'The O.C.' Creator Reveals Ben McKenzie & Mischa Barton Weren't Top Choices to Star in the Show - Find Out Who Almost Played Ryan & Marissa!

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Tunisian auteur Mohamed Ben Attia’s new work “Behind the Mountains,” which will soon launch from the Venice Film Festival’s Horizons section, sees the director add a supernatural element to the social dramas for which he is known. Attia’s third feature reunites the director with Majd Mastoura, star of his breakout drama “Hedi” — about a repressed young man ignited by a free-spirited woman — which won best debut and actor honors at the 2016 Berlin Film Festival.

“End Credits: How I Broke Up with Hollywood,”she reports that she started as a “Friends” writer in July 2000.Having premiered in 1994, “Friends” was in its seventh season at the time, with cast members Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, Lisa Kudrow, and Matt LeBlanc already big-time celebrities. “But the novelty of seeing Big Stars up close wore off fast, along with my zeal about breakfast,” Lin wrote in an excerpt published by Time magazine.

The O.C. have said they “regret” killing off fan-favourite character Marissa, played by Mischa Barton.At the end of the show’s third season, Marissa dies in the arms of her boyfriend Ryan Atwood (Ben McKenzie) after being involved in a car accident.Speaking to Vanity Fair for the show’s 20th anniversary, show creator Josh Schwartz and executive producer Stephanie Savage reflected on the decision to kill off the character.“It’s something that we regret, and looking back on it, we wish we could have come up with a different solution,” Schwartz said.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Cillian Murphy’s decades-long collaboration with Christopher Nolan hit a new peak with “Oppenheimer,” his first leading role in a Nolan feature that has garnered him the best reviews of his career and Oscar buzz for best actor. “Oppenheimer” follows Murphy’s supporting turns in three Batman films, “Inception” and “Interstellar.” Recently asked by The Independent if there were any Christopher Nolan movies not featuring Cillian Murphy that he wished he could’ve starred in, Murphy selected the director’s 2014 space epic “Interstellar.” “I adore ‘Interstellar’ just because I find it so emotional,” Murphy said. “I remember seeing it in the cinema when I had little kids.

told Vanity Fair. “If we wanted a season four, we’d have to do something like that.”Barton was one of the faces of young Hollywood in the early 2000s; her character died during the Season 3 finale after being in a car accident caused by her ex-boyfriend Kevin Volchok (Cam Gigandet).

Rachel Bilson and her daughter after they attended Taylor Swift's together. In Monday's episode of her podcast, Bilson said that she had taken daughter Briar Rose, 8, and some of her friends to Swift's show, but that they had to leave before the final bow. «We left early,» she recalled.

Rachel Bilson and her daughter after they attended Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour together. In Monday's episode of her podcast, Bilson said that she had taken daughter Briar Rose, 8, and some of her friends to Swift's show, but that they had to leave before the final bow. «We left early,» she recalled.

A number of Neighbours legends have been pictured alongside Mischa Barton as the trailer has been released ahead of the show's reboot.The highly anticipated reboot of the Australian soap hints at troubled waters for Guy Pearce’s character, Mike Young, after he reconciles with Jane Harris, played by Annie Jones. Guy, who reprised his role for the show’s “final” episodes on Channel 5 last July in moving scenes that saw him reunite with his former flame, has returned to Ramsay Street for the revival of Neighbours on Amazon Freevee, which debuts on September 18.

The shortlist for the National Television Awards has now been revealed as the biggest names of the small screen battle it out for a range of prizes. There are 16 prizes up for grabs at this year's awards.

Rachel Bilson recently attended a performance of Taylor Swift‘s Eras Tour, but left the show early, much to the chagrin of her eight-year-old daughter Briar.

The O.C. showrunners have a lot of regrets over killing off Mischa Barton‘s character, Marissa Cooper.

"Real Housewives of Orange County" star Heather Dubrow is speaking out in defense of celebrities who use Ozempic. The 54-year-old television personality slammed critics for "shaming" stars over taking the diabetes medication, which has also become a popular weight loss drug.

The season premiere of Hard Knocks: Training Camp With the New York Jets landed on HBO and Liev Schreiber made a surprising appearance dropping in on Aaron Rodgers via a helicopter.

Heartstopper has revealed Taylor Swift offered her music for use in the show.Swift’s song ‘seven’, taken from her 2020 album ‘folklore’, is used in a pivotal scene featuring lesbian couple Tara (Corinna Brown) and Darcy (Kizzy Edgell) in the last episode’s second season.Now, the show’s music supervisor, Matt Biffa, has said Swift had given them special permission to use the song.Biffa was responding on Twitter to a fan who thought the show had “big bucks” because they were able to use a Taylor Swift song.“No, she just thought the scene was beautiful and we were then able to make it work,” he wrote.so you mean THIS heartstopper scene with 'seven' by taylor swift in the background that highlights sapphic love and absolute queer joy, she was willing to get less money because she thought it was beautiful and her song would be perfect for it????

People across the world are enchanted by the British royal family and want to know as much about them as possible. That even includes wondering what they eat and how they exercise.

Olivia Wilde is throwing it back to her days on The O.C.. More specifically, she is recalling the first time she got to meet her co-star Mischa Barton.

The O.C. premiered more than two decades ago — but California keeps Us coming back for more.

Four years on and one spin-off later, fans of HBO‘s “Game Of Thrones” still haven’t forgiven David Benioff and D.B. Weiss for botching the show’s final episodes.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Sterlin Harjo is surprised that you’re surprised “Reservation Dogs” is ending. The critically acclaimed FX series, which returns to Hulu on Wednesday with its third and final season, is a dramatic comedy about a group of Indigenous teens finding their place among family and friends as they grow up in Oklahoma. But the thing about coming-of-age tales, Harjo notes, is that eventually the characters come of age.

Catherine Tyldesley has spoken out after claims she had asked a baker to make 100 cakes for her birthday in exchange for 'social media exposure'. A bakery owner has revealed that it declined a PR company's request on behalf of an unidentified 'well-known' celebrity asking for a cake for a 40th birthday party in September.