Ed Westwick’s Return to Iconic ‘Gossip Girl’ Role Has Fans Saying the Same Thing

Ed Westwick's Return to Iconic 'Gossip Girl' Role Has Fans Saying the Same Thing

Chuck Bass is back—but not in the way that you think. Ed Westwickrevived the belovedGossip Girlcharacter for a one-time-only promotion of Lancome's Juicy Tubes. 🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox🎬 "Secrets, scandals & juicy tubes," the caption on the video that nearly broke the internet reads. "Kisses are better with Juicy Tubes," the actor states in the video, alluding to theiconic limo kissscene (featuring shade Marshmallow Electro)with Blair Waldorf (played byLeighton Meester) on the teen drama, before cheekily adding, "certainly more memorable." View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lancôme Official (@lancomeofficial) Fans were completely shook by the promotion, commenting, "ICONIC. Best ad I've seen in a long time!!! 👏🔥" and "The nostalgia we needed 👏." "Only chuck bass can nail this type of commercial," someone else added, as another chimed in, "I'm Chuck Bass" GETS ME EVERY TIME." One fan tapped into their inner Gossip Girl, writing, "Spotted: Chuck Bass buying Blair's fave Lancôme gloss. Is he planning a juicy kiss to go with it? Stay tuned. XOXO, Gossip Girl 💋" Many others praised the brand stating, "ok you win" and "add to cart," while a few called for a sequel. Lancôme's Y2K-inspired campaign celebrates 25 years of its iconic Juicy Tubes lip gloss and features collabs with major stars like Westick,Paris Hilton,Chad Michael Murray,Rachel Bilsonand more, as they share the "secrets behind the best kisses from the 2000s – all connected by Juicy Tubes." Related: Y2K Nostalgia Sweeps Fans as Lancôme Unveils Juicy Tubes 25th Anniversary with 2000s Icons

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Ed Westwick’s Return to Iconic ‘Gossip Girl’ Role Has Fans Saying the Same Thing

Ed Westwick's Return to Iconic 'Gossip Girl' Role Has Fans Saying the Same Thing Chuck Bass is back—but not in the way that you ...

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Elizabeth Banks Reveals What It Would Take for Her Sons Felix, 14, and Magnus, 12, to Act Alongside Her (Exclusive)

Elizabeth Banks Reveals What It Would Take for Her Sons Felix, 14, and Magnus, 12, to Act Alongside Her (Exclusive)

Jamie McCarthy/Getty Elizabeth Banks tells PEOPLE she's open to acting alongside her sons, but she's not sure if they would want to She explains that her two sons — Felix, 14, and Magnus, 12 – are not interesting in acting yet Banks shares her two sons with her husband Max Handelman Elizabeth Bankswould love to act alongside her sons, but they aren't so sure. Speaking with PEOPLE at the premiere of her new television seriesThe Better Sisterat the Museum of Modern Art in New York City on Tuesday, May 20, the actress, 51, was asked if she'd ever want her two sons — Felix, 14, and Magnus, 12, whom she shares with husbandMax Handelman— to play her kids in a movie. "If my kids decide to get into acting, which they have currently no interest in, then I would be thrilled to ever do anything with them if they would deign to hang out with me," says Banks. "It's unlikely. In fact, it would have to be a paying job for them to actually want to hang out with me." Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. JC Olivera/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Earlier this month, Banks shared with PEOPLEhow she spent her Mother's Day, saying that while her kids are "incredible," she was able to celebrate her special day away from them. "I got to celebrate Mother's Day by going away for the weekend with my husband, which is exactly what I wanted for Mother's Day," she told PEOPLE. "My kids are incredible. They're very good about cards and flowers and fun things like that. They didn't forget or anything. But we were not together on Mother's Day, and that was fine with me." Marion Curtis / Starpix for Prime Video Although her sons might not be interested in acting yet, there's another way Banks bonds with her kids. Speaking withEntertainment Weeklyabout her movieSkincare, the actress shared that while making the movie, shelearned how to do facialsfrom a variety of different experts and has even applied that knowledge to her son, Magnus. "He'll come to me and probably, I would say once a month, just be like, 'Mommy, can I have a facial tonight before bed?' And it becomes our bedtime routine, and I'm really loving having that experience with him," Banks said. "For sure, giving facials to my kid is the number one thing I'm taking away from the film," she joked. Read the original article onPeople

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Elizabeth Banks Reveals What It Would Take for Her Sons Felix, 14, and Magnus, 12, to Act Alongside Her (Exclusive)

Elizabeth Banks Reveals What It Would Take for Her Sons Felix, 14, and Magnus, 12, to Act Alongside Her (Exclusive) Jamie McCarthy/Getty Eli...

