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Comedy icon Dick van Dyke celebrates turning 100: “I still try to dance”
Actor and comedic icon Dick Van Dyke is 100 years young today.
The famed star sang and danced his way into America’s heart through his illustrious career that has spanned nearly eight decades.
As part of the celebration this weekend, theaters across the country are showing a new documentary about his life, “Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration.”
Van Dyke’s work helped define a generation. He became one of the biggest actors of his era with the eponymous show “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” which ran for five years on CBS.
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Early in his career, Van Dyke was quoted as saying he wanted to make films his children could watch. And he got his dream when Walt Disney cast him in “Mary Poppins” – bad cockney accent and all – alongside the incomparable Julie Andrews. He also appeared in the equally kid-friendly “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.”
“Yeah, I could have been James Bond. When Sean Connery left, the producer said, ‘Would you like to be the next Bond?’ I said, ‘Have you heard my British accent?’ Click! That’s a true story!” Van Dyke told CBS Sunday Morning in 2023.
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During his career, Van Dyke won four Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award and a Grammy Award. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1995.
Just last year, he became the oldest winner of a Daytime Emmy, for a guest role on the soap “Days of Our Lives.”
“I’ll be darned. I think I’m the last of my generation. I’m 98. I have — almost — all my marbles. I can’t remember what I had for breakfast,” he told Entertainment Tonight before his win.
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Van Dyke, who is just an Oscar shy of the elusive EGOT title, said he would love a shot at the Academy Award.
“I hope it’s not posthumous,” he joked.
In the 1970s, Van Dyke found sobriety after battling alcoholism.
“I’m on my third generation,” he told CBS Sunday Morning in 2023. “I’m getting letters from little kids, and that is what I love, that they watch the movies over and over. I’m getting so much more mail today than I did during the heyday of my career.”
Now that he has hit triple digits, Van Dyke said he’s gotten some perspective on how he used to play older characters.
“You know, I played old men a lot, and I always played them as angry and cantankerous,” he told ABC News ahead of his milestone birthday. “It’s not really that way. I don’t know any other 100-year-olds, but I can speak for myself.”
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He has long credited his wife, 54-year-old makeup artist and producer Arlene Silver, with keeping him young.
“As I’ve said, if I had known I was gonna live this long, I would’ve taken better care of myself!” Van Dyke told CBS Sunday Morning. “Yeah, ’cause I went through that whole period of alcoholism. But my wife, God bless her, makes sure that I go to the gym three days a week and do a full workout.”
Van Dyke was born in West Plains, Missouri, in 1925, and grew up “the class clown” in Danville, Illinois, while admiring and imitating the silent film comedians.
Five years ago, while celebrating getting a Kennedy Center Honor, Van Dyke told CBS Mornings that he was looking forward to hitting the 100-year-old mark.
“George Burns made it, and I’m gonna do it too,” he said.
And now, he told ABC News that he feels lucky about turning 100. But what’s hard about being 100?
“I miss movement,” he told the outlet. “I’ve got one game leg from I don’t know what.”
“I still try to dance,” he said with a laugh.
Jennifer Aniston chose to make this holiday season different as she plans to travel with her boyfriend Jim Curtis after celebrating Thanksgiving together in New York City.
The actress, who starred in The Morning Show, spent the holiday surrounded by close friends and her boyfriend.
PEOPLE later reported that Aniston already got her upcoming trips fully arranged.
A source said, “They have a trip to the snow planned and a sunny trip for New Year’s.” With plans settled, the only thing left was packing.
Those close to the Friends icon said the end of the year was always meaningful for her, “The holidays are when she slows down, truly enjoys her house and spends time with the people she loves.
She’s very happy to be spending it with Jim this year.”
Another added, “Jen loves this time of year. She always goes all in for Christmas.
She has a real tree every year never artificial. She loves decorating her house to make it feel warm and festive.”
In previous years, the Murder Mystery actress usually stayed home for Christmas, hosting dinners and inviting friends over.
This year marked a shift, as she decided to leave town and enjoy the season away with Curtis.
While their exact Christmas destination is still under wraps, the actress is said to be going to places like Telluride and Jackson Hole.
The Cake actress also spent snowy holidays there in the past with friends and with former husband Justin Theroux.
Sources further said that her relationship with the lifestyle coach grew slowly.
“Jen really valued their friendship in the beginning of the year,” one insider said.
“When it all took a turn to something more romantic, she was cautious at first. Now, she’s excited that she just went for it.”
The source added that the relationship felt natural and positive, saying Jim has brought calm and happiness into Jennifer’s life.
Allison Holker remembered her late husband Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss on Saturday, marking three years since his painful passing.
The dancer, who died by suicide in December 2022 at age 40, was honoured by his wife in an emotional Instagram post that celebrated his life and the joy he brought to the family.
In the post, Holker shared videos of her dancing with tWitch along with family photos, writing about the laughter, creativity and love they shared.
However, the American dancer spoke of “treasuring” every moment with him and thanked fans for their ongoing support, saying it meant the world to her and their children.
tWitch’s mother, Connie Boss Alexander, also shared a heartfelt tribute, reflecting on missing her son every day and admitted she often looks for his texts or calls.
Connie noted how much tWitch’s children have grown and said they remind her of him, keeping his memory alive in small everyday ways.
Holker and tWitch first met in 2006 and reconnected in 2010 while working on So You Think You Can Dance.
They got hitched back in 2013 and shared a life which was mainly centered on family and dance.
Moreover, the death anniversary post showed how much tWitch’s family continues to feel his presence.
Through memories, photographs and their children, the late star’s wife and his family kept celebrating his life, even after his sudden heartbreaking death.
Lady Gaga stopped her final Mayhem Ball Tour concert in Sydney on Friday after one of her dancers fell off the stage in heavy rain at Accor Stadium.
The shocking fall happened during the 39-year-old music icon’s performance of Garden of Eden.
Videos from the show showed dancers moving to the front of the wet stage when Michael Dameski slipped and tumbled off.
Gaga quickly ran over to check on him and told her crew to stop and on the microphone, she said, “Just one second,” before leaving the stage to ask Dameski if he was okay.
Dameski was not hurt and later returned to the stage. However, the Blood Mary singer paused the show briefly so her dancers could change into comfortable and safer shoes.
The dancer later posted on Instagram, thanking fans for their messages and saying he was fine.
He wrote, “Happy I was able to finish the last show of the year,” while dancing to another of Gaga’s songs.
This was not the first dramatic moment on the Bad Romance hitmaker’s tour.
Earlier in the week, Ariana Grande’s attacker, Johnson Wenn, was removed from her Brisbane concert hours before showtime.
Videos showed fans booing him as stadium staff removed him from the VIP area.
After the pause, the Poker Face singer’s Sydney show continued without further problems.
Moreover, fans cheered as the performance went on, as her team did not immediately comment on the incident.
The Mayhem Ball Tour is now finishing its last shows of the year, with Lady Gaga performing despite rain and unexpected events.
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