Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson had to get naked, attack each other 'like tigers' on first day filming together

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What a way to bond with a new co-worker!

Jennifer Lawrencehas revealed that she andRobert Pattinson, her costar in the new dramedyDie My Love, spent their first day of filming in what might have been an awkward experience.

"Our first day on set was a naked scene where we were attacking each other like tigers," Lawrence said duringThe Hollywood Reporter's Actress Roundtable, which also featured Jessie Buckley (Hamnet); Laura Dern (Is This Thing On?andJay Kelly); Cynthia Erivo (Wicked: For Good); Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value); and Amanda Seyfried (The Testament of Ann Lee).

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Lawrence said the director of the film, Lynne Ramsay, had sent her and theBatmanstar to interpretive dance lessons ahead of time to help them prepare.

Surprisingly, theSilver Linings Playbookstar explained that beginning the shoot that way had been a relief.

"It was kind of nice that it was Day One," Lawrence said, "'cause then it wasn't hanging over our heads."

Seyfried said that plan was "actually brilliant," before adding, "If you know what the genitals look like, then you don't wonder."

Lawrence agreed: "Then I don't have to think about it."

She clarified that they were not naked during the interpretive dance lesson.

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InDie My Love, Lawrence plays Grace, a mother struggling with postpartum depression and her longing for connection, especially with her boyfriend Jackson, the part played by Pattinson.

The film, which is out now, costars Sissy Spacek, LaKeith Stanfield, and Nick Nolte.

And Spacek, for one, was impressed with their love scenes.

"They were brilliant to watch," SpacektoldEntertainment Weeklyof Lawrence and Pattinson last month. "I mean, there was nothing sexier than watching them fight and then make up. It was incredible."

TheCoal Miner's Daughterstar had an up-close seat, as she plays Pam, the mother of Pattinson's character.

Watch the full conversation above.

Die My Loveis in theaters now and available to rent or purchase on streaming platforms.

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‘Wicked’ composer says he won’t appear at Kennedy Center after name change

"Wicked" composer Stephen Schwartz says he will not appear at the Kennedy Center after its board voted to attach President Donald Trump's name to the venue — becoming the latest artist to push back against the president's takeover of Washington's most iconic performing arts center.

The Oscar and Grammy-award winning composer said in a statement, "The Kennedy Center was founded to be an apolitical home for artists of all nationalities and all ideologies. It is no longer apolitical, and appearing there has become an ideological statement. As long as that remains the case, I will not appear there."

The center's website had listed Schwartz as appearing in a gala with the Washington National Opera in May, and included a link to buy tickets to the performance, but it was removed from the website Friday afternoon.

In spite of the website listing the upcoming appearance by Schwartz, Richard Grenell, the president of the center's board, denied that he had ever been signed to appear.

"He was never signed and I've never had a single conversation on him since arriving," Grenell said in a post on X, calling reports of Schwartz's cancelation "totally bogus."

"He himself said last February he hadn't heard anything on it," Grenell said.

A spokesman for Schwartz said the composer and a person associated with the Washington National Opera had been in communication about his "possible participation" in a May gala, and they had last spoken in February 2025.

"Having not heard anything further after that point, he assumed—incorrectly, as it turns out—that the event was no longer moving forward," the spokesman, Michael Cole, said in an email to CNN. Cole added that Schwartz had only learned Thursday night that the event was still scheduled.

The Kennedy Center opened in 1971, designated by Congress as a living memorial to the assassinated President John F. Kennedy. Schwartz attended the center's opening.

But a stream of artists have canceled their appearances since Trump purged the center's existing board and installed a slate of loyalists to oversee the center last year. Since then, the center has cut staff and reevaluated its programming.

More artists canceledafter the new board voted last month to rename the center "The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts."

The New York City-based dance company Doug Varone and Dancers is among those who cancelled their upcoming performances. The company's director, Doug Varone, appearing on CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront" on Friday said the decision to cancel was unanimous — despite the financial hit from lost revenue.

"Everyone in our organization from our board to our dancers to our staff all supported this decision," he said. "I can't imagine any artist wanting to step through those doors right now with his name on that building."

