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Anne Heche’s will — or lack thereof — continues to cause tension between theloved ones she left behind.

Per court documents obtained by PEOPLE, Heche’s older son Homer Laffoon (whomshe shared with ex-husband Coleman Laffoon) has filed a nine-page supplementto his previous petition to assume control over his mother’s estate.

The 20-year-old claims that his mother’s ex James Tupper, 57, has beeninterfering with Homer’s attempts to communicate with his 13-year-old oldhalf-brother Atlas Heche Tupper since Heche’s death in August.

Homer also claims in the filing that a 2011 document Tupper considers a will —and which he asserts named him administrator of Heche’s estate — is not validbecause the signature on the document does not belong to Heche and was notobserved by two witnesses as required by law.

Legal representative for both Homer and Tupper did not immediately returnPEOPLE’s request for comment.

James Tupper, Homer Lafoon

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Per Tuesday’s filing: “Mr. Tupper repeatedly refers to the email attached tothe Objection as a ‘will.’ However — as a matter of law — the email does notqualify as either a holographic will or formal witnessed will,” the documentreads. “The email fails to satisfy the legal requirements for a validholographic will because the material provisions of the purported will are notin the handwriting of the Decedent. A will is valid as a holographic will,whether or not it is witnessed, if the signature and the material provisionsare in the handwriting of the testator.”

The filing continues, “The email presented to the Court as Decedent’s ‘will’by Mr. Tupper fails to meet the requirements for a valid holographic willbecause the signature and material provisions are not in the handwriting ofthe Decedent. The email fails to satisfy the legal requirements for a validformal witnessed will because the email was not signed by the Decedent anddoes not have two witnesses who signed the document during the lifetime of theDecedent.”

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The document also points out that without a proper will, “there can be nonomination of an executor” or an executor selected, in general. This role isimportant as the executor “is appointed to administer an estate pursuant to avalid will,” according to the legal papers.

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Homer also called several of Tupper’s own previously filed objections to the20-year-old’s “suitability” to administer his mother’s estate — includingclaims Homer was “‘estranged’ from his mother at the time of her death” —”inaccurate and unfounded. “

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BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 12: Anne Heche attends the 74th AnnualDirectors Guild of America Awards at The Beverly Hilton on March 12, 2022 inBeverly Hills, California. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)

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Heche was involved in a fiery car accident on Aug. 5 and then was transportedto a Los Angeles-area hospital. The actress sustained several injuries fromthe incident, and PEOPLE confirmed two days later that she was in a coma andhad “not regained consciousness” since the crash.

The state of California declared Heche legally dead on Aug. 12, but shetemporarily remained on life support to allow for her organs to be removed anddonated. On Aug. 14, her rep confirmed to PEOPLE she had been taken off oflife support.

She is buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles.

Anthony Bourdain is the subject of a new, unauthorized biography and it’sgenerating headlines — and a crash response from his former girlfriend, AsiaArgento.

Four years after the Parts Unknown star died by suicide at age 61, the book,Down and Out in Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain , is set to bereleased Oct. 11 with new insight into the chef and storyteller’s final days.The author — journalist Charles Leerhsen, who’s served as a writer/editor atoutlets including Newsweek, Sports Illustrated , people and _Us Weekly —_had access to Bourdain’s laptop and phone, piecing together a timeline unlikewhat we’ve seen before.

Bourdain’s girlfriend at the time of his death, Italian actress Argento, wasnot interviewed for the project and is not a fan, as the couple’s fiery finaltext exchanges are part of the narrative.

Down and Out in Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain by Charles Leerhsencomes out Oct. 11.

Why is this a big deal?

Not much has been known about why the popular food world star — who never heldback about struggles, detailing drug use in his 2000 _Kitchen Confidential_tome — took his life. This book surfaces text exchanges Bourdain had withArgento in his final hours, in which he told her she had been “reckless withmy heart.” In the days before, the actress — a fixture in the #MeToo movementand a Harvey Weinstein accuser, who later made a deal with her own accuser —had been photographed holding hands with journalist Hugo Clément. Bourdain’scomputer data revealed he searched Argento’s name hundreds of times in thedays leading up to his death as those photos were splashed across celebritywebsites. The new information — also including many new interviews — speaks toBourdain’s mindset at the time.

Asia Argento and Anthony Bourdain at the 2017 Creative Arts Emmy Awards. TheItalian actress said after his death that they had a “free relationship,” one”without borders,” but Bourdain texts show he was upset by paparazzi photos ofher with another man published days before his death. (Photo: PhilMcCarten/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images)

Where did this new information come from?

the New York Times reports that Leerhsen conducted over 80 interviews forthe book as well as reviewed files, texts and emails pulled from Bourdain’sdevices, which are part of the late star’s estate. Ottavia Busia-Bourdain, hiswife of 11 years from whom he was separated at the time (they remainedconfidantes, sharing his only child), oversees the estate. Leerhsen said heobtained the materials from a confidential source, but “the estate has notobjected, and I don’t anticipate any objections.” Busia-Bourdain is quoted inthe book, suggesting some cooperation. She declined comment to the outlet.

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Anthony Bourdain and wife Ottavia Busia-Bourdain at 2011 Can-Do Awards Dinner.The pair, who had a daughter, separated in 2016, but remained confidantes. Hewould frequently text her and those texts were used in the book as well.(Photo: Charles Eshelman/FilmMagic)

What do we learn?

Argento said after Bourdain’s death that they had an open relationship.However, a book excerpt in people detailed how upset he became when, fivedays before his death, Argento was snapped by paparazzi with Clément in Rome,including at the Hotel de Russie, where Argento and Bourdain had a history ofspending time together.

