Salon.com > Celebrity http://www.salon.com Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:45:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Judd Apatow fights with MSNBC host on Twitter http://www.salon.com/2012/12/27/judd_apatow_fights_with_msnbc_host_on_twitter/ http://www.salon.com/2012/12/27/judd_apatow_fights_with_msnbc_host_on_twitter/#comments Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:30:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13155771 Last night, MSNBC host Touré slammed Judd Apatow's new comedy, "This Is 40," with a short tweet, saying "Warning: 'This Is 40' is a horrible mess with a meandering plot and few laughs and characters who are hard to like. What happened?" Apatow noticed it immediately, however, and fired back an insult, prompting Touré to back down:

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A guy named Bruce then butted in, and Apatow unleashed his sardonic wit on him, too:

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For the next several hours, Apatow tweeted and retweeted reviews of "This Is 40," throwing in wisecracks at those who dared to insult him:

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So, what is the main takeaway from all of this?:

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2012/12/27/judd_apatow_fights_with_msnbc_host_on_twitter/feed/ 15 Kate Winslet married Ned Rocknroll in secret ceremony http://www.salon.com/2012/12/27/kate_winslet_married_ned_rocknroll_in_secret_ceremony/ http://www.salon.com/2012/12/27/kate_winslet_married_ned_rocknroll_in_secret_ceremony/#comments Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:15:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13155677 Kate Winslet got married in a secret ceremony last month, making what could have been a nightmare for her "Titanic" fiance a bizarre reality. Her rep has confirmed that Winslet married a fun-loving man named Ned Rocknroll in a private ceremony in New York.

Rocknroll, ne Abel Smith, is the nephew of Virgin Group billionaire Richard Branson. He is currently employed as Head of Marketing Promotion and Astronaut Experience at Virgin Galactic, a job title he made up, just like his last name. He met Winslet on Branson's Necker Island when Branson's 90-year-old mother saved her after a fire burned down the house Winslet was staying in. The two have been having fun together ever since.

More amazing than being Mrs. Ned Rocknroll?: Leonardo DiCaprio walked Winslet down the aisle.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2012/12/27/kate_winslet_married_ned_rocknroll_in_secret_ceremony/feed/ 5 “Twilight” stars are Hollywood’s top investment, says Forbes http://www.salon.com/2012/12/27/twilight_stars_are_hollywoods_top_investment_says_forbes/ http://www.salon.com/2012/12/27/twilight_stars_are_hollywoods_top_investment_says_forbes/#comments Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:10:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13155614 Forbes has released it's annual "Best Actors for the Buck" list, naming Natalie Portman and Kristen Stewart as this year's most profitable investments. A converse of their most overpaid actor list, the ranking analyzes what actors yield the greatest box office return compared to their salaries, creating a loose "return on investment" measure. Forbes explains the methodology:

We looked at the last three films each actor starred in over the last three years that opened in more than 2,000 theaters, calculating the return on investment for the studios who pay his (or her) salary. We didn’t count movies where the actor was in a supporting or large ensemble role and we didn’t count animated movies. The actors who score well on this list tend to have small paydays and star in highly profitable movies.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2012/12/27/twilight_stars_are_hollywoods_top_investment_says_forbes/feed/ 0 Is Ben Affleck going to run for Senate? http://www.salon.com/2012/12/19/is_ben_affleck_going_to_run_for_senate/ http://www.salon.com/2012/12/19/is_ben_affleck_going_to_run_for_senate/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:12:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13150199 Rumors are spreading around Capitol Hill and elsewhere that actor-director Ben Affleck might be considering a Senate run for Massachusetts. Politico notes that Affleck, who was in D.C. today to speak for more U.S. involvement in Eastern Congo, was also scheduled to meet with other lawmakers, including Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.),"who is widely believed to be replacing Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State."

Affleck, however, would not confirm or deny the rumor. “That’s not what I’m here to talk about,” he told Politico. “I’m here to talk about what role we can place in making the Eastern Congo a better place.”