The decision by artists to bow out of scheduled appearances prompted threats of legal action from the Kennedy Center against some of the artists.

The move to add Trump's name to the center quickly raised legal concerns as to whether the board had the legal authority to rename the arts institution. But it's unclear whether anybody looking to challenge the renaming would have legal standing to do so,experts previously told CNN.

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“General Hospital” pays tribute to Anthony Geary after his death with special Luke Spencer episode

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General Hospitalrang in the new year by paying tribute to one of its own: the lateAnthony Geary.

The actor, who portrayed Luke Spencer across five decades on the ABC soap opera and one-half of the TV supercouple Luke and Laura,died Dec. 14, 2025.

Viewers were treated to a special encore of Geary's final episode as Luke Spencer on Thursday. The episode originally aired on July 27, 2015, and marked the end of Geary's story in Port Charles and on the show.

Luke bid his family goodbye and left Port Charles behind for good during the episode, with the character existing almost exclusively off screenuntil his official deathon Jan. 3, 2022. In the shocking episode, Luke's widow Tracy Quartermaine (Jane Elliott) reveals to his former and eternal flame Laura that Luke's been killed in a cable car "accident" in Austria.

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Geary originated the role of antihero Lucas Lorenzo Spencer onGeneral Hospitalon Nov. 20, 1978, for what was initially supposed to be a 13-week run. But the actor won over the audience as the hitman with ties to the mob who reunites with his younger sister, Bobbie (the late Jacklyn Zeman). Instead of killing off the character, writers capitalized on the popularity of the pairing between Luke and Laura Webber (Genie Francis).

The coupling quickly reached soap supercouple stardom, despitetheir highly controversial beginning: Luke's rape of Laura. Their 1981 wedding drew 30 million viewers, making it the highest-rated episode in soap opera history and one of 20th century television's most memorable moments.

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Francispaid tribute to her long-time costarshortly after news of his death made headlines.

"He was a powerhouse as an actor. Shoulder to shoulder with the greats. No star burned brighter than Tony Geary. He was one of a kind. As an artist, he was filled with a passion for the truth, no matter how blunt, or even a little rude it might be, but always hilariously funny," shewrote in several posts on X.

The actress went on to call Geary the "anti-hero," similar to his onscreen character Luke Spencer, who was known for his roguish charm. "Working with him was always exciting," sheadded. "You never knew what might happen. He spoiled me for leading men for the rest of my life. I am crushed, I will miss him terribly, but I was so lucky to be his partner. Somehow, somewhere, we are connected to each other because I felt him leave last night. Good night sweet prince, good night."

Following his retirement fromGeneral Hospitalin 2015, Geary lived with his husband, Claudio Gama — whom he met in February 1995 and married in February 2019 — exclusively in Amsterdam, where the couple shared their adventures together onGama's Instagram page, including glimpses of "little Max," their beloved cat.

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The actor had a love-hate relationship with the character of Luke throughout his tenure on the award-winning soap opera. He continually took hiatuses from the show during his time playing the Spencer family patriarch until his official exit in 2015. The role earned Geary eight Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama, a record that still remains in that category.

"It was once very difficult for me to realize that more than likely my obituary in the paper will read, 'Luke of Luke and Laura fame died today.' It was very upsetting when I came to that realization," Gearytold EWduring the filming of his final episode, although he would return for one final appearance in 2017.

"It's been a really exciting ride," Geary said at the time of his and Luke's final bow. "In the end, it's been well worth it."

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‘Wicked’ composer says he won’t appear at Kennedy Center after name change

"Wicked" composer Stephen Schwartz says he will not appear at the Kennedy Center after its board voted to attach President Donald Trump's name to the venue — becoming the latest artist to push back against the president's takeover of Washington's most iconic performing arts center.

The Oscar and Grammy-award winning composer said in a statement, "The Kennedy Center was founded to be an apolitical home for artists of all nationalities and all ideologies. It is no longer apolitical, and appearing there has become an ideological statement. As long as that remains the case, I will not appear there."

The center's website had listed Schwartz as appearing in a gala with the Washington National Opera in May, and included a link to buy tickets to the performance, but it was removed from the website Friday afternoon.

