'It's a family affair.' Elle Fanning reveals her sweet Oscar dates

AUSTIN —Elle Fanningwill celebrate her first Oscar nomination for "Sentimental Value" with her boyfriend Gus Wenner and her mother by her side.

"It's a family affair," she told USA TODAY on the red carpet at SXSW, beaming. Fanning swung by Austin ahead of the Academy Awards on March 15, where she's nominated for best supporting actress — a role she credits to her "20th Century Women" director Mike Mills.

"I loved filming that movie beyond, and Mike Mills is someone who's really close to me," Fanning said. "He actually suggested me to (director) Joachim Trier for 'Sentimental Value.' So without doing that film, I don't think I'd be in that movie."

She promoted her new Apple TV series "Margo's Got Money Troubles" in Austin on March 12, in which she stars and executive produces with her sister Dakota Fanning. It's based on a book by Rufi Thorpe.

Elle Fanning plays Margo, a college student whose life turns a little more than upside-down after an affair with her college professor. Her unexpected pregnancy and parenthood journey sends her searching for ways to make money, including on OnlyFans.

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"It was kind of a hot commodity," Elle Fanning said. "A lot of people wanted this book, and I got to speak with her on a Zoom, and she thought, yeah, that I would be a good home for it. And then we assembled this major team with David E. Kelley and A24 and Michelle Pfeiffer and Apple and Nicole Kidman. It kept building out and now we're finally here."

She gushed when discussing the part.

"I love playing Margo. She's in my heart, she's such a resilient character, such an optimistic character at every turn," the actress admitted. "When life throws her something hard, she really overcomes it in an unexpected way. And it was fun to play."

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Livvy Dunne's New Acting Career to Begin with “Baywatch ”Reboot Role

Livvy Dunne will make her acting role in an upcoming Baywatch reboot for Fox

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• The former LSU gymnast will have a recurring role as an enthusiastic junior lifeguard

• "It's something I've been passionate about for quite some time," Dunne previously said of acting in an interview with PEOPLE

Livvy Dunnehas a new playing field.

On Thursday, March 12,Fox TVandDeadlineannounced in ajoint Instagram postwith theBaywatchInstagram page that Dunne is joining the latest reboot of the franchise.

The former Louisiana State University (LSU) gymnast will play the recurring role of Grace, a "highly enthusiastic junior lifeguard,"Deadlinereports.

It's no surprise that the social media influencer will be making her professional acting debut on the show during the 2026-2027 season, as she recently told PEOPLE thatshe has enjoyed taking acting classessinceretiring from gymnastics in April 2025.

"It's something I've been passionate about for quite some time," she told PEOPLE earlier this month. "I was interested in doing that at LSU, but sports are your top priority when you're a student-athlete at school; school and sports, but really gymnastics was my main focus."

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"And now that I'm done with school, I have more time to lean into the acting stuff and the creative side of things," she continued.

It was nearly a year ago, while speaking with PEOPLE exclusively on theSports Illustrated Swimsuitlaunch party red carpet in May 2025, that Dunne said fans should"stay tuned" for more "on-screen" work from her.

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TheBaywatchreboot will also starBrooks Nader, whowill be playing series regular Selene, andStephen Amell, who will star as Hobie Buchannon.

Nader's official character description states that "Selene is the sharp-tongued Captain of the Zuma beach lifeguards."

"While she is excellent at her job, she and Baywatch Captain Hobie Buchannon have a very different approach to saving lives that is a constant source of friction," the description continues.

"Never on good terms, their relationship only goes downhill after Hobie brings his daughter Charlie [Jessica Belkin] onto his team… and it becomes clear that their rivalry goes much deeper than lifeguarding," it concludes.

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Other cast members includeNoah Beck, who is also joining as series regular Luke;Shay Mitchell as Trina;Hassie Harrisonas Nat; Thaddeus LaGrone as Brad; and David Chokachi, who isreprising his original role as Cody Madison.

TheBaywatchfranchise launched in 1989, with the first season airing on NBC before continuing as a syndicated series for 10 more seasons. Members of the original cast returned for a 2003 reunion special,Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding, which aired on Fox. The franchise also includes the short-lived spinoffBaywatch Nightsand the 2017Baywatchmovie starring Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron.

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Has public opinion on the US striking Iran shifted since the war started?

Two high-quality polls have surveyed Americans twice since the U.S. first attacked Iran on Feb. 28, giving the ability to see if opinion has shifted since the war first started.

One poll found opinion not shifting, the other found an increase in those saying strikes should continue, but that was still a minority opinion. Andbothfound that nearly two-thirds said that President Donald Trump has not clearly explained the goals of U.S. military involvement in Iran.

