When things start to unravel, Nayyar doesn't reach for motivational podcasts or productivity hacks. He repeats one word to himself instead: Surrender. "Sometimes, if I find myself really banging my head against something, and it's just one of those days where everything's going wrong, I just tell myself surrender," Nayyar tells Fortune. "Take a breath. Take a pause. Let's just see what happens."
Kenan Thompson's been acting for most of his life. Cast in both All That and D2: The Mighty Ducks in 1993, when he was just 15, Thompson came of age onscreen. Maybe that's why, when he joined Saturday Night Live, just ten years after he started on Nickelodeon, Thompson felt like a fully formed comedian, sure of his own voice and style and able to deliver in just about any situation. He might have been relatively young, but compared to his fellow cast members, he had more credits and (arguably) more experience.
Whitlock was a Midwestern kid, born in South Bend, where he attended John Adams High School. He was also an athlete, a football player at Southwest Minnesota State University, but injury pushed him from the field to the stage, where he played a role in The Crucible. He caught the acting bug, joining the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco after graduating, and taking off from there.
On Thursday, news broke that Tommy Lee Jones's daughter, Victoria, had suddenly died at 34. According to CBS News, police responded to the Fairmont Hotel in Los Angeles at 3:15 a.m. for a report of a deceased person. Medics informed police that an adult woman was found dead at the scene and was subsequently identified as Victoria. While her cause of death is not currently known, a police source said foul play is not suspected.
It hasn't been long since the 16-year-old actor auditioned for the role of Percy Jackson, the lead of Rick Riordan's Greek mythology-inspired book series and the Harry Potter to swaths of loyal Zillennials (this writer included). Scobell was only 12 when Riordan hand-picked him to play the Son of Poseidon, but so much has changed since - he starred alongside Ryan Reynolds in The Adam Project, a film that inducted him into the new class of promising young actors; and he's acted opposite Hollywood veterans like Michael Douglas and Owen Wilson. But, most importantly, he's lived up to being the face of Disney's long-awaited, blessedly book-accurate Percy Jackson adaptation.
When actor Andy Garcia arrived in Los Angeles, seeking a career in entertainment, he had no idea that he'd end up becoming a longtime resident. "I moved to Los Angeles in 1978, looking for work as an actor," Garcia says. "I lived in Hollywood in a storefront apartment on Sycamore and Fountain. I lived there a couple of years, moved, and have been in Los Angeles ever since."
Now, the actor who has since apologised for the most atrocious cockney accent in the history of cinema as chimney sweep Bert in the Disney classic has revealed he was in the running to play another UK icon on screen: James Bond. Speaking on the Today TV programme in the US, Van Dyke, who turns 100 next month, said that Bond producer Albert Broccoli approached him to ask if he fancied the role of the British spy in his first big screen outing.
Perhaps there's only one person who can rival Keanu Reeves for the title of Hollywood's nicest actor. He could also easily win the award for most charismatic, effortlessly attractive, and for what some call having chemistry. Jeff Bridges, 75, the owner of all those attributes, was literally born in Hollywood and made his film debut as a baby, long before people talked about the privileges of nepobabies, which he's well aware of.
Anal springs to mind, because I was doing a show in Limerick in Ireland and the stage manager genuinely thought my name was Anal. He called me over the Tannoy [PA system]: Could Anal please come to the stage door? But there must be a bigger word than that.
"I might announce on this show that I became a grandmother last year," she said on the Sept. 29 episode of the "SmartLess" podcast, hosted by Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett. After the hosts applauded the good news, Pfeiffer continued, "I've been very quiet about it and it is - it's heaven. It's ridiculous. And if I had known that I was going to be a grandmother, I wouldn't have taken on so much work, but I've enjoyed everything and I'm really grateful."
According to Nelson, Clooney joked at the time that all of their SAG cards should've been revoked "because there was so much overacting from the three of us," but it was Turturro's advice when shooting began to always give the Coens more than they asked for. Ultimately, to Nelson, the broadness of their performances juxtaposes with "passages of real sadness and poignancy" to deepen the comedy.
Keira Knightley's big break arrived in 2002's Bend It Like Beckham, Gurinder Chadha's comedy-drama about female footballers, which put her into the premier league. Before that, she'd had smaller parts in the 2002 gritty British drama Pure, about a mother with a heroin addiction, and the 2001 thriller The Hole, set in an eerie abandoned nuclear fallout shelter. Before that, she'd played Natalie Portman's decoy in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.
Kelce entered training camp in better condition than last season, showcasing improved speed and nimbleness, according to Coach Andy Reid who praised his hard work and fitness.
Slate describes the pressure she felt to be an ingenue during her early career, yet ultimately realized it never suited her. She reflects on how those roles limited her potential, as she often received "little carrier pigeon" jobs that did not allow her to fully express herself. After turning 40, she chose to wait for more substantial roles, leading her to Dying for Sex, which offered a significant break from previous clichés and allowed her to showcase her full range as an actress.
Johansson faced initial setbacks in her acting career, including being rejected by an agent due to her unconventional voice, which she humorously described as sounding like a whiskey-drinking, chain-smoking fool.
Jonathan Bailey's journey in acting progressed from his early debut in A Christmas Carol at age seven to achieving fame as Anthony Bridgerton in Bridgerton, a project that transformed his career.