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Martin Scorsese is getting his own documentary after a career making docs about others

Martin Scorsese is getting his own documentary after a career making docs about others

Melinda Sue Gordon/Apple Apple TV+ announced on Wednesday their best reason yet for not canceling the free trial subscription that comes with a new Apple product. Martin Scorsese, the most influential living film director by any reasonable metric, agreed to open up his archives and be the subject of a five-part documentary calledMr. Scorsese. In a statement,Rebecca Miller, the project's director, said that Scorsese's "work and life are so vast and so compelling that the piece evolved from one to five parts over a five-year period; crafting this documentary alongside my longtime collaborators has been one of the defining experiences of my life as a filmmaker." Ronan Killeen/Apple Use of the past tense there suggests thatMr. Scorsesehas already been shot, or mostly shot, though no word has been given yet on a premiere. The New York Film Festival, which happens each year in late September, seems like the obvious spot for such a launch, but has Martin Scorsese, or Apple for that matter, ever done anything obvious? No, and that's why documentaries are made about them. Miller, whose previous films includeThe Ballad of Jack and RoseandMaggie's Plan, is also married toDaniel Day-Lewis, the star of such notable Scorsese films asThe Age of InnocenceandThe Gangs of New York. (She's also playwrightArthur Millerand photographerInge Morath's daughter, in case you didn't know.) As a reminder, here's how Scorsese and the three-time Oscar winner worked together to make romantic sublimation and repressed emotions weirdly sensual. In addition to Day-Lewis (who was hardly a "get" for Miller, she knows where the guy lives), other announced interview subjects include Scorsese collaborators likeRobert De Niro,Leonardo DiCaprio,Mick Jagger, the lateRobbie Robertson,Sharon Stone,Jodie Foster,Cate Blanchett, andPaul Schrader, as well as chums likeSteven Spielbergand Scorsese's wife and children. The project promises to explore his work from his student experiments through classics likeTaxi Driver,GoodFellas,The Departed, Killers of the Flower Moon,and more, isolating recurring themes like "the place of good and evil in the fundamental nature of humankind." Documentaries are not new to Scorsese, though he's usually the one calling action. Indeed, from his earliest days, he's had almost something of a shadow career to his more visible one making award-winning narratives. One of his first gigs was actually as a cameraperson and one of several editors onWoodstock, the lodestar of all modern concert films. The following year, he and a collective called "The New York Cinetracts" produced a fascinating "city symphony" project,Street Scenes 1970, which contrasted protest movements on either side of the political fence. Janus Films In 1974, after the release of his breakthroughMean Streetsand before the Oscar-winningAlice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, he turned the camera on his parents Charles and Catherine (and Catherine's cooking) for the charming short featureItalianamerican. This was a time when access to film equipment, not to mention distribution, for "average people" to showcase themselves was almost unheard of. Four years later, after the triumph ofTaxi Driver(which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes), Scorsese madeThe Last Waltz, the "farewell" concert by The Band. (Ask most cinephiles what the best concert film of all time is, and they'll either say it'sThe Last Waltzor Jonathan Demme'sStop Making SensewithThe Last Waltzin close second. And both will be right.) In the 1990s, Scorsese made two documentaries about cinema history. The first,A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies, is exactly what it sounds like — a look at how passionate filmgoing shaped Scorsese's worldview, and filled with remarkable clips and observations. (It's also close to four hours long, but should be twice that.) He followed that up withMy Voyage to Italy, which was the same tune as above, but with Italian movies. This one is a little over four hours, and also could keep going and would be just as great. RAPH GATTI/AFP via Getty Other documentaries in the 2000s kept, at first, to well-known figures. One onBob Dylan. One onGeorge Harrison. ARolling Stonesconcert film. A cinematic essay about film director Elia Kazan. A second one on Dylan. But there were also some unexpected subjects. The 50 Year Argumentinvestigated the influence ofThe New York Review of Books, an important but hardly top-selling journal of essays and criticism. In 2010, he madePublic Speaking, a loving portrait of the crusty intellectual (but also, if we're being honest, comedian) Fran Lebowitz. In 2021, the two collaborated on the Netflix seriesPretend It's a City, which is basically Lebowitz and Scorsese sitting at a restaurant for seven episodes while she tells stories and he doubles over in laughter, oftentimes slapping the table in pure joy. Will Rebecca Miller be as vocal in her appreciation of Mr. Scorsese duringMr. Scorsese? Only time will tell. Read the original article onEntertainment Weekly

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Martin Scorsese is getting his own documentary after a career making docs about others

Martin Scorsese is getting his own documentary after a career making docs about others Melinda Sue Gordon/Apple Apple TV+ announced on Wedne...