But Boston reporter Jon Keller argues that if Kerry's seat does, in fact, open up, Affleck could have a fair chance. Affleck has been active in the Democratic Party for more than a decade, and campaigned for Sen.-elect Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who beat Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) in Nov. Any U.S. citizen over 30 years of age who can obtain 10,000 certified signatures can enter this race, Keller noted.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2012/12/19/is_ben_affleck_going_to_run_for_senate/feed/ 4 Zooey Deschanel, Ben Gibbard finalize divorce http://www.salon.com/2012/12/18/zooey_deschanel_ben_gibbard_finalize_divorce/ http://www.salon.com/2012/12/18/zooey_deschanel_ben_gibbard_finalize_divorce/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:07:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13148488 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A judge has finalized Zooey Deschanel's divorce from her rocker husband of roughly three years.

Court records show a judge finalized the actress' divorce from Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard on Wednesday in Los Angeles.

Gibbard and Deschanel, who stars in Fox's "New Girl," were married in September 2009. They had no children together.

The actress filed for divorce in December 2011 after separating two months earlier.

The judgment does not provide financial details of the breakup, although it states that the former couple's marriage cannot be repaired by counseling or mediation.

Deschanel was nominated last week for a Golden Globe for her work on "New Girl."

 

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2012/12/18/zooey_deschanel_ben_gibbard_finalize_divorce/feed/ 0 Networks adjust programming in wake of Newtown shooting http://www.salon.com/2012/12/18/networks_adjust_programming_in_wake_of_newtown_shooting/ http://www.salon.com/2012/12/18/networks_adjust_programming_in_wake_of_newtown_shooting/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2012 13:55:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13148446 As Americans continue to grieve over Friday's elementary school massacre in Newtown, Conn., Hollywood is responding by censoring violent or disturbing content from network programming this week. This weekend, Fox pulled new episodes of "American Dad" and "Family Guy," opting instead for reruns. Syfy pulled a new episode of "Haven," which centered on "violence at a high school." ABC temporarily removed an epsiode of "Scandal" from its website, in which a family of four were murdered. TLC has delayed the premiere of "Best Funeral Ever," a reality TV pilot episode about unique funerals (the show will air, instead, on Sun. Jan 6).

Other shows, like last night's "Conan" and the weekend's "Homeland" paid respect to the victims by addressing the nation in the form of a monologue or a disclaimer--or, in the case of "Saturday Night Live," opening a children's choir singing "Silent Night."

Four movie premieres have also been canceled or delayed, the latest being Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained," originally scheduled for tonight. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the tragedy in Newtown, CT, and in this time of national mourning we have decided to forgo our scheduled event," a spokesperson for the Weinstein Co. said in a statement.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2012/12/18/networks_adjust_programming_in_wake_of_newtown_shooting/feed/ 1 Celebrities call for gun control http://www.salon.com/2012/12/17/celebrities_call_for_gun_control/ http://www.salon.com/2012/12/17/celebrities_call_for_gun_control/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:30:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13147362 The nation is still in mourning after Adam Lanza opened fire on Sandy Hook Elementary School, killing 26 (20 of whom were children) before taking his own life. Lanza used a lightweight military-style rifle owned by his mother, a gun enthusiast, whom he shot dead before heading to the school on Friday.

Tapping into the nation's collective consciousness, celebrities quickly took to Twitter to express the immediate need for tighter legislation on guns:

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2012/12/17/celebrities_call_for_gun_control/feed/ 2 Items in Lindsay Lohan’s storage locker to be auctioned off to pay for rent http://www.salon.com/2012/12/13/items_in_lindsay_lohans_storage_locker_to_be_auctioned_off_to_pay_for_rent/ http://www.salon.com/2012/12/13/items_in_lindsay_lohans_storage_locker_to_be_auctioned_off_to_pay_for_rent/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:20:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13124326 TMZ is reporting that tabloid darling Lindsay Lohan will have to auction off the items in her storage locker, for which she currently owes about $16,000 in unpaid rent.

Lohan's so strapped for cash that Charlie Sheen recently gave her $100,000 to help her pay back taxes (of which she owes more than $200,000).

...aaaand cue the "Storage War" jokes ... now:

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2012/12/13/items_in_lindsay_lohans_storage_locker_to_be_auctioned_off_to_pay_for_rent/feed/ 0 Family has identified Jenni Rivera’s remains http://www.salon.com/2012/12/13/family_has_identified_jenni_riveras_remains/ http://www.salon.com/2012/12/13/family_has_identified_jenni_riveras_remains/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:46:51 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13124228 MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) -- A state official says Jenni Rivera's family has identified the remains of the Mexican-American music star killed in plane crash.

