Emilia Clarke ends short-lived romance with Sebastian Fox
Emilia Clarke just might be single!
The Game of Thrones star has reportedly parted ways from her boyfriend, Sebastian “Bassi” Fox after a four-month-long romance.
According to reports, the 38-year-old and the DJ have decided to call it quits after they came to the realization that “something wasn’t quite right” between them.
A source also mentioned that even though the source is “bruising” for the both of them, but they hope to stay friends since there are “no hard feelings.”
The now-former couple was first seen in London together, back in November as they stepped put to grab dinner.
In an Instagram post, Clarke wrote, “Well that’s reassuring.. birthdays a month later never tasted so good.”
However, now, according to The Sun, it seems like Emilia Clarke’s relationship was short-lived, with an insider revealing, “Emilia and Seb aren’t together anymore. They had a fun time, but something just wasn’t quite right between them – they gave it a good go but, in the end. they realised that perhaps they aren’t the right fit for each other.”
“She has told her mates that they want to try and stay friends,” the source further spilled of the relationship the Me Before You star had with Sebastian “Bassi” Fox.
Emilia Clarke, best known for her role as Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones, has reportedly ended her brief romance with actor Sebastian Fox.
The couple was first spotted together at a red carpet event last month, sparking rumors of a new relationship. However, sources close to the pair have confirmed that they have decided to go their separate ways.
While the reason for their split remains unknown, fans of Clarke are showing their support for the actress during this time. Despite the breakup, Clarke continues to focus on her upcoming projects and career.
We wish both Emilia Clarke and Sebastian Fox all the best as they navigate this new chapter in their lives.
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You may know Glen Powell as Hollywood’s new “it” boy, starring in blockbuster films like TwistersandAnyone But You. Althoughthe actor has really made a name for himself as a Hollywood heartthrob, you’d never guess where we’ve seen Powell on our screens before. The Texas native appeared on one episode of a reality competition show called Endurance when he was 13 – and he didn’t seem to be happy that his reality TV past was out. Sure, he chases twisters and all, but he never seemed like the “survivor” type.
Stephen Colbert Brings Up Glen Powell’s Shocking Reality TV Past
Powell appeared on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in July 2024 to promote his new film Twisters. In typical Stephen Colbert fashion, he pulled out all the stops, unearthing the actor’s reality show past. Colbert told the audience about one of Powell’s “earlier forays into the world of action that wasn’t as successful,” pulling out a picture of him from Discovery Kids‘ Endurance. Powell admitted he was on a “survivor” type reality show when he was 13. He described Endurance as a show “Where they threw kids to Mexico… and they pit them against each other.”
Powell did not seem too pleased that his reality TV past was out. Right when Colbert took out the photo, Powell was visibly embarrassed, saying,“It’s really pretty hard for me to talk about, to be honest…I’ve never talked about this publicly ever.” During the segment, Powell reveals why he is so embarrassed about his time on the show, saying that he wanted to be on the show really badly, but he got kicked off on the first episode. Although Powell is killing the Hollywood heartthrob game, he certainly did not kill the competition. Nobody wants to be the first one kicked out of a competition, especially one airing on national television.
Colbert goes the extra mile, pulling out a clip of Powell getting eliminated from the Discovery Kids show. The clip shows the actor as a young teenager holding onto a monkey bar before losing his grip and falling into the water below him. In a confessional that followed, Powell talks about the challenge, saying, “I thought I could do it for a long time, but my balance didn’t think so.” He goes on to admit his defeat, adding, “When I realized I was going home, it was the worst feeling.” Watching the clip years later, Powell still had a reaction to his old embarrassment and defeat.
Stephen quickly pivots to yet another antic, reading Powell’s bio for the show. The bio read: “Glen likes making his own movies and is working to buy a professional video camera by mowing lawns and acting in commercials.” Stephen wrapped it up on a hilarious note, reading, “He likes to tap dance and sing at nursing homes.” Powell bursts out into laughter with the rest of the audience. Who would’ve thought a contender for People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive in 2024 tap danced and sung at nursing homes? No wonder John Krasinski took the title instead.
