Daniel Craig has blamed his James Bond fame for making him feel disconnected from the world.
The 57-year-old’s sting playing 007 kicked off with ‘Casino Royale’ in 2006 and he continued in the role in subsequent films ‘Quantum of Solace’ (2008), ‘Skyfall’ (2012), ‘Spectre’ (2015) – before concluded his run as the super-spy in ‘No Time to Die’ in 2021.
He has now has candidly discussed the challenges of fame and his tenure as James Bond in an interview with Italy’s ‘Il Corriere della Sera’.
Reflecting on the overwhelming nature of celebrity he felt when he took the Bond role, he said: “Fame is disembodying. And no one teaches you how to be famous.
“At the beginning, I hid away, I didn’t want to be around people, I no longer knew how to exist in the world.
“You do lose a part of your life.”
Beyond Bond, Daniel has showcased his versatility with roles in ‘Knives Out’ (2019), in which he played detective Benoit Blanc – a role he reprised in 2022’s ‘Glass Onion’.
He also recently took on the character of hedonistic homosexual Joe in Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Queer’, a film adaptation of a William S Burroughs.
Daniel also tackled the nature of fame in today’s digital age in his new interview.
He said: “In this world, where social media can make you famous overnight, people lose their minds.”
Daniel also emphasised the importance of staying grounded in showbiz, suggesting acting can serve as “a way to stay connected to yourself and to the people around you.”.
Daniel has picked up awards including a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor for ‘Casino Royale’.
He is well known for appearing to sneer at the Bond franchise, famously saying in one interview he would rather “slash his wrists” than do another 007 film – before he went on to appear in more of the movies.
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Rob Lowe has an "overly inappropriate interest" in his children's love lives.
The 61-year-old actor has Matthew, 32, and 29-year-old John with his wife Sheryl Berkoff, and admitted that he is desperate to become a grandparent so he is always checking in to see if they have found anyone to settle down with.
He told AARP Magazine: "I have a probably overly inappropriate interest in my sons’ love lives—because I’m angling for grandkids. It better happen!"
Rob reflected on becoming a father himself and recalled making the quick decision to raise them out of the spotlight when it was suggested to him that a Hollywood agent arrange his children's nursery school places.
He said: "I thought, I am not ever going to raise my kids in a world where I have to go to my agent to figure out how to get them into preschool.
“That was literally the straw that broke the camel’s back, and we left."
The former 'Unstable' star – who tied the knot with former makeup artist Sheryl, 63, in 1991 – also revealed that he was told to "dial it down" when he reached his milestone 60th birthday, but immediately decided to do the opposite and drives his wife "crazy" with his ambitious energy.
He added: "I am still that fifth grader in the springtime, barefoot, running around outside.
If I’m gonna go skiing, I’m really gonna do it. If I’m gonna surf, I’m really gonna do it.
"It makes my wife crazy.
"[I was told] to just dial it down. So I promptly dialled it up. He was absolutely right. Over Christmas I fell on a wave in Hawaii that I had no business being on and separated a rib—it still hasn’t healed."
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Justin Baldoni's lawyers have branded Blake Lively's attempt to dismiss his lawsuit "abhorrent".
The 'Gossip Girl' actress' legal team filed a motion to dismiss on Thursday (20.03.25), in which they argued her 'It Ends With Us' co-star and director's $400 million defamation claim waas "vengeful and rambling" and accused him of using the legal system to punish Blake for speaking out about workplace retaliation and sexual harassment.
And now, in a response to the move, Justin's lawyer Brian Freedman slammed the 37-year-old actress and accused her and her team of trying to "twist" the law.
He told People magazine: “Ms. Lively's recent motion to dismiss herself from the self-concocted disaster she initiated is one of the most abhorrent examples of abusing our legal system.
"Stringent rules are put into place to protect the innocent and allow individuals to rightfully defend themselves. Laws are not meant to be twisted and curated by privileged elites to fit their own personal agenda.”