Nuevo Leon state security spokesman Jorge Domene said DNA tests are still pending. The singer's remains will be given to the family once the tests are completed in coming days.

Officials said earlier that two state police officers had been arrested on suspicion of stealing unspecified items from the scene of the plane crash that killed Rivera.

The Nuevo Leon state government says authorities found images of the scene on the smartphone of one of the officers, who is 23, while trying to determine now the Mexican media got photographs of the secured site, including images of body parts and personal documents.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2012/12/13/family_has_identified_jenni_riveras_remains/feed/ 0 Convicted murderer crafted bizarre plot to castrate and kill Justin Bieber http://www.salon.com/2012/12/12/convicted_murderer_crafted_bizarre_plot_to_castrate_and_kill_justin_bieber/ http://www.salon.com/2012/12/12/convicted_murderer_crafted_bizarre_plot_to_castrate_and_kill_justin_bieber/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:00:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13123080 Dana Martin, a convicted murderer and rapist currently serving two life sentences, foiled his own plan to castrate and murder Justin Bieber. Dick Knipfing of New Mexico station KRQE said of the plot, "It just gets weirder, and weirder."

Martin originally hatched the perverse plot with fellow Las Cruces state prison inmate Mark Staake, who then recruited his nephew, Tanner Ruane. The plan targeted four individuals--two of Martin's former acquaintances in Vermont, and then Bieber and his bodyguard when they were in New York City a few weeks ago. KRQE reports that Martin "gave strict orders to strangle the victims with a paisley tie, the kind Martin used as his calling card" and that Ruane was to castrate them. (Martin also has a Justin Bieber tattoo on his leg).

Oddly (and luckily), however, Martin turned in Staake and Ruane before any murders took place. Police in Vermont arrested Staake on outstanding warrants before anyone was harmed, and Ruane was later arrested in New York. Police found the murder tools and pruning shears in his possession.

KRQE has the full report:

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2012/12/12/convicted_murderer_crafted_bizarre_plot_to_castrate_and_kill_justin_bieber/feed/ 6 Jennifer Love Hewitt producing “Pride and Prejudice” show on Lifetime http://www.salon.com/2012/12/12/jennifer_love_hewitt_producing_pride_and_prejudice_show_on_lifetime/ http://www.salon.com/2012/12/12/jennifer_love_hewitt_producing_pride_and_prejudice_show_on_lifetime/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13122868 Jane Austen's classic 1813 novel, "Pride and Prejudice," has a few good TV and film adaptations, but the next one will probably not be counted among them. Lifetime (yes, that Lifetime) has announced that Jennifer Love Hewitt (yes, Jennifer Love Hewitt) will turn Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy's nuanced love story into a television show called "Darcy's Town." The show will be set in the present day in a small Virginia town.

Hewitt's show is the second present-day Austen show slated for network TV. CBS recently bought a TV drama inspired by  Austen's "Sense and Sensibility" by "Boardwalk Empire's" Margaret Nagle.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2012/12/12/jennifer_love_hewitt_producing_pride_and_prejudice_show_on_lifetime/feed/ 2 Vindication for 2013 Rock Hall of Fame inductees http://www.salon.com/2012/12/11/vindication_for_2013_rock_hall_of_fame_inductees/ http://www.salon.com/2012/12/11/vindication_for_2013_rock_hall_of_fame_inductees/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 23:30:00 +0000 http://http://www.salon.com/2012/12/11/vindication_for_2013_rock_hall_of_fame_inductees/ The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 2013 class will be remembered for its variety.

The eclectic group of rockers Rush and Heart, rappers Public Enemy, songwriter Randy Newman, "Queen of Disco" Donna Summer and bluesman Albert King will be inducted into the hall of fame next April in Los Angeles.

The ceremony will mark the end of a long wait for fans of five of the six acts, who've been eligible for entry for some time. Public Enemy was inducted on its first ballot appearance, swelling the ranks of hip-hop entries to four.

