STELLA STEVENS DIES AT 84: Entertainment Tonight reports that Poseidon Adventure actress Stella Stevens passed away Friday (February 17th) in Los Angeles, following a long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. She was 84 years old. Stevens starred in Girls! Girls! Girls! alongside Elvis Presley, The Nutty Professor alongside Jerry Lewis, and The Silencers alongside Dean Martin. She also won a Golden Globe for New Star of the Year in 1960 for her role in Say One For Me. Her television appearances included shows such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Bonanza, The Love Boat, Hart to Hart, and Murder, She Wrote.
SIMU LIU CRITICIZES CELEBRITY LOOK-ALIKE BIT DURING NBA ALL-STAR GAME: Simu Liu had a “great time” during the 2023 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game Friday (February 17th), but he didn’t appreciate the celebrity look-alike segment—during which the camera panned to an audience member who appeared to be of Asian descent. “I had a great time but this wasn’t cool,” he wrote on Twitter after the game. In a follow-up tweet, the Barbie actor said, “To be perfectly clear the entire org and ops team surrounding all-star have been nothing but absolutely stellar to myself and all my friends. This was just one person with a camera. and no disrespect to my man in the videotron either! he’s gorgeous we just don’t look alike.”
EMMA MACKEY TO LEAVE ‘SEX EDUCATION’ AFTER FOURTH SEASON: Sex Education fans will be disappointed to learn that Emma Mackey is leaving the Netflix series after the show’s fourth season. Mackey told RadioTimes recently, “Season 5? I’ve just finished the fourth one last week! No, I don’t think I’ll be in season 5. I’ve said goodbye to Maeve.”