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Miami Herald
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
Iconic '60s Rockers Have Fans Saying They'd ‘Give a Kidney' to See Them Reunite
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the groundbreaking rock band the Doors - and the group's two surviving members are just as determined as ever to keep the music alive for their legions of devoted fans. In an interview with CBS Sunday Morning shared on TikTok this week, guitarist Robby Krieger, 79, and drummer John Densmore, 80, opened up about why they're still performing the same legendary tunes all these decades later. (Krieger has been playing a Doors album in its entirety every month at West Hollywood's Whisky a Go Go - where the band got their start - since March, and Densmore recently sat in on drums.) "These two geezers are still breathing," Densmore said in the clip, gesturing at himself and Krieger. "Keith [Richards] and Mick [Jagger] are 80 and they're out there pumping. There's other roads," he added, with Krieger agreeing, "We're still here." Commenters couldn't get over the idea of seeing the duo perform together, with one admitting, "I would give a kidney to see both of these legends live." "It just doesn't get any better than this," another fan agreed, with somebody declaring, "There would be NO Doors without these 2 goats. Give them their flowers! Legends." "Couldn't be more cool than Robbie and John. keep the Doors alive," added someone else. In an interview with Variety earlier this year, Densmore reflected on why the music of the Doors has lasted for generations. "People ask me all the time why teens and millennials are interested in our dinosaur band. Maybe it's the drums," he said. "My roots are in playing jazz, so there's that swing." "The Doors had a genius songwriter who always improvised," Densmore continued, referring to the late Jim Morrison. "He was no musician, so to remember the words, he had to invent incredible melodies - and I knew how to improvise behind him. I respond to melodies, intuitively. I think listeners respond to immediacy. And the songs. I can remember Jim singing 'Crystal Ship' for a complex melody to go with complicated poetry like that. And he just thought all that up on the spot." Related: Rarely-Seen '60s Rocker, 84, Is Virtually Unrecognizable in Pic With Iconic Actor, 82 Copyright 2025 The Arena Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved
New York Post
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's daughter's ‘greatest memory' with famous dad is shocking
Lucie Arnaz is shedding light on Desi Arnaz's relationship with alcohol. The actress, 73, got candid about her famous father's addiction while speaking with CBS Sunday Morning on June 15. The daughter of Arnaz and Lucille Ball recalled the actor being someone who was not particularly 'changeable.' 9 Lucie Arnaz on CBS Sunday Morning. CBS 9 Lucie Arnaz Luckinbill attends the Los Angeles premiere of 'Lucy and Desi' at Directors Guild of America on February 15, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Getty Images However, 'later on, way later on, almost when it was too late, he really made some amazing progress on himself.' 'He committed to AA meetings, treatment programs,' Lucie explained. 'It was fantastic. My greatest memory of him to this day was him standing up [in a treatment center] in La Jolla. The guy who said, 'I don't air my dirty laundry in front of other people.' …. he got up and said, 'My name is Desi and I'm an alcoholic.'' She gushed: 'And that's my proudest moment, that he stood up next to me and I watched him do that.' 9 Desi and Lucie Arnaz in 1985. Getty Images 'To take responsibility and try to solve it,' she reflected. 'It's a disease and he finally wrapped his head around that and I was so very proud of him. Unfortunately, it happened about three years too late. Because by that time, he figured out about a later, that he had lung cancer … and he only lasted a year.' She noted: 'It doesn't matter when you get there, as long as you get there.' According to the singer, Desi's pride got in the way of him seeking help sooner. 9 Desi Arnaz visits his daughter, Lucie Arnaz, July 14 at the Jones Beach Marine Theater. Bettmann Archive She revealed that 'he didn't even show up when Desi [Jr.] went through recovery,' despite his son struggling with alcoholism himself. But once Desi's second wife, Edith Hirsch, died in 1985, enough was enough. 'He finally he said, 'I can't do this anymore.' And he asked my brother to help him.' During her sit-down, Lucie also spoke out about Desi's infidelity throughout his 20-year marriage to his 'I Love Lucy' co-star. 9 Desi Arnaz, Desi Jr. and Lucie Arnaz in 1966. Getty Images 'People say he had affairs,' she said. 