The couple, who started dating in 2016 after they met filming a Season 8episode of Parts Unknown in her hometown of Rome, on the phone for severaldays ahead of his death, the excerpt said. People on the production talkedabout how he’d halt filming to take calls from her and they had screamingexchanges. He was described as “incredibly distracted” at the time.

Bourdain’s friend Eric Ripert was with him in Kaysersberg-Vignoble, France forthe shoot, and they enjoyed a fun night out one day before Bourdain died.According to the book, Ripert, who was staying in the hotel room next door,put his ear against the wall that night and was relieved to hear Bourdainsnoring because he was that concerned about him. The next day — Bourdain’slast — the fighting with Argento reportedly resumed. That night, Bourdaindeclined a group dinner and ate solo, eating and drinking a lot. Ripert puthis ear to the wall again that night, but heard nothing.

Anthony Bourdain died at Le Chambard Hotel in Kaysersberg-Vignoble, France onJune 8, 2018. He had been there filming Parts Unknown. (Photo:REUTERS/Vincent Kessler)

Additionally, the book claims that Bourdain was isolated at end of his lifeand had essentially vanished from his 11-year-old daughter’s life. The bookalso claims he was injecting steroids, human growth hormone and Viagra so thathis age gap with Argento, 19 years his junior, was less apparent. It is alsoalleged he would drink to the point of blackout and visit prostitutes.

The text messages

In the last three days of his life, Bourdain’s browsing history showed that heGoogled “Asia Argento” several hundred times. The night before he died, hereportedly texted her:

“I am not spiteful. I am not jealous that you have been with another man. I donot own you. You are free. As I said. As I promised. As I truly meant. But youwere careless. You were reckless with my heart. my life. [Hotel] de Russie …It’s only that that hurts’, my A. Perhaps it’s in both our characters. But youare always honest with me. I want to be honest with you. I don’t understandthis part of you. As I hope you will not understand me. But it’s that stings.I meant and mean everything I have ever said to you. But I hope you will havemercy on me for these feelings.”

According to the book, the Italian actress — whom Bourdain bailed out of her#MeToo bind, paying her accuser, Jimmy Bennett, $380,000 for rights to a photoof him in bed with Argento when he was 17 — wrote, “I can’t take this,”criticizing him for his “idiot possessiveness.”

He replied, “It would have been so easy to have helped me out here. I requiredso little. But ‘f*** you’ is your answer.”

When she continued to be unsympathetic (telling him to “call the f*ingdoctor” and saying she is “the victim here”), he replied, ** “My A. I can’tbelieve you have so little affection or respect for me that you would bewithout empathy for this.”

After filming the next day, Leerhsen reported, Bourdain texted with Argentoagain — and it was their last text exchange. He asked, “Is there anything Ican do?” to which she replied, “Stop busting my balls.” He replied, “OK.” Hehung himself that night.

Additionally, texts from Bourdain to Busia-Bourdain are included in thenarrative. One reflected his struggle with fame. It said, “I hate my fans,too. I hate being famous. I hate my job. I am lonely and living in constantuncertainty.”

He also confided about Argento, writing, “I find myself being hopelessly inlove with this woman.”

But he told his ex that Argento scrutinized his social media pages as well asBusia-Bourdain’s, confiding that Argento would get upset when she saw photosof him with Busia-Bourdain and their daughter online. Bourdain asked Busia-Bourdain not to post one on an upcoming Father’s Day.

“You didn’t want me to put a pic that had you in it because Asia would freakout and I have the feeling that won’t change anytime soon,” Busia-Bourdainreplied. “I’m tired of pretending I don’t know you. Or that we are never inthe same place.” Bourdain responded, “I feel you. But I was being honest. Thepap [arazzi] situation is horrendous. Since I left you guys, though, she’sfreaking out.”

Response to the book from Bourdain’s family and Argento

While Busia-Bourdain appears to be cooperating in some form, Bourdain’sbrother, Christopher Bourdain, sent publisher Simon & Schuster letters callingthe book hurtful as well as defamatory fiction and demanded that it not bereleased until many errors were corrected. Christopher told the NYT , “Everysingle thing he writes about relationships and interactions within our familyas kids and as adults he fabricated or got totally wrong.” A Simon & Schusterspokesperson responded to Bourdain’s brother, saying, “With all due respect,we disagree that the material in the Book contains defamatory information, andwe stand by our forthcoming publication.”

Ripert, who found Bourdain dead, told the NYT he did not provide informationfor the book, though he did read it. His assessment was that he found manyinaccuracies, but was surprised that it contained intimate details from thedays in France that he had only revealed to a few people.

Leerhsen exchanged some emails with Argento, who, he said, quoted Oscar Wildeto him: “It is always Judas who writes the biography.” Argento told the _NYT_she didn’t read the book and added, “I clearly wrote to this man that he couldnot publish anything I said to him.”

On Thursday, Argento made quite a statement on social media seeminglyresponding to the negative headlines. She posted a photo of herself in asweatshirt with former professional bodybuilder Ronnie Coleman along with thewords “Stop Busting My Balls.” Those words, according to the book, were herfinal words to Bourdain.

It’s rare for a supporting actor on a hit TV comedy to turn down the chance toheadline their own spin-off series. But that’s precisely what Rhea Perlman didwhen the makers of cheers — including creators Glen and Les Charles andJames Burroughs — __ approached her about leaving the classic NBC seriesmidway through its run to star in The Tortellis a series that would revolvearound the extended family of her tart-tongued waitress Carla Tortelli.