In spite of the website listing the upcoming appearance by Schwartz, Richard Grenell, the president of the center's board, denied that he had ever been signed to appear.

"He was never signed and I've never had a single conversation on him since arriving," Grenell said in a post on X, calling reports of Schwartz's cancelation "totally bogus."

"He himself said last February he hadn't heard anything on it," Grenell said.

A spokesman for Schwartz said the composer and a person associated with the Washington National Opera had been in communication about his "possible participation" in a May gala, and they had last spoken in February 2025.

"Having not heard anything further after that point, he assumed—incorrectly, as it turns out—that the event was no longer moving forward," the spokesman, Michael Cole, said in an email to CNN. Cole added that Schwartz had only learned Thursday night that the event was still scheduled.

The Kennedy Center opened in 1971, designated by Congress as a living memorial to the assassinated President John F. Kennedy. Schwartz attended the center's opening.

But a stream of artists have canceled their appearances since Trump purged the center's existing board and installed a slate of loyalists to oversee the center last year. Since then, the center has cut staff and reevaluated its programming.

More artists canceledafter the new board voted last month to rename the center "The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts."

The New York City-based dance company Doug Varone and Dancers is among those who cancelled their upcoming performances. The company's director, Doug Varone, appearing on CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront" on Friday said the decision to cancel was unanimous — despite the financial hit from lost revenue.

"Everyone in our organization from our board to our dancers to our staff all supported this decision," he said. "I can't imagine any artist wanting to step through those doors right now with his name on that building."

The decision by artists to bow out of scheduled appearances prompted threats of legal action from the Kennedy Center against some of the artists.

The move to add Trump's name to the center quickly raised legal concerns as to whether the board had the legal authority to rename the arts institution. But it's unclear whether anybody looking to challenge the renaming would have legal standing to do so,experts previously told CNN.

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Trump-aligned MAGA Inc super PAC enters 2026 with $300 million stockpile

By Kanishka Singh

WASHINGTON, Jan 2 (Reuters) - A campaign funding group aligned with Republican U.S. President Donald ​Trump, Make America Great Again Inc, entered 2026 ‌with an almost $300 million stockpile ahead of this year's midterm elections, ‌a filing showed on Friday.

Between July 1 and December 22, MAGA Inc raised about $102 million, according to the filing with the Federal Election Commission. Nearly half of that ⁠amount came from ‌three sources:OpenAIco-founder Greg Brockman gave $25 million; Foris DAX Inc, operator of the ‍Crypto.com exchange, gave $20 million; and private equity investor Konstantin Sokolov contributed $11 million.

The super political action committee can use the stockpile for ​the November midterms, which will gauge the public's ‌perception of Trump's policies in his second term. Trump cannot constitutionally run for a third term as president.

Republicans hold narrow majorities in the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Major U.S. firms have sought to strengthen ties ⁠with Trump since he returned ​to office in January last year. ​Many prominent business leaders attended his inauguration, and some have been hosted by him at ‍the White ⁠House.

Many wealthy individuals and large U.S. tech, cryptocurrency, energy and defense corporations have donated to pay for ⁠the construction of a $300 million White House ballroom commissioned by Trump.

(Reporting ‌by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by ‌Donna Bryson and William Mallard)

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US Coast Guard searches for survivors of boat strikes as odds diminish days later

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard said Friday it's still searching for people in the eastern Pacific Ocean who hadjumped off alleged drug-smuggling boatswhen the U.S. military attacked the vessels days earlier, diminishing the likelihood that anyone survived.

Search efforts began Tuesday afternoon after the military notified the Coast Guard that survivors were in the water about 400 miles (650 kilometers) southwest of the border between Mexico and Guatemala, the maritime service said in a statement.

The Coast Guard dispatched a plane from Sacramento to search an area covering more than 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers), while issuing an urgent warning to ships nearby. The agency said it coordinated more than 65 hours of search efforts, working with other countries as well as civilian ships and boats in the area.

The weather during that time has included 9-foot seas and 40-knot winds. The U.S. has not said how many people jumped into the water, and, if they are not found, how far the death toll may rise from the Trump administration's monthslongcampaign of blowing up small boatsaccused of transporting drugs in the region.

