Who is ABC’s first-ever ‘Golden Bachelorette’? Meet 61-year-old grandma Joan Vassos from Maryland

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The imminently upcoming Sydney Film Festival has added eight titles that premiered at Cannes to its lineup. They are: Guan Hu’s “Black Dog”; Mohammad Rasoulof’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”; Francis Ford Coppola’s passion project “Megalopolis”; Guy Maddin, Evan and Galen Johnson’s “Rumours,” starring Australia’s Cate Blanchett; documentary “Ernest Cole: Lost and Found,” Jia Zhangke’s “Caught by the Tides”; “The Girl with the Needle”; and revenge thriller “Ghost Trail.” Due to demand, the SFF organizers have also added additional screenings of “The Substance,” the Demi Moore-starring film already set as the festival’s closing night title. The festival runs June 5-16.

they called it quits after just three months of marriage. Now, another show alum, Susan Noles, is revealing what allegedly happened. During SiriusXM’s “The Jess Cagle Show with Julia Cunningham,” Noles said about Turner, “I’ve gotta support this man a little bit.

A British father is having to face the law after allegedly punching — and ultimately killing — a grown man who was flirting with his underage daughter.

Unlike previous years, there were nine Golden Buzzer acts in the 2024 series of Britain's Got Talent from comedians to dancers and singers. With the live semi-finals about to begin OK! caught up with three of the acts who were automatically sent through after their incredible first auditions.

Phoenix‘s Thomas Mars and Sofia Coppola’s daughter, Romy Mars has surprise released her debut EP ‘Stuck Up’.The release features two songs including the title track and a song called ‘From A Distance’. You can listen to both below.According to the credits on Spotify, the EP was produced by Claud, a 25-year old singer-songwriter signed to Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory Records.

Selena Kuznikov Kristen Wiig presented Carol Burnett with the Lifetime Achievement Award Tuesday night at the Gracie Awards in Beverly Hills, hosted by the Alliance of Women in Media Foundation. “As the little me watched ‘The Carol Burnett Show’ in awe, the first creative seeds were planted,” Wiig said while presenting the award to Burnett. “So Carol, in many ways it’s like you’re my oldest friend, but also you are my oldest friend.

Nikki Haley said that she will be voting for Donald Trump in November, ending speculation since she ended her presidential campaign.

The 2024 Kids’ Choice Awards are getting animated!

why the crowd infamously booed Kim Kardashian.Glaser put the blame on some “wild guy who’s a comedian” with a “reputation for just, like, starting s–t.”“Apparently, he started the boo as just, like, a joke. He just had too many drinks or something, and he’s not affiliated with Swifties or anything [and] just felt like saying a boo into the air, and apparently everyone was so riled up,” she said on Tuesday’s episode of the “Not Skinny But Not Fat” podcast.During the May 5 roast, the reality TV star, 43, walked on the stage in a black dress with a glass of Champagne in her hand, ready to poke fun at Brady.But as she began to address fellow presenter Kevin Hart, loud boos emitted from the crowd at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles.“All right, all right, all right,” she said to the crowd, looking awkward.

The parents of a baby boy who became Britain's youngest ever organ donor have welcomed a new little girl into the world ten years on.

A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled a group of Montgomery County parents cannot “opt out” their children from classes in which lessons or books on LGBTQ-related topics are taught.

ABC announced that fan favorite Golden Bachelor contestant Joan Vassos has been chosen to be the very first Golden Bachelorette.

Sheryl Lee Ralph and Lisa Ann Walter from Abbott Elementary got to call roll at the start of the Disney Upfront Tuesday, which allowed many of the stars from the studio’s movies and networks to sound off (in a video) before the presentation kicked off at the North Javits Center.

Joan Vassos is getting another shot at love.

Joan Vassos has been named the first Golden Bachelorette!

The Golden Bachelorette was officially a go, fans have been waiting forever (well, more like three months) to find out who the lucky lady would be, and now we know: Joan Vassos, from Rockland, Maryland.Joan was a fan-favorite and front-runner , when she and Gerry had a heart-warming one-on-one date (like Gerry, Joan is also a widow). It seemed like she and Gerry had what it took to go the distance, but the morning after their date, she made the important—and right—decision to leave the show to care for her daughter, who was struggling with postpartum depression.Gerry was understanding—and devastated. But to make matters even more surprising, Joan told me at the Women Tell All taping in October 2023 that she was actually scheduled to return to the show, and even had a plane ticket.

Selome Hailu Joan Vassos has been named as the first leading lady of “The Golden Bachelorette,” which premieres on ABC this fall. Vassos, who is 61 years old, was a contestant on Season 1 of “The Golden Bachelor” in the fall and went homr during Week 3. Gerry instead proposed to Theresa Nist, whom he married during a live ABC special in January.

Dua Lipa and Callum Turner showed off some PDA during a late night out in London, England.

Disney+ is building buzz for its Jilly Cooper adaptation Rivals by teasing first-look images of the eight-part series.

Austin Butler and Callum Turner reunited with their Masters of the Air costars at Official Emmy FYC Event on Saturday (May 4) in Beverly Hills, Calif.