Kaley Cuoco Gave a Relationship Update While Wearing a Sequin Tuxedo

The ‘do that shook CBS! Kaley Cuoco opened up about her dramatic hair transformation ahead of season 8 of The Big Bang Theory — and the effect it had on her character, Penny.

It all started with a bang! The Big Bang Theory not only transformed the lives of its stars — including Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Johnny Galecki, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Melissa Rauch and Mayim Bialik — but it also made a deep impact on its viewers, who propelled the CBS hit to a rare 12-season run, making it one of the longest-running sitcoms in television history.

In , a new book from Grand Central Publishing available Tuesday, October 11, the cast and producers of the hit sitcom reunited for over 120 hours of interviews with Glamour senior editor Jessica Radloff to talk about life on-and-off screen. In this exclusive excerpt, Kaley Cuoco (Penny Hofstadter) opens up about and the surprising lesson she learned after making the chop. As soon as the eighth season of The Big Bang Theory started airing, the big news was Penny’s new look. Over the summer, Kaley Cuoco decided to cut her hair, first into a chic shoulder-length bob, then a chin-framing cut, and eventually into a pixie.

Kaley Cuoco used a “Big Bug Theory” to lure her co-star and crush Johnny Galecki to her cabin, a new tell-all reveals.Galecki — tight-lipped until now about his off-screen romance with fellow “Big Bang Theory” cast member Cuoco — dished that she first hit on him by using a ruse about an insect.They were on a cast getaway at the San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito, Calif., and Cuoco, who had just broken up with her boyfriend, was staying in the room next door.“She tried to have him come over in the middle of the night to kill a bug,” said Jessica Radloff, author of “The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series,” out Oct. 11.“So I declined the demand to go kill a bug in her room,” Galecki recalled in the book.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Chris Messina has joined Kaley Cuoco in the Peacock dark comedy thriller series “Based on a True Story,” Variety has learned. Per the official series description, the show “is about a realtor, a plumber and a former tennis star whose lives unexpectedly collide, exposing America’s obsession with true crime, murder and the slow close toilet seat.” It was previously announced that Cuoco will play a married woman named Ava Bartlett, while Messina will play a character named Nathan. All other character details are under wraps. Messina’s recent TV credits include the Starz Watergate drama “Gaslit” as well as Season 3 of the popular USA Network series “The Sinner” and HBO’s “Sharp Objects.” He is perhaps best known for his role on the comedy series “The Mindy Project,” in which he starred as Danny Castellano. On the feature side, Messina has been in films like “Argo,” “Away We Go,” “Devil,” “I Care A Lot,” and “Birds of Prey.”

dated from 2008 to 2010, and their characters on the show were also dating. When the two split, the show writers already had a plan for Penny and Leonard’s on-screen split as well. For many couples, a split doesn’t necessarily stop hook ups or the occasional getting back together — which is what started happening with Cuoco and Galecki’s on-screen characters after the end of their real-life relationship.“All of a sudden, we started noticing there were extra makeout scenes for our characters, and/or sex scenes,” Cuoco told Vanity Fair while doing press for Jessica Radloff’s new book “The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story.”“I was like, ‘I think Chuck is f—king with us!’ We were convinced.

Kaley Cuoco shared an update on her relationship with boyfriend Tom Pelphrey, having grown stronger each day they've spent together.MORE: Kaley Cuoco wows in bedazzled mini dress amid sweet relationship newsShe revealed that they'd taken the step to add a new member to their family by adopting a dog from a shelter together that they'd named King.VIDEO: Kaley Cuoco and Tom Pelphrey react to Emmy nominationsThe actress shared the sweet news with a slew of photographs on her Instagram Stories, including one of the pair cuddling up to their new pet."Welcome to the family King!! I swear he's happy, don't let his crazy derp eyes fool you!" she wrote beside the photo.MORE: Kaley Cuoco and Tom Pelphrey look so in love during red carpet debut at the Emmys"Thank you @rescuedogsrocknyc @lakehartwellvet and everyone who made this union possible.

