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Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic(LOS ANGELES) — Michelle Pfeiffer is known for choosing her roles carefully, but she admits there is one part that she still kicks herself for not taking.  The acclaimed actress opened up in a candid new interview about one of her biggest regrets — passing down the chance to star in Silence of the Lambs.

“With Silence of the Lambs, I was trepidatious. There was such evil in that film,” Pfeiffer told The New Yorker in a Monday chat. “It was that evil won in the end, that at the end of that film evil ruled out.”

The actress said the reason she initially decided against starring as FBI agent Clarice Starling in the 1991 film was because “I was uncomfortable with that ending. I didn’t want to put that out into the world.”

Silence of the Lambs, which starred Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter and Jodie Foster as Clarice, raked in an impressive $272 million during its box office run and went onto snag seven Academy Award nominations — winning five of them.  It also took home a Golden Globe and a bevy of other honors, cementing its status of one of the greatest films of all time.

However, Pfeiffer admits she doesn’t regret turning down the acclaimed movie because of its success. “The thing I most regret is missing the opportunity to do another film with Jonathan [Demme],” the 62-year-old confessed.

Pfeiffer says before the late director tapped her to star in his 1988 flick Married to the Mob, she was typically typecast in movies as the “arm candy.” 

“I’m forever grateful to Jonathan Demme. He had no reason to believe I could do that,” she recalled.  “It’s so sad to me that he’s no longer with us.”

Demme died in 2017 at the age of 73.

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ABC(LOS ANGELES) — Ashley Tisdale is counting down the days until she welcomes her newborn daughter and, on Monday, reminded her fellow expecting moms to have pride in their bodies.

The High School Musical alum shared a tastefully nude maternity shot that fully shows her pregnant body.  The actress said that she hopes to promote self-love and acceptance with her vulnerable post.

“So much of the time we give our love to others. Let’s start loving ourselves and our bodies in every shape and form,” captioned Tisdale, 35. “Our bodies do a lot for us every day and we neglect to acknowledge that.”

The Masked Dancer host closed out her inspirational post by telling her followers to “Thank your body and say I love you.”

Tisdale’s followers were quick to praise the message and received words of encouragement from famous friends like Vanessa Lachey who gushed, “Babe! This is so Beautiful!!!! So damn happy for YOUUUU!”

Fellow Disney Channel alum Hilary Duff, who is also expecting, told Tisdale that she’s “Lookin like a queen.”

Sarah Hyland and Vanessa Hudgens also left positive remarks, both telling the soon-to-be mom that she looked “gorgeous.”

Tisdale is expecting a daughter with husband Christopher French.  The two wed in 2018 and announced they were expecting their first child in September.

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Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic(LOS ANGELES) — Angelina Jolie says she’s a mother first and foremost, which is why she is focusing on “healing our family” after her public and, sometimes, contentious divorce from ex Brad Pitt.

Opening up to British Vogue for the magazine’s upcoming March issue, the 45-year-old actress admits, “The past few years have been pretty hard.”

Jolie and Pitt, who announced their divorce in 2016 and, in the following years, engaged in a public and difficult legal battle over custody of their six children: Maddox, 19, Pax, 16, Zahara, 15, Shiloh, 14, and 12-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox.

The former couple secretly wed in 2014 after dating for nearly a decade.

“I’ve been focusing on healing our family,” the Salt star continued. “It’s slowly coming back, like the ice melting and the blood returning to my body.”

Jolie revealed that she has since moved to be closer to Pitt.

The actress revealed that her new Los Angeles estate once belonged to the famed Cecil B. DeMille, telling Vogue, “I wanted it to be close to their dad, who is only five minutes away. I felt a little pressure moving in. Like I had snuck into where DeMille and Chaplin would hang out.”

Adds Jolie, “I feel very fortunate we have that at this time” — referencing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that has challenged her family in other ways.

“Pax going into his senior year, but not being able to enjoy all that it is to be a senior; Zahara finally getting her driving license, but she’s taking the test with the driver wrapped in the full outfit with the masks. It’s not how you imagine these moments,” she reflected. “But birthdays go on, and I think that for many people, it’s made us all feel very human together. There’s something beautiful about that.”

By Megan Stone
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Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic(LOS ANGELES) — Hal Holbrook, the four-time Emmy Award-winning actor best known for channelling the iconic Mark Twain, died on January 23 at his Beverly Hills, California home, his assistant confirmed to the New York Times on Monday.

He was 95.

Holbrook channeled the legendary writer on his one-man show Mark Twain Tonight!, which ran for six decades. He was also known for starring as Deep Throat, the government informant in All the President’s Men, and as Lou Mannheim in Wall Street, who tries to be the conscience that Charle Sheen’s Bud Foxx loses for love of money.

In his later years, the actor was nominated for an Oscar for his 2008 work Into the Wild, becoming the oldest actor at 82 to be nominated for best supporting actor. He is survived by three children and was pre-deceased by wife, Dixie Carter.

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Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Audible(LOS ANGELES) — As allegations of abuse against Marilyn Manson pour out, his ex, Rose McGowan, is making it known where she stands — with the victims. 

McGowan, who dated and was engaged to the rockstar until their split in 2001, took to Instagram on Monday threw her full support behind Manson’s accusers. 

“I am profoundly sorry to those who have suffered the abuse & mental torture of Marilyn Manson. When I say Hollywood is a cult, I mean the Entertainment industry including the music industry is a cult. Cult’s protect the rot at the top. Theirs is a sickness that must be stopped,” the 47-year-old actress wrote in a statement. 

“The industrial fame complex chooses who they protect & who they’ll let be their victims. For profit. I stand with Evan Rachel Wood and all of those who have or will come forward,” she continued. “And please don’t pull out the ‘why did they take so much time to come forward?’ question that shames victims/survivors, it’s what stops others from coming forward. And to all of those who have covered for monsters, shame on you. Rise and say no more.”

McGowan’s statement comes hours after Wood openly accused Manson of alleged abuse, claiming he “started grooming me when I was a teenager and horrifically abused me for years. I was brainwashed and manipulated into submission.”

The “Sweet Dreams” singer has since responded to the allegations with an Instagram post of his own. 

“Obviously, my art and my life have long been magnets for controversy, but these recent claims about me are horrible distortions of reality,” Manson wrote. “My intimate relationships have always been entirely consensual with like-minded partners. Regardless of how — and why — others are now choosing to misrepresent the past, that is the truth.”

By Danielle Long
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