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Scottish Sun
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Actress and Playboy star, 55, looks VERY different 36 years after finding fame as she's spotted in LA
The star revealed why being a Baywatch babe was much more difficult than it looked BEACH BABE Actress and Playboy star, 55, looks VERY different 36 years after finding fame as she's spotted in LA Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) SHE shot to fame in the 80s as a Playboy cover star and Baywatch pin-up. More than three decades on, actress and model Erika Eleniak, now 55, looks very different with two tattoo sleeves. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 4 Baywatch's Erika Eleniak was pictured walking her dog in LA Credit: The Mega Agency 4 The actress and model now has a more alternative style Credit: The Mega Agency Erika was pictured walking her pet dog in Los Angeles in a black T-shirt and shorts, with a fanny pack around her waist. She looked to be makeup-free on a sunny day in California as she strolled in a pair of sliders. Best known for her role as lifeguard Shauni McClain, Erika is still quizzed about her time on set to this day. Last year, she admitted playing a beach beauty, famed for her red swimsuit, was much harder than she was given credit for. "Running on sand is really hard," she told UPI. "Running in and out of the water is really hard. "It doesn't always look cool, either, so trying to make it look good and do it well is definitely not easy. I don't think anybody ever thought any of it was hard." Not only did the cast need to look good and be super fit, they also needed to learn emergency first aid skills such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation. While Baywatch is now most famously linked to Pamela Anderson as C.J. Parker in the mid-90s, original beach babe Erika still has a cult following. She previously told Media From the Heart that her decision to leave the show came organically after it changed direction. "Originally, this was written as a serious look at lifeguarding. As soon as it changed and became a music montage show, it was so lovely, but for me, it was time to go," she explained. TV bombshell, 54, looks completely different with baggy tee, sleeve tattoos and no makeup as she walks her dog in LA "I will say I had really strong storylines the second year, which was great. "And I did get some juicy parts, but the show became something else. So for me, it was no longer where my heart was." Immediately after her exit from Baywatch in 1992, she starred in action flick Under Siege, alongside Steven Seagal. Breaking out in the way Pamela Anderson famously wanted to with her 90s flop Barbed Wire, Erika played fictional Playboy star Jordan Tate, who helped bring a hijacked battleship under control. Feature films The Beverly Hillbillies and Chasers followed, before she became a fixture on reality TV with shows The Real Gilligan's Island and Celebrity Fit Club. The twice married mom-of-one struggled with an eating disorder and abused laxatives before going on the VH1 show. Thankfully, she has overcome her issues and also shed her clean cut image for a more alternative look. Though Erika began getting tattoos in the 90s, her colorful arm inkings were only completed in the last few years. She explained: "Most of my sleeve work is probably within five years. It's been a work in progress over the years of starting and stopping, so not really consecutive." 4 Erika is best knwon for playing Shauni McClain Credit: Rex
The Irish Sun
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Actress and Playboy star, 55, looks VERY different 36 years after finding fame as she's spotted in LA
SHE shot to fame in the 80s as a Playboy cover star and Baywatch pin-up. More than three decades on, 4 Baywatch's Erika Eleniak was pictured walking her dog in LA Credit: The Mega Agency 4 The actress and model now has a more alternative style Credit: The Mega Agency Erika was pictured walking her pet dog in Los Angeles in a black T-shirt and shorts, with a fanny pack around her waist. She looked to be makeup-free on a sunny day in California as she strolled in a pair of sliders. Best known for her role as lifeguard Shauni McClain, Erika is still quizzed about her time on set to this day. Last year, she admitted playing a beach beauty, famed for her red swimsuit, was much harder than she was given credit for. "Running on sand is really hard," she told "It doesn't always look cool, either, so trying to make it look good and do it well is definitely not easy. I don't think anybody ever thought any of it was hard." Not only did the cast need to look good and be super fit, they also needed to learn emergency first aid skills such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation. While Baywatch is now most famously linked to Pamela Anderson as C.J. Parker in the mid-90s, original beach babe Erika still has a cult following. Most read in Celebrity She previously told that her decision to leave the show came organically after it changed direction. "Originally, this was written as a serious look at lifeguarding. As soon as it changed and became a music montage show, it was so lovely, but for me, it was time to go," she explained. TV bombshell, 54, looks completely different with baggy tee, sleeve tattoos and no makeup as she walks her dog in LA "I will say I had really strong storylines the second year, which was great. "And I did get some juicy parts, but the show became something else. So for me, it was no longer where my heart was." Immediately after her exit from Baywatch in 1992, she starred in action flick Under Siege, alongside Steven Seagal. Breaking out in the way Pamela Anderson famously wanted to with her 90s flop Barbed Wire, Erika played fictional Playboy star Jordan Tate, who helped bring a hijacked battleship under control. Feature films The Beverly Hillbillies and Chasers followed, before she became a fixture on reality TV with shows The Real Gilligan's Island and Celebrity Fit Club. The twice married mom-of-one struggled with an eating disorder and abused laxatives before going on the VH1 show. Thankfully, she has overcome her issues and also shed her clean cut image for a more alternative look. Read more on the Irish Sun Though Erika began getting tattoos in the 90s, her colorful arm inkings were only completed in the last few years. She explained: "Most of my sleeve work is probably within five years. It's been a work in progress over the years of starting and stopping, so not really consecutive." 4 Erika is best knwon for playing Shauni McClain Credit: Rex 4 Erika in Under Siege with Steven Seagal
Time of India
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Why WWE legend Jeff Hardy has been replaced and won't be teaming up with Matt Hardy?