Did everyone forget that it took him four tries to win?
‘Endurance’ Was Essentially The Kids’ Version Of ‘Survivor’
Image via Discovery Kids.
Endurance was a reality competition show that aired on Discovery Kids from 2002 to 2008. In the simplest of terms, the show combined Fear Factor and Survivor, featuring teenage contestants. Twenty teams, each consisting of one boy and one girl, are pitted against each other in a series of mental and physical challenges in a remote location. In the end, only one teen team is left standing to take home the grand prize.
Powell appeared in Endurance 2, the show’s second season, filmed in Baja, Mexico. Contestants had to face the desert landscape of Baja, which is home to plenty of creepy crawlies like rattlesnakes, scorpions, and tarantulas. Temperatures also get as high as a whopping 128 degrees. Contestants not only had to deal with physical and mental exhaustion but also heat stroke and dehydration. Powell was eliminated in the first Right To Stay challenge called “Drop Out.” This challenge immediately eliminates six contestants before they even choose their teams. In the challenge, the player stands on a platform above the water while holding onto a large metal bar. If the player lowers it too far, then the platform they are standing on will fall, and they will be dangling to their fate. Powell was the second contestant eliminated, with a time of 6:11, soat least he wasn’t dead last in the competition.
To everyone’s surprise, the blockbuster actor began his career on a reality competition show. Stephen Colbert put his investigative skills to the test, pulling out all the stops to expose Powell’s short-lived time on reality TV. His first-challenge elimination proves that, although he may fly warplanes, chase twisters, and pretend to be a hitman, Glen Powell doesn’t have Endurance.
Endurance is not available to stream at this time.
Endurance
Release Date
October 5, 2002
Cast
J.D. Roth
, Julie Dubela
, Sabrina Lloyd
Seasons
6
Producers
J.D. Roth
Network
NBC
, Discovery Kids
In the early 2000s, actor Glen Powell took on a unique role in the world of reality television with the short-lived “Survivor: Kid Nation.” The show, which aired for only one season in 2007, followed a group of children aged 8 to 15 as they competed in various challenges and tasks to see who could outlast the rest and be crowned the ultimate survivor.
Powell served as the host and mentor to the young contestants, guiding them through the physical and mental challenges of the game. His charismatic personality and enthusiasm for the competition made him a fan favorite among viewers.
Despite its brief run, “Survivor: Kid Nation” left a lasting impact on its young participants and viewers alike. The show was praised for its positive messages of teamwork, perseverance, and friendship, and Powell’s role as host was a key factor in its success.
While Powell has since moved on to more traditional acting roles in film and television, his time on “Survivor: Kid Nation” remains a unique and memorable chapter in his career. Fans of the actor can still catch glimpses of his hosting skills in reruns of the short-lived series.
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MELBOURNE, Australia — American tennis star Coco Gauff lamented the loss of TikTok’s app back home, writing on a TV camera lens “RIP TikTok USA” and drawing a broken heart right after winning a match at the Australian Open to reach the quarterfinals.
Gauff’s 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 victory over Belinda Bencic in the Grand Slam tournament’s main stadium finished Sunday afternoon local time in Melbourne — about an hour after TikTok could no longer be found on prominent app stores on Saturday in the United States.
The TikTok website told users that the short-form social media video platform was no longer available. The blackout began just hours before a federal ban on TikTok took effect.
However, on Sunday afternoon, TikTok said it was “in the process” of restoring service to users in the United States. The company thanked President-elect Donald Trump, who on Sunday said he planned to sign an executive order after his inauguration Monday to give TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, more time to find an approved buyer before the popular video-sharing platform is subject to a permanent U.S. ban.
Gauff, who has more than 750,000 followers on TikTok, said Sunday that she would probably have more time to pursue other interests with the app inaccessible on her phone in Melbourne.
