatic and comedic roles. Her remarkable talent has earned her three Academy Award nominations.

Born Susan Alexandra Weaver on October 8, 1949, in New York City, she adopted the name Sigourney at age 14, inspired by a character in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby.

Weaver graduated from Stanford University and obtained a master’s degree from the Yale School of Drama. Even as she found fame and success on the screen, she would maintain her love for the stage throughout her career. Her many theater credits include four Broadway productions: Sir John Gielgud’s production of The Constant Wife in 1975, the groundbreaking 1984 production of David Rabe’s Hurlyburly opposite William Hurt, Harvey Keitel and a newcomer named Cynthia Nixon, and the 1996 production of Sex and Longing, written...

The Ellen Degeneres Show was very popular until 2020 when things started crashing for the comedian. After allegations of racism, the situation deteriorated. Making a comedy comeback didn’t work and recently, she canceled a tour. Is she running away to Africa to find refuge among people who don’t care about cancel culture in the USA? Read on to find out what’s going on.

Ellen DeGeneres Never Regained Full Popularity

In May 2022, after a former child star, Greyson Chance alleged that the comedian used him and degraded him, the show ended. Done with her talk show and vilified, the person who people couldn’t help but love became unwanted. So, for a while she was quiet.

Ellen Degeneres – The Ellen Show – YouTube

Fans of The Ellen DeGeneres Show felt happy in 2024 when they heard that she would do a standup comedy special with Netflix. However, disappointment came when she...

Actors push themselves to extreme limits, mastering new skills for their roles, like sword fighting and martial arts training. Jennifer Lawrence learned survival skills like skinning a squirrel to authentically portray her character in Winter's Bone. Tom Cruise went beyond CGI and learned to fly a helicopter for Mission: Impossible - Fallout, showcasing his dedication to authenticity.

Sometimes, actors will go to extreme lengths to master and learn a new skill solely for an acting role, no matter how grueling or difficult the process may be. This dedication to their craft is evident in their masterful performances, which often receive critical acclaim, admiration, and plenty of well-earned accolades. Some actors often spend months, sometimes years, researching, training, and living as their characters would, to ensure every nuance and detail of the performance is authentic. When the process of transforming into their character means taking on a whole new skill, the performances become even more impressive.

Ellen DeGeneres is eager to pursue her passions in her newest project. A two-hour program, “Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure,” takes viewers along as she brings awareness to gorilla conservation, heading up her own campus in Rwanda. The special premieres on Animal Planet on Saturday, Sept. 23 at 10 p.m. Et just one day before World Gorilla Day. You can watch Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure with a 7-Day Free Trial of Philo. You can also watch with Directv Stream, Hulu Live TV, Fubo, or YouTube TV.

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“Saving the Gorillas: Ellen’s Next Adventure” brings viewers inside her recent passion project. For years, she has admired world-renowned primatologist, Dian Fossey.

Former TV host Ellen DeGeneres will return with a two-hour documentary on gorilla conservation and the creation of The Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund. The documentary will highlight DeGeneres' love for animals and her admiration for primatologist Dian Fossey, showcasing the impact of the campus on gorilla conservation and biodiversity. The upcoming documentary represents a shift in genre for DeGeneres, marking her return to television after the controversial end of her long-running talk show.

Former TV host Ellen DeGeneres will return to television with the upcoming Discovery Channel two-hour documentary special Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure. A new report from Variety reveals that Saving the Gorillas is directed by Abigail Harper and executive produced by Christopher Collins, Lydia Tenaglia, and Craig H. Shepherd for Zero Point Zero Production. DeGeneres and Jeff Kleenman executive produced for A Very Good Production. The special is set to air on September 23rd at 10 p.

Discovery Channel has set September 23 for the premiere of Ellen DeGeneres’ Saving The Gorillas: Ellen’s Next Adventure two-hour special. The documentary will air at 8 Pm Et/Pt on Discovery Channel and, in honor of World Gorilla Day, will be followed with an encore presentation on Sunday, September 24 at 10 Pm Et/Pt on Animal Planet. It also will be available to stream on Max and discovery+.

