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Andrew Garfield Shades J.K. Rowling: 'She Who Shall Remain Nameless'Bethany GemmellFri, March 27, 2026 at 5:43 PM UTC 0 Photo Credit: Samir Hussein/WireImage via Getty Images Andrew Garfield may be frequently fancast as Remus Lupin, but the actor has no interest in joining the Harry Potter universe. Speaking on Hits Radio's My Life in Movies series, the Oscar nominee spoke about watching the franchise for the first time recently. However, he admitted he wasn't sure about where the series stands culturally, amid author J.K. Rowling's transphobia.

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Andrew Garfield may be frequently fancast as Remus Lupin, but the actor has no interest in joining the Harry Potter universe.

Speaking on Hits Radio's My Life in Movies series, the Oscar nominee spoke about watching the franchise for the first time recently. However, he admitted he wasn't sure about where the series stands culturally, amid author J.K. Rowling's transphobia. While he praised the material, he struggled to separate the art from the artist.

The actor had praise for the Harry Potter stars

"I hadn't watched the Harry Potters until recently," Andrew confessed during the interview. This may come as a major shock for fans of the franchise, as the star has been fancast as iconic character Remus Lupin in an imagined prequel series since the beginning of his career, two decades ago.

Andrew went on to praise fellow British actor Daniel Radcliffe, who starred as the titular character in the series. "[Daniel is] really good in those Harry Potter movies," he added. "Those Harry Potter movies were really good."

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However, Andrew, a vocal supporter of the LGBTQ+ community, cited mixed feelings about his recent watch of the franchise. "I know it's like controversial. And like, we shouldn't be — you know — putting money in the pocket of inhumane legislation right now through she that shall remain nameless."

The nameless woman is almost certainly J.K., who has used her social media and writing in recent years to push transphobic rhetoric. The author also donated millions to anti-trans groups, who helped bring in the UK Supreme Court ruling that a "woman" is legally defined as assigned female at birth.

Later, Andrew stated that despite J.K.'s peddling of hatred and division, he believes the themes of her books, somewhat ironically, still hold up, even contradicting her current views. "The soul and the spirit of a lot of the essence of the themes of those films," Andrew said, "and the kids are so good."

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Nate Smith Says Morgan Wallen &x27;Should&x27;ve Kicked&x27; Him Off Tour After He Pulled a PrankGoneWrong: &x27;It Wasn&x27;t Funny&x27; Rachel DeSantisFri, March 27, 2026 at 5:45 PM UTC 0 Nate Smith via Billboard; Morgan Wallen in Atlanta in November 2023.Credit: Billboard/YouTube; Christopher Polk/Penske Media via Getty Nate Smith revealed he threw a drink at Morgan Wallen during the first night of their 2024 tour Smith said Wallen forgave him for the prank, though others were upset Smith praised the singer as being "forgiving" Some drinks go down better than others — just ask country singe...

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Nate Smith revealed he threw a drink at Morgan Wallen during the first night of their 2024 tour

Smith said Wallen forgave him for the prank, though others were upset

Smith praised the singer as being "forgiving"

Some drinks go down better than others — just ask country singer Nate Smith.

Smith, 40, revealed in a new interview that he once threw a drink at tourmate Morgan Wallen on stage in a prank that was meant to be funny, but was actually anything but.

The "World on Fire" singer was an opening act for Wallen, 32, on the star's One Night at a Time tour in 2024, and told Billboard's Takes Us Out series that he threw "literally a whole cup" at Wallen on the first night of the tour.

"I was trying to be funny, and it wasn't funny," he recalled. "And Morgan forgave me. He should have kicked me off the tour, but we laughed about it. We talked it through. And he's like, 'Man, I probably would have done the same thing,' or 'I've done the same thing.' Like, he understood."

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Wallen may have understood, but not everyone did. Smith said he received "a lot of phone calls" after the incident, which he described as "really serious."

"Nobody was happy about this. Morgan, if you're listening, I love you. I'm still really sorry about that," Smith added. "Thank you for not pranking me back, by the way. You made me think you were going to the entire tour and you didn't. You held back because you're a man who walks in grace. Thank you, sir."