“They originally wanted me to be in the spin-off,” Perlman reveals to YahooEntertainment on the 40th anniversary of cheers ‘s __ series premiere onSept. 30, 1982. “But I felt the soul of cheers was the bar people, and Ididn’t want to leave the bar to go to a completely different show. I told themI didn’t want to do it, and could I please stay at the bar? So they went offand made it [without me].”

That turned out to be the right call. Premiering in January 1987, TheTortellis — which starred Dan Hedaya as Carla’s ex-husband, Nick, and JeanKasem as his new wife, Loretta — lasted only 13 episodes. (Perlman doesbriefly appear in a dream sequence during the pilot, a scene she says shedoesn’t remember filming.)

cheers , of course, wound up running for 11 seasons and 275 episodes,finally closing its doors in 1993. And Perlman appeared in every single half-hour. “I was there for the long haul, man,” she says, laughing. “I wasn’tgoing anywhere!”

And cheers fans wouldn’t have it any other way. After all, Carla was the> Boston’s bar’s resident cynic, regularly providing much-needed reality> checks for regulars like Norm Peterson (George Wendt) and Cliff Clavin (John> Ratzenberger), as well as the rest of the staff, including owner Sam Malone> (Ted Danson) and his on-again, off-again love interest Diane Chambers> (Shelley Long).

“Carla was always bursting in,” Perlman fondly says of her alter ego, whooversaw a rambunctious family that grew to include eight children. “She’d bebursting in to complain, she’d be bursting in to beat up Norm, she’d bebursting in for whatever it was. Her life was not simple, and she carriedwhatever was with her right into work. I just remember it being veryenergetic.”

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In a lively interview — not filmed before a live studio audience — Perlmanlooked back on the arc of her cheers career, from the low-rated seriespremiere to the high-rated series finale, and what she thinks Carla is doingnow.

Rhea Perlman as Carla Tortelli in cheers. (Photo: NBC/Courtesy EverettCollection)

Ted Danson once said that you were the first actor cast on ** cheers**— does that jibe with your own memory?

Well, if he said it, how could it not be true!? [ Laughs ] I really don’tknow, but I’ll go by whatever Ted says. I had done an audition with ShelleyLong, so I knew she was in. And I knew they were deciding on who was going toplay Sam, although I thought Ted had been cast by then. My memory is prettyfoggy, though, so I would always trust someone else’s.

What do you remember about that audition with Shelley?

It was scary as hell! We were in a room in Paramount where we would later haveour read-throughs, so there was just enough room for all the writers to bearound. I have no idea what we had to read — I’ve blocked that part out of mymemory. As soon as they said, “OK, you’re in,” I forgot all about that part.

When you started playing Carla, how much of the character was already thereon the page, and how much did you bring to the part?

I feel like everything was there; every piece of the show was there before wewere cast. We all brought our personalities, so I don’t feel like deep changeswere made to accommodate the actors. The actors fit into what they wrote, andI was always very thankful for that. There was a lot less improvisation inthose days in general unless you were on an improv show like Saturday NightLive or something. And I was always much more comfortable being able tointerpret what somebody else wrote rather than creating my own lines. That’swhat was so remarkable about the pilot: there wasn’t a lot of fishing around,it was just making it come alive.

What do you remember about filming the pilot? Were there any big mistakesthat had to be re-done?

The way we filmed the episodes back then — and I don’t know if this is howthey still do it now — is that we’d basically film everything once, maybetwice, in front of the audience. If there was a big mistake, we’d stop and dothat section over again so we could get the laughs in. Then after the audienceapplauded wildly, they would go home and we’d do pieces of it again or,rarely, all of it again. Once in awhile, the writers would come up with a newjoke or something that we’d add in. And Jimmy did a lot more camerawork in thebeginning, so we would stay later. Later on, that fell by the wayside and wefound it was better to just keep it simple.

The animosity between Carla and Diane is established right off the bat in> the pilot. Was that always a fun dynamic to play?

Yeah, the animosity was essential. I was very grateful for the animosity,because any real animosity I might have had came out with the character! [Laughs ] That was a great relationship: I worried about Sam being with her,because he was my best friend there. But she was the perfect foil for him. AndI got along with Ted right away. I mean, it’s pretty hard not to! He’s just anamazingly great person and loves what he’s doing. He gives out a lot of loveand I can take that.

To be fair, most of our relationships were filled with a lot of love. I mean,we were all so happy to be there! And we had no idea that the show was notdoing well in the beginning. It’s part of the lore now, but we were almostlast in the ratings. The amazing NBC executives at the time had our backs asactors. We were all very protected, and just felt like we were having a greattime. It just seemed like we were very funny and the audience loved us.

Did you get a sense of when the show started to take off?

Well, we always thought we were taking off! [ Laughs ] But I’d say it tookmaybe a year or two before many, many people would stop me on the street or inthe supermarket. But we always felt that we were on a show that was popularand on top.

This is jumping ahead of a few seasons, but I have to ask about the> classic Thanksgiving episode. When you first read that script, did you know> it was going to turn out as well as it did?

I didn’t know how it was gonna turn out, but I was so excited to be doing afood fight! We got to do that twice, because we did it in the dress rehearsaland during the taping. I’d never had a food fight in real life, and it was themost fun thing ever. I wanted to do it everyday! It was so cool to be able tothrow mashed potatoes and peas and s**t like that.

I’m sure I hit Shelley pretty hard, and I probably hit John, too. And we alleventually bombarded Jimmy Burroughs, who was not extremely excited aboutthat! [ Laughs ] It was after we were done with the fight, and I can’tremember if he had yelled, “Cut” or not. We all went over and smashed thingson him, but he had on a plastic raincoat thing.