And he insisted Blake's own lawsuit – in which she accused Justin and others of sexual harassment and orchestrating a smear campaign to destroy her reputation – was "fantastical".
Referencing the actress' husband Ryan Reynolds' own motion to dismiss Justin's defamation claim against him, Brian added: “As we said yesterday in response to Mr. Reynolds' same cowardly measures, we will continue to hold Ms. Lively accountable for her actions of pure malice which include falsely accusing my clients of harassment and retaliation.
“Her fantastical claims will be swiftly debunked as discovery moves forward, easily disproved with actual, evidentiary proof.”
In the motion to dismiss, the 'Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants' star's team argued Justin's lawsuit was a "profound abuse of the legal process".
Mike Gottlieb and Esra Hudson, the actress' attorneys, said in a statement: "This lawsuit is a profound abuse of the legal process that has no place in federal court.
"California law now expressly prohibits suing victims who speak out against sexual harassment or retaliation, whether in a lawsuit or in the press.
"This meritless and retaliatory lawsuit faces three insurmountable legal obstacles, including the litigation, fair report, and sexual harassment privileges. The latter contains a mandatory fee-shifting provision that will require billionaire Steve Sarowitz and Wayfarer Studios to pay damages.
"In an epic self-own, the Wayfarer Parties’ attempt to sue Ms. Lively ‘into oblivion’ has only created more liability for them – deservedly so, given their actions."
The legal team argue that Baldoni should be subject to a newly enacted law, known as California Civil Code Section 47.1, that prevents retaliatory lawsuits linked to the public disclosures of sexual harassment.
The court battle between the pair began when Blake sued Justin, Wayfarer Studios co-founder Steve Sarowitz and 'It Ends With Us' producer Jamey Heath in December 2024.
The following month, the 41-year-old actor responded by filing his own lawsuit against the actress, her husband Ryan, and their publicist.
The former co-stars are due to appear in court on March 9, 2026.
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Neil Young has cancelled his free concert in Ukraine.
The 'Rockin' In The Free World' hitmaker had announced earlier this month that he planned to kick of his 'Love Earth Tour' in the Eastern European nation – which was invaded by Russia in 2022 – on an unspecified date, but the ongoing war and changing political climate has made him rethink the decision due to safety concerns.
He wrote on his official website: "Our concert in Ukraine is cancelled. We had a good venue, close to a shelter, but the changing situation on the ground was too much.
"I could not in good conscience take my crew and instruments into that area. My apologies to all. Ukraine is a great country with a good leader. Slava Ukraini.”
The 79-year-old rocker had shared his plans to perform in Ukraine for the first time just two weeks ago.
A post on his website stated: "Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts will open the upcoming 'Love Earth Tour' of Europe in Ukraine with a free concert for all.
"We are currently in talks and will make the announcement of details here … Keep on Rockin' In The Free World."
His tour will start in Europe in June and July before heading to North America for a series of shows in August and September.
The trek will include a headline slot at the fabled Glastonbury Festival in the UK in June as well as a huge show in London's Hyde Park as part of the American Express presents BST Hyde Park series on July 11.
The 'Heart of Gold' singer was confirmed as the first headliner for Glastonbury after reversing his decision to boycott the world-famous festival due to it being a "corporate turn-off".
In a statement posted on his website, he explained: "Due to an error in the information received, I had decided not to play the Glastonbury Festival, which I have always loved.
"Happily, the festival is now back on our itinerary and we look forward to playing. Hope to see you there."
Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis expressed her delight at his change of heart.
She wrote on Instagram: "What a start to the year!
"Neil Young is an artist who's very close to our hearts at Glastonbury. He does things his own way and that's why we love him.
"We can't wait to welcome him back here to headline the Pyramid in June."
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Beyoncé and Jay-Z are reportedly considering legal action against Kanye West.
The pair are said to be weighing up the move after scandal-plagued rapper Kanye, 47, made inflammatory social media comments about their seven-year-old twins Rumi and Sir.
