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Yahoo
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
20+ Age-Defying Parent-Child Castings From Blue Bloods, ER, Ginny & Georgia, Golden Girls, Supernatural and More
As TV fans, we're no strangers to suspending our disbelief when it comes to embracing fantastical or implausible storylines from our favorite shows. But sometimes, it can be an equally enjoyable exercise to fall down a rabbit hole of reason. And that's what we're doing here today, embarking on a journey to answer the age-old question: Could this actor be their co-star's parent in real life? More from TVLine Every New Scripted Show Confirmed to Premiere in 2025 - Save the Dates! The Buccaneers Season 2 Premiere: Leighton Meester Makes Dramatic Entrance as [Spoiler]'s Mother Does Jensen Ackles' Countdown Hero Have BDE - Big Dean (Winchester) Energy? 'There Are Familiar Aspects,' Says Supernatural Vet The list below rounds up the 20 weirdest, wackiest, most bizarre parent-child castings due to unbelievable age gaps. So if you, too, just watched the Season 2 premiere of Apple TV+'s The Buccaneers and thought, 'Leighton Meester is playing mom to a 19-year-old woman?!,' you're in the right place. Our list has it all, from a Family Ties father who had only 14 years on his on-screen son, to a Golden Girl who defied all logic by actually being younger than her daughter. We've also got age-defying pairings from Six Feet Under, Supernatural, The Good Place, Blue Bloods, Orange Is the New Black, Schitt's Creek, The Cosby Show, George Lopez and more. But before you get scrolling, some housekeeping: Our round-up is sorted from widest to smallest age gap, and we're sharing how old the actors were at the time they first appeared alongside each other — not how old they are today. Also, we've steered clear of soap operas and timey-wimey time travel shows. (We are in a rabbit hole of reason, remember?!) Without further ado, it's time for you, dear reader, to fly the coop and review our sampling of TV's most bizarre parent-child castings — and as always, feel free to nominate others that come to mind! Meredith Baxter (35) and Michael Gross (35) played parents to Michael J. Fox (21) Age Gap: 14 years Michael Sheen (50) and Bellamy Young (49) played parents to Tom Payne (36) Age Gap: 14 and 13 years Frances Conroy (48) played mother to Peter Krause (35) Age Gap: 13 years Belita Moreno (52) played mother to George Lopez (40) Age Gap: 12 years Jeffrey Dean Morgan (39) played father to Jensen Ackles (27) Age Gap: 12 years Earle Hyman (58) played father to Bill Cosby (47) Age Gap: 11 years Janet Hubert (34) played mother to Karyn Parsons (23) Age Gap: 11 years Brian Cox (72) played father to Alan Ruck (61) Age Gap: 11 years Leighton Meester (39) plays mother to Kristine Frøseth (29) Age Gap: 10 years Mo'Nique (31) played mother to Countess Vaughn (21) Age Gap: 10 years Leslie Grossman (45) played mother to Kristen Bell (36) Age Gap: 9 years John Marshall Jones (34) played father to Essence Atkins (25) Age Gap: 9 years Gretchen Mol (37) played mother to Michael Pitt (29) Age Gap: 8 years Brianne Howey (31) plays mother to Antonia Gentry (23) Age Gap: 8 years Adina Porter (37) played mother to Rutina Wesley (29) Age Gap: 8 years Jane Curtin (75) played mother to Katey Sagal (68) Age Gap: 7 years Len Cariou (70) played father to Tom Selleck (65) Age Gap: 5 years Frances Fisher (52) played mother to Laura Innes (47) Age Gap: 5 years Jennifer Robertson (43) played mother to Tim Rozon (38) Age Gap: 5 years Elizabeth Rodriguez (32) played mother to Dascha Polanco (30) Age Gap: 2 years Estelle Getty (62) played mother to Bea Arthur (63) Age Gap: -1 year! Which parent-child castings surprised you the most? And which did we miss? Hit the comments with your thoughts! Best of TVLine Young Sheldon Easter Eggs: Every Nod to The Big Bang Theory (and Every Future Reveal) Across 7 Seasons Weirdest TV Crossovers: Always Sunny Meets Abbott, Family Guy vs. Simpsons, Nine-Nine Recruits New Girl and More ER Turns 30: See the Original County General Crew, Then and Now
Yahoo
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The captain told him to enjoy this, so that's exactly what J.J. Spaun plans to do
After a whirlwind U.S. Open victory, things finally settled down for J.J. Spaun around 2 a.m. Monday. He didn't leave the gates of Oakmont Country Club until about an hour past midnight, and upon arriving back at his hotel in downtown Pittsburgh, he took a quick shower and then settled into bed to start flipping through the hundreds of messages that had queued in his phone. Comedian George Lopez, Dodgers star Mookie Betts, sportscaster Scott Van Pelt; all had words of congratulations for the newly minted major champion. Advertisement But the most impactful message came Tuesday from Keegan Bradley. Bradley remembers his major-championship breakthrough well. He was just a 25-year-old rookie when he captured the 2011 PGA Championship in a playoff. He recalls returning home and going out to a local restaurant, and 'I could feel that people knew who I was. I had never felt that.' And it made him so uncomfortable that he put his Wanamaker trophy in his closet, out of sight. And so, as Spaun was whisked around New York City for a daylong media tour, the U.S. Ryder Cup captain offered this piece of advice: Enjoy it. 'There's always another tournament,' Bradley said Wednesday ahead of the Travelers Championship. 