‘Desperate Housewives’ would be “cancelled” if it was made today, says Eva Longoria

Just Stop Oil protestors stormed the set of Channel 4 show The Last Leg tonight. The chat show hosted by comics Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker was being broadcast live when the protesters appeared on screen just seconds into the programme, handing the hosts orange hi-vis vets.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor The FTC is looking into whether OpenAI, the developer of the artificial-intelligence chatbot ChatGPT, “engaged in unfair or deceptive privacy or data security practices or engaged in unfair or deceptive practices relating to risks of harm to consumers, including reputational harm,” according to a letter the regulatory body sent to the company. The agency’s probe into OpenAI was first reported by the Washington Post, which shared a redacted copy of the letter to the company (at this link). The time period for the FTC’s information requests to San Francisco-based OpenAI date from June 1, 2020, “until the date of full and complete compliance” with the investigation, which is technically called a “civil investigative demand” (CID).

Todd Gilchrist editor Since “Mission: Impossible III” in 2006, Simon Pegg has been part of the core ensemble of the “Mission: Impossible” franchise, playing hacker and sometime field agent Benji Dunn opposite its stalwart star Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt. Pegg was never going to be the actor risking life and limb on screen — “it’s Benji’s job to be the one that actually says, ‘what the fuck are we doing here?’,” he observes. But over five installments of the indefatigable series, his character has shifted from questioning what Ethan is doing in the moment to believing absolutely in why he’s doing it, thanks in no small part to the writing and directing of Christopher McQuarrie. McQuarrie came onto “Ghost Protocol” as “a sort of master plumber to re-wriggle the pipes,” as Pegg characterizes it, and since became the series’ ongoing co-architect with Cruise. Their partnership reaches its peak, even if by all indications it’s far from over, with “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One,” half of an operatic culmination of narrative seeds planted since Cruise first played Hunt back in 1996. In a conversation with Variety, Pegg discusses what makes McQuarrie’s creativity so special, and his collaboration with Cruise et al so unique; he also talks about new details he discovered about Benji, explored the challenges of being self-referential in a franchise like this without undermining emotional stakes, and hinted at what is yet to come as he and the rest of the filmmaking team move on to “Dead Reckoning — Part Two.”

Zack Sharf Digital News Director SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses the ending of “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One,” currently playing in theaters. “Dead Reckoning,” the seventh installment of the “Mission: Impossible” franchise, is the latest Hollywood blockbuster to be split into two movies, but Tom Cruise and writer-director Christopher McQuarrie tried their hardest to give “Part One” a non-cliffhanger conclusion. The filmmaker recently told Total Film magazine that thinking about how to conclude the first of two movies kept Cruise up at night during the filming of “Part One.” “Where we ended the movie was always where we were going to end it,” McQuarrie said of the train action sequence. “How we ended the movie was a big, big mystery for us. It kept Tom awake at night throughout production. He would come in all the time and say, ‘This can’t be a cliffhanger, it’s got to be satisfying.’ The audience has to feel a sense of completion.”

Variety + Sportico’s Sports and Entertainment Summit in Los Angeles, presented by City National Bank. Leaders, athletes and executives came together at the 1 Hotel West Hollywood to discuss the varying challenges, techniques and strategies that have served them well. Here are 10 key takeaways from a day of lively discourse.

Thania Garcia Universal Music Group, the world’s largest music rights company, has requested aid from the United States Congress to combat copyright infringement by people using and developing new AI technology. Jeffery Harleston, UMG’s general counsel/executive vice president of business and legal affairs, spoke as a witness in a Senate Judiciary Committee on July 12 and called for a federal “right of publicity” — the intellectual property right that shields a person’s likenesses such as their voice and name (some states already follow this guideline but Harleston is arguing for a nationwide statute). According to a report by Music Business Worldwide, the company also requested copyright owners should have awareness of AI training models and that all “AI-generated content” should be labeled as such.

Addie Morfoot Contributor As the SAG-AFTRA strike gets underway, documentary filmmakers are still at work. But despite the fact that the dual strike by actors and their writer counterparts in the WGA could lead to gaps in narrative content for broadcast networks and streaming companies, the doc industry isn’t holding out much hope that studios will start flooding money into documentaries. “There’s a feeling of solidarity and support for SAG and for the WGA,” says Bryn Mooser, founder of nonfiction film and television studio XTR. “The struggle they are facing is a struggle that doc filmmakers have also faced since the beginning of the industry on the documentary side, which is fair pay and making sure we are represented in the right way, et cetera. But if anybody thought that this would mean that (studios) will just shift resources to a different part of the industry like docs while this gets figured out, that’s not happening.”

summer of “Barbie” movie mania, one plastic surgeon on Long Island is offering a dream surgery that will transform patients into the legendary pink-loving doll — for the price of $120,000.The plastic package offered by Dr. Scott Blyer of Cameo Surgery Center in Islandia touts a choice from one of three body surgeries, a facial surgery and the opportunity to get “classic barbie hair” in addition to pink nails and a teeth whitening.“For some it may just be a breast lift or Brazilian butt lift,” Blyer, 49, told The Post.

Many celebrities have dogs or cats as pets, but not Snoop Dogg – he had a pet cockroach!

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is now in theaters and the title clearly gives away that another installment in the franchise is on the way.

Goldie Hawn is setting the record straight on her relationship with Kurt Russell.

Ludacris was this spring when he appeared in the tenth (!) installment of the “Fast and Furious” franchise.Now, you can see him live.The popular rapper is touring all over North America this summer and fall.And if you’re a Luda fan in New York, you’re in luck.On Saturday, Aug. 5, Ludacris is set to headline alongside LL Cool J, Queen Latifah, De La Soul, Salt-N-Pepa, Big Daddy Kane and more at the annual Rock The Bells in Forest Hills, Queens.For those outside of the five boroughs, you can catch the “Welcome To Atlanta” icon perform in locales like Cincinnati, Des Moines, Salt Lake City, Tucson and Las Vegas.Clearly, he gets around.As of now, tickets are available for all 26 upcoming gigs on his tour calendar.Some are quite affordable too.“How Low?”Well, at the time of publication, we found tickets going for $37 before fees on Vivid Seats.We happen to think that’s a steal given all the timeless hits — “Move B—-,” “Rollout (My Business),” “Stand Up,” “Act A Fool” and “Area Codes” to name just a few — that Ludacris works into the set list.Want to catch the “Fast and The Furious” star and hip-hop icon own the stage live this year?Here’s everything you need to know about Ludacris’ 2023 tour.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues and links to the cheapest tickets available can be found below.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time.

on “CBS Mornings” — her first since having the “Goodfellas” star’s seventh child in May and then suffering a bad bout of Bell’s palsy.“When we were working it was just work, and then a couple of years later we got back in touch and I said, ‘Oh, I guess we get along,’ and I guess we really get along,” Chen, 45, told host Gayle King while holding baby Gia Virginia Chen De Niro during the tot’s first-ever TV appearance.The lovebirds first sparked romance rumors after a PDA-filled outing in 2021. However, they first met on the set of Nancy Meyers’ 2015 romantic comedy “The Intern,” in which she played De Niro’s character’s tai chi instructor.When asked about his martial arts prowess in the movie, Chen said: “I’ve had better students but he was OK.

Leave it to Beyoncé to serve nothing but looks.

Being a royal family member certainly has its perks. Prince William and Kate Middleton on Friday took all three of their children — Prince George, 9; Princess Charlotte, 8; and Prince Louis, 5 — on a royal outing to a Royal Air Force station.The royals got the chance to look at the insides and outsides of a variety of planes as preparations are being made for this weekend's Royal International Air Tattoo show, the world's largest military air show. The mood seemed to be a mix of excitement and deference as the family also explored the exact C-17 transporter aircraft that flew the body of Queen Elizabeth from Edinburgh — which is near Balmoral Castle, where she passed away last year — back to London.