He posted now-deleted remarks questioning the mental abilities of the children, apparently now prompting power couple and his former friends Beyoncé and Jay-Z to explore possible responses. A source told Page Six: “They are discussing how to handle the situation, whether privately or through legal channels.”
The source emphasised Beyoncé, 42, and Jay-Z, 54, “will absolutely not tolerate” Kanye’s comments about their children, calling the language he used “vulgar and offensive.”
Even though Kanye later removed the post about their children, he denied doing so out of remorse.
He wrote on X: “I need everyone to know that I took the post about Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s family down… because there was a possibility of my Twitter being cancelled.”
Kim Kardashian, 44, Kanye’s ex-wife, is also reportedly outraged by his comments.
A source added to Page Six: “Kim has had enough and she’s done trying to be reasonable with Kanye when it comes to communication.”
The insider also said regardless of whatever issues Kanye has with Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Kim firmly believes “kids are off-limits”, describing his comments as both “shocking and offensive.”
While their eldest daughter, Blue Ivy, 12, has been in the public eye since birth, Beyoncé and Jay-Z have taken a more private approach with Rumi and Sir, who have never attended red carpet events or award shows with their parents since their birth in June 2017.
The reports of potential legal action come after Kim reportedly ended an arranged visit between Kanye and their 11-year-old daughter, North, upon learning that highly controversial influencers Andrew Tate, 37, and Tristan Tate, 36, were also expected to be present.
Kanye recently made allegations against Kim, accusing her of exploiting their children in a series of deleted posts on X.
They followed North’s appearance in a TikTok video and song with FKA Twigs.
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Katherine Ryan has been diagnosed with skin cancer.
The 41-year-old comedian was first diagnosed with melanoma in her early twenties but revealed on Friday (21.03.25) that the disease has come her way a second time despite doctors initially telling her that everything was "totally fine" with her when she raised concerns over a suspicious mole.
Speaking on her 'Telling Everybody Everything' podcast, she said: "I know you should never Google things but I’m actually really worried. Normally I’m that positive person
"I think it’s really easy to take a diagnosis of ‘you’re healthy’ and walk away.
"But the mole kept changing, I know a lot about melanoma, I had melanoma as a very young woman – aged 21 – on my leg, I’ve spoken about that before.
"It was flat, it wasn’t that big but it was melanoma. It is a deadly form of skin cancer and it does spread quickly.
"I just thought that this mole wasn’t right. It’s on my arm. I showed pictures of it on my social media. I went in and I wanted the doctor to remove it and stitch it up in a straight line.
"But even when he looked at it, he was like, ‘it’s not melanoma, it’s totally fine, I will do a shave and send it away for testing.
"And he rang me today and it did come back as melanoma. Early melanoma. The doctor was shocked and told me I need to go back."
The '8 Out of 10 Cats' star also worried what could have been had she not been her "own advocate" and continued to seek medical advice.
She said: "It just feels crazy to me, what could have happened, if I hadn't been my own advocate – and I will continue to be my own advocate."
The Canadian-born star previously opened up about her first diagnosis and joked that moving to the UK had been the "best thing" for her because of the lack of warm weather.
She told The Guardian: "I just joked that it was free lipo. If you’re prone to skin cancer, then living in the UK is the best thing you can do."
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Kanye West and Bianca Censori have unfollowed each other on Instagram.
The rapper, 47, who has been dogged for years by anti-Semitism scandals over his outbursts on social media, last month denied “absurd” rumours that he was “battering his wife”, 30 – and it emerged on Friday (21.03.25) he only follows fellow singer The Game on social media, while Bianca has unfollowed everyone.
Kanye, who had previously unfollowed all accounts before briefly re-following Taylor Swift, had been following model Bianca and jailed rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs as recently as a few weeks ago.
Fans also spotted Bianca, who recently returned to Instagram to share revealing photos, had previously followed multiple accounts.
Bianca’s return to Instagram follows her husband’s latest online attacks against his former wife, Kim Kardashian, and her parenting of their daughter, North.
The model, who has worked for Kanye’s Yeezy brand for five years, shared two images taken by RAGA MALAK proprietor Gadir Rajab online to mark her return to social media.