(Image Via WWE) Jeff Hardy, a renowned legend of WWE one-half of the iconic Hardy Boyz, has been replaced in an upcoming TNA Wrestling tag team championship match due to legal constraints, preventing his travel to Canada. The WWE icon won't be teaming up with his brother Matt Hardy in an upcoming major match. Previously, Jeff and Matt aka "The Hardy Boyz" defeated the defending champions at Bound for Glory 2024 to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship for the third time. They faced a defeat at the hands of Nic and Ryan Nemeth at Rebellion 2025. However, on May 23 at the CAA Centre in Brampton, Ontario, a rematch was scheduled for Under Siege. But, it now seems that Jeff Hardy has to be replaced due to his prior legal issues, and won't be allowed to visit Canada for the event. Jeff and Matt Hardy won't be teaming up together for their upcoming TNA match by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Perdagangkan CFD Emas dengan Broker Tepercaya IC Markets Mendaftar Undo WWE legendary Tag Team members Jeff and Matt Hardy will not be teaming up together for their upcoming match due to legal travel issues with Canada. Over the years, Jeff Hardy's legal issues have certainly taken a toll on his wrestling career. Back in 2021, he was let go by WWE after he chose not to go to rehab following a troubling incident at a live event. Even though he passed a drug test afterward, WWE still decided to part ways with him. Later on, Jeff made his way to AEW and eventually made a comeback to TNA Wrestling , teaming up again with his brother. Jeff Hardy vs. Nic Nemeth For The First Time In 16 Years | TNA iMPACT! May 15, 2025 Earlier, the Nemeth brothers interrupted to mock their rivals. As per reports, it was Nic, who suggested the rematch take place at Under Siege, then Ryan sweetened the offer to make it a ladder match. They did this knowing full well that Jeff can't cross the border into Canada due to previous legal issues. The Nemeths considered that to mean the rematch is cancelled, so they will be moving on. As per reports, Matt Hardy will now join force with Leon Slater in the the upcoming Under Siege event . It will be now exciting to watch if the duo can reclaim the TNA World Tag Team Championships in Jeff's absence. Also Read : "TNA creative, it's on you!": Will TNA allow a match between Hardy Boyz and Dudley Boyz? - The Times of India Fans are eager to see if this new pairing can overcome the Nemeth Brothers and restore the Hardys' legacy in TNA Wrestling once again. Get IPL 2025 match schedules , squads , points table , and live scores for CSK , MI , RCB , KKR , SRH , LSG , DC , GT , PBKS , and RR . Check the latest IPL Orange Cap and Purple Cap standings.
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'90s Action Movie Star, 73, Is Unrecognizable in Rare Public Appearance
Actor Stephen Seagal is undoubtedly one of the greatest action movie stars of all time. From Above the Law to Hard to Kill and Out for Justice, he proved himself to be one of the biggest bad asses in showbiz. His most well-known movies are Under Siege and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, where he played Navy SEAL, Casey Ryback. However, his acting days are now behind him, and fans won't believe just how different he looks today. Seagal was spotted attending the Russian Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9th. There were mixed reactions from people who saw the clip, as it's no secret that Seagal has been a controversial subject for many years. He was granted Russian citizenship in 2016, and he's also a known supporter of president Vladimir Putin. While many people left comments stating simple things like, "Respect 💪," others made it perfectly clear that they are no longer fans of the actor. One person said, "I'm not a fan of you anymore," and another made a bold statement, saying, "Steve Seagal is a spy from Russia 🤔"One thing's for sure, Seagal looks absolutely nothing like he did in his Casey Ryback days. He was quite the heartthrob back then. And who could ever forget this iconic flick? 🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox🎬
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Die Hard With A Vengeance Is One Of My Favorite Action Movies, And I Guess I Have Steven Seagal To Thank?