'He's going to tee it up here. He bogeys the first hole, he's going to be bummed out. It's the way golf is. You win the Stanley Cup, you get to enjoy it for months on end. … For me, everything happened fast. I had been on the Tour for only a year. I didn't know what any of these media tours were. I'm sure J.J. is going through that. My advice to him was to try to sit back and enjoy it and soak it all in.' Advertisement Spaun's media obligations, which included an appearance on NBC's 'Today,' lasted until mid-afternoon. He then hopped in a car up to Cromwell, Connecticut, getting in around 8 p.m. Spaun's eight hours of sleep Tuesday night, were as much as he got the previous two nights combined. 'I'm not like fully in the clouds still, but we're getting a little below the ceiling,' Spaun said during his Wednesday presser, which immediately followed Bradley. 'Yeah, it's been a whirlwind. Everything that the aftermath of this whole championship has been so crazy but so much fun, and all these doors opening, it's stuff that you don't expect ever really to happen in your career. … I'm super grateful to have won the championship and to be given this experience. It's something I'll never forget obviously for the rest of my life. I guess I'm a part of history now.' Sure, there will come a day soon when Spaun will be able to sit on his couch, veg out and watch Sportscenter – his preferred way to relax. But for now, he's set to compete in the Travelers Championship, the year's final signature event. Spaun has a special connection to the Travelers. In 2020, he won the Umbrella at 15½ Challenge, a closest-to-the-pin contest using the red, umbrella-shaped green that floats about 85 yards from land between the 15th and 16th holes. Spaun's victory earned him $10,000 for the charity of his choice, which he donated to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Two years earlier, Spaun had been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes; he wouldn't find out until the following spring that he was misdiagnosed and was actually late-onset Type 1. Andy Bessette, EVP and chief administrative officer of Travelers, broke down in tears when Spaun decided to donate to JDRF. Bessette, whose son, Chris, has Type 1 diabetes, is a longtime supporter of JDRF, and as Spaun navigated his diabetes journey, Bessette was an invaluable resource. Advertisement 'Hopefully, I can win the challenge again and donate some more money to JDRF,' Spaun said. Toward the end of his presser, Spaun struggled to recall verbatim a Confucius quote that has served as inspiration. As he continued answering other questions, the PGA Tour media official conducting the press conference looked it up: Our greatest glory is not in never falling but rising every time we fall. 'That's the one,' Spaun said. 'That's kind of, I feel like, my career.' Spaun originally wanted to be a professional skateboarder. He walked on at San Diego State, where he became an All-American. He then earned just $850 his second season on the Canadian Tour and lost his card, only to win the tour's order of merit the following season. He graduated from the Korn Ferry Tour the following season. Four years later, he finished No. 185 in FedExCup points, though he maintained his PGA Tour status after the pandemic froze eligibility for an additional season. The following year he had to go to KFT Finals just to keep his card. Advertisement Two years later, after figuring out his diabetes issues, Spaun won the Valero Texas Open for his first PGA Tour title, but just last year, amid another slump, he debated retirement before eventually cracking the top 100 in points. The rest, as they say, is history. Spaun nearly won at Sony (T-3), and at Cognizant (T-2), and at The Players, where he fell in a playoff to Rory McIlroy. Now, he's a major champion, ranked a career-best eighth in the world rankings – and a surefire bet to make his first Ryder Cup team. Spaun's U.S. Open win launched him to third in U.S. Ryder Cup points, much to the delight of Bradley. 'I think going to a course like Bethpage Black, the people are really going to be behind a guy like J.J. Spaun,' Bradley said. 'His story is incredible. He's a hard-working guy that's just building and building and building his whole career. To win the U.S. Open at Oakmont, in my eyes, is the pinnacle of major golf. It's as tough as you can get. I think he's a guy that people at Bethpage will really resonate with and a guy that on our team is the heartbeat. He's now the U.S. Open champion. That's a heavy burden to bear, but that's also a great thing to have on your team.' Advertisement It's impossible to know yet just how Spaun will respond to winning the U.S. Open. He'll be running on adrenaline this week, at least. But soon, he'll be hit by his new reality. McIlroy is still struggling to find motivation after completing the career grand slam at the Masters in April. Spaun's got a long way to go before he accomplishes something that monumental – if he ever does – but relatively, his inner-drive will be challenged, too. 'I definitely need to keep the hunger there,' Spaun said. 'I think I will have the hunger just because I want to continue to prove myself, but not prove myself to anybody other than myself, I feel like, and that's kind of been my biggest barrier throughout my entire career is just trying not to be so hard on myself and not ruining any sort of confidence that I've built from all these experiences on my journey as a golfer. As long as I keep that up, I think I'll continue to play well, and obviously winning the U.S. Open is going to be a huge boost to that sort of inner ego, I guess you could say, to keep that self-belief alive and burning.' Spaun then mentioned Bradley's advice, on how easy it is to let all this fly out the window, to be quickly forgotten. Advertisement And he certainly doesn't want to lose this feeling. 'Yeah, I need to enjoy this,' Spaun said. '… I'm planning to enjoy it next week, that's for sure, at least for next week.'