The Melbourne-born designer captioned the photos “italy 2023”, which showed her wearing a sheer ensemble similar to the one she infamously sported at the 2025 Grammys on 2 February alongside Kanye.
She had previously wiped her Instagram account before reactivating it last month, posting images of herself roller-skating in a revealing outfit on 9 March.
Kanye, who shares four children with reality TV star Kim – North, 11, Saint, nine, Chicago, seven, and Psalm, five – recently posted a series of statements on X criticising the reality star.
Reacting to a planned musical collaboration between North and rapper Playboi Carti, 28, Kanye wrote: “So Kim got the name and likeness over my black children.”
He continued: “So a white woman has control over the name and likeness of my Black children and then speaks to Carti about putting my daughter on a song with him… these (dumb a**) celebrities be trying to play with me in my face.”
On Tuesday (18.03.25) evening, West posted a picture on X featuring 12 Polaroid photos of Bianca, captioning the post: “I shot these.”
The couple, who were first publicly seen together in January 2023, have yet to make any public statements regarding the status of their relationship despite widespread reports their marriage may be in trouble.
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Throughout the implosion of his once-skyrocketing Hollywood career, from his arrest two years ago to his assault conviction, Jonathan Majors has maintained that he has never struck a woman.
But on Monday, amid a PR push that returned him to magazine covers ahead of Friday's release of “Magazine Dreams,” Rolling Stone published an audio recording of Majors and Grace Jabbari. Majors was found guilty of one misdemeanor assault charge and one harassment violation for striking Jabbari in the head and breaking her middle finger.
“I aggressed you,” Majors acknowledges in the recording, confirming her description of him strangling her and pushing her against a car and appearing to contradict his previous claims.
In a Wednesday interview with The Associated Press, Majors declined to address the recording, and whether he has assaulted women.
“I can’t answer that,” Majors responded. “I can’t speak to that.”
Majors, who was sentenced to probation and has settled Jabbari's lawsuit, is striving for an unusually swift rebound following a precipitous downfall. Before his arrest, Majors was steering toward years of Marvel stardom and a possible Oscar nomination for “Magazine Dreams,” in which he plays an aspiring bodybuilder prone to violent outbursts.
Two years later, Majors returns to the public eye with a pledge that he’s changed after completing a year of court-ordered domestic violence counseling. At the same time, he’s not directly addressing any of the allegations against him — including those from two previous partners, Emma Duncan and Maura Hooper, who in statements submitted pretrial, detailed physically violence and emotional abuse that bear similarities to the Jabbari case.
“It’s not something I can talk about legally,” Majors says. “I said to my wife the other day, I’ve changed. I don’t recognize myself. I don’t recognize that guy. I’m in a completely different place.”
Majors spoke reflectively about his experience of the past two years — with the exception of anything specifically related to the conviction, the additional abuse allegations or the women who say he harmed them. Despite never naming a misdeed, Majors says he is reformed.
“I’d say to anyone who cares to listen: I’ve had two years of deep thought and mediation and rumination on myself and my actions, my community, my industry,” he said. “I’m stronger now. I’m wiser now. I’m better now.”
Not everyone is convinced. Hooper described a traumatizing and controlling relationship. After it ended, Majors shamed her for having an abortion, which he had encouraged, and told her to kill herself, her statement said.
“The level of anger that I experienced from this man, I don’t know you exorcise that from your life or your behavior in only 52 weeks,” Hooper told the AP. “People go to therapy for years. I went to therapy for years after Jonathan Majors just to get my mind back.”
Hooper and Duncan’s statements weren't allowed as evidence during the trial, but they remain public record. Majors' attorneys have denied some of their claims, describing both relationships as “toxic.”
Duncan, who was engaged to Majors, described at least eight physical or threatening encounters in her statement, including threats to kill her. (She didn’t respond to an email from the AP seeking comment. Attorneys for Jabbari also didn’t respond to emails.)
