CECILIA GENTILI DIES AT 52: E! News reports that Pose actor Cecilia Gentili died on Tuesday (February 6th) at the age of 52. “Our beloved Cecilia Gentili passed away this morning to continue watching over us in spirit. Please be gentle with each other and love one another with ferocity,” a post shared to Gentili’s Instagram page on Tuesday (February 6th) reads. “We will be sharing more updates about services and what is to come in the following days.” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Angelica Ross, and Dominique Jackson all reacted to the news on Instagram. Sharing a scene that she did with Gentili on Pose, Jackson wrote in the caption, “AN ACTIVIST, AN ICON, A TRAILBLAZER, A MOTHER, A WIFE, AN ACTRESS AND COMEDIAN, AN AMAZING SISTER AND A PHENOMENAL HUMAN BEING!”
KEVIN SPACEY SETTLES ‘HOUSE OF CARDS’ MISCONDUCT ARBITRATION: Variety reports that Kevin Spacey has agreed to pay $1 million to MRC, the company that produced House of Cards. In 2021, the American Beauty actor was originally ordered to pay $31 million for alleged sexual harassment on the set of the show. Now, he can pay the settlement “over multiple years in installments equal to 10% of his after-tax income,” according to the outlet.
EMILY BLUNT WAS PICKING UP DOG POOP WHEN SHE LEARNED ABOUT HER OSCAR NOMINATION FOR ‘OPPENHEIMER:’ It is a moment they will never forget. During a recent interview with Josh Horowitz at New York's 92nd Street Y, Emily Blunt revealed that she was picking up dog poop when she learned that she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Oppenheimer. “I did have a brief cry in the middle of Brooklyn, brief weep directly after picking up my dog's poop,” the Devil Wears Prada actor said, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “I did pick up her poop and then I heard that I got nominated, so it was perfect,” she added, sharing that her husband, John Krasinski, “had a really good cry as well, after helping me with the poop. I think he went and put it in the trash, and then we both cried.”