Willy Wonka nightmares, Dwayne Johnson's "jabroni" trademark, and more from the week in entertainment

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson wants to find whoever made Rebecca Ferguson’s life miserable

While half of the Internet tries to figure out where Kate Middleton is, the other half has become occupied with a new question: what actor screamed at Rebecca Ferguson? The mystery derives from an interview Ferguson gave for Dune: Part Two, where she shared a harrowing tale about an anonymous “absolute idiot of a co-star” who made her life hell on set “back in the day.” Though she did her best not to give this person’s identity away, as soon as the clip hit Twitter/X, everyone immediately began to wonder who the star might be—including her Hercules co-star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Read More

As predicted, And Just Like That… is done with Sara Ramirez

There were rumors earlier this year, but now it’s official: Sara Ramirez will not be returning to Max’s Sex And The City revival And Just Like That… when it returns for a third season in 2025. Ramirez played divisive new character Che Diaz in the show, a stand-up comedian and podcaster who ends up in a relationship with Cynthia Nixon’s Miranda. Over the course of the second season, Che and Miranda’s relationship gradually fell apart and they eventually broke up, with Variety’s sources saying that the character had “reached a natural conclusion”—as if nobody on TV has ever come up with an excuse to justify keeping someone’s ex around. Read More

Willy Wonka Experience actor speaks out about event that left him crying in his car

Remember the name Paul Connell. You’ll almost definitely hear from the 31-year-old comedian again when the inevitable warring documentaries about disastrous Scottish popup Willy’s Chocolate Experience—a.k.a. Fyre Fest for kids—finally come out. Read More

Netflix is betting big on Shane Gillis, since he’s apparently okay now

Appearing on Saturday Night Live can help you become president, but not appearing on SNL apparently has plenty of benefits of its own: Morgan Wallen’s career is much bigger now than it was before he got booted from a musical guest gig for not wearing a mask in public in 2020 (a scandal that was soon overshadowed by a bigger one that everyone also quickly forgot about), and now everything seems to be coming up Shane Gillis. After getting a spot on the SNL cast in 2019 and then losing it four days later when the show decided to Google him, Gillis came back to host the venerable-ish NBC sketch show this weekend—having found new success from the Joe Rogan crowd as a guy who tells it like it is or whatever. Read More