“There is a documented history of 10 years of abuse of women where he calls women ‘sluts,’ he calls us ‘fat whores,’ he tells us to kill ourselves,” Hooper says. “When I hear people say, ‘Come on, how come he can’t come back into the fold?’ I don’t know that those people have read this or understand that we’re talking about a pattern.”
A changed political climate and several recent cases, including the overturning of Harvey Weinstein’s New York sexual assault conviction, have suggested Hollywood has entered a new chapter in the #MeToo movement. Majors’ attempted comeback is one of the most conspicuous tests to the fraying curbs of cancellation and #MeToo vindication.
“We’re suffering a period of tremendous political retrenchment and backlash in this movement,” says Debra Katz, the civil rights attorney who has represented Weinstein accusers. “Much of what we’ve fought for seems to be on the line.”
But women are still coming forward, and Katz believes the accused will be held accountable. For his part, Majors has no new films announced. “Magazine Dreams,” filmed pre-arrest and dropped by Searchlight Pictures, is being released by indie distributor Briarcliff Entertainment.
“Jonathan made a mistake. There was due process. Justice was served. And then we move on, which I think is generally how we like to think this country operates,” Briarcliff CEO Tom Ortenberg said Thursday.
Numerous A-listers have advocated for Majors’ Hollywood return. Still, Katz believes it will ultimately sputter because he hasn’t gone beyond “get a good PR firm and show my soft side.”
For Majors, his self-examination has focused on an earlier experience he suggests was at the root of what he calls his turmoil. Majors says from 9 to about 13, he was the victim of sexual abuse from, he says, “two male family members and my sisters’ friends.”
“It felt like kids being kids and then it became something different very quickly,” Majors says. “And then it became a pattern.”
Majors only recently began wrestling with it, he says, through therapy and conversations with his family. A phone call with his sister, he says, reawakened memories.
“It was an experience that I just killed in my head,” Majors says, tearing up.
“It’s not a boo-hoo-bro, so-sad-for-you situation,” he says, wiping away tears. “It’s life. It’s the hand you’re dealt, and I didn’t know how to play those cards. I’m learning how to play those cards.”
Now, Majors says, he’s never been happier. On Tuesday, he and Meagan Good were wed in a small, impromptu ceremony in Los Angeles officiated by his mother. “Magazine Dreams,” he thought, would never see the light of day. Now, he’s hopeful he can act again.
“I now understand that acting is in many ways my ministry. It’s in many ways my calling,” Majors says. “If it’s not, I’m waiting for someone to tell me it’s not. I’m waiting for God to tell me it’s not. He’s not said that.”
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“Severance” is beloved by critics and audiences alike. But there was a time when star Adam Scott and Ben Stiller, who executive produces and directs the Apple TV+ series, worried it might never get made.
The show — a dark, surrealist commentary on our work-obsessed culture that was hardly guaranteed to reap mass appeal — was set to start production on its first season in March 2020. Then the lockdowns began.
One pandemic, two historic Hollywood strikes and a three-year gap between Seasons 1 and 2 later, Apple TV+ confirmed a third season Friday, the morning after the release of the second season's finale. Scott and Stiller spoke to The Associated Press in advance; the interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.
AP: Adam, was it challenging to get back into character after all this time?
SCOTT: It’s funny because I feel like I was kind of working on it the whole time. I mean, I guess doing press and talking about the character and the show is sort of keeping it kind of fresh in my mind the whole time. But also, Ben and Dan (Erickson, the show's creator, writer and executive producer) and I talk all the time and I’m always peppering them with questions about where things are going or what we’re doing. We were kind of always talking about it and kind of mulling it over the entire time so, by the time we started shooting, I did feel pretty prepped and ready to go in. But it was challenging because, like the show itself, the character — both the “innie” and the “outie” — kind of expand a little bit and the aperture sort of widens.
AP: So much time has passed since the first season. Did the arc of this season or your approach to any of it change from when you initially thought you were going to make Season 2?
STILLER: I mean, it’s constantly in process. That’s what the process of making the show was on Season 1 and also on Season 2. And I don’t know if I could explain the process, but it’s very fluid, even though it’s obviously a show that has a lot of specifics that we’re always trying to think about. That’s, I think, one of the reasons why it’s fluid actually, is because we’re always looking at what we’re doing and looking back at what we’ve shot and edited and just really trying to track it. It goes on all the way through until the final sound mix, really.
AP: So, you start filming Season 2 and then the strike happened?
STILLER: Yeah. We started in October 2022 and we shot through until the strike and we had completed about seven episodes at that point. And then we had to regroup for the last three after the strike.
AP: Did you have to go back and reshoot any of it?
STILLER: In both seasons, we constantly go back and we’re always looking at stuff and sometimes we’ll pick up something. But that’s part of the process of making the show. And one of the, I think, luxuries of being able to make the show like this is that we’re able to kind of look at what we made and go, “Wait, you know, this doesn’t work,” or “That doesn’t work,” or “Let’s try this new idea.”
So, any time we’ve had delays, especially the first season we were in prep and were about to start shooting, then COVID hit so we had an extra six months to work on the scripts and all the other ideas that we were developing. And the strike, same thing. You know, we couldn’t write, obviously, but I was allowed to edit because I’m a non-writing producer on the show, so I edited throughout the whole strike period, which was really helpful when we went back in.
SCOTT: We were, of course, in full support of the strikes, both writers and actors. But yeah, for this show in particular, we were just like, “Good Lord. OK, let’s close up shop and see when we can get back together.” And it ended up, like Ben said, being beneficial in the long run.
AP: Were you ever worried Season 2 might not happen?
STILLER: No. I felt like we’d shot enough that we had to at least complete the job. I remember at one point on Season 1 when we were starting up and, you know, we were kind of down the line and then COVID. And at one point I wondered if we actually were going to make the show because a lot of productions got canceled when COVID happened. And, you know, we were lucky enough to make it through that.
SCOTT: Over the pandemic, like the shelter-at-home portion of pandemic, I was checking in with Ben or Nicky Weinstock, one of the producers, constantly, just like, “Is this still a show? Are we still going to do it?” I did not believe that we were actually ever going to make it at a certain point.
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Like many in his field, voiceover actor Jesse Adam has been watching the rise of AI with a wary eye.
"You start hearing better voiceover produced by AI and you're like, OK, this could be some serious competition," says the Saskatchewan native, who over the course of his decade-long career has lent his voice to dozens of projects, including Marvel video games and Starbucks commercials.
With AI capabilities advancing at a seemingly exponential rate, he realizes he faces an uphill battle.
“I got to the point where I was like, there’s no way we’re going to be able to fight this. This isn’t going away."
So rather than resist the tide, he's decided to lean into it.
Adam has long worked with a platform called Voices.com, which connects voice actors with businesses for commercial and corporate work. Last summer, the company, based in London, Ont., launched a new AI Studio initiative, which allows clients to buy clones of real actors’ voices for text-to-speech projects.
The company says it allows its talent to opt out at any time, and Adam was fully on board with that.
He hopes for a future where his voice clone generates passive income and gives him the freedom to pursue passion projects.
“The industry is changing and I need to adapt or I'm going to get left behind," he says.
Adam spent roughly 20 hours recording a range of emotional performances for the service — everything from “happy and upbeat” to “sad and down.” Since then, he’s been paid for about 100 jobs, mostly for training videos. Each time his AI-cloned voice is used, he gets an email notification.
“It’s not paying a ton of money, but it's also money that I wouldn't have had otherwise,” says Adam, noting the service pays him about 10 cents per word and he usually makes more working with clients directly. He hopes to scale up as demand for the service grows.
"I think for some talent, the amount of work they'll get through their AI clones will be significant and will pay the bills and be lucrative."
About 30 voice actors have opted into Voice.com’s AI Studio, according to the company’s chief technology officer Dheeraj Jalali. He says the platform expanded into AI text-to-speech services after seeing how quickly the technology was evolving.
