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| Ash Santos: Andrea falls in love with 'Marshals' team, Montana | Ash Santos' character Andrea Cruz spends most of Season 1 of the Yellowstone spin-off, Marshals, trying to get transferred back to the East Coast after a brief banishment to the wilds of Montana. But when she finally gets the chance to go home, she finds it's not that easy to leave. "D.C., to Andrea, was like all of her ambitions finally coming to the surface. Growing up in New York and in the Bronx, she didn't come from much and, so, when she got placed in the unit in D.C., it felt like a really big accomplishment for her," Santos, 33, told UPI in a recent Zoom interview. "Obviously, things go awry and she kind of gets punished and sent to Montana to join this unit," she added. |
| 'Verity' tops North American box office with $32.6M | The Anne Hathaway-Dakota Johnson thriller, Verity, is the No. 1 movie in North America, earning $32.6 million in receipts this weekend, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced Sunday. Coming in at No. 2 is Resident Evil with $12.5 million, followed by Heart of the Beast at No. 3 with $11 million, Primetime at No. 4 with $8 million and Digger at No. 5 with $8 million. Rounding out the top tier are Forgotten Island at No. 6 with $7.2 million, Avengers: Endgame at No. 7 with $4.4 million, Drishyam: The Conclusion at No. 8 with $2.7 million, Practical Magic 2 at No. 9 with $2.65 million and Spider-Man: Brand New Day at No. 10 with $2.45 million. |
| Taylor Swift makes surprise appearance on 'SNL' | Pop music star Taylor Swift made a surprise appearance on this weekend's edition of Saturday Night Live, which was hosted by her friend, Verity actress Dakota Johnson. Johnson noted in her monologue that she would turn 37 at midnight, then discussed how her 2024 film Madame Web still hasn't made any money and she also recently endured two "lame breakups with two very awesome musicians," referring to Chris Martin and Role Model. "Some people leave concerts with merch and I leave concerts with a 2 1/2-year relationship," she quipped. "But I have really good friends. They don't judge me for dating these men. They are actually really supportive. |
| Famous birthdays for Oct. 4: Susan Sarandon, Alicia Silverstone | Those born on this date are under the sign of Libra. They include: -- Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th president of the United States, in 1822 -- Comedian/actor Buster Keaton in 1895 -- Actor Charlton Heston in 1923 -- Football Hall of Fame member Sam Huff in 1934 -- Writer Jackie Collins in 1937 -- Writer Anne Rice in 1941 -- Writer Roy Blount Jr. in 1941 (age 85) -- Civil rights activist Jamil Abdullah al-Amin, formerly known as H. |
| Lilly Krug on working with Connor Storrie: I was lucky to be his twin | German actress Lilly Krug says she was drawn to the new sci-fi thriller, April X, because it mixes genres and asks big questions. "Every time I read the script -- I think I read it three or four times before I signed on -- I found a new layer to it," Krug, 25, told UPI in a recent Zoom interview. "The first thing that really fascinated about me is the portrayal of women because there's something fascinating where it looks at the lens of how women are portrayed in society, very critically, while also examining how technology is interplaying with what we see as human connection and trying to replicate and clone things," she explained. |