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If you think Steve Carell has gotten hotter than age, you're not alone. "Have you guys noticed that he's gotten more studly?" Leslie Mann, his co-star in the new dramedy Welcome to Marwen, asked E! News' Erin Lim at the film's premiere. "And you can't quite put your finger on it. Like, is it his hair? Or is something different with his face? I think it's because he's such a good person on the inside that it's like, coming out on his face.

While Married with Children hasn’t aged as well as some of the sitcoms that were its contemporaries, the show’s influence is vast. Married with Children changed the way American families were portrayed in TV sitcoms, taking a drastic departure from the lovey-dovey “everyone gets along” attitudes of The Cosby Show, Leave it to Beaver, and their ilk. Sure, you can point to All in the Family or National Lampoon’s Vacation as earlier examples of darker and more realistic depictions of family life, but Married with Children was the show that did the most to rebel against the gooiness of 1980s family sitcoms and served as the prototype for the dysfunctional family model that became prominent in the 1990s and is still the norm today.

Today, Bette Midler — the Tony award-winning, multi-Grammy snagging, and two-time Oscar nominee — is known by a couple of nicknames. While some still refer to the brazen yet benevolent Midler as Bathhouse Betty, no nickname is as transcendent as The Divine Miss M.  Keegan-Michael Key even introduced Midler using the nickname when she came on to the stage to sing “The Place Where the Lost Things Go” at the 2019 Oscars.

Buns were on the menu at Eric and Jessie James Decker's house on Wednesday ... 'cause the ex-NFL star ditched his clothes and cooked dinner in the buff -- and luckily for us, his wife shared the visuals!! The 36-year-old former wider receiver proved he's more of a tight end in retirement ... getting completely naked and throwing on an apron to commemorate JJD's new cookbook hitting the shelves earlier this month.

It’s a big month for streaming as Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch” and Guillermo del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley,” two of the most acclaimed 2021-22 awards contenders, both arrive on HBO Max. Their streaming arrivals couldn’t be better timed as Oscar nominations are right around the corner.

By Naomi Bartram @naomibartram Amanda Holden celebrated her daughter Lexi's birthday on Monday by getting the whole Britain's Got Talent audience to sing to her. Britain’s Got Talent is finally back on our TV screens later this year, with the auditions kicking off in London over the weekend. But after watching some of the best entertainment acts the country has to offer, judge Amanda Holden surprised her daughter Lexi with an epic birthday celebration.