Daily Mail
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
National anthem singer reveals true extent of fury at her incendiary ICE protest before Dodgers game
Singer Vanessa Hernandez has revealed she has received death threats following her ICE protest at a Los Angeles Dodgers game last week. The 30-year-old, known by her stage name Nezza, defied orders from the Dodgers to sing a Spanish rendition of the American national anthem before Saturday's game against the San Francisco Giants. The Dominican singer claimed they tried to stop her performing the Star Spangled Banner in Spanish, before she did it anyway as a show of solidarity with ICE protestors in the city. Nezza executed the poignant tribute against the Dodgers' wishes on the day of 'No Kings' protests across the US over Donald Trump 's controversial immigration policies, which came after a week of unrest in LA. She has now told TMZ that online trolls have sent her death threats but she stands by her decision to sing in Spanish and is adamant she's 'on the right side of history'. Nezza also revealed that George Lopez, Becky G and other musicians had reached out to offer their support. She said: 'I have received quite the backlash but it's been way more positive and love so that kind of outweighs that. I already knew in my heart that what I did was right but this triple confirms it for me. 'The death threats are one things but that's just the internet. I'm taking that as that is going to come from something like this. Anything that involves politics is going to involve a death threat. 'The main thing I have been seeing is that it was "disrespectful". I don't think it was because the lyrics are the exact same as the English version. 'I am a proud American. I was born here, raised her, my dreams came true here in LA and I think being a proud American and still wanting better for your country can be the same truth and I think people are forgetting that.' After Nezza posted a clip on TikTok which showed a Dodgers official telling her to sing the anthem in English, before she stunningly defied that request, a large portion of the team's fans heaped praise on her. One replied to her latest TikTok video by saying: '50 year dodgers fan & proud of you, no more games til they make this right.' 'As a la native and a dodgers fan, I'm disappointed in them,' said another. 'I'm so glad you SANNNG it in Spanish even though they told you not too! You got a new follower queen'. 'God damn. Dodgers have botched the last week pretty badly,' another fan posted on X about the anthem controversy. While one said about Nezza: 'Good for her. The @dodgers are being hypocritical. They'll have Mexico Night, hire Mariachis to play at the games, & have surely cashed in on billions of $ of revenue from a loyal Latino fan-base, much of it undocumented. Maybe when/if they get hit in the pocketbook….' However, other members of the Dodgers faithful were less impressed by her protest after being invited by the team to sing in English. 'Total lack of respect by @Nezza,' one concluded. 'She's invited by @Dodgers to sing in English. But makes decision to sing in Spanish. This is why people don't take WOKE /DEI/serious. People should boycott her music'. Another commented: 'If the @Dodgers invite Nezza back to Dodger Stadium for another reimagining of our Star Spangled Banner I know I won't be the only one who stays away. Spoke to many friends (Latino included) and it doesn't sit right with any of us. She can serenade Dominican Rep crowds instead.' While one even claimed: 'After Nezza singing [in Spanish] and not being banned forever, I will never attend another Dodger game'. In a tearful follow-up video to her original TikTok post, Hernandez suggested she has been banned from Dodger Stadium after ignoring the request to perform in English. 'Thank you for all the sweet messages,' she concluded at the end of the video before adding, 'I love you guys so much. Safe to say I am never allowed in that stadium again.' Yet according to The LA Times, she was not punished for ignoring the team request and is not banned from Dodger Stadium in the future.