The U.S. military said earlier this week that it attacked three boats traveling along known narco-trafficking routes and they "had transferred narcotics between the three vessels prior to the strikes." The military did not provide evidence to back up the claim.

U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the region, said three people were killed when the first boat was struck, while people in the other two boats jumped overboard and distanced themselves from the vessels before they were attacked.

The strikes occurred in a part of the eastern Pacific where the Navy doesn't have any ships operating. Southern Command said it immediately notified the U.S. Coast Guard to activate search and rescue efforts for the people who jumped overboard before the other boats were hit.

Calling in the Coast Guard is notable because the military drew heavy scrutiny after U.S. forceskilled the survivors of the first attack in early Septemberwith a follow-up strike to their disabled boat. Some Democratic lawmakers andlegal experts saidthe military committed a crime, while the Trump administration and some Republican lawmakers say the follow-up strike was legal.

There have been other survivors of the boat strikes, including one for whom the Mexican Navysuspended a searchin late October after four days.Two other survivors of a strikeon a submersible vessel in the Caribbean Sea that same month were sent to their home countries — Ecuador and Colombia. Authorities in Ecuador laterreleased the man, saying they had no evidence he committed a crime in the South American nation.

Under President Donald Trump's direction, the U.S. military has been attacking boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific since early September. As of Friday, the number of known boat strikes is 35 and the number of people killed is at least 115, according to numbers announced by the Trump administration.

Trump hasjustified the boat strikesas a necessary escalation to stem the flow of drugs into the United States and asserted that the U.S. is engaged in an"armed conflict" with drug cartels.

Along with the strikes, the Trump administration has built up military forces in the region as part of an escalating pressure campaign on Venezuelan PresidentNicolás Maduro, who has been charged with narco-terrorism in the United States.

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TikTok Chef Tini Younger Is 'Still Emotionally and Physically Trying to Heal' After the Loss of Her Twin Baby Girl

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• Internet chef Tini Younger and her husband shared the news of their daughter, Arya's death, in an emotional Facebook post, just one day before Thanksgiving

• After taking a break from social media, Younger returned to share how she and L (baby b) are doing

• She admitted that she is still recovering from complications during postpartum

Weeks after announcing that one of the twin girls she was pregnant withdied following a placental abruption during birth,Tineke "Tini" Youngeris sharing with her fans how she and L (baby b) are doing.

"Just wanted to hop on socials real quick and just let everyone know L (baby b) is doing good, we love her so much," wrote Younger, 24, alongside anInstagrampost that contained various photos of her and her newborn.

"We remind her everyday about Arya and Arya definitely plays with her sister in her dreams, L loves to smile in her sleep❤️👼🏽 I'm not sure when I will be back, I'm still emotionally and physically trying to heal, I've had some complications during my postpartum which I'm still trying to recover from," she continued.

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Younger ended her post by thanking everyone who "sends love."

The new mom announced the death of her twin baby, Arya (Baby A), in aFacebookpost on Nov. 26.

"This isn't the post I ever thought I would share once the twins came, unfortunately earlier this week we lost our sweet girl Arya (Baby A)," she wrote.

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"We made it to almost 36 weeks we were so close to being done and getting the girls to term but I had a placenta abruption and we lost our sweet girl. Her twin sister is doing really good and breathing on her own," her post continued.

"They both are so beautiful and Arya will always be celebrated, her sister will know she is a twin and has a beautiful twin sister. I will be taking a break, not sure for how long but I promise I will be back. I love you guys," the post concluded.

In the black-and-white photos, Younger and her husband, Antoine Wright Jr., hold baby Arya at the hospital.

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Placenta abruption occurs when "the placenta partly or completely separates from the inner wall of the uterus before delivery. This can decrease or block the baby's supply of oxygen and nutrients and cause heavy bleeding in the mother," perMayo Clinic.

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The chef and host of theBite OriginalsYouTube series, "From Scratch with Tini," originally announced that she and her husband, Antoine Wright Jr, were expecting twins in June 2025.

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