Melissa Barrera Says ‘Scream 6’ Cast Can’t Get ‘Too Hung Up’ on Neve Campbell’s Departure: ‘Her Essence Is Present’

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorWelcome to this week’s “Just for Variety.”Melissa Barrera admits she had some major issues to overcome while shooting her new Netflix series, “Keep Breathing.” The “In the Heights” star plays an attorney who is the only survivor after her small plane crashes into a lake in the frigid wilderness. “Diving into that water was probably one of the scariest things,” Barrera tells me on this week’s “Just for Variety” podcast. “I have this real fear of drowning.

would not be returning to “Scream 6” in June.The Canadian starlet and “Party of Five” alum played the queen of “final girls” Sidney Prescott in the first five installments of the horror series, which kicked off in 1996.But with “Scream 6” set to premiere next year, Campbell, 48, is adamant that her decision to leave the film was “truly” about “negotiation,” while also alluding to inherent sexism in the ordeal.“I did not feel that what I was being offered equated to the value that I bring to this franchise, and have brought to this franchise, for 25 years,” she told People Monday. “As a woman in this business, I think it’s really important for us to be valued and to fight to be valued,” she added.“I honestly don’t believe that if I were a man and had done five installments of a huge blockbuster franchise over 25 years, that the number that I was offered would be the number that would be offered to a man,” Campbell continued, then zeroing in on worries about feeling “undervalued” if she’d decided to stick around.“In my soul, I just couldn’t do that,” she said.

Molly Rainford was confirmed as the 10th celebrity to join the Strictly Come Dancing 2022 line-up.The 21 year old singer from Essex currently appears on CBBC children’s show Nova Jones, playing the part of an 18 year old intergalactic popstar who occupies her time performing in space.The news of her appearance on the show was broken on the official Strictly Instagram page as they posted a short clip with the caption: “Say hello to Molly Rainford, she's an intergalactic pop superstar from @CBBC and she's here to star on #Strictly! @mollyrainford," followed by a dancing woman emoji. After the Strictly news came out, Molly took to Instagram to share her excitment: “The secret’s finally out, I can’t believe it… I’m doing Strictly!! "I already know it’s gonna be an experience of a lifetime & I can’t wait to meet the rest of the @bbcstrictly family I’ll be sharing it with, get me to the dance floor.” Molly burst onto TV screens at the age of eleven in 2012, when she sang Ave Maria and later became the youngest ever finalist of Britain’s Got Talent.

interview with People, Campbell said “I don’t know that I’m done for good” with the film, or potential future installments when it comes to reprising her role as Sidney Prescott yet again. Though she reiterated that her reason for exiting the film had to do with what she believed to be an unfair offer considering “the value that I bring to this franchise, and have brought to this franchise, for 25 years.” “It would really depend on what they came to me with next. It would have to be different.

Neve Campbell confirmed her decision not to return in Scream 6 was based on an offer that undervalued what she brought to the franchise as a woman.

Neve Campbell won't be returning for Scream 6 after receiving an offer that "did not equate to the value" she felt she brought to the franchise, the actress didn't close the door completely for a possible return down the line — if the situation (and salary) was right.«I’m not just done with the chapter,» Campbell told ET's Lauren Zima while promoting the latest American Red Cross Scream-inspired PSA, which asks the public for help in donating blood. «I care about these movies. If they were to come to me with an amount that felt in keeping with... the value that I bring them, I would certainly consider it.

Neve Campbell is expounding on her reason for opting out of reprising her role of Sidney Prescott in Scream 6. The actress reiterated that “as a woman in business” it’s really important “to fight to be valued” and she ultimately didn’t feel that way.

Zack Sharf Neve Campbell shocked the “Scream” fandom when she announced June 6 that she would not be returning for the upcoming sixth “Scream” movie, making it the first installment in the long-running horror franchise not to star Campbell. The actor said at the time that the offer to star in “Scream 6” did not properly “equate” to the value she brings to the franchise.

Neve Campbell is standing behind her decision not to return to the “Scream” franchise.

Pressure is mounting on the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry to examine fresh allegations about horrific and long-running abuse at Edinburgh Academy.

Joy Behar is opening up about a near-death experience. On Wednesday’s episode of “The View”, during a discussion about abortion rights ahead of the upcoming midterm elections, Behar revealed she had an ectopic pregnancy more than four decades ago.

Joy Behar is opening up about a near-death experience. On Wednesday's episode of , during a discussion about abortion rights ahead of the upcoming midterm elections, Behar revealed she had an ectopic pregnancy more than four decades ago. «In 1979, I had an ectopic pregnancy… I almost died,» Behar, 79, said, before explaining what an ectopic pregnancy is.«The [embryo] is growing in the fallopian tube.

Alison Brie is giving hope to “Community” fans who have long wanted the beloved sitcom to get a big screen adaptation.

Joy Behar is pretty concerned about the issues conservatives are choosing to run on in this election cycle. On Monday’s episode of “The View,” she argued that their focus on LGBTQ+ rights and abortion rights will turn the country into a hostile nation if they succeed.Of course, Behar also argued that conservatives might be overplaying their hand. “They always say that the Democrats shoot themselves in the foot, but now it looks like the Republicans are doing that to themselves,” she argued.

have been added to Season 19.Season 18 of the long-running drama series ended with Grey Sloan losing its surgical residency accreditation. It seems this new crop of residents will be helping the doctors rebuild the program after a string of high-profile missteps that forced the current class of residents to pack up their lockers.Season 19 of “Grey’s” premieres on ABC on October 6 at 9 p.m.

Hong Kong officials said Friday they would open an investigation into a concert accident where a giant LED video screen fell down onto the stage and injured two dancers. Video clips from the Cantopop group Mirror concert Thursday night show a massive LED screen suspended above the stage crashing down, directly landing on one dancer before toppling over onto another as audience members scream in horror. The injured performers were immediately sent to the Queen Elizabeth hospital.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefMalaysian theater operator Golden Screen Cinemas has announced that “Thor: Love and Thunder” will not get a theatrical release in the country. This follows on from announcements two weeks ago that the film was indefinitely postponed.Dear valued customers, please be informed that Disney has updated that marvel Studios’ Thor Love and Thunder’ will not be releasing in Malaysia after all.

Joey Behar recalled her 2013 firing from “The View” and said she was actually “glad” it happened.

Joey Behar recalled her 2013 firing from  and said she was actually «glad» it happened.The 79-year-old comedian and co-panelist of ABC's long-running daytime talk show opened up about the experience in a new interview with  magazine, and she was unapologetic about the ordeal. «I was glad to be fired,» she tells . «I basically was sick of the show at that point for some reason, I don't even remember why.»At that point in her career, Behar's career in television also included her own HLN talk show,, which was canceled after two years in 2011.