The documentary follows DeGeneres as she fulfills her dream of protecting the legacy of world-renowned primatologist, Dian Fossey, by building the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund in Rwanda.

The documentary project began as a birthday gift from DeGeneres’ wife, Portia de Rossi and snowballed into one of the largest architectural and landscaping projects in the history of Rwanda, along with challenges like volcanoes, earthquakes, and a global pandemic. It culminates with the opening of The Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund,

“Every...

Ellen DeGeneres has a new adventure on the horizon.

The TV icon has set a new two-hour special, Saving the Gorillas: Ellen’s Next Adventure, that will premiere on Sept. 23 on streaming services Discovery+ and Max. In addition to streaming those platforms, the special will have an encore presentation on Sept. 24 in honor of World Gorilla Day. The doc project follows her as she fulfills a dream of protecting the legacy of primatologist Dian Fossey in building the Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund in Rwanda.

As previously reported, the campus opened in early 2022, located outside Volcanoes National Park. The multi-acre, eco-friendly spread was designed to provide the Fossey Fund with a space that helps amplify its mission of protecting and studying gorillas, training the next generation of conservationists and building the conservation capacity of local communities.

“Every single thing has led me to just have a big enough platform to say,...

More than a year after her daytime show went off the air, Ellen DeGeneres is returning to television — in a much different capacity.

DeGeneres is bringing a passion project, showing her love for animals, to Discovery Channel with a two-hour documentary special, “Saving the Gorillas: Ellen’s Next Adventure.”

The special will air on Sept. 23 at 8 p.m. on Discovery Channel, and then again on World Gorilla Day, Sept. 24 at 10 p.m., on Animal Planet. The documentary will also be streaming on discovery+ and Max.

The doc showcases DeGeneres’s passion for animals and her respect for the primatologist Dian Fossey as she works to build The Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund in Rwanda. Since opening in 2022, the campus has helped with gorilla conservation and biodiversity in the area; it also hosts visitors, including local school children.

“Every single thing has led me to just have a big enough platform to say,...

Avatar 2 received positive reviews from critics and made over $2 billion at the worldwide box office, surpassing expectations. Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana return as Jake and Neytiri, while new stars like Kate Winslet and Sigourney Weaver join the cast. The sequel delivers a star-studded feast for the senses and continues the story of Jake and Neytiri as they battle human invaders.

The cast of Avatar 2 is made up of returning stars and a roster of brand-new names to make the sequel and even bigger cinematic event. Premiering in December 2022, the long-awaited sequel follows Jake (Sam Worthington) and Ney'tiri (Zoe Saldana) as they must leave their peaceful life behind and fight a deadly war with human invaders. Coming well over a decade after the massive success of 2009's Avatar, questions abounded about the potential for Avatar: The Way of Water and whether it could compete with its once-in-a-lifetime predecessor.

With its list of new releases for February 2023, Disney+ is going all out to honor one of the biggest Marvel movies of the past year (and the one with the studio’s best Oscar chances yet).

Simply put: February 2023 belongs to Black Panther: Wakanda Forever on Disney+. The Black Panther sequel arrives to the streaming service on Feb. 1. Wakanda Forever serves as both a fitting sendoff to the iconic Chadwick Boseman as T’Challa and a pretty fun introduction to Tenoch Huerta as Namor.

Following the streaming arrival of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, the Panther party is just getting started. Feb. 8 sees the arrival of Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. That will be followed up on Feb. 22 with Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever. Other Marvel titles this month include Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur and a handful of primers to get...

“Everybody has a secret,” teases the promotional poster for Sony’s new film adaptation of Where the Crawdads Sing. Daisy Edgar-Jones stars in the film as Kya, a young woman who as a child survived living alone in the unforgiving marshlands of North Carolina. Now an adult, she finds re-entry into human society complicated. Things complicate further when she’s accused of murder.

It’s an intriguing premise. But another intriguing secret the film studio really doesn’t want people talking about is the way Kya’s situation might mirror the troubling past of Crawdads’ author Delia Owens.

Several high-profile news articles and television shows that originally discussed Delia and her then-husband Mark Owens’ time in Zambia have resurfaced due to the heightened attention around the new film and the novel, which was published in 2018. The couple first came under international scrutiny in the wake of a 1996 episode of ABC...