“I could not access it after my match. I honestly thought I would be able to get away with it because I was in Australia,” Gauff said at her news conference. “Hopefully it comes back. … It’s really sad. I’ve been on the app since it was called Musical.ly. I love TikTok. It’s like an escape. I honestly do that before matches. I guess it will force me to read books more — be more of a productive human, probably. Maybe it’s a blessing in disguise.”
Tennis players at many tournaments often are handed a pen after a win so they can deliver whatever thoughts they want via the lens of a courtside camera. In this case, Gauff paused a bit to think and said, “I think I’m going to go with this one,” before offering her TikTok message in blue ink.
At the French Open in June 2022, after reaching her first Grand Slam final, a teenage Gauff referred to a recent spate of mass shootings in the U.S. at the time and wrote in marker: “Peace. End gun violence.”
Now 20, Gauff is one of the top players in her sport. She won the 2023 US Open and is ranked No. 3.
Users opening the TikTok app Saturday encountered a pop-up message preventing them from scrolling videos that read, “Sorry, TikTok isn’t available right now.”
“A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S.,” the message said. “Unfortunately that means you can’t use TikTok for now. We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office.”
Even as TikTok was flickering back on Sunday, it remained unavailable for download in Apple and Google’s app stores. Neither Apple or Google responded to messages seeking comment Sunday.
Gauff added Sunday that she had a feeling TikTok would somehow come back.
Defending Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka, who lives in Miami and is a huge TikTok fan, said she also hoped for a quick resolution.
The Belarusian has over 500,000 followers on TikTok and re-created one of her viral dance videos with fans at Rod Laver Arena after her opening-round victory a week ago.
“This isn’t something we can control, and I hope they’re going to figure it out, because I love TikTok,” she said.
Gauff frequently has posted on TikTok, often mimicking popular trends.
“I feel this is the third or fourth time this has happened. This time it’s just like, ‘Whatever.’ If I wake up and it doesn’t work, fine. I’m done wasting my time figuring it out,” Gauff said earlier during the Australian Open. “I see there’s a new app called RedNote that a lot of people are migrating over to. So I feel, regardless, people are going to be fine because people are always going to migrate to another app.”
She added that she hoped TikTok would survive, calling it “a great thing for a lot of small businesses in our country, and a lot of creators make money on it and have the chance to spread stories. Personally, me, a lot of great stories I’ve heard are from TikTok and connecting with people has been [through] TikTok. I hope it will stay, [but] obviously I don’t know all the security issues and things like that.”
In Washington, lawmakers and administration officials have long raised concerns about the app, which they see as a national security threat due to its Chinese ownership. ByteDance is a technology company based in Beijing that operates the well-known video editing app CapCut and Lemon8, both of which were also unavailable for service Saturday evening.
The federal law required ByteDance to cut ties with TikTok by Sunday or face a nationwide ban. The statute was passed by Congress in April after it was included as part of a high-priority $95 billion package that provided foreign aid to Ukraine and Israel. President Joe Biden quickly signed it, and then TikTok and ByteDance quickly sued on First Amendment grounds.
While defending the law in court, the Biden administration argued it was concerned about TikTok collecting vast swaths of U.S. user data that could fall into the hands of the Chinese government through coercion.
Officials have also warned that the algorithm that fuels what users see on the app is vulnerable to manipulation by Chinese authorities, who can use it to shape content on the platform in a way that’s difficult to detect. But to date, the U.S. has not publicly provided evidence of TikTok handing user data to Chinese authorities or tinkering with its algorithm to benefit Chinese interests.
The Supreme Court unanimously decided Friday that the risk to national security posed by TikTok’s ties to China overcomes concerns about limiting speech by the app or its 170 million users in the United States.
Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Coco Gauff, the rising tennis star, has expressed her thoughts on the recent ban of TikTok in the United States. The 16-year-old athlete took to social media to share her hopes that the ban will be short-lived, as she enjoys using the popular app to connect with fans and share snippets of her life off the court.
Gauff, who has gained a large following on TikTok for her fun and engaging videos, expressed her disappointment at the potential loss of this platform. She emphasized the importance of social media in connecting with fans and building her personal brand, and she hopes that a solution can be found to allow TikTok to continue operating in the United States.