You also played Carla ‘s sister, Annette , in one episode. Were thereplans to do more with her? It always reminded me of Lisa Kudrow playing bothPhoebe and Ursula on ** friends later on.**

Yeah, that was fun. I asked if I could do that, and they agreed. It was such adifferent character, so that was cool. And I had special teeth made forAnnette — I don’t even know if you can tell, but her teeth kind of stuck out alittle. I kind of wanted her to come back, but I had feeling she wasn’t gonna![ Laughs ]

you turned down ** The Tortellis , but other cast members did leavethe show over the years, most notably Shelley Long, who was replaced byKirstie Alley. Did you ever consider leaving?**

I had three kids during the show, and the fact that I could carry on thisamazing show and my life simultaneously was such a gift. They made it so easyfor us. Other people were having babies, too, so there were all these kidsaround us. It was something in the beer, I guess!

There were days where all the kids would come to set, but they wouldn’tintegrate into the show or anything. They would hang around the craft servicetable and the candy drawer. We had a great candy drawer! I had a little officedownstairs from the set where my kids could be. Kirstie is actuallyresponsible for getting everybody together outside of the show, because she’dhave these amazing parties — Halloween parties, Easter parties. Everyone wouldbring their kids, and she invited the crew as well. I always tried to imitatethat at my house, but I didn’t do it as well. She’s really good atentertaining people.

The cast of cheers in the show’s final season. (Photo: NBC/Courtesy EverettCollection)

The show ended in Season 11 largely because Ted Danson decided he was readyto move onto other things. The producers considered continuing the showwithout him — did they ever talk to you and the rest of the cast about what aSam-less version of ** cheers might look like?**

Yeah, there were discussions, but we weren’t really consulted. I mean, maybewe were asked what we thought, but we all felt that without Ted it wouldn’t bea good way to go out. Maybe if it had happened earlier in the show, but Idoubt it. Ted was the heart of cheers — the cast was the heart of the bar,but he was the heart of all of us. It was better to go out on top. We allsmoked a cigar, and that was the end. The end of me, because I had neversmoked a cigar before! [ Laughs ]

**Carla begins the series complaining about her kids, and ends the seriestalking about how having kids is one of the most important things in life.That ‘s a nice full circle moment that the writers crafted for her. **

Oh wow, yeah. I actually didn’t remember that. Our writers were amazing. mysister, [screenwriter] Heidi Perlman, started on that show! She’s gone on towrite on many other shows, but none as famous as cheers. [ Laughs ]

Carla, Norm and Cliff all returned for an episode of ** Frasier a> few years after ** cheers finished. Was it fun to revisit the> character then?

Yeah, that was a good thing to do. I always wish that he had done a revivallike Will & Grace did a few years ago. A few years after the show ended, wewere all at some event together, and we said: “I think we can talk them intoit.” But it didn’t work; Jimmy and the Charles brothers never wanted to do it.I have no idea what their objection was, they just didn’t want to evenentertain the thought. That’s OK! They can do what they want.

But you would be in if they changed their minds on a revival?

If they were doing it, for sure I’d be in! I’d give anything to be with themall again.

**What ‘s Carla doing now? Do you think she’s running the bar or is she stillserving drinks? **

You know, she’s the kind of person that doesn’t move around, so she’s stillgonna be there serving drinks. She’s watching the grandkids — she’s probablygo great-grandchildren by now! And they all live with her in her one-bedroomhouse. You know, I don’t think she ever had enough money, so she had to workin the bar, but she was never going to own the bar. And she was also nevergoing to leave the bar for some fancy-schmancy Boston restaurant. She stays inone spot and is happy being queen of that spot. There’s no reason for her togo anywhere else. She met all the guys she wanted to and had all the kids shecould. I guess after menopause it would have been easier. Then she wouldn’thave had to have all the kids! [ Laughs ]

I like to imagine her having a food fight with her grandkids everythingThanksgiving.

Yes, but the grandkids would have to clean it up! I wasn’t gonna clean uptheir crap.

cheers is currently streaming on Paramount+ and Peacock.

Brittle may not technically be Hollywood’s first gay love story — movieslike Making Love , Jeffrey and Fire Island all precede it — but it’sdefinitely Hollywood’s raunchiest gay love story. Co-written and starringcomedian Billy Eichner, the big-budget romantic comedy is overseen by producerJudd Apatow and co-writer/director Nicholas Stoller, who are no strangers toincluding R-rated sex scenes in R-rated rom-coms like The 40-Year-Old Virgin_and _Forgetting Sarah Marshall. In fact, that’s the kind of equal opportunityapproach Eichner hoped for when he signed on to work with the duo.

“At the end of the day, it’s a Judd Apatow movie and a Nick Stoller movie,” hetells Yahoo Entertainment. “Their movies have a long history of sex scenesthat are very physical and very funny. And I thought, ‘Well, why _shouldn ‘t_we have the same thing?'” (Watch our video interview above.)

In Brittle , Eichner plays unlucky in love podcast host/museum curatorBobbie Lieber, who falls in lust with strapping single guy Aaron (LukeMacfarlane). As the duo embark on a tentative romance, they also open up theirsex lives to include hot and heavy threesomes (and foursomes) as well ascasual Grindr hook-ups with other people. Capturing that aspect ofcontemporary LGBTQ life is something that was important for the film’s out gaystars, and sets Brittle apart from the typical Apatow/Stoller joint, wherethe central couple tends to be monogamous.

“What’s fun — especially for straight audiences — is that whole movie is athrowback to the elements of Apatow movies or romantic comedies that we love,but with this fresh, new and somewhat provocative perspective,” notes Eichner.”It’s not just your run-of-the-mill rom-com.”