Michael Nordine author There’s no meet cute in “Meet Cute,” which is kind of the point. The film, which takes its name from the romantic comedy trope wherein two people meet in an unusual, makes-for-a-good-story kind of way that rarely happens in real life, owes as much if not more to “Groundhog Day” as it does to “When Harry Met Sally…” Kaley Cuoco and Pete Davidson are the would-be couple in Alex Lehmann’s time-loop rom-com, which could have just as easily been named “500 First Dates” for its portrayal of a lovesick woman on a monomaniacal quest to get things just right. The movie itself is more freewheeling than its heroine, deriving much of its charm from a performance that’s well rehearsed on several levels.

Kaley Cuoco looked really glam earlier this week when she stepped onto the red carpet with none other than Pete Davidson, her co-star in the new Peacock film Meet Cute. The release has been hotly anticipated for awhile, but what made headlines this week was her co-lead, who literally wore a hoodie and some sweatpants to the premiere event. Luckily, his co-star has a bit of experience in the world of comedy and took the whole thing in stride.

Pete Davidson is a star — no matter what he’s wearing!

Kaley Cuoco was a guest at “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” where she discussed all sorts of topics, frrom her outfit at the Emmys to her relationship with her boyfriend Tom Pelphrey. She also talked about the strange way she met Pete Davidson, her co-star in the film “Meet-Cute.”Kaley Cuoco hilariously recalls the time her ‘The Flight Attendant’ crew covered her car with Post-it notesKaley Cuoco and her boyfriend Tom Pelphrey make their Emmys debut“Meeting him in real life was an interesting situation,” said Cuoco. “He was attached to this film way before I was.

Kaley Cuoco thinks Pete Davidson should do better. The actress hilariously slammed the comedian’s decision to wear a hoodie to the Meet Cute premiere in New York.

Kaley Cuoco and Tom Pelphrey had quite the Hollywood meet cute. At the red carpet premiere of her new film,, in New York City on Tuesday, Cuoco told ET's Rachel Smith that she and her new beau shared an instant connection at another premiere event back in April. «We have the same manager,» Cuoco said, «so we met at the premiere.»Pelphrey, who played the troubled Ben Davis in the Netflix drama, was on-hand as one of the show's stars. Cuoco happened to attend as a guest of her manager that evening. «I went inside, I was so excited,» she recalls, «and we met there — and it was love at first sight.»The starry-eyed actress gushed, «He's the cutest of all.»In , Cuoco plays a single woman named Sheila who discovers a time machine that allows her to travel back in time to a date she had the night before with a man named Gary, played by Pete Davidson, over and over again. However, when she starts going back to moments in Gary's past to try to change him into her dream version of the man she wants him to be, things get even more complicated and messy.In real life, Cuoco, 36, and Pelphrey, 40, took a big step in their relationship just last week while attending the Emmys together.According to ET's insiders, the pair were all loving looks and light touches throughout the event, showing off sweet and subtle PDA on the same night that they made their red carpet debut as a couple.

Kaley Cuoco has a laugh about Pete Davidson‘s look for the premiere of their new movie, Meet Cute, in New York City on Tuesday (September 20).

Pete Davidson dressed down for the premiere of his new rom-com, , and his co-star, Kaley Cuoco, didn't miss a chance to poke fun at his on-brand, casual ensemble.ET's Rachel Smith was on the carpet at the premiere in New York City on Tuesday and was speaking with Cuoco — who looked stunning in a shimmering metallic blazer dress — when Davidson hit the scene.The former actor rocked a white hoodie — with the hood up -- green slacks and wrap-around shades as he posed and smiled for photos, and the star couldn't help but poke fun.«I'm glad Pete dressed up for the occasion,» Cuoco said with a laugh. «That is so bad.»The pair joked for a bit about his look before Cuoco explained why exactly Davidson is such a charming and magnetic person.«Honestly he's just he's just a really sweet human being,» Cuoco shared.

Pretty in pink! Kaley Cuoco hit the red carpet for the 74th annual Emmy Awards on Monday, September 12, positively glowing in an ultra-feminine frock and makeup look.