AnIpsos pollconducted March 6-9 found 29% of Americans approving of the U.S. strikes in Iran and 43% disapproving, 14 points underwater. Those opinions are almost identical to aReuters/Ipsos pollconducted February 28-March 1 that found 27% approving and 43% disapproving, 16 points underwater. Large shares said they were unsure both times: 26% now and 29% earlier.

The more recent poll found 66% of Republicans approving of the strikes, up from 55% previously. Approval among independents was also up, from 19% to 23%. Democrats' opinions barely budged.

ANew York Times analysisfound that U.S. support for strikes in Iran is lower than it has been for the beginning of previous conflicts.

Ipsos' polling also found more Americans have heard about the strikes now than immediately after the U.S. first hit Iran. Now, 51% say they have heard "a lot" about the U.S. military strikes against Iran, up from 29% previously.

Majorities of Republicans, Democrats and independents said they had heard a lot about the strikes in the most recent poll.

The current Ipsos poll also finds 6 in 10 Americans saying that U.S. military involvement in Iran will "go on for an extended period of time" compared with just over one-third who said U.S. military involvement in Iran will "end pretty quickly in a matter of weeks."

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Nearly two-thirds (64%) said Trump has not clearly explained the goals of U.S. military involvement in Iran. Two-thirds (67%) said they expect gas prices to get worse over the next year as a result of U.S. military action in Iran and about half (49%) said that the action in Iran will have a mostly negative impact on their own personal financial situation.

AWashington Post pollconducted March 6-9 found a larger minority of Americans saying the U.S. should continue strikes on Iran than in aMarch 1 poll they conducted. The most recent poll found 34% of Americans saying the U.S. should continue strikes, up from 25% on March 1. A larger share, 42%, said in the recent poll the U.S. should "stop strikes at this time," down from 47% the day after strikes began. The more recent poll found 24% saying they were unsure; it was 28% in the previous poll.

Support for continuing strikes was up among Republicans (from 54% to 66%) and independents (from 16% to 27%). A 71% majority of Democrats said stops should strike, down slightly from 76% earlier.

The Post poll also found Americans largely split between support and opposition for the U.S. military campaign against Iran, 42% to 40%, with another 17% saying they were unsure. Most other polling has found more Americans opposed to the strikes rather than in support of them.

Its previous poll, taken right after the strikes began, found a larger 52% in opposition, but that poll asked about "President Trump ordering airstrikes against Iran," and the inclusion of Trump's name in poll questions often influences respondents' opinions. More now say they are unsure than they did in the initial poll (9%).

The Post also found nearly two-thirds of Americans (65%) saying Trump had not clearly explained the goals of the U.S. military, not a shift from their previous poll. About as many (63%) said the number of U.S. military casualties in the conflict has been unacceptable given the goals and the costs of the war.

TheIpsos pollwas conducted March 6-9, 2026, among 1,021 U.S. adults using Ipsos' KnowledgePanel and has an overall margin of sampling error of +/- 3.4 percentage points. The earlierReuters/Ipsos pollwas conducted Feb. 28-March 1 among 1,282 U.S. adults and has an error margin of +/- 2.8 percentage points.

TheWashington Post pollwas conducted March 6-9, 2026, among 1,005 U.S. adults using SSRS's Opinion Panel and has an overall margin of error of +/- 3.6 percentage points. The earlierPost pollwas conducted March 1 among 1,003 U.S. adults and has an error margin of +/- 3.4 percentage points.

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Daniel Radcliffe casts a spell on Broadway in “Every Brilliant Thing”

"If you live a long life and you get to the end of it without ever once feeling crushingly depressed, then you probably haven't been paying attention."

So opinesDaniel Radcliffein the solo showEvery Brilliant Thing, which just opened at the Hudson Theatre on Broadway. It's a deep quote in a story centered around a very deep topic — suicide. Yet the play's secret is managing to confront the issue head-on while also offering a life-affirming alternative in the form of a constantly growing list of seemingly trivial things that make every day worth savoring.

Radcliffe's unnamed narrator began making the list at 7 years old after his mother attempted to take her own life. But instead of Radcliffe reading the list items to the audience, the trick is that the audience actually reads the items back to Radcliffe. The actor will shout out a number and then — in an impressive display of audience amplification by sound designer Tom Gibbons — a reply emanates back from somewhere in the theater. Sometimes from the orchestra. Other times, the mezzanine. And occasionally from on stage, where people are seated in the round.

On the list could be anything: The even-numberedStar Trekfilms. When a concert crowd keeps singing the melody after the band have left the stage. Peeing in the sea without anybody knowing. Spaghetti bolognese. And the star reacts to it all with whimsical delight, as if he is cherishing the memories all over again.

And that is just the beginning of the audience participation, as theater goers are picked out to play key roles such as the narrator's father, girlfriend, librarian, and professor along the way. Not only does it inject a bit of improv into the proceedings as Radcliffe must react to how his amateur thespians play the scene, but it also creates a mad pre-show scramble that is just as entertaining as the actual play itself.