“We thought, hey, let’s use this technology as an enabler instead of being fearful of it,” he says.
Jalali explains actors who consent to having their voices used can set their own per-word rates, with the company taking a percentage of the earnings. They can specify words or phrases they don’t want their voice to generate, and talent can view the scripts their AI voice was used for after the fact. He says the service is primarily used for training programs, ebooks and website user interfaces. Since AI can’t take artistic direction, Jalali notes voice actors are still being hired traditionally for commercials, films and TV shows.
“When it comes to mass media, voiceover actors are still there. I don't see any near future where they’re getting replaced,” he says.
But that’s precisely what has many actors and labour groups sounding the alarm. The entertainment industry has weathered a rough couple of years, with Hollywood strikes and fewer Canadian commissions slowing things down. The animation sector has been hit especially hard.
According to the Canadian Media Producers Association, animation production in Canada plummeted by 55 per cent in 2023-24, following a pandemic-era surge that briefly reignited investments.
In the midst of this downturn, voice actors are on alert when it comes to AI. As the technology becomes more skilled at mimicking human voices, many fear being pushed aside and watching their craft lose value.
Toronto's Gabbi Kosmidis has spent years breathing life into animated characters, and she worries that an illicit, synthetic version of her voice could replace her entirely.
“I know a lot of voice actors who are struggling to find work right now. The industry is slow for a plethora of reasons, and AI has been this scary, looming thing,” says Kosmidis, who voices the lead in “Night of the Zoopocalypse,” an animated Canadian horror comedy that did not use AI, and is currently in theatres.
She fears a near future where companies “could take your voice and use it forever and ever and ever.”
“It’s pretty scary in terms of voiceover work. It may make your job obsolete.”
In light of these fears, labour unions in Canada and the U.S. have been working to ensure members have protections against AI in contracts with producers.
ACTRA’s newly ratified Independent Production Agreement has language giving actors the right to fair compensation and full consent if their voice or likeness are used to create a synthetic performer.
Still, “a collective bargaining agreement is not enough alone to address all concerns on such a rapidly evolving technology,” ACTRA national president Eleanor Noble said in a statement.
She added the organization is urging the Liberal government to create “strong legislation which will protect performers' likenesses and jobs from AI misuse, along with protecting all Canadian workers.”
As the government drafts its proposed Artificial Intelligence and Data Act, ACTRA is lobbying to ensure any future legislation would grant performers the right to fair compensation and control over all AI uses of their voice and likeness.
AI text-to-speech services signal a “race to the bottom” where voiceover artists will get paid less and less for their work, says Kunal Sen, creative director of Vancouver-based animation studio Good Bad Habits, which works on a variety of projects, including films and commercials.
“I definitely see a devaluing of work in this sphere. I would never not hire an actual person to do voiceover work,” he says.
“If a brand needs someone to say something in a video and it doesn’t have to be Morgan Freeman or some celebrity, now they can just be like, ‘OK, let’s just cut the budget from this and put it somewhere else.’ It’s never been easier to do that.”
Jalali acknowledges that AI may drive down voiceover rates but argues that it also allows actors to scale their work.
“Voiceover actors have a way bigger opportunity now,” he says.
He envisions a near future where actors license their voices to companies, who will “have the potential to do multiple projects with your voice in different use cases."
He says performers can now tell clients: "Hey, here's my voice. Now go scale with this voice and I'll benefit from it, too, because my AI voice can say a million words a day. I can only say maybe a thousand."
"So it just scales up in ways that were not possible beforehand.”
Kosmidis remains apprehensive about AI, believing it compromises the quality of performances in the long run.
“I personally would never want to listen to a robot, even if that robot sounds very human. Knowing that it's not really human, to me feels weird and disconnected,” she says.
Kosmidis questions whether AI can truly capture emotional nuance or deliver humour effectively. However, she concedes it’s likely only a matter of time before it masters the art of crying.
"Bursting into tears. I mean, who can't do that? In this economy?”
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 21, 2025.