Sigourney Weaver is in a good place. The three-time Oscar nominee, creator of such iconic cinema heroines as Ripley in the Aliens sci-fi franchise, Dian Fossey in the biopic Gorillas in the Mist and Dr. Grace Augustine in James Cameron’s Avatar movies, finds herself, at 71, in high demand.

In addition to the Avatar franchise — she’s wrapped shooting on Avatar 2 and the third installment, with Avatar 4 and 5 in the wings — Weaver has been taking on roles in independent film and on TV, playing a hard-edged publishing boss in 2019 Berlin Film Festival opener My Salinger Year, an all-powerful baddie in ...

Sigourney Weaver is in a good place. The three-time Oscar nominee, creator of such iconic cinema heroines as Ripley in the Aliens sci-fi franchise, Dian Fossey in the biopic Gorillas in the Mist and Dr. Grace Augustine in James Cameron’s Avatar movies, finds herself, at 71, in high demand.

In addition to the Avatar franchise — she’s wrapped shooting on Avatar 2 and the third installment, with Avatar 4 and 5 in the wings — Weaver has been taking on roles in independent film and on TV, playing a hard-edged publishing boss in 2019 Berlin Film Festival opener My Salinger Year, an all-powerful baddie in ...

Around the same time that Emmy-nominated writer-director Sally Aitken’s latest film was debuting in the World Documentary section at Sundance, the New York Times ran a piece on the alarming decline in the worldwide shark population, citing a 70% reduction since the 1970s. It’s a statistic — possibly conservative given the underreporting from some parts of the globe — that will be only too well known to the documentary’s subject, Valerie Taylor, the iconic Australian marine conservationist who has dedicated her life to the species’ preservation. This life is accessibly and straightforwardly celebrated in “Playing With Sharks”: As Dian Fossey was to gorillas and Jane Goodall is to chimps, so is Valerie Taylor to this 450-million-year-old class of carnivorous, cartilaginous fish.

In amongst surprisingly comprehensive archive footage of her youth as a world-class diver and spear-fisher, Taylor recounts her story in interview segments shot in her oceanside home. Though...

Two years after making her screen debut with a minor part in Woody Allen’s Annie Hall, Sigourney Weaver cemented her place as one of cinema’s greatest icons with the role of Ellen Ripley in Ridley Scott’s Alien. In addition to launching Weaver’s own career, Ripley proved that female heroes could lead action movies, paving the way for Sarah Connor, the Bride, and Furiosa.

Related: Sigourney Weaver's 10 Best Movies, According To Rotten Tomatoes

Ripley is still the character that Weaver is most associated with – and probably always will be – but she’s played a bunch of other memorable roles since then, including Galaxy Quest’s Gwen DeMarco, Gorillas in the Mist’s Dian Fossey, and of course, Ghostbusters’ Dana Barrett.

Eclectic director of documentaries and feature films, from Seven Up! to James Bond

Michael Apted, who has died aged 79, was a director who moved with ease between socially conscious documentaries and feature films with a special focus on female achievement.

In the latter camp was Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980), for which Sissy Spacek won the best actress Oscar for playing the country and western singer Loretta Lynn, and Gorillas in the Mist (1988), starring Sigourney Weaver as the murdered conservationist Dian Fossey. He also enjoyed commercial success with the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999) and the Cs Lewis adaptation The Chronicles of Narnia: the Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010).

Michael Apted was 22 when he joined the crew of “Seven Up!,” a British made-for-television documentary that profiled 14 children from different class backgrounds. That made him 15 years senior to his subjects, with whom he maintained contact, establishing an almost familial connection that spanned more than half a century.

Apted did not direct the original 1964 documentary, as is commonly thought, nor was that initial installment such an important landmark in the field of nonfiction filmmaking. The breakthrough came in Apted’s decision to continue the project with an hour-long follow-up TV movie seven years later, “7 Plus Seven” — and again every seven years after that — revisiting as many of the children as would agree to participate as they grew up, found their ways in life, fell in love, married, divorced and so on.