From the moment the house doors open, right up until the show officially begins, Radcliffe stalks the aisles of the theater — chatting with attendees and handing out assignments. The star has always projected as a celebrity completely unimpressed with his own celebrity, and watching one of the most famous faces on planet Earth literally work the room — bouncing manically from row to row and enthusiastically thanking those who agree to participate — is an absolute delight and sets the perfect tone for what is to come.

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Every Brilliant Thingwas written in 2013 by Duncan Macmillan (who directs this production with Jeremy Herrin) and Jonny Donahoe (who was the original performer; you can watch a filmed version of his take on HBO Max). It has since appeared worldwide and starred folks likeMinnie DriverandPhoebe Waller-Bridge, but it's hard to imagine anyone tackling the role with more energy and ebullience than Radcliffe, who at one point during a drum and bongo solo from Curtis Mayfield's "Move On Up" proclaims, "I'm going to high-five the entire room!" And then proceeds to go and do it… before eventually making his way back on the stage and noting, "The high fives were a mistake. There are too many of you."

And the flurry of Hudson Theatre high-fives is not the only time Radcliffe is quick on his feet. During one performance, the two books he retrieved from audience members for a key scene happened to be none other thanPercy Jackson and the OlympiansandTwilight. Upon reading the words "Soon to be a major motion picture" on theTwilightcover, the former Harry Potter slyly ad-libbed, "Nothingevergoes wrong with adaptations to major motion pictures."

Any one-person show is obviously dependent on the magnetism of its performer, and Radcliffe is in total command of both the material and the room. While Donahoe's original narrator was a bit more tender and subdued, Radcliffe is a frenetic force. Where Donahoe walked around his stage, Radcliffe bounces. Which is what makes his energetic narrator's own spiral at one point into a depressive state all the more impactful, as both he and we learn that all the lists and ebullience in the world can't fully protect you from the demons within.

It seems almost incongruous to talk about what a great time you will have watching a play centered around depression and suicide, but whatEvery Brilliant Thingdoes is create almost a communal support group filled with constant reminders of the things that make life worth living. And with Radcliffe as our guide, this show definitely makes the list.Grade: A–

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“RHOBH” Stars Attend Opera to Test If They 'Have Any Culture,' One Admits to Falling Asleep

The cast of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills had an opera night on their group trip to Florence, Italy

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• Jennifer Tilly got emotional during the performance, sharing that her mother was an opera singer

• Timothée Chalamet recently sparked backlash for dismissive comments about opera and ballet

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hillscast is sharing their notes on opera, just asTimothée Chalamet's recent remarks about it being a dying art form remain hotly debated.

During the Thursday, March 12, episode of the Bravo reality show, the women are shown on their group trip organized byBozoma "Boz" Saint Johnto Florence, Italy.

One evening, they have a night at the opera within the walls of their very own accommodations at Villa Bibbiani, which features an 18th-century theater.

"I love opera — so much so that I'm on the L.A. Opera board," Boz said in a confessional. "If these women have any culture, they're going to appreciate it. And if they don't appreciate it, they ain't got no culture."

During the performance,Amanda Francesscrolled on her phone, whileJennifer Tillywiped away a tear.

"I'm getting weepy because my mother [Patricia] was an opera singer, so we used to always listen to opera growing up in the house," Jennifer explained in a confessional. "I am in seventh heaven listening to these beautiful singers."

Sutton Stracke, meanwhile, has different feelings about opera. "I'm going to let you in on a little secret: I fall asleep at opera," she said in a confessional. "Please tell no one."

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The episode coincides withcontroversy surrounding Chalamet's recent commentsabout opera and ballet. In February 2026, Chalamet joinedMatthew McConaugheyfor aVarietyand CNN town hallat the University of Texas at Austin, where he said he doesn't "want to be working in ballet or opera, or you know, things where it's like, 'Hey, keep this thing alive, even though it's like, no one cares about this anymore.' "

"All respect to the ballet and opera people out there," he added, joking, "I just lost 14 cents in viewership. I just took shots for no reason."

The remark quickly ignited backlash from artists and fans, thrusting Chalamet into the center of a heated public debate. On March 9, the panel onThe Viewweighed in after co-hostSara Hainespointed out that Chalamet's grandmother, mother and sister all danced with the New York City Ballet.

"When you crap on somebody else's art form, it doesn't feel good,it doesn't feel good to see," co-hostWhoopi Goldbergadded.

Chalamet is currently in the final stretch of his Oscar campaign forMarty Supreme. The film earned him nominations for Best Actor and, as a producer, Best Picture. Chalamet has already picked up aCritics Choice Awardand aGolden Globefor his performance.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hillsairs Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo. Episodes are available to stream the next day on Peacock.

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