Jessica Chastain, who is famous for her Oscar winning performance in The Eyes of Tammy Faye, and other acclaimed performances in Zero Dark Thirty, The Help, and Intersteller, has reached new heights of success as she was honored with her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

On September 4, the Hollywood actress showed gratitude for the support that she has received from her family and pals in her speech.

Sharing that she managed to fulfil her ambition, the IT Chapter 2 actress began, “My grandmother took me. It was the first time I realised it was a job that people could have, and after watching it, I was like, ‘Oh, I’m an actor.’”

Recalling her initial career journey, she continued, “I felt it really young. Even though I dropped out of high school and went back and got my diploma later on, I was voted ‘Most Talented’ in our yearbook. So very early on, I was getting feedback that it was something I was good at, and that helped a lot.”

“It’s something I think is really important for actors to learn, and it was such an example in that scenario, that one person’s opinion isn’t everyone else’s,” the American actress gave advice to new actors.

“All of a sudden, I started from nothing to get leads, and it was because people went to see that play — and they thought I did a good job,” she said while admitting that 2013’s Salomé was the turning point of the career, the 48-year-old actress.

Before concluding, Jessica Chastain shared, I’m excited to play characters that are really complex, where I’m OK if someone leaves my film and goes, ‘I’m not sure I liked it.’ I want to push people a little bit outside their comfort zone.”

Following the release of season 2 of Meghan Markle’s lifestyle show With Love, Meghan, an expert has stepped forward to discuss her chances at a recovery.

The chairman of Reputation Management Consultants, Eric Schiffer, spoke to Newsweek about this.

In that conversation he brought up the question “Can she turn it around?” before offering the answer himself and saying, “Of course.”

The reason for Mr Schiffer’s faith relies on the fact that “she’s one big creative idea away from making it interesting.”

Because as it stands, the consultant believes, “they could go back and pitch Season 3 as something that would shock everyone and create a lot of buzz but a ruthless read from a PR war room would be that the show’s cozy authenticity didn’t get traction, it failed bad.”

All because “the lifestyle lane is unforgiving.”

In Mr Schiffer’s eyes, “unless you either have some repeatable utility or can shock hardcore then viewers are going to ghost you like an ex.”

At the end of the day, anyone in Hollywood is “competing with influencers and YouTube and minds that are willing to take those risks,” Mr Schiffer added. “I was with some of the big creatives that have helped MrBeast yesterday and these are avante gard thinkers.”

Before concluding, he added too that in order to make it work, “she needs to tie in with those folks, they’ll figure out the game.”

TikTok star Haley Kalil has shut down the rumors of dating the actor Austin Butler.

Speaking to TMZ on Thursday, the American influencer confirmed that she and the Dune 2 star are not dating.

Rumors of Haley and Austin’s dating surfaced after she was misidentified as the mystery woman spotted alongside the Elvis actor in a TikTok clip posted this week.

The 34-year-old actor was seen dining with an unidentified woman on a sunny balcony, who some claimed was TikToker Haley.

Now, Haley denied the rumors of dating Austin.

“It’s not me, but I wish it was. Austin, my DMs are open,” the model told the outlet.

For those unversed, Haley was previously married to NFL player Matt Kalil. She filed for divorce from the professional player in 2022.

On the other side, Austin recently called it quits with model Kaia Gerber after three years of dating. 

Prior to his romance with Kaia, the Caught Stealing actor was in a relationship with actress Vanessa Hudgens—the former couple dated each other between 2011 and 2019. 

In 2024, in an interview with Esquire, Austin said that he felt “so much love and care for” Vanessa despite their split.