Jamie Lee Curtis, before giving her debut breakthrough performance in 1978’s Halloween, was also initially offered to give audition for the popular horror film, The Exorcist.

Producer Ray Stark wanted 12-year-old Curtis to audition for the role of the young, possessed Regen MacNeil in the 1973 classic horror film, but her late mother Janet Leigh turned down the offer.

The Freaky Friday actress recalled, how Stark called her mother to make the request.

She opened, “He called my mom and said, ‘Hey, I’m producing the movie of the book The Exorcist. Will you let Jamie audition for it?’”

“And at the time I was probably 12 and, like, cute and kind of sassy and I had some personality, and I’m sure he saw me at a party and was like, ‘Oh, she’d be funny.”

Jamie revealed on The Drew Barrymore Show that her mother just simply said, ‘No’, thinking that her daughter must experience her childhood first.

She explained, “My mom really wanted me to have – thank God – a childhood, which I understand you didn’t get. You didn’t get that option.”

Today, the 67-year-old feels grateful of her mother rejecting the offer to play the possessed character on-screen.

Later, the role was played by Linda Blair, who played it for two movies.

Reportedly, Scarlett Johansson has signed on for the upcoming reboot version of The Exorcist, which is being directed by Mike Flanagan. 

Future Queen Catherine has taken the signal from Prince William and King Charles – who have a firm plan setting the tone of their respective reigns – as she dives into a personal mission following her cancer battle.

Princess Kate, who is a doting mother to her three children, is cementing her legacy as she takes her learning from motherhood and other studies to accomplish the challenges that would come up for the children in the future.

The royal has been passionate about the upbringing of children especially during the early years of their life and hence started an organisation dedicated to it, Centre for Early Childhood.

As the world adapts to the digitisation of life, Kate is expressed her concerns about how it affects the children, a concern she shares with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle despite their differences and grievances.

Recently, she penned a moving essay regarding the study that emphasised the “power of human connection” in a “distracted” world. Royal author Sally Bedell Smith believes that the princess is “doing something concrete”.

“She is using the resources of her [Centre for Early Childhood] foundation to fund studies that are going to help identify the issues and where the insufficiencies are and find how parents can be helped, especially with these digital challenges that are overwhelming a lot of parents,” Sally wrote in her Substack.

Harvard University’s Professor Robert Waldinger, who co-wrote the essay with Kate, shared that this is her “signature issue, and she’s serious about it and doing her best to make a contribution”.

The initiative targets not just her children but also the ones living across the pond, including Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. 

The Sussexes had launched The Parents’ Network earlier this year to tackle the issue of online harm to the youth. They both have remained deeply involved in the issue —not only as advocates, listeners, but ultimately parents.

Meanwhile, Kate is continuing efforts for children to have loving environments where they can thrive.

“I thought her speech to the business leaders was very compelling and indicative of the depth that she has studied this issue, which means a great deal to her,” Sally shared.

Given Kate’s dedication to the work, she is hoping lending a voice to a subject considered “not glamorous” would get attention. Professor Robert suggests that it is “huge” and can make “incredible difference” by bringing in business with the platform she has.

Holly Ramsay and Adam Peaty finally said, ‘I do’ in an intimate ceremony at Bath Abbey, with Holly walking down the aisle on the arm of her celebrity father, Gordon Ramsay. 

Holly, 25, who became engaged to the Olympic swimmer, 30, on September, 12, 2024, appeared nervous as she made her way through a chaotic crowd before heading down the aisle to exchange vows with her partner.

However, Adam’s parents were noticeably absent after a bitter family feud with his mother, Caroline, reportedly led to them being disinvited from the ceremony. 

Adam’s mother, Caroline, was said to be ‘beside herself’ with grief at missing what should have been one of the happiest days of her life.

Speaking from the council house where Adam grew up, the 59–year–old told The Mail on Sunday: ‘I’m not going to be hurt like this again’.

She had told yesterday’s Daily Mail that she felt as if Holly and Adam ‘have cut my heart out.’

The media outlet also claimed that, moments before he walked into the abbey clutching the hand of his five–year–old son George, Adam Peaty was sent a devastating text message by his aunt Louise, who was also not invited to the wedding.

In it, she wrote: ‘I hope you never suffer the depth of pain you have put your mother through and despite it all she loves you still. Shame on you both. Shame.

‘Remember on this, your happiest day, and on each anniversary of your happiest day, that you hurt your mum so deeply her soul screams.’

From Adam’s side, his younger sister Bethany is the only member who believed to have remain close following the family fallout.