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. When it comes to the Die Hard franchise and the best '90s movies in general, Die Hard with a Vengeance will always be at the top of my list. Admittedly, this was the first John McClane movie I saw (it came on HBO when I was like seven years old), and so I've always had a soft spot for Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson teaming up to save the 'Big Apple.' The frenzied New York City setting, the cat-and-mouse game, the big twists, the ties to the franchise's early days. All of it is just perfect. While I've known for years that this didn't start out as a Die Hard movie, I only recently learned that we saw this iconic version of it because of a classic Steven Seagal action flick. So, I guess I have the controversial actor-turned-musician-turned-sheriff to thank for it all. Here's why… The 'Die Hard on a [insert location]' trend took off like wildfire soon after Bruce Willis first played John McClane back in the 1988 franchise starter, but the series almost tried that angle out itself in the early 1990s. Following the release of Die Hard 2: Die Harder, 20th Century Fox made plans for another sequel, which wasn't going to take place in New York City, but instead on a boat. Yes, we were close to having Die Hard on a Boat. Back in late 1992, the Los Angeles Times reported that the threequel's original idea would have seen the grumpy, hungover, yet dependable detective attempt to save a yuppie cruise ship from a band of terrorists. In that report, it was also pointed out that this version was based on a spec script titled Troubleshooter, but more on that later. So, what ended up causing the studio to back off and pivot to what would become the 1995 blockbuster? Though a script was adapted and fine-tuned for Die Hard 3, and it looked like things were going to pick up steam, the project was abandoned at some point in 1992 because of a little movie called Under Siege, starring none other than Steven Seagal. In the same Los Angeles Times article mentioned above, the studio and film's producers decided that the similarly plotted movies – Under Siege centers on a U.S. Navy ship hijacked by terrorists – would have come out too close to one another and didn't want it to look like Willis was following in Seagal's footsteps. This also followed a trend of other movies that took a page out of Die Hard's book (Passenger 57 and Cliffhanger also came out in the months following Under Siege's success). I totally see why Willis, Fox, and the Die Hard 3 producers wanted to take a different approach to the franchise after the success of Under Siege, as well as the trend of similarly-plotted action movies at the time. However, I'm not going to lie and say I wouldn't want to hear John McClane say his famous line while swinging from a cable connected to a ship's smokestack or while taking out a terrorist by swinging on an anchor or something. John Milius, the man who wrote classics like Jeremiah Johnson, Apocalypse Now, and Magnum Force before directing quintessential '80s movies like Red Dawn and Conan the Barbarian, was tasked with working on Die Hard 3 after the original plans sank. I don't know about you, but the idea of Milius writing a John McClane story seems like a match made in action movie heaven, and it almost happened. According to the same Los Angeles Times article, Milius, who told the paper, 'We're off the boat,' was approached to make a non-nautical Die Hard movie at some point in late 1992 with the idea that it would shoot in mid-1993 and come out during the 1994 summer blockbuster season. There were some massive movies in '94, and Die Hard 3 would have been right in the middle of it all. Imagine two Bruce Willis movies, two all-time great action flicks, and more in the same summer. Bonkers! At some point, I can't really figure out when, Fox scrapped the Milius idea (I really want to know what this would have been about) and decided to just take an unproduced script that it owned, retool it, and make it into Vengeance. I've been aware that the movie started out as a thriller called Simon Says (that aspect remained in the finished product), I didn't know that it was originally supposed to be a Brandon Lee movie before the actor's tragic death on the set of The Crow. According to Comic Book Resource, Simon Says was pitched after the success of 1992's Rapid Fire, with Lee taking on the role of NYPD officer Alex Bradshaw and the character that eventually became Samuel L. Jackson's Zeus Carver being a female instead. But those plans were scrapped when Lee died in a freak on-set accident in 1993, and the script was put back in the pile before being turned into Die Hard with a Vengeance. Perhaps the craziest thing, however, I learned throughout all of this is that not only do I have Seagal to thank for Die Hard with a Vengeance, I also have him to thank for this absolutely insane Willem Dafoe death scene. Digging around, I discovered that the unused Die Hard 3 script from the early 1990s was later retooled and turned into Speed 2: Cruise Control. Though the story ended up being used for a random sequel to 1994's Speed (without Keanu Reeves) that is considered garbage by most, it still got to see the light of day. When speaking with Movieline back in 2001, John McTiernan, who directed the original Willis actioner and Vengeance, explained that most of the material that was developed for the aborted third installment was turned into Speed 2, including the iconic scene where the ship washes ashore, causing all kinds of destruction. See, it wasn't all lost. All in all, Die Hard with a Vengeance is one of my favorite action movies, my most-watched installment in the Bruce Willis action series, and a game-changing blockbuster. Maybe it's for the best that Steven Seagal had to come in and make a mess of things.