Quincy Jones and Lou Adler will receive the Ahmet Ertegun Award given for contributions beyond performance.

The inductees were announced Tuesday by 2012 inductee Flea of The Red Hot Chili Peppers at a news conference in Los Angeles.

 

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2012/12/11/vindication_for_2013_rock_hall_of_fame_inductees/feed/ 4 Jon Stewart almost quit “The Daily Show” because staff was “insane” http://www.salon.com/2012/12/11/jon_stewart_almost_quit_the_daily_show_because_staff_was_insane/ http://www.salon.com/2012/12/11/jon_stewart_almost_quit_the_daily_show_because_staff_was_insane/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:09:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13121589 Comedian Jon Stewart opened up to Stephen Colbert at last week's fundraiser for the Montclair Film Festival, surprising the audience when the fake news anchor admitted that "The Daily Show," as we currently know it, almost didn't happen.

Third Beat reports that Stewart had serious doubts after taking the helm of the show, previously hosted by Craig Kilborn. "What I did not realize is, a lot of the people who worked there were assholes,” Stewart said.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2012/12/11/jon_stewart_almost_quit_the_daily_show_because_staff_was_insane/feed/ 24 Reddit loves Snoop Lion http://www.salon.com/2012/12/11/reddit_loves_snoop_lion/ http://www.salon.com/2012/12/11/reddit_loves_snoop_lion/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:29:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13121537 It looks like Snoop Lion's evolution to icon status is complete: Mashable reports that the rapper's AMA on Reddit was the site's 2nd biggest, behind only President Barack Obama's. He drew in more Redditors than the likes of Louis C.K. and Neil DeGrasse Tyson, answering questions (mostly) about weed (one Redditor commented: "From this thread I've gathered that he's always high, for everything").

And if there was any question about it, Snoop confirmed his Internet-brand of epicness with a rap battle against Santa Claus:

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2012/12/11/reddit_loves_snoop_lion/feed/ 0 Lena Dunham gets snippy with Gawker http://www.salon.com/2012/12/11/lena_dunham_gets_snippy_with_gawker/ http://www.salon.com/2012/12/11/lena_dunham_gets_snippy_with_gawker/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:00:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13121232 Last Friday, Gawker published "Girls" creator Lena Dunham's proposal for her $3.7 million book deal. The book, "Not That Kind of Girl," is pitched as a funny lady-advice book about life and relationships. The assumption is that whatever Dunham might lack in experience she makes up for in wit.

But last week Gawker got ahold of the proposal, publishing it and annotating 12 choice lines (one of which mentions that her "vegan dinner party" was featured in the New York Times) with a dose of snark. Dunham's lawyer asked Gawker to take the proposal down (and it did). But now Deadline reports that Dunham wants the 12 lines to be taken down, too.

Deadline notes that "this is hardball":

This is hardball: Harder represented himself to Gawker’s attorney as “litigation  counsel for author and actress Lena Dunham [and] Lena Dunham has retained an attorney to demand that Gawker remove 12 quotes from her book propsal from our site,” an insider tells me.  (I hear Random House isn’t bitching to Gawker, only Dunham.)

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2012/12/11/lena_dunham_gets_snippy_with_gawker/feed/ 9 Must-see morning clip http://www.salon.com/2012/12/11/must_see_morning_clip_76/ http://www.salon.com/2012/12/11/must_see_morning_clip_76/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:46:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13121254 Matt Damon tells Jay Leno what it was like to meet Bill Clinton for the first time at a screening of "Good Will Hunting":

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2012/12/11/must_see_morning_clip_76/feed/ 0 Forbes declares Eddie Murphy Hollywood’s most overpaid actor http://www.salon.com/2012/12/05/forbes_declares_eddie_murphy_hollywoods_most_overpaid_actor/ http://www.salon.com/2012/12/05/forbes_declares_eddie_murphy_hollywoods_most_overpaid_actor/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13115912 Forbes is amazed that comedian Eddie Murphy is still getting paid to act. The magazine has declared that the career of the former "SNL" and "Coming to America" star "has just collapsed," earning him the title of Hollywood's most overpaid actor.