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New Orleans jail worker thought he was unclogging a toilet, not helping 10 escape, lawyer says

New Orleans jail worker thought he was unclogging a toilet, not helping 10 escape, lawyer says

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ten men who broke out of a New Orleans jail last week clogged a toilet to get the water shut off so that they could escape through a hole behind it, a lawyer fora maintenance workerwho is charged with helping them said Wednesday. The worker, Sterling Williams, did not know about the men's plan and did not allow the inmates to cut a pipe behind the toilet to create an opening fortheir escape,attorney Michael Kennedy told The Associated Press. The defense attorney laid out a very different narrative than that presented by authorities a day earlier, when Williams, 33, was arrested. Authorities have said an inmate instructed Williams to turn off the water to a toilet, leading to one of the largest jailbreaks in recent U.S. history. Five of the menremained at largeWednesday. Williams just a 'tool,' lawyer says Kennedy told the AP that after a deputy called Williams to fix a toilet, he found it overflowing. "This was clearly all part of an orchestrated plan," Kennedy said. Williams "was nothing more than the tool they used to turn off the water, which they knew would have to happen after clogging the toilet." According to an arrest affidavit that made no mention of a clogged toilet, Williams was "initially very evasive and untruthful" during an interview but ultimately told investigators that an inmate had threatened to "shank" him if he did not turn off the water. Williams could have reported the threat andthe escape plan, authorities have said. They asserted that because Williams turned the water off, the inmates were "able to successfully make good" on their escape, the affidavit said. Kennedy said Williams did not report the escape because he was "not aware" it was happening. The lawyer also addressed authorities' statements that his client was threatened into helping the escape. "He was not aware that there was going to be an escape," Kennedy said. "He was not conspiring with them. He had no knowledge that he was being used." A message was left seeking comment from the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office about Kennedy's remarks. The sheriff said Tuesday that she believes the escape was an inside job. Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams and Attorney General Liz Murrill toured the jail Wednesday morning. Williams told reporters after the tour that "certainly more than one person" was responsible for the escape but declined to share further details. Shanking comment was not a threat, lawyer says Inmate Antoine Massey, who approached Sterling Williams and said he would "shank" him as he was doing his maintenance work, was "just talking to talk" and not intimidating the maintenance worker, Kennedy said. "Everyone seems to have leaped on that, saying he was acting out of fear. No," Kennedy said. "Yes, someone said they would shank him. They didn't say it in a particularly threatening manner. They said it more as an aside." Kennedy said the cell with the clogged toilet was for disabled inmates and should never have been in use. "No one should have been in this cell to begin with," he said. "This cell should have been locked down." "It would seem obvious to me that filling up the toilet, clogging the toilet, was a portion of the escapees' plan," Kennedy said. "They would know that whoever the maintenance person was would have to turn off the water … because it was overflowing." 'A scapegoat' Kennedy said he was only able to meet with Williams for around 30 minutes via Zoom. He did not ask Williams whether he had finished unclogging the toilet, whether he turned the water back on, or how long he was inside the cell. Williams did not know the name of the deputy who told him to fix the clogged toilet, Kennedy said. Williams is worried about his safety and his future, his lawyer said. He is being held in a different facility in a separate parish. "The most important thing I've learned is that these charges are ridiculous and the sheriff's office is trying to use him as a scapegoat to minimize their own embarrassment," Kennedy said. "He did nothing more than the job they pay him to do and now they're attempting to sacrifice him for it." Williams is charged with 10 counts of principal to simple escape and one count of malfeasance in office. Additional arrests made Also Wednesday, authorities arrested two people accused of helping some of the escapees. Cortnie Harris, 32, of New Orleans, and Corvanntay Baptiste, 38, of Slidell, are each charged with one felony count of being an accessory after the fact, according to a Louisiana State Police press release. They were booked into the Plaquemines Parish Detention Center. Online jail records did not indicate whether either woman had a lawyer who could comment on the charges. An initial investigation showed that Harris was in touch by phone with an escapee who's still on the run and transported two escapees who still haven't been caught to multiple locations in New Orleans, the release said. Investigators said Baptiste had been in contact by phone and social media with Corey Boyd, who has since been recaptured, and helped him get food while he was hiding. ___ Brook is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative.Report for Americais a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.