As conceived, the “Up” series had a decidedly sociological bent, focusing on the British class system and to what degree...

Michael Apted, British director of the “Up” series of documentaries, as well as “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” “Gorillas in the Mist” (1988), James Bond film “The World Is Not Enough” (1999) and “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” (2010), has died, his agency Gersh confirmed. He was 79.

Apted directed three actors in performances that drew Academy Award nominations: Sissy Spacek in “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” Sigourney Weaver in “Gorillas in the Mist” and Jodie Foster in “Nell,” with Spacek going on to win the Oscar.

His “Up” series of documentaries for Granada Television, in which he profiled a varied group of young Britons and revisited them every seven years to what changes time had wrought, topped the list in the 2005 Channel 4 Program “The 50 Greatest Documentaries.”

Apted also served as president of the Directors Guild of America from 2003-09 and helped negotiate its contracts with producers.

DGA President Thomas Schlamme said in a statement,...

Updated: Networks and streamers are setting special programming to mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day on Wednesday, April 22. We’ll be updating as more information comes in, so refresh for the latest.

National Geographic has programmed an entire day of special Earth Day programming on April 22, culminating with two Nat Geo specials.

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Jane Goodall: The Hope, featuring the legendary Dr. Jane Goodall, follows her throughout her travels, capturing her commitment and determination to spread a message of hope. Premiering April 22, at 9/8c on Nat Geo and Nat Geo Wild. Born Wild: The Next Generation is produced in tandem with ABC News and hosted by Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts.

BBC America is doubling down on its wildlife programming by extending its micro-net Wonderstruck across a second day of its schedule.

The AMC Networks Entertainment Group-backed broadcaster is also launching a new short-form digital companion site.

The network is launching Wonderstruck on Thursdays, beginning April 2, in addition to its regular timeslot of Saturday. This comes after it launched the strand in November. It will feature series such as Planet Earth and Seven Worlds, One Planet. Next month, it will kick off its Thursday run with shows celebrating U.S. wildlife including Wild West, Wild Alaska, Seasonal Wonderlands featuring New England, Seven Worlds, One Planet featuring North America and Yellowstone.

Later in the month,...

BBC America boarded a chimpanzee documentary narrated by Killing Eve’s Sandra Oh and is bringing back documentary series Meerkat Manor.

The cable network will air She Walks With Apes on Wednesday April 22, marking the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. The film, which was originally commissioned by Canada’s CBC, follows three women who went into the jungles of Africa and Borneo to live with great apes. It features Jane Goodall, the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees, who was the subject of Brett Morgen’s Nat Geo doc Jane.

The film is a fresh take on Goodall’s early years living with the chimpanzees, and also reveals rarely seen images of Dian Fossey, the legendary scientist who was murdered while working with the mountain gorillas of Rwanda. The two-hour documentary also gives credit to the third pioneering woman, Canadian Biruté Galdikas, who went to live among the orangutans of...

A bright spot in the middle of this dark month, Alison Reid’s unabashedly sincere documentary offers gentle comfort even when it brushes up against tough subjects. “The Woman Who Loves Giraffes” is Dr. Anne Innis Dagg, though a more accurate — if admittedly impractical — title might be “The Woman Who Once Loved Giraffes, Then Lost Them, and Finally Found Them Again.”

The movie traces the length of her remarkable journey beginning in 1936, when her mother took her to the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago. Just three years old, she gazed at a group of giraffes — what she now calls “a symphony of perfection” — and knew that she wanted to dedicate her life to them.

And so she did, at least at first. Dagg made her way to Africa for the rigorous study of wild animals in their native habitat years before Jane Goodall or Dian Fossey or many other peers who earned greater renown.

Sandra Oh is to narrate a feature-length documentary about three women who went into the jungles of Africa and Borneo to live with great apes.

She Walks With Apes, for Canada’s CBC, features Jane Goodall, the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees, who was the subject of Brett Morgen’s Nat Geo doc Jane.