Fran Drescher, president of the actors trade union SAG-AFTRA, defended a photo she took with Kim Kardashian in Italy around the same time negotiations between actors and production companies began to break down. Drescher was in Italy to attend Dolce & Gabbana’s Alta Moda despite the union facing the strike deadline. She defended the outing as "absolute work" during Thursday's press conference announcing SAG-AFTRA would be going on strike.

Kevin Spacey denied that groping is his "trademark" pickup move during his second day of testimony in his criminal sexual assault trial taking place in London. The two-time Oscar winner stuck to his testimony from a day earlier in which he insisted he never sexually assaulted three of the four accusers who described encounters between 2001 and 2013.The acts allegedly escalated from unwanted touching to aggressive fondling to one instance of performing an oral sex act on an unconscious man. Spacey, 63, has pleaded not guilty to charges of sexual assault, indecent assault and causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent.

Lorenzo Lazo experienced the profound loss of his beloved partner, Edith González, who had been his wife and companion for nearly a decade. Despite the immense sorrow that befell him, the Mexican economist didn’t closed his heart completely, and as time passed, he gradually embraced the possibility of new romantic connections.

Selena Gomez in a dream role. A gossip website has recently shared that Gomez is in talks to play Linda Ronstadt in a biopic depicting her life and her art.

Shakira is set to receive a very special recognition, not just for her undeniable impact from her successful music career, but also for her continuous support to young children when it comes to their education, with the help of her charitable Barefoot Foundation organization, which is focused on transforming the lives of kids who live in poverty and need access to education and resources.The Colombian singer will make an special appearance at Univision’s Premios Juventud in Puerto Rico, becoming an ‘Agent of Change’ at the highly anticipated awards. The singer revealed in a new interview with host Alejandra Espinoza, that her dream “is to be able to continue growing and make many more schools, get more resources from both the government and the private sector, and that every day more people understand that education is really that ‘Agent of Change.’”Shakira highlighted the importance of education for new generations, as her organization has been making an enormous effort to provide aid to children since 1997.

Chrissy Teigen is keeping up with the latest summer trend. The 37-year-old TV personality is showing off her figure in a colorful crotchet bikini, enjoying the warm weather aboard a luxury yacht and joining other celebrities such as Kendall Jenner, Heidi Klum, Dua Lipa, and Emily Ratajkowksi.“A day at sea,” Chrissy wrote on Instagram, showing off her summer ensemble, which included blue sandals and a white wrap.

Karol G’s romantic involvement with Feid were circulating online. However, she has ended all the speculation by confirming through her social media that their relationship is serious and there is a strong chemistry between them.

Karol G’s mom, Martha Navarro, had a very emotional reaction after watching her daughter’s latest music video. The Colombian singer released her new project S91, in which she opens up about her journey to worldwide success, and sends a message to everyone who didn’t believe in her at the start of her career.“Why did you start crying?” Karol G asks her mom in a new clip posted on social media after she watches the video next to her daughter.

Eva Longoria thinks she is the only star who would be up for a 'Desperate Housewives' return. The 48-year-old actress - who starred as Gabrielle Solis on the show, which ran from 2004 to 2012 - admitted she would be the "first to sign up" if a reboot of the series was proposed, but she doesn't think her co-stars, which included Felicity Huffman, Teri Hatcher, and Marcia Cross, would be as keen. She laughed on 'Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen': "I think I'd be the only one to sign up.

Eva Longoria walks out side by side with President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden at the White House!

Long-running television hit “Desperate Housewives” would be canceled in this era for its racy and controversial themes, costar Eva Longoria claims.

Eva Longoria couldn’t contain her emotions while listening to U.S. President Joe Biden’s remarks during a screening of the film Flamin’ Hot on the South Lawn of the White House on June 15, 2023, in Washington, DC.

