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By Zack Sharf According To The variety Dick Van Dyke recently attended the Vandy High Tea event in Malibu, Calif. and joked about his landmark 100th birthday, which is coming up later this year in December. The icon quipped: “That’s right. I’m not officially 100 until December. Two months. Two months. It’d be funny if I didn’t make it” (via People). Reflecting on the milestone birthday in a more serious tone, Van Dyke added: “I brag sometimes about how I made it to 100 and the truth is, if I had known I was going to live this long, I would’ve taken better care of myself. And it is frustrating because I don’t know what I did right. Other than her [wife Arlene], I didn’t do anything right.” Van Dyke married Arlene Silver in 2012. The couple was in attendance at the Va...

By Marc Malkin According To The variety Lukas Gage is living his true authentic life like never before. The openly gay 30-year-old actor – best known for “The White Lotus,” “You” and “Companion,” among others – tells all in his new memoir, “I Wrote This for Attention.” He writes candidly and humorously about his traumatic childhood, substance abuse, STDs, checking into a mental health treatment center and his short-lived marriage to celebrity hairstylist Chris Appleton. “I’m an over-sharer,” Gage tells me during a Zoom video interview from his publisher Simon & Schuster’s offices in New York City. “I probably say too much. But I love memoirs where they overshare and maybe crossing the line, but they entice people to have conversations about thi...

By Carlos Aguilar According To The variety Given the pressures of modern existence, it’s clear why an adaptation of Michael Ende’s 1973 novel “Momo” would appear utterly relevant in 2025. More than ever, the hours in the day seem insufficient. In writer-director Christian Ditter’s glossy take on the fantastical story about the preciousness of time, an enigmatic red-haired girl named Momo (Alexa Goodall) lives inside the amphitheater of an unnamed European city (perhaps closest in look to Rome). Locals take an interest in Momo given her special talent for listening to people. When someone confides in her, the speaker feels magically compelled to be truthful. They leave the exchange feeling relieved and acknowledged, a rarity in the attention-starved era of the internet. Strangely...