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The conversation came about when Smith was asked to share something he'd learned about Wallen that the rest of the world wouldn't know. His answer was that the "I Got Better" singer is "forgiving."

Smith — whose second album California Gold came out in 2024 — appeared last summer on the cover of PEOPLE Health, where he opened up about his 55-lb. weight loss.

The singer said that after experiencing a severe upper respiratory infection, he came up with a plan in November 2024 that included cutting back on drinking, upping his protein consumption and cutting his daily calorie intake to 2,100.

"I think that the physical stuff has really affected my mental health in a positive way," he said. "It's a concept I heard a million times: 'You gotta love yourself before you love someone else,' but it's kinda true. Because I'm not so insecure about myself, it's helped me be more present. And it's changed the way I can love people. I feel free."

Wallen, meanwhile, released his fourth album I'm the Problem in May 2025. He'll head back on the road in April for his Still the Problem tour.

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&34;It was one of those relationships, and you never know how those relationships are going to turn out,&34; the president said. Trump shares story of JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette allegedly 'kissing wildly' at MaraLago &34;It was one of those relationships, and you never know how those relationships are going to turn out,&34; the president said. By Marina Watts Marina Watts Marina Watts is a news writer for with seven years experience covering entertainment, pop culture and celebrity news. Her previous work appears in PEOPLE, Bustle and Newsweek.

"It was one of those relationships, and you never know how those relationships are going to turn out," the president said.

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"It was one of those relationships, and you never know how those relationships are going to turn out," the president said.

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the Republican Members Issues Conference at Trump National Doral Miami on March 9, 2026 in Doral, Florida, John F. Kennedy, Jr. editor of George magazine, gives his wife Carolyn a kiss on the cheek during the annual White House Correspondents dinner May 1, 1999 in Washington, D.C.

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- President Donald Trump claimed that *Love Story *couple John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette would "bicker" and then be "kissing wildly" while at Mar-a-Lago.

- Trump also claimed that JFK Jr. told him he was going to run for office.

- Kennedy and Bessette, who died in 1999, has received a resurgence of fascination thanks to the FX series that dramatizes their relationship.

Donald Trump is sharing his own JFK Jr. story.

During an interview on Fox News' *The Five *on Thursday evening, the president claimed that the late subjects of FX's *Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette* had visited his private club, Mar-a-Lago.

"I actually knew him and liked him, and he liked me, believe it or not," Trump said, claiming that the political scion "actually put me on the cover of his magazine." Though Trump did appear on the cover of *George*, it wasn't until March 2000, nearly a year after Kennedy died.

John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy at the Municipal Art Society gala.

John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy at the Municipal Art Society gala.

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The president then claimed that JFK Jr. and Carolyn "would go down to Mar-a-Lago together, and they had a very interesting relationship."

"They would bicker together, in other words have little fights, and then they would make up and start kissing wildly," he said.

"It was one of those relationships, and you never know how those relationships are going to turn out," he added. The president also said that he thought Kennedy would have "gone on, perhaps, to be the president."

"He was going to run for the Senate," Trump claimed. "He told me, and nobody would have beaten him."

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Trump also called JFK Jr. and Carolyn's death "tragic" during the interview.

Kennedy's cousin, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., currently serves as Trump's Secretary of Health and Human Services.

JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette were 'disconnected' before fatal plane crash: 'His heart was breaking'

John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy in Boston in May 1999

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Carole Radziwill and Carolyn Bessette and John F. Kennedy Jr.

There has been a resurgence of fascination surrounding JFK Jr. and Bessette thanks to *Love Story*, which ended its record-breaking run on FX last night. The show is a dramatization of the couple's relationship, along with the tabloid media frenzy and family tensions that went along with it.

Kennedy's nephew, Jack Schlossberg, has been openly critical of *Love Story*'s depiction of the late couple. "Well, if you want to know someone who's never met anyone in my family, knows nothing about us, talk to Ryan Murphy," he said during an interview with *CBS Sunday Morning*'s Mo Rocca in March, calling out the FX series' producer.