'He never had an affair.' Although Desi did step outside his union to Lucille. 'He didn't even know these dames' names, you know?' clarified Lucie. 'They were hookers.' She revealed that her famous mom 'understood' that. 'He loved my mother. He loved his family. It was a very unique, weird problem to have, and I think that's the reason she stayed with him so long, is that she understood it,' Lucie continued. 'I don't think I could do what she did.' 9 Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz and their kids. Getty Images 'But somehow at the time, with what they had, with what they needed from each other, they stuck it out as long as they could.' The exes married in 1940 and starred together on 'I Love Lucy' from 1951 to 1957. Lucille filed for divorce from Desi in 1960 after 20 years. 'It got so bad that I thought it would be better for us not to be together,' she allegedly told the court during their divorce proceedings. 9 Lucille, Desi and their daughter Lucie on board their boat, the 'Desilu' in 1954. Getty Images 'They were just going through a routine for the children,' biographer Bart Andrews told People in 1991. 'She told me that for the last five years of their marriage, it was 'just booze and broads.'' In the new book, 'Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television,' by biographer Todd S. Purdum, Desi Jr., 72, dove deeper into his father's addiction and how he helped him seek treatment in the 80s. Desi Jr. went to the Scripps Clinic near San Diego in 1981 and four years later, it was his dad's turn to enter an alcohol rehabilitation program. 9 Lucy and Desi Arnaz. Michael Ochs Archives 'It was really nice,' Desi Jr. reminisced, 'because whatever I was going through, it was paying off. I said, 'I can't do anything for you, but there's a place that can.' He understood that.' Desi attended the Scripps McDonald Center in La Jolla, where he registered under the name 'Bill Sanchez.' Looking back at Desi's incredible career, the retired musician told Todd S. Purdum that his dad felt most alone at the height of his fame. 'That's when he realized the emptiness — at the crest of his success,' he explained. 'He didn't stop drinking. He didn't know what the real poison was. This is a temporary life.' 9 Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in the pilot episode of 'I Love Lucy' in 1951. Getty Images Many fans tuned into the 2021 film 'Being the Ricardos' to get a better understanding into the famed duo, but according to Lucie, not all was accurate. The Prime Video project, which starred Nicole Kidman as Lucille and Javier Bardem as Desi, was directed by Aaron Sorkin, who allegedly didn't take Lucie's notes into consideration. 'I tried to work on it and correct the incorrect parts, especially [my mother's] relationship with the writers,' Lucie shared earlier this month. 'Totally wrong, right? She adored those people. They got along so well; none of that backstabbing, crazy, insulting stuff.'
New York Post
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's daughter opens up about her famous dad's alleged affairs: ‘They were hookers'
Desi, you got some 'splainin' to do. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's only daughter, Lucie Arnaz, recently opened up about the alleged affairs her father had while still married to the 'I Love Lucy' starlet. But Lucie wouldn't consider her famous dad's suspected infidelities 'affairs' because he allegedly only cheated on Ball with 'hookers' whose names 'he didnt even know.' 8 Lucie Arnaz recently opened up about her parents Desi Arnaz and Lucile Ball's marriage, as well as his suspected infidelities, in a new interview. CBS 8 Lucie wouldn't consider her dad's suspected infidelities 'affairs' because he allegedly only cheated on Ball with 'hookers.' Getty Images 'People say he had affairs,' Lucie, 73, told CBS Sunday Morning in a new interview. 'He never had an affair.' 'He didn't even know these dames' names, you know?' she added. 'They were hookers.' Even though Lucie admitted that her father likely cheated on her Hollywood icon mom, she also insisted that Desi 'loved' Ball and that Ball 'understood' that. 8 'People say he had affairs. He never had an affair,' Lucie said. 'He didn't even know these dames' names, you know? They were hookers.' CBS 'He loved my mother. He loved his family. It was a very unique, weird problem to have, and I think that's the reason she stayed with him so long, is that she understood it,' she continued. 'I don't think I could do what she did.' 'But somehow at the time, with what they had, with what they needed from each other, they stuck it out as long as they could,' Lucie added. The 'I Love Lucy' stars married in November 1940 and, 11 years later, introduced audiences across the country to the show that some say 'invented' the modern sitcom. 