Each year, Forbes calculates Hollywood stars' "ROI" of sorts, averaging the salaries of the top 100 most powerful celebrities over their total box office earnings. Murphy's box office return was $2.30 to every $1 the actor was paid for his last three films. Though Forbes notes that Murphy hasn't had a non-animated hit in five years, this could, of course, also just be bad luck with picking movies.

Murphy's record doesn't look so bad, though, when considering that last year's list topper, Drew Barrymore, didn't even turn a profit. Barrymore gained 40 cents per dollar earned last year. This year, she didn't rank -- but the reason why says it all: To be considered by Forbes, an actor has to be the clear star of the movie and have had three "big" releases in the last three years. As far as Forbes is considered, Barrymore hasn't had enough recent hits.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2012/12/05/forbes_declares_eddie_murphy_hollywoods_most_overpaid_actor/feed/ 6 Trace Adkins issues non-apology apology for wearing Confederate Flag earpiece http://www.salon.com/2012/11/30/trace_adkins_issues_non_apology_apology_for_wearing_confederate_flag_earpiece/ http://www.salon.com/2012/11/30/trace_adkins_issues_non_apology_apology_for_wearing_confederate_flag_earpiece/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:00:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13111094 Country singer Trace Adkins last night addressed criticism he received for wearing a Confederate Flag earpiece to the Rockefeller Center's Christmas tree lighting in New York earlier this week. In a personal note on his Web site, Adkins clarified that he objects to "oppression of any kind," and that the flag instead represents "remembrance of my Southern lineage."  "I am a descendant of Confederate soldiers who followed that flag into battle," he wrote. "To those who view the flag as a symbol of racism, that was not my message and I did not intend offense.”

In his note, Adkins, who is now on USO tour in Japan, advocated an "honest conversation about our Country’s history." This is the second time in recent months that a Southern musician has attempted to strip the Confederate Flag of its controversial association with the slavery of the antebellum south. And Abraham Lincoln, for one, isn't buying it:

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2012/11/30/trace_adkins_issues_non_apology_apology_for_wearing_confederate_flag_earpiece/feed/ 6 Lindsay Lohan charged with four crimes in one day http://www.salon.com/2012/11/29/lindsay_lohan_wanted_for_4_crimes_in_one_day/ http://www.salon.com/2012/11/29/lindsay_lohan_wanted_for_4_crimes_in_one_day/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:48:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13110238 Lindsay Lohan, the "Artist of many things.. :),"  has been arrested in New York City following the assault of a West Palm Beach woman at a nightclub. A source told TMZ that Lohan was caught in a scuffle with another woman, after saying something that sounded like "Give me my space." According to the source, the two separated but then Lohan allegedly came back to punch the woman in the face.

Police have also charged Lohan with three other crimes today, after her now-infamous Porsche rammed into an 18-wheeler on Pacific Coast Highway in June. Lohan has been charged with reckless driving, giving false information to an officer and obstruction.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2012/11/29/lindsay_lohan_wanted_for_4_crimes_in_one_day/feed/ 10 Rider Strong to have “no official involvement” in “Boy Meets World” follow-up http://www.salon.com/2012/11/29/rider_strong_to_have_no_official_involvement_in_boy_meets_world_follow_up/ http://www.salon.com/2012/11/29/rider_strong_to_have_no_official_involvement_in_boy_meets_world_follow_up/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:30:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13109995 Rider Strong, better known to most '90s kids as the rebellious but charming Shawn Hunter from "Boy Meets World," has announced that "at this point" he will have "no official involvement" in the "Boy Meets World" spin-off, "Girl Meets World."  He posted a note on his Web site earlier today:

So I am extremely happy for Ben and Danielle to be able to continue the story. At this point, I have no official involvement in Girl Meets World. There might be a chance to see some of the BMW cast in a guest spot, and I think it would be nice to find out where our characters have been all these years. But Girl Meets World will be, and I think it should be, it’s own show. It will be about Cory and Topanga, their daughter, and a new set of characters.

Strong recounted all the positive ways in which the show changed his life, but the note didn't say why Strong wouldn't sign on. To say that this is a disappointment for superfans is an understatement. After all, the best-friends-from-different-worlds conflict between Cory and Shawn sourced half of the drama on the 7-season show.

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