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Eva Longoria was reluctant to tell Meryl Streep that they are related.
The 50-year-old actress discovered she was connected to the 75-year-old Hollywood great when she took part in the 2010 documentary series 'Faces of America', but when they bumped into each other in a green room at an awards show and a pal urged her to explain their ancestral bond, Eva declined – but quickly discovered the 'Devil Wears Prada' star was well aware of their connection.
She said on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon': "I was at the Golden Globes or.. something backstage, in the green room.
"And my friend was like, 'There's Meryl. Go say you're her cousin!' I'm like, 'I'm not gonna go up to Meryl Streep and say we're cousins. It's not gonna make any sense. I don't know if she saw that part of the show.'
"As I'm like, 'No, I'm not gonna do it,' I hear, 'Cousin! Cousin!' Longoria recounted, acting out Streep's warm greeting. "I was like, 'Oh, my God!'"
After making a connection, the pair were quick to compliment one another.
Eva told Meryl: "Clearly you got the talent in the family."
The 'Mamma Mia' star replied: "Clearly you got the beauty."
After telling the 50-year-old TV host about the experience, Eva quipped: "So Meryl's Latina."
Meryl and Eva starred in the fourth series of the Disney+ mystery comedy-drama 'Only Murders in the Building' together, and the former 'Desperate Housewives' cast member previously shared how the acting legend introduced her to the cast – including Selena Gomez and Zach Galifianakis – and crew as her cousin during the first Zoom table reading.
She told DuJour in June 2024: "We actually call each other ‘cousin'. We’ll say, ‘How are you, cousin?’ and ‘I’m good, cousin.’”
But their unexpected connection has left a lot of people confused.
Eva admitted: “She tells the story and everyone’s so confused because I’m the most Latina person in the industry and she’s Meryl Streep."
The 49-year-old actress has loved working on the show, and she admitted the whole cast and crew felt like family.
She revealed “We talked a lot about democracy and politics. But when you have leaders like Steve Martin and Martin Short, you’re never not laughing.
"Watching them make a lunch order is a show in itself. It’s a constant roast about a sandwich, a 30-minute comedy about mustard.”
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Khloe Kardashian "hasn't had sex in so many years".
The 40-year-old reality star – who was previously married to Lamar Odom but has True, six, and two-year-old Tatum with her former partner Tristan Thompson – was chatting with her elder sister Kim Kardashian and hairdresser Chris Appleton on the latest episode of 'The Kardashians' when she made the revelation.
Chris said: "Let's get Khloé laid!"
Khloe replied: "You're obsessed with knowing that I haven't had sex. He loves that I haven’t had sex in so many years."
The Good American founder then explained in a confessional that she "hadn't been intimate" for some time so felt as if she was starting all over again when it comes to dating as she joked that she would be just as happy to "marry [her] bed" rather than find a partner.
She said: "I mean, I just haven’t been intimate in quite a long time. So we’re going back to square one.
"'I'll marry my bed. I know who I'm coming home to every night, I know you're just gonna be there for me and snuggle me whenever I want. And you won't talk back."
Khloe is thought to have dated a couple of men since the breakdown of her relationship with Tristan but she confirmed to Chris and Kim that things were "non-existent" for her at the moment when it comes to her love life.
She said: "I'm like, I can get someone to have sex with me, I just don't wanna have sex
"Guys, my love life is non-existent."
Just recently, Khloe received a pep talk from her mother Kris and sister Kim about the potential of finding someone special.
Kris said: "This is gonna be your decade."
Khloe replied: "I already know, I'm claiming it, .
"As long as you're healthy, I think it's great, getting older. Cause you just don't care about what people think about you — it's such a freeing feeling."
While Khloe is still feeling optimistic about everything in her life overall, she admitted in a confessional that she just wants to find the person she would want to spend the rest of her life with.
She added: "I feel like so much great [stuff] is coming right now, whether it be business or how I feel about myself.
"My next chapter is: I wanna find a forever partner. And to do that, I wanna shed everything that’s not serving me, not for me."
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