As a young athlete who is constantly looking for ways to engage with her audience and showcase her personality, Gauff understands the impact that social media can have on her career. She remains hopeful that the ban will be resolved quickly so that she can continue to connect with her fans in a fun and interactive way.
In the meantime, Gauff is encouraging her followers to stay positive and keep supporting her through other social media channels. She remains optimistic that a solution will be found, and she is looking forward to continuing to share her journey with her fans, whether it be on TikTok or another platform.
The Iron Man star, 59, is featured in the new four-part docuseries SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, which delves into the history and legacy of the iconic late-night sketch show Saturday Night Live.
Downey was a cast member on season 11 of the show, which ran from 1985 to 1986. The actor — who was just 20 years old at the time — said he was appreciative of his brief stint on SNL because it helped him better understand his lane as a performer.
“I learned so much in that year about what I wasn’t. But there’s not a more exciting 90 minutes you could have, whether you are any good or not,” he said.
From left: Dennis Miller, Robert Downey Jr. and Anthony Michael Hall appear in a Weekend Update segment on ‘SNL’ in 1986.
The Oppenheimer actor also shared that he got the gig on the iconic sketch series because of his good friend Anthony Michael Hall, who was also cast in the 1985-1986 season.
“Michael Hall said to me, ‘I’m gonna go do SNL. I’m gonna get you an audition and I bet you’re gonna get yourself on the show too,’ ” Downey recalled.
Hall, who also appears in the docuseries — and was the youngest cast member ever hired on the show at just 17 years old — recounted his own challenging experience working on the comedy juggernaut.
“When I look back, I have some memories of it being difficult,” he said in his interview, while also admitting that, in hindsight, it was likely hard for the show’s writers to create material for someone so young.
“I think — for a lot of the writers to figure out how to write for this kid — I think it was a big challenge,” he said.
Members of the season 11 cast of ‘SNL’.
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Season 11 featured a number of other now-well-known performers, including Joan Cusack, Damon Wayans, Randy Quaid, Jon Lovitz and Al Franken. However, the season is widely considered one of the show’s weakest by SNL fans and critics, and many of the cast members were replaced by season 12.
“I wanted to go younger,” SNL creator Lorne Michaels said of the season during the same docuseries. “I perhaps went too young, but I wanted to go younger. The Baby Boomer generation had dominated the show for 10 years, so I decided to clean house.”
While his time on SNL may have been rocky, Downey’s career is no worse for wear.
The Oscar winner has received a number of awards and nominations for his work over the years and he is officially one of the top-grossing film actors of all time due to his role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, per Collider.
Robert Downey Jr.
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The actor has also become known as a beacon of support for others in the industry — especially young performers still finding their way.
“If he sees a performance he likes, he will go out of his way to get ahold of that person, especially anyone young and up and coming,” his wife, film producer Susan Downey, 51, told PEOPLE exclusively in 2024.
“If he knows somebody struggling, he’ll reach out, so much to the point that people know to send people towards him, because he will make that time. It’s just an appreciation for all he’s gone through, for all the people who were there and stuck around through some of his more difficult times,” she added.
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SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night is currently streaming on Peacock.
In a recent interview with Robert Downey Jr., the actor opened up about his short-lived stint on Saturday Night Live and how it helped shape his career.
Downey Jr. joined the cast of SNL in 1985 but was famously fired after just one season. Reflecting on his time on the show, he revealed that it taught him a valuable lesson about himself.
“It was a tough time for me, but looking back, I realize that it taught me what I wasn’t,” Downey Jr. said. “It made me realize that I needed to find my own path and not just follow what everyone else was doing.”
Despite the setback, Downey Jr. went on to have a successful career in Hollywood, starring in blockbuster films like Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes.
“I’m grateful for the experience because it forced me to really think about what I wanted out of my career,” he added. “It was a turning point for me, and I wouldn’t be where I am today without it.”
Fans of Downey Jr. can catch him in his latest film, All-Star Weekend, which is set to be released later this year.
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