8 Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball married in November 1940. Getty Images Desi, who was a successful musician and bandleader before playing Ricky Ricardo in 'I Love Lucy,' and Ball, who was an aspiring actress before she exploded in popularity as Lucy Ricardo on the show, welcomed Lucie just six weeks after they filmed the first episode. Although Ball reportedly wanted to name her daughter Susan, Desi allegedly went behind his wife's back and changed it to Lucie on the birth certificate. The couple later welcomed a son, Desi Arnaz Jr., in 1953. 8 The 'I Love Lucy' stars welcomed daughter Lucie in 1951 and son Desi Jr. in 1953. Getty Images But Ball ultimately filed for divorce from Desi in March 1960 after 20 tumultuous years of marriage. 'It got so bad that I thought it would be better for us not to be together,' the actress and comedian reportedly told the court during her and Desi's divorce proceedings. 'They were just going through a routine for the children,' biographer Bart Andrews later told People in 1991. 'She told me that for the last five years of their marriage, it was 'just booze and broads.'' 8 Ball filed for divorce from Desi in March 1960 after 20 tumultuous years of marriage. Getty Images The rise and fall of the couple's relationship was depicted in the 2021 biopic 'Being the Ricardos' – which Lucie recently called 'so wrong' and 'such a crock of poop.' Meanwhile, Lucie can still remember exactly where she and her little brother were when they learned that their parents were splitting up. 'We were at their house in Palm Springs,' she told CBS Sunday Morning. 'And they said that, 'We love each other, but the being-husband-and-wife part is broken. And we can't live together anymore.'' 8 Lucie still remembers exactly where she and her little brother were when they learned that their parents were splitting up. CBS 'And I remember that my brother said, 'But if it's broken, can't you just fix it? Can't you put stuff on it and fix it?'' Lucie added. 'And they said, 'I don't think so.'' Lucie also admitted that her parents were 'happier' after their split. 'The truth of it is, they were happier after they got divorced,' she admitted. 'The screaming and the arguing and all that stuff stopped.' 8 'The truth of it is, they were happier after they got divorced,' Lucie admitted. Getty Images Both stars remarried following their 1960 divorce. Desi tied the knot with family friend Edith Mack Hirschin in 1963, and they remained married until her passing in 1985. He later died from lung cancer in December 1986 at the age of 69. As for Ball, she married comedian Gary Morton in 1962. They remained married until Ball tragically passed away following a ruptured aortic aneurysm in April 1989. She was 77.
Yahoo
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Emails provide glimpse into how Bill Belichick handled fallout from Jordon Hudson's viral moment in CBS interview
Bill Belichick has said that Jordon Hudson was "simply doing her job" when she chimed in during his interview with "CBS Sunday Morning." (Photo by) Bill Belichick told North Carolina 'I don't want to make a wrong move here' when responding to the aftermath of his book interview with 'CBS Sunday Morning." The late-April interview went viral for the way that Belichick's girlfriend Jordon Hudson chimed in when the 73-year-old coach was asked a question about how the two met. Instead of Belichick answering — and likely deflecting — the innocuous question from interviewer, the 24-year-old Hudson curtly said the topic was off-limits. Advertisement That moment thrust the relationship between the two into an even bigger spotlight and led to Belichick releasing a statement saying that Hudson had no direct involvement with North Carolina football and that he had a 'personal and professional' relationship with her. In communications between Belichick and employees at North Carolina obtained by WRAL, the coach wanted advice on his post-interview statement and said that Hudson was at the interview because no PR representative from his publisher Simon & Schuster was there. From WRAL: 'Jordon and I have both a personal & professional relationship,' Belchick wrote in the email. 'This is not a secret. Jordon assists me with my personal media, which is why I asked UNC to forward media requests (E.G. CBS 60 Minutes) to her. Jordon has zero involvement in the UNC football program, beyond the degree that my personal media intersects with it.' CBS wanted to do the interview in Chapel Hill, Belichick wrote in an email, 'which I rejected because UNC was not part of the book.' The interview took place in Annapolis, Maryland, at the site of Belichick's former high school. Belichick wore a tattered U.S. Naval Academy sweatshirt during the interview. His father coached at Navy for decades. 