"I would just want people who do watch the show to watch it with one letter in mind, and that's a capital F for fiction. The guy knows nothing about what he's talking about, and he's making a ton of money on a grotesque display of someone else's life."**

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"I would hope that Mr. Murphy would donate some of the millions of dollars of profits that he's making to some of the causes that John championed throughout his life," Schlossberg continued. "Maybe he would donate some of that money to the JFK library to help keep President Kennedy's memory alive, but he's not. He's making money. This is not a documentary. And I'll leave it at that."

All episodes of *Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette *are available to stream on Hulu.

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J.K. Rowling reacts to "Harry Potter" TV series trailer after actor calls out online &x27;abuse&x27; Derek LawrenceFri, March 27, 2026 at 5:46 PM UTC 0 J. K. Rowling; Dominic McLaughlin in 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.'Credit: Justin Goff Photos/Getty; Aidan Monaghan/HBO J.K. Rowling is weighing in on the first look at the HBO's Harry Potter series. The trailer for season 1 arrived on Wednesday to great fanfare. And you can count the Wizarding World creator as one of its champions. "It's going to be incredible," the author tweeted in response to a Potter supporter.

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J.K. Rowling is weighing in on the first look at the HBO's Harry Potter series.

The trailer for season 1 arrived on Wednesday to great fanfare. And you can count the Wizarding World creator as one of its champions.

"It's going to be incredible," the author tweeted in response to a Potter supporter. "I'm so happy with it."

Not every response to the trailer has been as positive as Rowling's, however, and her post presented a new venue for racist objections to Paapa Essiedu playing Hogwarts potions master Severus Snape in the series.

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Essiedu, who is English of Ghanian descent, recently opened up about the "abuse" he endured after being cast as Snape, who is written as white in Rowling's novel and was played by Alan Rickman in the Harry Potter movies.

"I've been told, 'Quit, or I'll murder you,'" he said in an interview with The Times. "The reality is that if I look at Instagram I will see somebody saying, 'I'm going to come to your house and kill you. While I hope I'll be okay, nobody should have to encounter this for doing their job."

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HBO has put in place "serious security" for the cast in response to the death threats and reaction, according to network boss Casey Bloys.

"With all actors on any kind of big IP shows — and this is obviously one of those where you've got passionate fans, people with a lot of opinions — it can get scary in places," he said. "So for any show like that, we anticipated it and tried to have training, best practices in terms of social media and how to handle it. And obviously we've got a serious security team. So unfortunately, it was something that we thought might happen and we just try to be as careful as we can."

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Rowling's involvement with the series is not without its own controversy, given criticism of her anti-trans views. John Litghow, who plays Albus Dumbledore, said that he considered quitting the show over it, and Essiedu previously signed an open letter standing in solidarity with the trans community after the U.K. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a motion that Rowling supported, which sought to tie the legal definition of womanhood to biological sex.

"I don't have the power to sack an actor from the series," she said of speculation that Essiedu or others might be in jeopardy of being fired. "I don't believe in taking away people's jobs or livelihoods because they hold legally protected beliefs that differ from mine."

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Your eyes do not deceive you: Lauren Conrad and Kristin Cavallari are BFFs on the "Laguna Beach" reunion red carpet Leigh BlickleyFri, March 27, 2026 at 3:44 PM UTC 0 auren Conrad and Kristin Cavallari at 'The Reunion: Laguna Beach' premiereCredit: BauerGriffin/FilmMagic Lauren Conrad and Kristin Cavallari do not want to go back to the beginning of their Laguna Beach days now that they've officially put their feud to rest. The newfound BFFs posed together on the red carpet of The Reunion: Laguna Beach event on Thursday in Santa Monica, Calif.

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Lauren Conrad and Kristin Cavallari do not want to go back to the beginning of their Laguna Beach days now that they've officially put their feud to rest.

The newfound BFFs posed together on the red carpet of The Reunion: Laguna Beach event on Thursday in Santa Monica, Calif. — more than 20 years after their MTV reality series premiered.

During an interview with PEOPLE at the event, the duo shared how they finally got to a good place after being archenemies in the early aughts as they dealt with high school drama and a love triangle with costar Stephen Colletti.

"I think it was great," Conrad, 40, said of making up with Cavallari, 39, who also noted that she was "really happy" about ending their feud.

"It was part of what we wanted to show is that we've all grown, we're all adults, a lot of us are parents. And I think that as you get older, you're not worried about the small stuff," Conrad insisted.

Since filming the reunion special, which will air on the Roku Channel April 10, last year, Conrad said she and Cavallari have learned they "have so much in common," and their friendship has blossomed because of it.

"We've been having so much fun just texting and talking and laughing together," she said.

Cavallari was equally positive about the pair healing their relationship.

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"I'm thankful that we had the opportunity to even do that," Cavallari told PEOPLE. "And it's been, obviously for us, we haven't had any beefs for the last however many years. We're adults. We've all moved past it, but I think it's nice and to show everybody that we've moved past it is going to be really therapeutic in a lot of ways."

She continued: "We squashed it pretty quickly. Everyone wants to still believe that we're enemies. But it's been great getting to know her now as an adult. And I've realized we actually have a lot more in common than I think both of us ever thought. So it's been interesting to see."

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Conrad and Cavallari even posed for photos with their mutual ex Colletti, 40, who also recently appeared in season 4 of The Traitors.

News of rain falling down and waking their dreams of a friendship first became apparent in 2022 when the women discussed their ups and downs on the Back to the Beach podcast.

"My take on it is, you and I never really had any beef," Cavallari said at the time. "Obviously there was a little truth to what happened with the three of us, but I felt like MTV coming kept it alive and made it way worse than it ever would have been."

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Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County debuted in 2004 and captured the goings-on of a group of, at that point, non-famous friends at California's Laguna Beach High School. At the time, reality TV was still a novelty to viewers and the show became a smashing success, propelling its stars to careers in the entertainment industry and beyond after it ended in 2006. It even led to the spinoff The Hills, which Cavallari took over in 2009 after Conrad's departure.

Both Conrad and Cavallari now run successful lifestyle businesses with brands LC Lauren Conrad for Kohl's and Uncommon James, respectively.

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"Today" Show Icon Gene Shalit Turns 100! Inside His Quiet Life Now Julia MooreFri, March 27, 2026 at 3:44 PM UTC 0 Gene Shalit in 1973; Shalit's recent photo for 100th birthdayCredit: NBC/NBC NewsWire; TODAY Gene Shalit turned 100 on Wednesday, March 25, and the Today show paid tribute to him Shalit was an onair critic for 41 years, from 1969 to 2010, and Al Roker described him as "just a legend" During the segment, they shared a recent photo of Shalit, and Roker said he "looks fantastic" Today show legend Gene Shalit celebrated a major milestone birthday.

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Gene Shalit turned 100 on Wednesday, March 25, and the Today show paid tribute to him

Shalit was an on-air critic for 41 years, from 1969 to 2010, and Al Roker described him as "just a legend"

During the segment, they shared a recent photo of Shalit, and Roker said he "looks fantastic"

Today show legend Gene Shalit celebrated a major milestone birthday.

On Wednesday, March 25, Al Roker shared on the morning show that it was Shalit's 100th birthday as he celebrated the retired journalist's storied career.

"Happy 100th birthday to Today show legend Gene Shalit," Roker, 71, said of the journalist from Morristown, N.J., who was "a prominent presence here at Today for 41 years."

During the segment, they shared a recent photo of Shalit, and Roker said he "looks fantastic" before sharing how he was celebrating the major milestone birthday.

"He is ringing in 100 by enjoying that fresh air in the Berkshires with his six kids, five grandchildren," Roker said. Shalit was celebrating by "getting ready to watch his beloved New York Mets as they gear up for opening day."

