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Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman has apologised for misgendering Kathleen Turner’s character in the series.Speaking on the BBC radio show The Conversation, Kauffman, who created the hit sitcom with David Crane, admitted that it was a “mistake” to refer to Chandler Bing’s transgender parent as a man.“Pronouns were not yet something that I understood. So we didn’t refer to that character as ‘she’.
That was a mistake,” said Kauffman.Throughout the series, Chandler (Matthew Perry) frequently referred to Turner’s character, Charles Bing, as his father. The character was also known as Helena Handbasket, which was the name they used for their drag show act. The series never specified if Charles was trans, but Kauffman confirmed that she was.Kauffman added that she set out to create a safe environment on the set of the sitcom and did not tolerate transphobia offscreen.“I like very much to create an environment where we have a happy set and a happy crew,” she said.
“It’s very important to me that where we are is a safe place, a tolerant place, where there’s no yelling. I fired a guy on the spot for making a joke about a trans cameraperson.
That just can’t happen.”Speaking about the show’s LGBTQ+ representation, Turner previously admitted that the series hadn’t aged well.“How they approached me with it was, ‘Would you like to be the first woman playing a man playing a woman?’ I said yes, because there weren’t many drag/trans people on television at the time,” Turner told Gay Times. “It became a phenomenon, but no one ever took it seriously as a social comment.”During her interview on The Conversation, Kauffman also addressed the criticism Friends has received for its lack of racial representation, having recently pledged
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Lynda Carter is mostly known for her role as “Wonder Woman” but she has an extensive career in TV and film. Carter took to social media to reminisce about one of her old projects, where she starred alongside a pre-JLOBen Affleck. Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck will host a big wedding celebrationVanessa Hudgens says Jennifer Lopez ‘deserves the whole world’ after marrying Ben AffleckA post shared by Lynda Carter Official (@reallyndacarter)The exchange started on Twitter, when she wrote, “Who remembers ‘Daddy?” while sharing the film’s poster.
Savannah Guthrie regularly turns heads with her stylish looks on Today, but one celebrity was not so impressed with her appearance. The TV show host received criticism at the hands of a major celebrity who gave her an uninvited piece of advice. MORE: Jenna Bush Hager stuns in swimsuit photo during beach trip with familySavannah shared the story on Instagram stories alongside a photo of herself on set. WATCH: Savannah Guthrie and Jenna Bush Hager's backstage antics revealedShe wrote: "True story: One time I saw Kathleen Turner in a bar. She looked over and said, 'your posture sucks'."The mom-of-two then poked fun at herself as she realized the star may have had a point.
Joe Jonas took a stroll down memory lane on Friday, posting a montage video of his romance with Sophie Turner. The sweet tribute comes just a few days after ET confirmed the birth of the couple's second child, a baby girl. «Started from the bottom now we're here…» Jonas captioned his video, which features clips of Turner at a restaurant and mid-hug with him in bed before cutting to several stills and video clips of their 2019 wedding. The montage is set to «Got Me Good,» Jonas' newest song with his band, DNCE.
A very surprising Thanksgiving! Before Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner welcomed two daughters together, his famous family was shocked to learn the musician was dating the Game of Thrones alum.
Carter. The clip introduces us to the titular Agent Carter (played by Joo Won), who engages in non-stop intense physical combat, chases through the rural countryside and helicopter stunts, as he follows the instructions through the phone from an unknown female voice in order to avoid getting killed by the CIA.Carter, directed by The Villainess and Confession Of Murder‘s Jung Byung-gil, is slated to premiere on Netflix on August 5.The “one-scene, one-cut film” will follow Carter, who awakens two months into a deadly pandemic originating from the DMZ that has devastated both the US and North Korea, with no recollections of his past. He finds a mysterious device in his head, and a lethal bomb in his mouth.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefMixing “Jason Bourne” and “Mission: Impossible” adrenalin rushes with Korean cool, Netflix is teasing high octane footage of “Carter,” its first Korean original movie of the second half of the year.The action plays out two months into a deadly pandemic originating from the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas. The outbreak has already devastated the U.S. and North Korea.
Marta Kauffman is looking back at Friends plot points.
The original Wonder Woman, Lynda Carter, voiced her support for trans women amid their ongoing fight for equality.
longtime ally, 70, tweeted out her support for women and the trans community amid recent social media fury drummed up by other celebs.“I cannot think of anything that helps women’s rights less than pinning the blame on trans women,” the “Wonder Woman” icon posted on Twitter on Tuesday, garnering 136,000 likes and nearly 26,000 retweets overnight.She went on, “They face so much violence and scrutiny as is. Leave them alone and focus on the real war on women.
Amanda Kloots is celebrating her late husband, Nick Cordero, on the anniversary of his tragic death.
Amanda Kloots paid tribute to her late husband, Nick Cordero, on the second anniversary of his death Monday with a video compilation of a few of their favorite moments together shared to Instagram. "Two years ago today Elvis and I said goodbye to Nick. It was the hardest day of my life," she captioned the short clip.
the Telegraph about her book, “Soul Survivor,” she said Turner trapped her in a room and raped her in the mid-1960s.“What can I say? It was awful. I despised Ike on that level, but I didn’t know how to express myself,” the now 75-year-old said.Arnold held a grudge after that against Turner, claiming that she didn’t know how to process her anger at the time.
Sasha Urban editorAfter pledging $4 million to Brandeis University over “guilt” about the lack of racial diversity on “Friends,” co-creator Marta Kauffman is now expressing regret over how the show represented another demographic: transgender people.In an interview with The Conversation on the BBC World Service that will air on July 11, Kauffman called it a “mistake” to refer to the transgender mother of Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry) as his “father.”“Pronouns were not yet something that I understood,” Kauffman told the BBC. “So we didn’t refer to that character as ‘she.’ That was a mistake.’”The character, Amanda Bing, was played by Kathleen Turner, who said on “Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen” in 2019 that she wouldn’t have accepted the role if it was offered to her again “because there would be real people able to do [the role].” Kauffman is also the creator of the hit Netflix series “Grace and Frankie,” and explained that she now tries to cultivate a welcoming environment on set for all people.“I like very much to create an environment where we have a happy set and a happy crew.
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Carter & Richardson, the minds behind Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, have launched a Kickstarter campaign for a new card game called Halves.Halves utilises the player’s “superior intellect” to win points by guessing the word on their opponent’s card and stopping the opponent from guessing theirs. An arsenal of Trap cards designed to “deceive, disrupt and derail” players adds a twist to the game, and it’s described as “unfun for all the family”.During Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes’ first tour in 2016, Frank Carter and Dean Richardson came up with Halves on a plane to Ireland.
but for Welsh author Adrian Turner he completed his debut novel in the Shudders series.PHOTOS: Meet the LGBTQ mums and dads and their adorable children: From Elton John to Tom DaleyThe book series is aimed at children and takes heavy inspiration from R. L.
Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman has pledged $4million (£3.2million) to African American studies as an apology for the show’s lack of diversity.Kauffman, who is also the co-creator of Netflix series Grace And Frankie, made the pledge to her alma mater, Brandeis University in Boston, to establish an endowed professorship in the school’s African and African American studies department.Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, Kauffman said she had a change of heart on the diversity criticism against the show following the death of George Floyd in 2020 by Minneapolis police – which sparked worldwide protests.“I’ve learned a lot in the last 20 years,” Kauffman said. “Admitting and accepting guilt is not easy. It’s painful looking at yourself in the mirror.