Eva Longoria is opening up about her time on Desperate Housewives and why she thinks the show would be the victim of cancel culture if it aired today.

, Eva Longoria, who was there to promote her feature directorial debut, , shared her thoughts about a potential reboot of the hit primetime soap,, and where her character, Gabrielle Solis, might be today.  When asked by a fan if she would ever join a revival of the series, Longoria said, «I would be the first to sign up.» «I mean, I love [it].

Eva Longoria has stated that Desperate Housewives would be 'cancelled' if the dark-comedy were to be on screens in the modern day. The star, 48, played conniving but loveable supermodel Gabrielle Solis on the ABC television series which ran from 2004 to 2012, and for which she received Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.  Storylines and behind-the-scenes snippets left jaws dropping, including Gabrielle's statutory rape of her 17-year-old gardener John Rowland (played by Jesse Metcalfe), a lack of diversity and showrunner Marc Cherry's spat with cast members.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Eva Longoria jokes that she’s taking an extended vacation to get some rest after her whirlwind promotion of “Flamin’ Hot,” her feature film directorial debut. “I am going to sleep for about three months,” Longoria told me Thursday morning. “When I come up for air, I hopefully will know what I’m doing next.” Joking aside, she said, “I will tell you it’s been very difficult. I’ve been sent many scripts already. I’ve been reading so much, but there’s nothing so far that has sparked in me the intense passion that I had for telling this particular story. “I was asking my agent, ‘Do I have to feel this way about every story I want to direct? Because I haven’t felt it yet,'” Longoria continued. “He said that should be the bar.”

Eva Longoria is heading to the White House, where her new movie “Flamin’ Hot” will be screened for an audience including President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden.

Flamin’ Hot, a recently released Hulu and Disney+ movie and the directorial debut of Eva Longoria, is the latest project to get a special screening at the White House.

Eva Longoria is thrilled to present her new film ‘Flamin’ Hot’ at the White House on Thursday. After making her directorial debut, the 48-year-old star will be honored with a special screening for Latino leaders and community members, hosted by Joe and Jill Biden.The actress is sharing her excitement to attend, as she will also be joined by cast members.

Eva Longoria is taking a trip down memory lane!The  director sat down with ET for a rETrospective, where she flashed through some of her most iconic career moments, from getting her SAG card for an appearance on to her unforgettable run as Gabrielle Solis on .Longoria recalls being directed by Tori Spelling during a time when was «the biggest show on Earth.»«To get, you know, Flight Attendant #3 was like, 'I've arrived!' I was so happy,» she shares. «That's like one of the first times an actor can direct. I was super professional...but inside I was fangirling for sure.»  Looking back at her time as Isabella Braña on , Longoria shares how booking a role on a soap opera «was the epitome of success.» «My mom was so happy when I got the contract because I did like one line on and one line on another soap. And I just remember that was the dream, if I could just get on a soap opera,» she says.

Eva Longoria’s directorial debut with “Flamin‘ Hot” has been a success! The actress, director, and businesswoman premiered the movie at the 2023 Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF).The much anticipated and discussed premiere tells the inspiring true story of Richard Montañez, who, as a Frito Lay janitor, disrupted the food industry by creating people’s favorite Flamin‘ Hot Cheetos.During the special event, Longoria wore a massive flame-shaped ring that caught everyone’s attention, including the fine jewelry and diamond experts at UK retailer Steven Stone.The team has taken a close look at the ring and revealed with HOLA! USA everything you might want to know about the custom-made ring created by Chopard.“Eva Longoria always looks fabulous, and she certainly turned the heat up at the Los Angeles premiere of her latest project, ‘Flamin’ Hot,’” Maxwell Stone said via email.“The actor-turned-director paired her sheer black lace beaded gown with jewels from Chopard - and all eyes were on her massive ring.