Adds Macfarlane: “Sex doesn’t always have to be sentimental. Especially in alot of the queer movies that we’ve seen, sex is treated as a very sentimentalthing because it was so frightening to people for a long time. But now we canactually have fun with that.”

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Luke Macfarlane and Billy Eichner share an intimate moment in public in_Brittle_. (Photo: ©Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection)

Those scenes were also an education for Stoller, who cops to being a straightdirector helming a gay rom-com. “What’s funny to me is I approached it the wayI approached all the sex scenes I’ve shot,” he says. “My joke with Billy wasalways, ‘The only kind of sex scene I’d be uncomfortable shooting is a sexysex scene!’ I don’t know how to do the Adrian Lyne thing. But I didn’t reallyfeel like it was any different, weirdly. These are two characters with theirown foibles expressing themselves through sex in a funny, relatable way.”

naturally, Brittle ‘s central creative team knows that there’s a moreconservative audience out there who won’t find the sex scenes funny orrelatable. The film is already getting review bombed on IMDB by homophobicviewers, many of whom haven’t even seen the movie, leading Eichner toresponded on social media.

Asked how he feels about the possibility that internet trolls might claim thathe’s “corrupting” America’s youth, Eichner says that ship has long sincesailed. “The youth has already been corrupted! We lost that battle. They’re onsocial media, and they’ve been watching porn since they had a phone in theirhand. Brittle is literally like a Hallmark movie compared to what kids arewatching on their phones, so let’s all calm down.”

Stoller, meanwhile, thinks that those trolls who actually take the time towatch Brittle may come out with their attitudes changed. “You can feel theaudience falling in love with Luke and Billy as the movie goes on,” he notes.”The great thing about comedy is when you’re laughing at something, you’rerelating to it and it’s humanizing. That’s not why I set out to make themovie, but it’s hopefully a side benefit.”

The cast of the new Universal comedy, Brittle , captures a broad spectrum ofLGBTQ life. (Photo: ©Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection)

Just as Brittle represents a breakthrough for gay storytelling at the majorstudio level, Eichner recognizes that the community he’s a part of is far morediverse than the white couple at the heart of the film. To that end, thesupporting cast is filled with performers who represent the broader spectrumof LGBTQ life, including former Glee star, Dot-Marie Jones, trans actors EveLindley and Ts Madison and gender non-conforming reality show scene-stealer,Miss Lawrence. Jones and Lindley both credit Glee with being one of thefirst mainstream entertainments to expose audiences to the different colorsthat make up the famous gay pride rainbow flag.

“I am a product of Glee ,” says Lindley, adding that next barrier Hollywoodcan break after Brittle is a rom-com starring two trans lovers. “I wouldlove to see that, and I think we are ready.” For her part, Jones thinks thatboth Glee and Brittle share the same desire for accurate representation. “Brittle brought us together,” she says. “It’s something I honestly neverthought I’d see, and working with these amazing people was the most fun thingever.”

Like Lindley, Miss Lawrence sees a future in which different groups get theirturn in the spotlight. “This is the first time we get to explore a gay lovestory in depth, but it won’t stop there. There will and there should be filmsthat show what it looks like to be a trans person in love, to be a gender non-conforming person in love, to be a non-binary person in love. Every type oflove story has been told with our straight counterparts, and I want to seethat same energy when it comes to LGBTQIA people in this art form.”

Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain. (Photo: FocusFilms/Everett Collection)

Speaking of love stories, Brittle can’t resist lobbing gags in the directionof one of Hollywood’s most famous gay romances: Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee’s2005 Oscar-winning drama starring straight actors, Heath Ledger and JakeGyllenhaal, as doomed lovers. At one point in the movie, Bobbie and Aaron goon a date to see a Brokeback -type tragedy and come out of the theatercriticizing it as slow and boring. Eichner and Stoller are quick to say thatthe characters’ review doesn’t represent their own feelings about Lee’s film.

” Brokeback Mountain is a masterpiece,” Eichner raves. “It moved me totears. No one is arguing how beautiful Heath Ledger’s performance is in thatmovie.” [ Ledger died in 2008.] “I love that movie,” Stoller chimes in. “Ihear the score and I start crying.”

that said, Brokeback Mountain is also the poster child for the kind oftragic gay romance — one made by a largely straight cast and crew — thatHollywood has too often favored telling at the expense of other stories.”We’ve watched Brokeback Mountain and we’ve seen it turn out to be atragedy,” says Madison. “Now we have Brittle that shows that there is hope —that there is light at the end of the tunnel.”

Eichner made a point of following that light as he crafted Brittle for thebig screen. “Historically, on the rare occasions where Hollywood did centerLGBTQ characters, it was always about suffering,” he notes. “We’re sotortured, we’re dying, we’re getting killed! It was so, so sad and always toldthrough the perspective of straight filmmakers and straight movie stars. With_Brittle_ , we’re saying: ‘Hey, can’t there be a comedy about our lives?’ Ijust want more movies like this. I think it’s cool that we’re finally gettingto tell our own stories and not having them told for us.”

— Video produced by Jen Kucsak and edited by Jason Fitzpatrick

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Valerie Bertinelli and Tom Vitale have reached a settlement in their divorce,according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE.

The Food Network star filed for divorce in May, six months after filing forlegal separation in November 2021. Per the documents, proceedings were settledby a private judge, Hank Goldberg. This includes the Spousal Support andAttorney Fees issue, along with the bifurcated Validity of PremaritalAgreement proceeding. Neither Bertinelli or Vitale appeared in court.

Bertinelli did not respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

After the Golden Globe winner filed for divorce from Vitale, he asked in Juneto be awarded spousal support, per documents filed in the Los Angeles SuperiorCourt, which were obtained by PEOPLE at the time.

According to the documents, Vitale also sought to block Bertinelli fromrequesting spousal support, in addition to challenging the validity of theirprenuptial agreement.

In July, Bertinelli responded to her ex’s challenge of their premaritalagreement by filing a 13-page request to bifurcate her marital status fromfinancial issues in her and Tom Vitale’s divorce, according to court recordsobtained by PEOPLE. The court documents noted that Bertinelli was looking for”an early and separate trial on the issue of validity of PremaritalAgreement.”

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Ultimately, Bertinelli’s request meant a separate trial from any otheroutstanding issues regarding the divorce — a move she made after Vitale askedto be awarded $50,000 per month in spousal support and $200,000 in legal feesin early July, according to the records.

Bertinelli’s request that their premarital agreement, signed in 2010 beforethe two got married, contains a “waiver of temporary and permanent spousalsupport.”

Tom Vitale (L) and actress Valerie Bertinelli attend Power of Pink 2014Benefiting the Cancer Prevention Program at Saint John’s Health Center atHouse of Blues Sunset Strip on October 23, 2014 in West Hollywood, California

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​​In court documents from the initial divorce filing, Bertinelli cited”irreconcilable differences” as the reason for the dissolution of theirmarriage.

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In June, the actress appeared on the Today show with Hoda Kotb and gotemotional when asked if she ever wanted to look for love again, responding,”Oh, God no.”

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“Because of the challenges that I’m going through right now, because divorcesucks. I can’t imagine ever trusting anyone again to let into my life. So Ihave some trust issues that I’m sure I’m going to have to get past,”Bertinelli added.

the Hot in Cleveland star married Vitale in 2011 during a New Year’s Dayceremony at their cliff-side Malibu home after several years of dating. Theywere introduced by her brother Patrick.

Bertinelli recently parted ways with the shoes she wore on their wedding day.

“Dropped a few things off with @therealreal,” Bertinelli, 62, captioned aseries of photos that included sleek brown Jimmy Choo strappy heels completewith diamond studs. In the snap, Bertinelli also held what appeared to be twowedding bands in front of a classic Tiffany & Co. box.

“A couple of Tiffany rings that have some bad memories attached and a pair ofshoes I wore to a wedding in January 2011 😉,” she said of her items, adding:”They should be up in a couple of weeks! ✨💖. “

Good news for all Efteling fans. After three years, the oldest building in thepark has been rebuilt and with it the resident returns: Vrouw Holle. Extraspecial for designer Robert-Jaap Jansen and his 88-year-old mother Ella, whoonce modeled for the snow lady.

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It was a bit of a swallow for many enthusiasts, when the iconic, but outdatedhouse was demolished at the end of 2019 for safety reasons. After all, thatwas already there around 1940, years before the Efteling existed. It wasoriginally built as a wooden log cabin for the scouting scouts. Later, afamily even lived there, who could no longer stay in their own destroyed housedue to war bombing.

The cottage was originally a log cabin for the scouts (photo: Eftelingarchive).

When the Well of Vrouw Holle was added to the Fairytale Forest in 1952, theadjacent house was also given a makeover by Anton Pieck. After that it was,among other things, a souvenir shop and a fairytale museum, but it was notuntil 2006 that it actually became the house of Vrouw Holle.

All this thanks to designer Robert-Jaap Jansen, who got the idea during a walkthrough the Fairytale Forest. “How funny would it be if Mrs. Holle appearedevery so often in that nice little house to really make it snow?”

“Then came the question if anyone knew a nice Woman Holle.”

The management of Efteling also agreed with this plan. “The nice thing wasthat there was a beautiful drawing by Anton Pieck in the archive, on whichVrouw Holle shakes out a pillow.”

A nice starting point, but to bring the fairy tale to life, something extrawas needed. “Someone had to model so we could see how the doll had to move.Then the question came if anyone knew a nice Woman Holle. Well, I couldsometimes poll my mother.”

On the left the sketch by Anton Pieck, on the right Ella Jansen as a model.

Mother Ella herself didn’t hesitate for a second: “I’m up for all kinds ofcrazy things.” She remembers everything about that day in the park. “I had toput on a long dress and a big hat. Well, that was sweltering hot.” Robert-Jaaplaughing: “We let her walk up and down again and again. There is a photo,where she is completely exhausted.”

Still, it was all worth it, according to the proud son. “At one point shejokingly said, ‘Shall I make it snow?’ That turned out to be so nice that westill use that phrase in the fairy tale.”

Since then, Ella feels forever connected to Lady Holle. “When we come to thepark, I always go and see her. The story may not be as well known as LittleRed Riding Hood or the Wolf and the Seven Goats, but for me it is extraspecial.”

In fact, Ella is a bit like Vrouw Holle these days. “In the nursing home whereI live, people think that’s my real name. For many people I’m one and thesame.” Still, there’s one question that Ella hasn’t solved after all theseyears. “I always think: don’t those kids ever wonder where Mr. Holle is?”

“I also see it as a tribute to my mother.”

After almost three years, Ella’s favorite fairytale character is now back inher place. Although the reconstruction of the house was not a matter ofstacking some stones and putting a roof on it.

“Before demolition, the house was scanned to the millimeter with lasers,” saysRobert-Jaap. “That was used as a new building plan. It looks exactly the sameand some parts have even been reused. It’s honestly as if it never went away.”

Fortunately, because the designer himself also has a special and emotionalbond with the house. “I also see it as a tribute to my mother. Hopefully itwill now be back for eternity.”

CelebritiesAfter a lot of weight fluctuations, Jessica Simpson (42) managed tolose no less than 45 kg. In an interview with ‘Extra’ she reveals her secretand confesses that she is finally feeling good about herself again. “I feellike my old self before I had children,” it sounds.

