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May the force be with you! Melissa Rivers confesses crush on Star Wars actor Mark Hamill
Melissa Rivers has a huge crush on 'Star Wars' actor Mark Hamill. The 53-year-old actress - whose mother was late comedian Joan Rivers, whilst her father was film and TV producer Edgar Rosenberg - has had a sweet spot for Mark, 70, ever since she saw him play Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker in the original movie in the sci-fi franchise, 1977's 'Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope'. Melissa got a chance to meet her crush and indulged her nerd side by wearing a 'Star Wars' T-shirt. Speaking to Us Weekly magazine, she confessed: "I had a huge crush on Mark Hamill after seeing the original 'Star Wars'. ...
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Melissa Rivers says her son has 'the same silly, sense of humour' as her late mother Joan Rivers
Melissa Rivers says her son has “the same silly, sense of humour” as her late mother Joan Rivers. The 54-year-old daughter of the late stand up comic - who died in September 2014, aged 81 - believes her 21-year-old son Edgar Cooper Endicott shares his grandmother’s approach what makes him laugh. Melissa told the E! News’ Daily Pop that the 21-year-old college student has “the same silly, sense of humour” as the former ‘Fashion Police’ host. The ‘Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales From a Short Woman’ author shared with hosts Nina Parker and Daisy Fuentes that Joan - who made controversial comme...
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The Comeback Girl axed amid intellectual property issues
Kathryn Hahn will no longer be playing Joan Rivers in 'The Comeback Girl'. The 48-year-old actress was originally cast as the legendary stand-up comic - who died in 2014, aged 81 - in the limited series, but the production has now been scrapped amid intellectual property issues. Kathryn was actually attached to star in and executive produce the project, but Rivers’ life rights - which are held by her daughter, Melissa Rivers - were never secured by the producers, according to Variety. The project could have conceivably gone ahead as an unauthorised production. However, 'The Comeback Girl' woul...
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Melissa Rivers: My mother, Joan Rivers, told me Thanksgiving was about pilgrims being 'bad guests'
Melissa Rivers says her mother, Joan Rivers, once told her Thanksgiving was just about the pilgrims being “bad guests”. The 53-year-old actress has opened up on some of the white lies her late mother and comedy icon Joan – who passed away in 2014 – used to tell her as a child in her upcoming book, ‘Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales from a Short Woman’. And speaking about one lie in particular ahead of the book’s release next year, Melissa said she was told that the American holiday of Thanksgiving was simply a life lesson on being a good dinner party guest. She said: “[In the book] we write m...
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Sarah Silverman blasts Hollywood for casting non-Jewish actors in Jewish roles
Sarah Silverman has hit out at Hollywood for casting non-Jewish people in Jewish roles. The 50-year-old actress - who is Jewish herself - has criticised the lack of representation in major roles, particularly when the character's "Jewishness" is "front and centre". Speaking on 'The Sarah Silverman Podcast', she said: "There’s this long tradition of non-Jews playing Jews. And not just playing people who happen to be Jewish, but people whose Jewishness is their whole being. "One could argue, for instance, that a Gentile playing Joan Rivers correctly would be doing what is actually called ‘Jewfac...
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Melissa Rivers reveals adoption plan
Melissa Rivers is "80 per cent" sure she is going to adopt. The 53-year-old actress - whose mother was late comedian Joan Rivers, whilst her father was film and TV producer Edgar Rosenberg - has been thinking about giving a disadvantaged child a home "for a very long time" and she now feels ready to be a mother. Speaking on the 'Chanel In The City with Chanel Omari' podcast, she revealed: "I am very close. I've been thinking about it for a very long time. I think about it for about six years now. "At certain times it feels like the absolute right decision, at certain times it doesn't feel like...
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Nikki Bella apologises for comments about late WWE star Chyna
Nikki Bella has apologised over a resurfaced video of her insulting late WWE legend Chyna. The 'Total Bellas' star has responded after a video of Nikki and her twin sister Brie during a 2013 episode of 'Fashion Police' joking with host Joan Rivers about the star, who died of an overdose aged 46 in 2016. In the clip, the retired wrestler laughed: "We don't know if it's a man or a woman." After the clip appeared on social media, Nikki said in a statement: "I want to sincerely apologize for a comment I made over 8 years ago on Fashion Police. "I am sorry and embarrassed by my 29 year old self, wh...
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Joan Rivers encouraged daughter Melissa to show off her body more
Melissa Rivers says her late mother Joan Rivers encouraged her to be more "s***tier". The 53-year-old actress has recalled how her mom Joan - who passed away in September 2014 - encouraged her to wear short skirts and show off her cleavage when she became an adult. She said: "So I think because of that very traditional upbringing, when I was dating - after I got married, it caught me by surprise when my mom was like, 'You need to be much s***tier.' She’s like, 'You need to put it out there.' I'm like, 'Oh my god, really?' My mother was like, 'Enjoy it while you’re young, show it up.' Once I be...
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Melissa Rivers denies feud between Joan Rivers and Ellen DeGeneres
Melissa Rivers insists there was no feud between her late mother Joan Rivers and Ellen DeGeneres. The 53-year-old star has revealed there was no bad blood between the late comic legend and the talk show host and Ellen had always told of how Joan supported her when she came out. Asked if there was a feud between them, she said: "No, they didn't. You know, there, my mother thought she was very funny. My mother thought she was a really good talk show host. There was never any animosity, but you know not everybody in Hollywood is friends and yeah. But there was nothing bad. And when I did Ellen pr...
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