The film is a fresh take on Goodall’s early years living with the chimpanzees, and also reveals rarely seen images of Dian Fossey, the legendary scientist who was murdered while working with the mountain gorillas of Rwanda. The two-hour documentary also gives credit to the third pioneering woman, Canadian Biruté Galdikas, who went to live among the orangutans of Borneo 50 years ago and is still there today. They became known as the “Trimates”.

The film, which launches on September 20, was filmed over the course of a year by the father-daughter filmmaking team of Caitlin and Mark Starowicz,...

Killing Eve star Sandra Oh is set to narrate She Walks With Apes, a Canadian documentary about Jane Goodall and three female scientists inspired by the famous British primatologist's trailblazing field work in remote Africa.

The CBC film, directed by Mark Starowicz and Caitlin Starowicz, also includes rare footage of Dian Fossey, the U.S. scientist who was murdered in 1985 while working with mountain gorillas in Rwanda. Fossey's life was famously turned into the 1988 film Gorillas in the Mist, starring Sigourney Weaver as Fossey.

Goodall has been the subject of many film and documentaries,  among the world'...

The 80s generation had Cocoon. This generation will get Poms. And no, it's not about pomegranate juice. This comedy follows a group of ladies at a retirement home who decide it's time to chase the cheerleading dreams that escaped them in their youth. The trailer has debuted for STXfilms' uplifting comedy Poms, starring Diane Keaton, Jacki Weaver, Pam Grier, and Rhea Perlman. Poms opens in theaters nationwide on May 10.

Poms follows Martha (played by Diane Keaton), a woman who moves into a retirement community and starts a cheerleading squad with her fellow residents, Sheryl (Jacki Weaver), Olive (Pam Grier) and Alice (Rhea Perlman), proving that it's never too late to follow your dreams.

Celia Weston, Phyllis Somerville, Charli Tahan, Alisha Boe and Bruce McGill also star. Zara Hayes directed the script by Shane Atkinson. Producing are Kelly McCormick (Atomic Blonde); Alex Saks (Book Club); Mad as Birds Films' Andy Evans,...

Portia de Rossi was in Rwanda this week for the groundbreaking ceremony of the new Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund.

Portia de Rossi at Groundbreaking Ceremony in Rwanda

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“The groundbreaking was incredible,” wrote Portia. "There were dancers, drummers and a lot of inspirational speeches about the potential of the Campus.

“It’s going to be amazing — truly state of the art, bringing interactive exhibits to educate tourists and local communities; labs and on-site residence for scientists; and classrooms to train the next generation of conservationists. The Campus construction will employ 1,500 people and millions will be invested directly to the local community!

“In my groundbreaking speech, I spoke about how Ellen was inspired by Dian Fossey when Ellen was a young girl. As I said, “Seeing that brave American woman, a scientist, who left her comfortable life to set up a tent in...

Since the introduction of the supporting categories at the 9th Oscar ceremony, 11 performers have contended in both acting categories in the same year, with seven of them prevailing in one of their races. At the 2019 Academy Awards, Oscar winner Nicole Kidman and Oscar nominee Steve Carell are hoping to make history and join this exclusive roster of double nominees.

Kidman has earned rave reviews for her turns in “Destroyer” and “Boy Erased.” The former finds her portraying a troubled Los Angeles detective, determined to bring down an old nemesis, while the latter has Kidman in a supporting turn, portraying the mother of a young man (Lucas Hedges) who is pressured into enrolling in a gay conversion therapy program. Kidman has previous Oscar nominations for “Moulin Rouge!” (2001); “The Hours” (2002); “Rabbit Hole” (2010); and “Lion” (2016), winning for “The Hours.”

Also coming on strong this Oscar season is Carell, whose lone nomination to date came for “Foxcatcher” (2014). This year,...

For years, Ellen DeGeneres has joked about why she and wife Portia de Rossi have never had children. ("It's too risky — what if I don’t like the kid?" she once quipped on Today.) But she got surprisingly serious when she discussed the topic with Jerry Seinfeld on a new episode of his Netflix series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. "When I was younger, I really wanted to have a baby — I thought I would adopt. I never thought I would have a baby, but I thought I would want kids," Ellen, 60, told Jerry (a father-of three with wife Jessica Seinfeld). "[Portia] doesn't want kids." A post shared by Portia de Rossi (@portiaderossi) on Aug 27, 2017 at 4:40pm Pdt Then Ellen went back to the one-liners: "Portia doesn't like the squealing when they're in a pool. That high-pitched squealing of joy they have? She doesn't like that. But she wants lots more horses,...