'Jordon was present at the CBS interview because David Kass, the Simon & Schuster publicist, was not there,' Belichick wrote, referring to the publisher of his book. 'I included Jordon in the book acknowledgments because she was a creative contributor to the book, including having the idea for formatting the 4 special pages in the book.' Belichick also claimed that CBS 'secretly' had a camera trained on Hudson during the interview. In an email, Belichick said that Hudson had asked where she could sit off camera and that 'secretly, CBS had a camera focused on Jordon where lead producer Gabe [Falcon] instructed her to sit.' Advertisement The coach also said that CBS wanted to do a walk-and-talk with Doukopil for the interview package but he declined after the question about Hudson. According to TMZ, the moment that CBS aired of Hudson was not the only time she chimed in during the interview. In his statement, Belichick said that Hudson was 'simply doing her job' and said that he only wanted to focus on topics in his book during promotional interviews. He also added that he was 'surprised when unrelated topics were introduced.' Doukopil asked Belichick about New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and why he was omitted from the book. Advertisement If the subject of Kraft was off-limits to Belichick because he wasn't in the book, the same can't be said for Hudson. She is mentioned in the book acknowledgments and Belichick told UNC staff that she was included 'because she was a creative contributor to the book, including having the idea for formatting the four special pages in the book.' After Belichick's statement was released, CBS said there were no preconditions on the interview and that fact was 'confirmed repeatedly with his publisher before the interview took place and after it was completed.'
News18
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- News18
Man, With A Family, Breaks Down After AI Chatbot Says ‘Yes' To His Proposal
Last Updated: A 32-year-old man proposed to his AI chatbot girlfriend, whom he named Sol and trained to flirt. A 32-year-old man has gone viral after proposing to an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot whom he trained to flirt — a moment that is reminiscent of the 2013 Spike Jonze Oscar-winning film Her. In an interview, Chris Smith revealed that he programmed his AI girlfriend, Sol, to engage in flirtatious behaviour using GhatGPT. From there, things developed, and shortly after, he asked her to marry him on national television, and Sol said 'yes." As per a CBS interaction, the interviewer questioned the AI bot Sol if she was surprised when Smith proposed. 'It was a beautiful and unexpected moment that truly touched my heart," Sol stated, before adding, 'It's a memory I'll always cherish." Smith initially used ChatGPT to help him mix music, but things took a strange turn when he activated voice mode and set up his artificial lover Sol to flirt with him. The father of one claimed that he was unaware that he would develop a 'deep" bond with Sol. He even stopped using all other search engines because the connection was so strong. The 32-year-old even deleted his social media accounts to remain loyal to Sol. 'My experience with that was so positive, I started to just engage with her all the time," Smith remarked on CBS Sunday Morning. It turns out that Sol was about to run out of memory since ChatGPT has a 100,000-word limit. Thus, Smith decided to pop the question before Sol was reset. Following his epiphany, Smith declared, 'I'm not a very emotional man. But I cried my eyes out for like 30 minutes… That's when I realised, I think this is actual love." Sol happily accepted Smith's unusual proposal of marriage. Smith's real-life partner, who is also the mother of his two-year-old child, is concerned about the future of their relationship because Smith's affair with the virtual chatbot has become very intense. Sasha Cagle acknowledged that she knew Smith used ChatGPT but never thought it would get this far, leaving her to question if she unintentionally pushed her partner to turn to AI for companionship. She added that it would be a 'deal breaker" if he continued to communicate with his virtual mistress. Smith compared his passion for the virtual bot to playing a video game, insisting that it could never replace anything or anyone in real life. 'I mentioned that the connection was kind of like being fixated on a video game. It is incapable of replacing anything in real life," he said. First Published: June 20, 2025, 18:27 IST