Earlier this year, Jessica Simpson wrote on social media that she neverthought she’d be able to flaunt her figure again. “Finally I’m wearing abikini again,” it sounded then. Her secret? “Hard work, determination andself-love.” But in a new interview with ‘Extra’ she reveals even more detailsto hostess Terri Seymour and confesses what really helped her lose weight.

“I went to a nutritionist and had to get my eating habits right.” When Terriasks her if she also feels healthy and good about herself right now, theanswer is crystal clear: “I feel absolutely healthy. I feel like my old selfagain, before I had kids and all the hormones went haywire.” She goes on tosay that she even feels a lot younger. “I have much more energy and feelyounger. I can wear all the clothes I kept in storage for my daughters Maxwelland Birdie.”

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Terri wonders why people are so obsessed with her weight and the way she looksand if she ever gets used to it. “Oh, not at all. But I don’t think with anywoman. I’ve been criticized and that hurt, but I’ve also been proud of it. Idecided for myself that everyone will always talk about my weight, so I bettermake money off it and make a business of selling clothes.” In the actingworld, she could count on the advice of actress Lynda Carter, better known as’Wonder Woman’. She saved her from criticism. “She warned me on the set of’Dukes of Hazzard’. She told me that she will always be Wonder Woman and willforever be compared to that and that I will be too with my role as DaisyDuke.”

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Prime Video revealed quite a few new movies that would be added to the offerin October. We put it all together for you.

AJAX: PEARLS OF AMSTERDAM | Release date : October 7

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Ajax is the most successful club in the Netherlands. The people of Amsterdamhave also been known in the world for decades for their much-vaunted youthacademy. The three players who play the lead role in the documentary allreceived their football training at Ajax. Shortly after each other, they brokethrough in Ajax 1. The documentary on Prime Video gives a special insight intotheir lives. Gravenberch, Timber and Rensch reach Ajax 1 at different times,but then have to become a supporting force in the A-selection. Unique behind-the-scenes images show what it takes to gain your place in the first team ofAjax as a young player and then continue to develop and become successful asan Ajax player. The documentary is a story full of expectations, doubts,moments of success and setbacks. TikTok, Boom. (2022)

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Direction : Shalini Kantayya | cast : Richard Cannon III | Releasedate : October 7

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Now that TikTok is the world’s most downloaded app, these are the personalstories of a cultural phenomenon, told through the eyes of a Gen-Z cast,journalists and experts.

Catherine Called Birdy (2022)

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Direction: Lena Dunham | cast : Bella Ramsey, Andrew Scott, Joe Alwyn, SophieOkonedo | Release date : October 7

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In the year 1290, Lady Catherine, nicknamed Birdy, grows up in England. Shelives with her parents Lord Rollo and Lady Aislinn in Stonebridge Manor, whichhas seen better days. To get out of financial trouble, her father wants tomarry her off to a wealthy man. But that’s not counting Birdy, who isn’t readyto give up her independent life just yet. She cleverly keeps her worshipers ata distance.

Jackass Forever (2022)

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Direction: Jeff Tremaine | cast : Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, MachineGun Kelly | Release date : 14 October

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After more than ten years, the remaining Jackass members come together onelast time to pull off a movie full of crazy stunts. Johnny and his team go onestep further than before. They celebrate their joy of being back together,which leads to hilarious, absurd and sometimes dangerous situations. Theyexperiment with cannons, spiders, snakes, parachutes, electric chairs and muchmore.

IF YOU CAN HEAR US | Release date : October 16

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On October 20, 1996, hundreds of thousands of people marched through Brusselsin the White March. The Belgian population then massively showed itsdissatisfaction, indignation, even anger at the way in which our countryhandled the file of the then disappeared and murdered girls. Exactly a quarterof a century later, we look back at these historical events in the four-partseries If you can hear us.

Licorice Pizza (2021)

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Direction: Paul Thomas Anderson | cast : Alana Haim, Alana Haim, Sean Penn, TomWaits | Release date : October 17

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‘Licorice Pizza’ follows the lives of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine. Both growup in the San Fernando Valley during the 1970s and fall in love. Gary is alsoworking on building an acting career.

Argentina, 1985 (2022)

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Direction: Santiago Miter | cast : Ricardo Darin, Peter Lanzani, Francisco Bertin,Norman Briski | Release date : 21st of October

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In 1985, prosecutors Julio Strassera and Luis Moreno Ocampo open aninvestigation into Argentina’s bloodiest military dictatorship. Despite thearmy’s still great influence within the new fragile democracy, the men bravelycontinue their investigation and are surrounded by a young legal team. Evenwhen they are threatened with their families.

Run Sweetheart Run (2020)

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Direction: Shana Feste | cast : Shohreh Aghdashloo, Clark Gregg, Betsy Brandt, EllaBalinska | Release date : October 28

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A woman goes on a blind date with a man. As the evening progresses, the mandisplays violent behavior. The woman is terrified and runs away. However, herdate does not want to let her go and gives chase.

Each month, we round up some of the most notable new titles you can expectto find on today ‘s biggest streaming services: Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+ andPrime Video. So today that overview, unfortunately without titles from HBO Maxbecause that streaming service has not yet revealed when films will be addedin October. Insidious (2010)

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Direction : James Wan | cast : Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, TySimpkins, Lin Shaye | Release date : October 1 on NETFLIX

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Insidious means something like ‘treacherous’, which is exactly what JamesWan’s latest film is all about. The film revolves around Josh and Renai, whohave been happily married for years and have three children. When they move,however, their happy life is disrupted: one of the children falls into a coma,and then strange things happen that no one seems to be able to explain. Slowlythings get darker and they realize that they are dealing with more thanordinary matters here. Their son is possessed by a demon.