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May 21, 2025

New Orleans jail worker thought he was unclogging a toilet, not helping 10 escape, lawyer says

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Judge vacates federal rules requiring employers to provide accommodations for abortions

Judge vacates federal rules requiring employers to provide accommodations for abortions

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday struck down regulations requiring most U.S. employers to provide workers with time off and other accommodations for abortions. The ruling by U.S. District Judge David Joseph of the Western District of Louisiana was a victory for conservative lawmakers and religious groups who decried the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission'sdecision to include abortionamong pregnancy-related conditions in regulations on how to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which passed in December 2022. The EEOC's decision swiftly prompted several lawsuits and eroded what had been strong bipartisan support for the lawdesigned to strengthen the rights of pregnant workers. Joseph, who was appointed byPresident Donald Trumpduring his first term, ruled that the EEOC exceeded its authority by including abortion in its regulations. His ruling came in two consolidated lawsuits brought by the attorneys general of Louisiana and Mississippi, and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic University and two Catholic dioceses. Joseph sided with the plaintiffs' argument that if Congress had intended for abortion to be covered by the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, "it would have spoken clearly when enacting the statute, particularly given the enormous social, religious, and political importance of the abortion issue in our nation at this time." Mississippi and Louisiana havenear-total bans on abortion, except to save the life of the pregnant person or in cases of a rape that has been reported to law enforcement in Mississippi, and when there is a substantial risk of death or impairment to the patient in continuing the pregnancy and in cases where the fetus has a fatal abnormality in Louisiana. The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act passed with widespread bipartisan support after a decade-long campaign by women's right advocates, whohailed it as a win for low-wage pregnant workerswho have routinely been denied accommodations for everything from time off for medical appointments to the ability to sit or stand on the job. The federal law applies to employers with 15 or more employees. While the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 prohibits employers from firing pregnant workers, the law did little to guarantee that women would receive accommodations they might need at work. As a result, many women were forced to keep working under unsafe conditions, or were forced to take unpaid leave by employers who refused to accommodate their needs. But many Republican lawmakers, including Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, who co-sponsored the bill, were furious when the EEOC stated that the law covered abortions. The EEOC's commissioners approved the rules in a 3-2 vote along party lines, with both Republican commissioners voting against it. Joseph vacated the provision of the EEOC regulations that included abortion as a "related medical condition" of pregnancy and childbirth. However, the rest of the regulations still stand. "Victory! A federal court has granted Louisiana's request to strike down an EEOC rule requiring employers to accommodate employees' purely elective abortions. This is a win for Louisiana and for life!" Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said in a statement e-mailed to The Associated Press. A Better Balance, the advocacy group that spearheaded a decade-long campaign for passage of the law, condemned the ruling. "This court's decision to deny workers reasonable accommodations for abortion-related needs is part of a broader attack on women's rights and reproductive freedom," A Better Balance President Inimai Chettiar said in a statement. Wednesday's ruling comes as the Trump administration has moved to impose tumultuous changes at the EEOC that will almost certainly lead the agency to eventually rewrite the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act regulations. Trumpfired two of the EEOC's democratic commissionersbefore their terms ended, paving the way for him to establish a Republican majority and make major policy changes on how to interpret and enforce the nation's workplace civil rights laws. For now, Trump's move left EEOC without the quorum needed to make key decisions, including rescinding or revising regulations. Trump tapped an assistant U.S. attorney in Florida, Brittany Panuccio, to fill one of the vacancies. If she confirmed by the Senate, the EEOC will regain its quorum. Acting EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas, who voted against the regulations because of the abortion provision, has said she will work to change them. Similar lawsuits challenging the abortion provision are underway, including one filed by 17 states, led by Tennessee and Arkansas. In February,an appeals court ruled that lawsuit could proceed, overturning a lower court's decision to dismiss the complaint. Under former President Joe Biden, the Justice Department had defended the EEOC against those lawsuits but it is unclear whether it will continue to do so under the Trump administration. The Justice Department did not reply to request for comment on Wednesday's ruling. Chettiar said the Trump administration is unlikely to appeal the ruling, adding to its significance. "The impact of this is huge," Chettiar said in an interview with The Associated Press, calling the decision "symbolic and a big signal of where the right is when it comes to the rights of women." However, the Trump administration has continued defend the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act itself in a lawsuit brought by the state of Texas thatseeks to overturn the lawin its entirety. _______ The Associated Press' women in the workforce and state government coverage receives financial support from Pivotal Ventures. AP is solely responsible for all content. Find AP'sstandardsfor working with philanthropies, a list of supporters and funded coverage areas atAP.org.

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Judge vacates federal rules requiring employers to provide accommodations for abortions

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