Ellen DeGeneres‘ birthday party on Saturday drew a who’s who of Hollywood — and, luckily, there was a photo booth on-site to document it all.

The TV host, who celebrated her 60th birthday on Jan. 26, recruited some of her famous friends to mark the milestone this weekend.

Kim Kardashian West and husband Kanye West were naturals in the photo booth — a staple of KarJenner bashes — posing alone, as well as with fellow celebrities.

“Mom & Dad,” the reality star — who recently welcomed her third child with West, a baby girl named Chicago, via surrogate — captioned a couple shot in their coordinating attire.

We all need a good cry sometimes. The only difference? Most of us can do so in the privacy of our own homes without having our crying faces projected on the small screen for all to see — unlike celebrities.

Through the years, stars like Fergie, Bradley Cooper and Pharrell Williams have choked up during their talk show appearances — and their hosts aren’t immune to tearing up either — causing us to ugly-cry all the way through.

Keep scrolling to view a handful of those moments. Warning: You may want to stock up on tissues before pressing play.

Portia De Rossi...

This article marks Part 8 of the 21-part Gold Derby series analyzing Meryl Streep at the Oscars. Join us as we look back at Meryl Streep’s nominations, the performances that competed with her, the results of each race and the overall rankings of the contenders.

When Meryl Streep first collaborated with filmmaker Fred Schepisi, reaction to their work was decidedly muted. “Plenty” (1985) came and went from theaters in no time, spending all of one week in the box office top 10. In 1987, both Streep and Schepisi had better luck, the former contending at the Academy Award for her turn in “Ironweed” and the latter directing the popular Steve Martin comedy “Roxanne.”

In 1988, Streep and Schepisi gave collaboration another shot. While “A Cry in the Dark,” adapted from John Bryson‘s book “Evil Angels” (1985), was hardly a crowd-pleaser, the picture and Streep’s performance garnered abundant critical acclaim. The film would mark...

Ellen DeGeneres is feeling the love.

The talk show host, who turned 60 on Friday, has been celebrating the milestone ever since — and Thursday’s special two-hour episode is a big one. In addition to former First Lady Michelle Obama‘s first TV interview since leaving the White House, the entire show is filled with surprise celebrity guests showing their love for DeGeneres.

First up, Modern Family star Sofia Vergara stops by to wish the host a happy birthday — and give gives her an electric scooter to help ease the transition into her golden years. Jimmy Kimmel then figure-skates his way onto the stage,...

Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist is a new three-part documentary from National Geographic that uses rare footage of the wildlife pioneer to tell her story. Fossey’s story is a compelling one and she, perhaps more than anyone else, brought attention to human and gorilla relations and indeed just how close we are to our primate cousins. Legendary broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough says that Fossey’s work in Rwanda undoubtedly saved the mountain gorilla species. In her own words primatologist and conservationist Fossey wrote: ” Neither destiny or fate took me to Africa, nor was it romance. I had...read more...

Jane Goodall in Jane. Photo by Hugo van Lawick. © National Geographic

In 1957, famed anthropologist Louis Leakey chose three young women to study the great apes in the wild, as a way to understand early man. To study, gorillas, he picked Dian Fossey, for orangutans, he picked Birute Galdikas, and to study chimpanzees, he chose Jane Goodall.

It was Jane Goodall who first captured the public imagination, in part through a National Geographic film highlighting the groundbreaking work of this blonde, slim, pretty young English woman living among with chimps. While news reports spoke breathlessly about the bravery of this young English woman alone in the wild, the fact was that living in African and studying animals had been Jane Goodall’s childhood dream. And she wasn’t alone: she took her intrepid middle-aged mother with her.

These are among the startling surprises revealed in the delightful documentary Jane, which is...

Meghan Markle looks up to very inspiring women!

The 36-year-old Suits star shared her personal list of 10 women who have changed her life and career with Glamour on Tuesday.