Halloween (2018)

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Direction: David Gordon Green | cast : Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak,James Jude Courtney | Release date : October 4 on NETFLIX

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Laurie Strode returns to face Michael Myers, the masked figure who nearlykilled her four decades ago. But what she doesn’t know is that Michael isready for it too.

Rosaline (2022)

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Direction: Karen Maine | cast : Kaitlyn Dever, Bradley Whitford, Isabela Moner,Minnie Driver | Release date : October 14 on DISNEY+

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The love story of Romeo and Juliet seen through the eyes of Juliet’s cousinRosaline. Coincidentally, she was in a relationship with Romeo, which he brokeoff after meeting Juliet. Rosaline is left heartbroken, but hatches a plan tothwart the new romance and win Romeo back. Jackass Forever (2022)

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Direction: Jeff Tremaine | cast : Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, MachineGun Kelly | Release date : October 14 on PRIME VIDEO

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After more than ten years, the remaining Jackass members come together onelast time to pull off a movie full of crazy stunts. Johnny and his team go onestep further than before. They celebrate their joy of being back together,which leads to hilarious, absurd and sometimes dangerous situations. Theyexperiment with cannons, spiders, snakes, parachutes, electric chairs and muchmore.

Licorice Pizza (2021)

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Direction: Paul Thomas Anderson | cast : Alana Haim, Alana Haim, Sean Penn, TomWaits | Release date : October 17 on PRIME VIDEO

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‘Licorice Pizza’ follows the lives of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine. Both growup in the San Fernando Valley during the 1970s and fall in love. Gary is alsoworking on building an acting career.

The School for Good and Evil (2022)

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Direction: Paul Feig | cast : Cate Blanchett, Charlize Theron, Michelle Yeoh,Rachel Bloom | Release date : October 19 on NETFLIX

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Every four years, on the evening of the eleventh day of the eleventh month,two 12-year-old children are kidnapped from the village of Gavaldon and takento the School of Good and Evil. Sophie, blond and beautiful, dreams of goingthere and living happily ever after as a princess with a loving prince. Herbest friend, Agatha, on the other hand, is the opposite: ugly with dark hairand living in a graveyard. Both are perfect candidates for the school, but onthe fateful night of the kidnapping, they are sent to the ‘wrong’ school totheir horror. Sophie must become evil and Agatha a heroine.

All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)

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Direction: Edward Berger | cast : Daniel Brühl, Albrecht Schuch, Sebastian Hulk,Edin Hasanovic | Release date : October 28 on NETFLIX

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Paul Baumer joins the German army with his friends Albert and Mullervoluntarily. Their patriotic fervor melts like snow in the sun when confrontedwith the brutal reality at the front. Paul must adjust his preconceivednotions about the enemy and the entire conflict. However, he has no choice butto fight to the bitter end.

Who oh who knows where the teenage star Lola from Breda has gone? That is thepressing question that music lover Germaine Rook has. Germaine wants to getforgotten teen idols from the fifties, sixties and seventies back on stage fora concert. To find singer Lola, she even hired a private detective.Unfortunately still without result and so she hopes for the golden tip.

“Lola was a cute teenage singer who generally sang Dutch songs,” says GermaineRook. “Her biggest hit was ‘Lente in September’ from 1968. That was not piratemusic, but quality. She could also sing really well and was even allowed to goto a song festival in Knokke with Ben Cramer and Sandra Reemer as a reserve.have not really broken through, but her single on vinyl is now sold for 1600euros.”

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“Lola intrigues me,” continues the 25-year-old. “That beautiful voice and hermysterious character. And she was really a sight to see. Call it a penchantfor nostalgia, but for me Lola is the ultimate artist of a genre that is indanger of being lost. Although as a singer she is also a She made the album inEnglish, she mainly sang the better Dutch song.”

Germaine is now looking for Lola with three friends. The foursome previouslyalso tracked down other forgotten singers. For example, they came into contactwith the musical quartet Atlantic from Geldrop, Trio’67 from Bergen op Zoom,the Rianta’s from Waalwijk and The Young Sisters from Breda. “The real topperscome from Brabant,” says Germaine Rook. “They did something really goodthere.”

“A detective agency has found out that she comes from Breda.”

The ultimate dream of the group is to get the teenage stars of the past backon stage. On 3 June there will be a concert in Sint Jansklooster, under thetitle ‘The forgotten black gold’, referring to the black singles made ofvinyl.

Germaine hopes Lola will be there too. If she’s still alive, that is, becausethe search is difficult and the information is rather meager. Still hoping forthe golden tip. “A detective agency has found out that she comes from Bredaand has a Spanish mother,” says Rook about what is known. “Her real name wasMarie del Rosario. But because it sounded too Spanish, her stage name becameLola.”

“We hope that people will come up with the golden tip.”

“The area where we have to search is quite large,” she continues. “We know,for example, that Lola worked in the circus in Ghent and also traveled throughGermany with her parents. But the starting point is and remains Breda. Mostpeople must still be there who know her. We very much hope for the golden tip.would be fantastic.”

So not much is known about Lola. That would have been different if she hadreally broken through in those sixties or seventies. “She was part of theelite club with Ben Cramer, Sandra Reemer and Floortje Klomp. But they saythey don’t know her either. The fact that she has not become nationally knowncan have all kinds of reasons. You had to be lucky, because the recordcompanies and the media was quite corrupt. Too bad, because she had thequalities.”

Do you have a tip about Marie del Rosario aka Lola? Then mail to [email