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Roker also catalogued some of the highlights of Shalit's impressive career at Today, as he said, "He started in 1969, he reviewed films, plays, books, so much more."

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Among his notable interviews was a sit-down with Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher ahead of the release of the first Star Wars film in 1977.

"Gene could pull out from people so much, to the point where Gene actually lost it almost during the Carol Channing [interview]," Roker said as a clip played of Shalit with the iconic comedian.

"Even Sophia Loren couldn't resist putting her hands into Gene's hair," Roker continued, as he described Shalit as "just a legend."

"I ran into him a few years ago at a Stop & Shop up in the Berkshires. He was buying cat food," the weatherman added.

Shalit retired from Today in 2010 after a 41-year run. In 2022, as Today celebrated its 70th anniversary, the anchors looked back at his iconic interview with Channing, where he could not contain his laughter.

Gene Shalit, Jane Pauley and Tom Brokaw in 1980Credit: Fred Hermansky/NBC/NBC NewsWire

Savannah Guthrie described him at the time as "Today's beloved, mustached movie critic," and shared that Shalit "began as the show's culture critic, reviewing books and in 1969, Shalit's Critic's Corner was born."

Roker then reflected on his time working with Shalit, who he said was "just spectacular in what he knew and who knew."

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Prince Gained a &x27;Newfound Respect for the Music&x27; He Contributed to Spike Lee&x27;s "Girl 6" Soundtrack, Released 30 Years Ago Angela AndaloroFri, March 27, 2026 at 3:45 PM UTC 0 Prince and Spike Lee at a New York Knicks gameCredit: Timothy A. CLARY / AFP via Getty Prince was in a period of personal transformation in the mid1990s as he sought to redefine his artistry In 1996, Prince agreed to lend his music to Spike Lee for the Girl 6 soundtrack, comprised entirely of songs written and produced by him Spike Lee chatted with Prince for Interview Magazine that same year about this time in...

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Prince was in a period of personal transformation in the mid-1990s as he sought to redefine his artistry

In 1996, Prince agreed to lend his music to Spike Lee for the Girl 6 soundtrack, comprised entirely of songs written and produced by him

Spike Lee chatted with Prince for Interview Magazine that same year about this time in his life

Spike Lee and Prince collaborated during a cathartic time in the artist's life.

In 1996, the two teamed up for Girl 6, the story of a down-on-her-luck actress who finds herself unable to secure jobs after objecting to a role with nudity, putting her on a journey to find other ways of making ends meet. The film's soundtrack was completely written and performed by Prince, who was on a transformative journey of his own.

In an Interview Magazine chat between Prince and Lee that same year, the artist talked about swapping his name for a symbol three years prior and the many changes going on in his life at that time.

Of the film and its soundtrack, Lee asked what Prince thought of the finished product. "Some worked stronger than others, but overall, musically, I didn't know what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised and I like the film for the style in which you did it," Prince shared.

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"I'd never seen that done before. The scene at Coney Island, where you used "How Come U Don't Call Me Any More," is my favorite scene. In fact, it forced me to put that song back into our set. I said I would never play it again because I used to think I couldn't do it better than I did with my band, the Revolution. But your film gave me newfound respect for the music."

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Today, the film is often panned among Lee's impressive body of work, but both the soundtrack and the film speak to the friendship and admiration between Lee and Prince, who passed away in 2016 at the age of 57.

At the same time as the two celebrated Girl 6, Prince was also promoting his album Emancipation, which would be released that November. When Lee asked him about the feeling of freedom, Prince replied, "There is something that happens when you get emancipated. You approach life differently. You eat differently. You respect yourself more. You respect the gift you have been given."

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"Everything has changed for me since I've changed my name. It's one thing to be called Prince but it's better to actually be one. I have such a reverence for life now. And I have stopped eating all animal products," he shared.

The shift was an intentional move away from some of the associations that came with Prince's early career, with the artist admitting, "Towards the end I was a little ashamed of what Prince had become."

"I really felt like a product, and then I started turning in work that reflected that. I had no problem with people saying I was repeating myself. I knew where I was headed and just needed direction.

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