Related: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Go on Romantic Safari Getaway for Actress' 36th Birthday

Among the list is actress Julia Roberts, who Markle says was the first person who motivated her to begin her own acting career.

"She was the first person I saw on screen and thought, 'That looks like so much fun; I wanna do that,'" the actress wrote. "When I was younger, someone once told me, 'You kind of look like Julia Roberts in profile.' It was the best compliment of all time."

Novelist Toni Morrison is also credited with impacting Markle's life. "In college, I took a class on the works of Toni Morrison," the philanthropist shared. "The first time I read The Bluest Eye, I thought, 'Wow! She...

Meghan Markle looks up to very inspiring women!

The 36-year-old Suits star shared her personal list of 10 women who have changed her life and career with Glamour on Tuesday.

Related: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Go on Romantic Safari Getaway for Actress' 36th Birthday

Among the list is actress Julia Roberts, who Markle says was the first person who motivated her to begin her own acting career.

"She was the first person I saw on screen and thought, 'That looks like so much fun; I wanna do that,'" the actress wrote. "When I was younger, someone once told me, 'You kind of look like Julia Roberts in profile.' It was the best compliment of all time."

Novelist Toni Morrison is also credited with impacting Markle's life. "In college I took a class on the works of Toni Morrison," the philanthropist shared. "The first time I read The Bluest Eye, I thought...

Meghan Markle credits her female role models (all 10 of them!) for changing her life, and she’s sharing their names with fans.

The Suits actress, 36, revealed her top sheroes for Glamour, and the influencers reign from all different backgrounds including acting, philanthropy, business and music.

Among those who have shaped Markle’s career are NBCUniversal Chairman Bonnie Hammer and actress Julia Roberts. “She was the first person I saw onscreen and thought, ‘That looks like so much fun; I wanna do that,'” Markle explained of Roberts. “When I was younger, someone once told me, ‘You kind of look like Julia Roberts in profile.

The Assignment is now available on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD from Lionsgate

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The Assignment, the jaw-dropping audacious revenge thriller from legendary director Walter Hill (The Warriors, 48 Hrs.), starring Michelle Rodriguez and Golden Globe winner Sigourney Weaver (Best Actress, Motion Picture – Drama, Gorillas in the Mist: The Adventure of Dian Fossey; 1989; Best Supporting Actress, Motion Picture, Working Girl, 1989,) heads home to Blu-ray™ Combo Pack (plus DVD and...

Emmy Rossum and Sam Esmail are spending their first week of marriage with a few special friends.

Following their New York City wedding last Sunday, the couple jetted off to Rwanda for their honeymoon -- where they've been spending time with gorillas, cheetahs and other wildlife!

"Hanging out with these guys today," Esmail captioned a pic of a couple of gorillas on Thursday.

"Trekked into the mountains in Rwanda with the park rangers who dedicate their lives to the protection and conservation of the mountain gorillas," Rossum captioned a video from their gorilla encounter. "Truly once in a lifetime experience learning how to respect, understand and communicate with them, continuing the work of Dian Fossey."...

Academy Award-nominatedscreenwriter Anna Phelan Gorillas in the Mist, Mask, Girl, Interrupted will adapt the book Gorillas In The Mist by Dian Fossey into a stage play utilizing captivating puppetry. Jim Henson'S Creature Shop The Dark Crystal has been engaged to design the gorillas, and Tony Award-winning producer Ryan Hugh Mackey A Gentleman's Guide to Love amp Murder will develop the stage adaptation.

The Assignment will be available on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD on June 6th from Lionsgate

The Assignment, the jaw-dropping audacious revenge thriller from legendary director Walter Hill (The Warriors, 48 Hrs.), starring Michelle Rodriguez and Golden Globe winner Sigourney Weaver (Best Actress, Motion Picture – Drama, Gorillas in the Mist: The Adventure of Dian Fossey; 1989; Best Supporting Actress, Motion Picture, Working Girl, 1989,) heads home to Blu-ray™ Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital HD), DVD and Digital HD on June 6 from Lionsgate. The film is available On Demand now. Rodriguez stars as a lowlife killer put through a full male-to-female gender reassignment surgery by a score-settling surgeon played by Weaver. Also starring Emmy® and Golden Globe® winners Tony Shalhoub (Golden Globe®: Best Actor, Television Series – Comedy, “Monk”, 2003) and Anthony Lapaglia (Golden Globe®: Best Actor, Television Series – Drama, “Without a Trace,” 2004), The Assignment Blu-ray Combo Pack and...

Later this month, the mighty Kong returns to the big screen! To celebrate, we’re looking back at all the major primate appearances in film.

For as long as films were being made, humans have starred alongside primates. Unlike other animals, their human-like qualities can lend a sense of comedy or horror. Throughout the history of film, primates have been used to fulfill certain roles. In the early days, they were often a form of antagonist, carrying out dastardly deeds or causing mayhem. More common is the primate cast in a role of mischief, causing all sorts of comedic hijincks. While most primate roles were portrayed by live animals, it was not uncommon for men to dress up in ape suits for roles where the primates needed to carry out specific actions. Later, the advent of CGI has led to men mimicking primates in real time to create a motion-capture performance.

Joseph Baxter Feb 10, 2017

The trailer for terrorism-teeming thriller Unlocked teams CIA agent Noomi Rapace and MI5 agent Orlando Bloom.

The upcoming action thriller Unlocked will soon arrive as a surprisingly low-key affair, especially considering the rather impressive cast it brings. While the film industry has collectively pumped out more than its share of post-9/11 dramas filled with nightmarish scenarios in which the threat of wanton Western destruction is on the table, Unlocked seems to throw in a pinch of the conspiracy thriller genre, with an oil-and-water partnership.

The debut trailer for Unlocked showcases a slick, fast-paced suspenseful affair starring a CIA operative played by Noomi Rapace (Prometheus, the original Swedish The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo), who, after the interrogation of a captured terrorist underling, comes upon crucial information about a biological attack on London that suddenly makes her a target from ersatz agents working for the terrorists. Forced to go on the run,...

National Geographic is partnering with Oscar-winning executive producer James Marsh (Man on Wire, Theory of Everything) and Endemol Shine Group’s Tigress Productions on a three-part miniseries to honor the life and legacy of gorilla researcher Dian Fossey. Sigourney Weaver, nominated for an Oscar and winner of the Golden Globe for her portrayal of Fossey in the 1988 film Gorillas in the Mist, will narrate. Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist is currently in production and…...

Sigourney Weaver will receive the Donostia on September 21 Photo: Courtesy of San Sebastian Film Festival Sigourney Weaver will receive the Donostia Award at this year's San Sebastian Film Festival. The accolade for the Alien actress is in recognition of her film career and marks the 30th anniversary of the award - and the 20th time it has been given to a female star.

It is just the latest accolade for New York born Weaver, who won a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Dian Fossey in Gorilla's In The Mist - for which she was also Oscar nominated. She was also nominated for an Academy Award for her portray of Ripley in Aliens and for her supporting performance in Working Girl (for which she won the Golden Globe). She was awarded a BAFTA for her role in Ang Lee's The Ice Storm.

The actress will also attend the festival in...

I'll be honest, I don't usually get nervous during these press junkets; having done this thing for quite a while, I've long ago lost the capacity to be star-struck. However, there are exceptions: On this day I was meeting Sigourney Weaver. This is Ellen Ripley, this is Dana Barrett, this is Dian Fossey. I grew up genuinely admiring the actress, who always seemed to command every frame of film she was in with a fusion of strength, femininity and humanity. I'll mention again that she's Ellen...

Sunday's Google Doodle opens Black History Month by celebrating what would have been the 113th birthday of the man unofficially called "The Poet Laureate of Harlem," Langston Hughes. The Doodle animates Hughes's poem "I Dream a World," and sets the visuals to jazzy piano, a reference to Hughes' involvement in the Harlem Renaissance during the first part of the 20th century. Hughes, who died in 1967 following complications from surgery, said he wanted "to explain and illuminate the Negro condition in America," and his poems frequently focused on civil rights and racial inequality: "I Dream a World" is no exception. I...