Reuters
18-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Reuters
U.S. Open champ J.J. Spaun carries momentum to Connecticut
June 18 - J.J. Spaun's news conference Wednesday ahead of the Travelers Championship might have been the longest he has sat still since winning the U.S. Open on Sunday. "It's been pretty hectic but also very fun," said Spaun, whose dramatic birdie-birdie finish at Oakmont Country Club gave him a two-stroke win over Scotland's Robert MacIntyre and his first major championship. "It's been nice to be given the opportunity to express my feelings, my emotions. A lot of people want to hear from me. I was really grateful to have the opportunity to tell everyone about it," he said. "So I enjoyed it. It was a fun time." Spaun celebrated with a stopover Monday night in New York City, where he had dinner with his family, but said he didn't get to catch up on his sleep until Tuesday night. He received congratulations from several celebrities, including actor and comedian George Lopez and Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts, and from golfing greats Curtis Strange and Hale Irwin. Spaun, 34, said he was looking forward to carrying his momentum into the PGA Tour season's final signature event, which starts on Thursday in Cromwell, Conn. "Super excited," he said. "I didn't get to play here last year. I love the area. I love the course. Such a great course that they have here at TPC River Highlands. Looks like we're going to have some pretty good weather too, so that's nice. Just excited to get the week going." Spaun, who missed the cut the last two times he was at the Travelers in 2022 and 2023, said he's still getting used to the idea of being a major champion. "I still haven't really been able to enjoy it and not have any responsibilities," he said. "It would be nice to just sit on my couch at home and have the trophy sitting right next to me and watch some 'SportsCenter' or something, but that's kind of how I like to enjoy things, just kind of vegging out, especially after long weeks on the road and big tournaments." Spaun said he wants to savor his breakthrough win without becoming complacent. "I definitely need to keep the hunger there. I think I will have the hunger just because I want to continue to prove myself, but not prove myself to anybody other than myself, I feel like, and that's kind of been my biggest barrier throughout my entire career is just trying not to be so hard on myself and not ruining any sort of confidence that I've built from all these experiences on my journey as a golfer," he said. "As long as I keep that up, I think I'll continue to play well, and obviously winning the U.S. Open is going to be a huge boost to that sort of inner ego, I guess you could say, to keep that self-belief alive and burning." --Field Level Media
Miami Herald
06-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
Legendary '70s Band Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Iconic Album With Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony
On June 5, 2025, the legendary band WAR was honored with the 2,814th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, commemorating both their 55-year music legacy and the 50th anniversary of their iconic 1975 album, Why Can't We Be Friends? Present at the ceremony were original and longtime members, including Lonnie Jordan, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott, Harold Ray Brown, Jerry Goldstein, and Laurian Miller. Percussionist Marcos Reyes, who has been with the band for 25 years and hails from Lamont, Calif., also attended, expressing gratitude for being part of such a historic moment. The star-studded event took place on the famed Hollywood Boulevard, adjacent to Amoeba Music, the world's largest independent record store. Emceed by music producer and Walk of Famer Jimmy Jam, the event featured actor and comedian George Lopez as a guest speaker. Lopez, a longtime fan of WAR, notably used their hit "Low Rider" as the theme song for his self-titled sitcom, George Lopez, which aired from 2002 to 2007. In a nod to their cultural roots and the enduring popularity of "Low Rider," the band arrived at the ceremony in six custom low-rider vehicles provided by local car clubs, making for a memorable entrance for the special occasion. Formed in 1969, WAR is renowned for its eclectic fusion of funk, soul, jazz, Latin, rock, and street music. Their socially conscious lyrics and distinctive sound have resonated with audiences for decades. The band's impressive achievements include over 50 million albums sold, 20 gold, platinum, and multi-platinum records, three Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominations, and an entry into the GRAMMY Hall of Fame. The ceremony also celebrated the 50th anniversary of their seminal album, Why Can't We Be Friends?, which features the titular track that became an anthem for unity and was famously transmitted into space by NASA during the Apollo-Soyuz mission in 1975. Related: Fans Declare Aging Has 'Nothing on Him' as Legendary Actor Celebrates 88th Birthday "The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce is honored to welcome the iconic band WAR to the Hollywood Walk of Fame," Ana Martinez, producer of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, noted of the inclusion, per the press release. Following the ceremony, the band held a signing event at Amoeba Hollywood, allowing fans to engage with the musicians and celebrate their enduring impact on music and culture. The full ceremony is available to watch online: Copyright 2025 The Arena Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved
