Wendi McLendon-Covey Reveals Shocking Reason She Was Absent from “Bridesmaids” Reunion at 2026 Oscars

Wendi McLendon-Covey was noticeably absent from the Bridesmaids' reunion on-stage at the 2026 Oscars on Sunday, March 15

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• While on the red carpet at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, Director Paul Feig was asked why the actress didn't attend the event

• McLendon-Covey reacted to concern about her absence in a post on her Instagram

Wendi McLendon-Coveyis explaining her absence from the hilarious2026 OscarsBridesmaidsreunion.

The film's main stars —Melissa McCarthy,Kristen Wiig,Rose Byrne,Ellie KemperandMaya Rudolph—  gathered onstage at the event on Sunday, March 15, to present the award for Best Score, 15 years after the beloved comedy opened in theaters, breaking box office records.

However, McLendon-Covey was noticeably missing from the get-together.

She explained why inan Instagram post, writing, "In response to some of the dms I'm getting: I had a neck lift last week because I'm tired of looking like a melting candle. So I had to skip the Academy Awards. No drama. Everything is fine. 😘"

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McLendon-Covey, who played Rita in the much-loved film, posted the message alongside a photo showing her wearing a bandage around her head.

The actress' post came afterBridesmaidsdirector,Paul Feig, discussed McLendon-Covey's absence from the reunion, tellingEntertainment Tonight, "I just heard that she was not available."

"She might even be traveling, I'm not sure. But we will miss her terribly, because I love Wendy," he added to the outlet while speaking on the red carpet at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, pointing out that McLendon-Covey is "working constantly."

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During the cast's reunion at Sunday's ceremony, Wiig, 52, kicked things off by saying, "We are so happy to all be here together tonight."

She went on to joke of the film's milestone, "I cannot believe that it's been 15 years. Now we are not good with numbers, but we figured out backstage that means we shot this movie in 1883."

The cast then shared "letters" from some of their fellow actors, with Rudolph, 53, opening hers and saying, "Oh, this is strange. Well, mine says, 'First of all, you ladies look extremely beautiful tonight.' Thank you. 'You're aging well.' Signed, Stellan Skarsgård."

McCarthy, 55, then discussed another "note" from Skarsgård, joking about his handwriting, "That happens to him a lot. I have to say, mine is almost impossible to read. The handwriting is really pretty terrible."

She added, "Says, 'Hi, I'm with Stellan Skarsgård, writing my own separate note. I also agree you ladies look radiant. All the things you've done to your faces are very tasteful. Yours truly, Elle Fanning.' Wait, wait, there's more. It says, 'Just kidding. It's me again, Stellan Skarsgård.' "

Wiig then said, mentioning a faux note fromBenicio Del Toro: "You guys have been talking for a long time. This bit could have been a lot shorter. This is really going on and on. You aren't even talking about score. That's all. Love ya lots, Benicio Del Toro. Or for those of you who refuse to learn Spanish, it's Benedict of the Bull."

Bridesmaids, which was released back in 2011, was written by Wiig and Annie Mumolo, who were previously nominated for Best Original Screenplay. McCarthy also earned her first Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the time.

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Jessie Buckley Makes Oscars History as First Irish Best Actress Winner

Jessie Buckley just made Oscars history. The 36-year-old star ofHamnetis the first Irish actress to take home the Best Actress trophy at the Academy Awards, and just the second Irishwoman to ever win an acting award.

"Wow. Thank you so much—this is really something," Buckley said in her acceptance speech. "Thank you to the incredible women that I stand beside, I am inspired by your heart and your art and I want to work with every single one of you. To the producers who created this ship for us to stand in, and my shipmates for life… none of this is possible with you. My family, my Irish family is all here, Ireland bought them flights! Mom, dad, thank you for teaching us to dream and to never be defined by expectations and care for your own passion."

"You…" she continued,pointing to her husband, Fred. "I love you man, you're the most incredible dad and the best man and I want to have 20,000 babies with you. And Isla, my little girl who is eight months… this is kind of a big deal. I can't wait to discover life beside you."

She ended, "Chloe and Maggie, to get to know this incandescent woman, and journey to understand the capacity of a mother's love is the greatest collision of my love. It's Mother's Day in the UK today, so I would like to dedicate this to the beautiful chaos of a mother's heart. We all come from a lineage of women who continue to create against all odds. Thank you for recognizing me in this role. This is the greatest honor."

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"I've seen the movie several times and each time I just sit there in awe of the work and then I have to pinch myself and say, 'That's my little girl up there,'" Buckley's mom, Marina Cassidy, said on RTE Radio 1 in January. "I just marvel at how she and all of the cast make it so real. It's so real and so believable. You nearly forget you're watching a movie."

Cassidy added, "She has remained herself and she is totally committed and dedicated to her art form. And I just think, 'What a wonderful role model', both herself and Paul Mescal as two young, very successful Irish actors are."

Before tonight, Brenda Fricker was the only Irish-born actress to win an Oscar, winning Best Supporting Actress for her role inMy Left Footin 1989. Buckley was first nominated at the Academy Awards in 2022 for Best Supporting Actress for her performance inThe Lost Daughter, but lost that year toAriana DeBose inWest Side Story.

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Trump demands other countries help secure vital Strait of Hormuz as Iran vows defiance

By Maya Gebeily, Emily Rose and Jarrett Renshaw

DUBAI/JERUSALEM/PALM BEACH, Florida, March 15 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Sunday his administration is talking to seven countries about helping to secure the Strait of Hormuz amid the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, calling on them to help protect ships in the vital waterway that Tehran has mostly blocked to oil tanker traffic.

With the conflict creating turmoil across the Middle ‌East and shaking up global energy markets in its third week, Trump insisted that nations relying heavily on oil from the Gulf have a responsibility to protect the strait.

"I'm demanding that these countries come in ‌and protect their own territory because it is their territory," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on the way from Florida to Washington. "It's the place from which they get their energy."

Though he declined to identify the seven governments that his administration has contacted, Trump said this weekend that he ​expected many countries would send warships to allow shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a conduit for 20% of the world's oil.

He said in a social media post he hoped China, France, Japan, South Korea, Britain and others would participate.

In an interview with the Financial Times on Sunday, Trump ratcheted up pressure on European allies to help protect the strait, warning that NATO faces a "very bad" future if its members fail to come to Washington's aid.

Trump also said Washington is in contact with Iran but expressed doubt that Tehran is prepared for serious negotiations to end the conflict.

U.S. officials responding to economic uncertainty over high oil prices predicted on Sunday that the war on Iran would end within weeks and that a drop in energy costs would follow, despite ‌Iran's assertion that it remains "stable and strong" and ready to defend itself.

Trump had threatened ⁠more strikes on Iran's main oil export hub Kharg Island over the weekend and said he was not ready to reach a deal to end the war which has shut off the vital Strait of Hormuz.

The Trump administration plans to announce as early as this week that multiple countries have agreed to form a coalition to escort ships through the narrow waterway but ⁠they are still discussing whether those operations would begin before or after hostilities end, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed U.S. officials.

Trump offered few specifics about the kind of assistance he wanted from other countries to open up the strait, except to say some have minesweepers and "a certain type of boat that could help us."

Asian markets were in a wary mood on Monday as the Gulf hostilities kept oil prices elevated. Brent rose 0.1% to $103.27 a barrel, while U.S. crude fell 0.7% to $97.99.

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Trump, who ​on ​Friday said the U.S. Navy would "soon" start escorting oil tankers, has said previously that Iran wants to negotiate, but Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas ​Araqchi earlier on Sunday disputed that claim.

"We have never asked for a ceasefire, and we ‌have never asked even for negotiations," Araqchi told CBS' "Face the Nation" program. "We are ready to defend ourselves for as long as it takes."

With crude oil prices hovering around $100 a barrel, Trump administration officials insisted that all signs point to a relatively quick end to the conflict.

"This conflict will certainly come to the end in the next few weeks — could be sooner than that," U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told ABC's "This Week" program.

Trump on Sunday did not put a timeframe on concluding the war but said oil prices "are going to come tumbling down as soon as it's over, and it's going to be over pretty quick."

But the U.S. president said he saw no reason to declare victory yet.

"I think I just say they're decimated." Trump told reporters. "If we left right now, it would take them 10 years or more to rebuild, but I'm still not declaring it over."

Meanwhile, Araqchi sought to project an image of strength and resilience despite waves of U.S. and Israeli air ‌strikes that have killed a number of Iranian leaders, sunk much of the Islamic Republic's navy and devastated its missile arsenal.

"It's not ​a war of survival. We are stable and strong enough," Araqchi told CBS. "We don't see any reason why we should talk with Americans, because ​we were talking with them when they decided to attack us, and that was for the second time."

KHARG ISLAND

Trump ​said on Saturday that U.S. strikes had "totally demolished" much of Kharg Island and warned of more, telling NBC News on Saturday, "We may hit it a few more times just for fun."

The ‌comments marked a sharp escalation from Trump, who had previously said the U.S. was targeting ​only military sites on Kharg, and dealt a blow to diplomatic ​efforts to end a war that has spread across the Middle East and killed more than 2,000 people, most in Iran and Lebanon.

With global air transport heavily disrupted and no clear end in sight, Iran's ability to choke off traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, the conduit for a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas, has emerged as a decisive threat to the global economy.

Although some Iranian vessels have continued to pass ​and a few ships from other countries have successfully made the crossing, the passage ‌has been effectively closed for most of the world's tanker traffic since the United States and Israel attacked Iran on February 28 at the start of an intensive bombing campaign that has hit thousands ​of targets across the country.

(Reporting by Maya Gebeily in Dubai, Emily Rose in Jerusalem and Jarrett Renshaw in Palm Beach, Florida; Additional reporting by Reuters bureaux; Writing by James Mackenzie, David Morgan and Matt ​Spetalnick; Editing by Sergio Non, Chizu Nomiyama, William Mallard, Gareth Jones, Andrew Heavens, Deepa Babington, Diane Craft and Michael Perry)

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Why France is bolstering military presence in the Middle East, as Macron prepares for postwar talks

PARIS (AP) — France's government is bolstering the country's military presence in the Middle East, dispatchingits aircraft carrierandother warships, while President Emmanuel Macron engages with key players inthe conflict, including Iran, in a bid to position Paris for future diplomatic talks.

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Macron said that France's military involvement is strictly "defensive" and aims to avoid making the country a party to the war.

He reaffirmed that position after one French soldier was killed Thursday in a drone attack in Iraq.

"We are not at war with anyone," Macron said.

Still, the large-scale deployment of the French navy — which he described as "unprecedented" — has made France the European nation with the most prominent presence in the region.

Visiting the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier last week, Macron said that its presence in the Mediterranean demonstrates "France's strength: a balancing power, a force for peace."

Here's what to know about Macron' strategy.

France's large naval deployment

Macron announced the deployment to the eastern Mediterranean and the wider Middle East of eight warships, two helicopter carriers and the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle with its 20 Rafale fighter jets.

The French frigate Languedoc arrived off Cyprus, a fellow European Union member, to bolster anti-drone and anti-missile defenses. Cyprus and France signed a new strategic partnership in December. Macron also said that two French frigates have been dispatched to the Red Sea to help ensure maritime security and freedom of navigation.

Macron said that the warship deployment is intended to allow France "to respond to emergency situations" and evacuate French nationals if necessary.

France has more than 400,000 citizens in the Middle East — more than any other European country — including more than half in Israel and over 60,000 in the United Arab Emirates.

Other European nations, including Spain, Italy, the Netherlands and Greece, have deployed frigates in the region.

The French navy's swift deployment contrasts with the United Kingdom's delay in sending the HMS Dragon destroyer, which left Portsmouth, England, on March 10.

U.K. opposition parties have accused Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government of moving too slowly to protect British bases in Cyprus and allies in the Middle East. The U.K. government also has sent Typhoon and F-35 fighter jets, helicopters and air defense systems to the region to help intercept Iranian missiles and drones.

Defending Gulf allies

France has key defense agreements with several countries in the region, including Qatar, Kuwait and the UAE, where it maintains a permanent base in Abu Dhabi. France's military, which has air and naval forces there, doubled the number of Rafale fighter jets stationed on site to 12.

French authorities acknowledged that Rafale jets intercepted drones targeting the UAE since the beginning of the war.

"We stand by the side of our allies and our friends," Macron said during his visit to the Charles de Gaulle. "There have been some interceptions that have continued in recent days."

"We do so within the framework of our partnerships," he said, without providing further details.

French forces are also deployed in Jordan and Iraq.

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On Thursday, one French soldier was killed and several others injured in a drone attack in the region of Irbil, in northern Iraq. They were training Iraqi units as part of a multinational counterterrorism mission in the country.

Former President François Hollande, who led France from 2012 to 2017, said that it was important for France to show it can protect its nationals and reassure its partners, but warned of the risks.

"We must be careful — it's always a risky operation — to make sure our warships are not targeted," Hollande said. "Because if they are attacked, we have to fire back."

Historic ties with Lebanon

Macron is leading a diplomatic effort to try to halt the conflict in Lebanon, where at least 850 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced as the Hezbollah militant groupentered a new round of fightingwith Israel. Macron urged Hezbollah to stop fighting and called on Israel to renounce any ground offensive.

France supports the Lebanese military as authorities have pledged to "take control" of positions held by Hezbollah and assume full responsibility for security in the country, Macron said. Hezbollah's arsenal notably includes exploding drones, similar to the ones used by Iran.

France has traditionally been a key supporter of Lebanon, a former French protectorate, and maintains 800 troops in the U.N. peacekeeping force there. The French government provided the country with armored vehicles and operational military support.

France sent 60 tons of emergency aid to Lebanon last week on a humanitarian flight to Beirut, authorities said. The shipment included medicines, medical equipment, a mobile health unit, shelter materials, basic necessities and infant formula.

Maintaining contact with Iran

Macron was the first Western leader to speak with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian since the war began.

He said he urged Iran to halt strikes against countries in the region. Since the phone call on March 8, this appeal had gone unanswered.

Macron stressed that "a diplomatic solution" is needed to end the escalation and said that he and Pezeshkian agreed to remain in contact.

Macron also spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump, though there were no signs of de-escalation.

France hopes diplomatic efforts could bear fruit once the most intense phase of the conflict subsides, which could take weeks or months.

Macron is also promoting an international effortto secure the Strait of Hormuz, a key energy corridor, so oil, gas and goods can flow freely again "when circumstances permit." He has suggested countries could use warships to escort tankers and container ships once fighting eases.

Political analyst Bertrand Badie, an international relations professor at Sciences Po Paris, said Macron has long sought to assert France's role on the global stage.

With low approval ratings at home and about a year left in his term, Macron may have the most to gain among European leaders by pursuing diplomacy, Badie said.

"At this point, we are forced to scale back our expectations — drastically," he said. "From a diplomatic standpoint, what leverage does France really have?"

"My assessment is that this crisis cannot be resolved by French remedies," Badie said. "There is no point in having any illusions."

Jill Lawless contributed to this report from London.

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Billy Crystalgathered a who's who of A-listersat the Academy Awardson Sunday, March 15, to honor the late director,Rob Reiner.

Crystal, 78, gave an emotional speechhonoring Reiner, calling him a "best friend" and detailing the looming legacy he left on the world of film. Running through Reiner's pantheon of successful films, Crystal described a vibrant artist and passionate activist whose wit and comedy delighted audiences for decades.

After his speech, the camera lifted to show a line of Reiner's contemporaries and film comrades, including Crystal's "When Harry Met Sally" co-star Meg Ryan, hand in hand. The tribute preceded the Awards Show's signature In Memorium segment, which also honored Hollywood legends Robert Redford, Catherine O'Hara and Diane Keaton.

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"My friend Rob's movies will last for lifetimes because they were about what makes us laugh and cry and what we aspire to be: Far better in his eyes, far kinder, far funnier, and far more human," Crystal said onstage. "To the millions who have enjoyed his films all these years, I want you to know here and around the world, how many times Rob told me that it meant everything to him that his work meant something to you."

"And for us who had the privilege of working with and knowing him and loving him, all we can say is, buddy, what fun we had storming the castle," he continued.

Standing onstage to honor Reiner alongside Ryan and Crystal was Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Jerry O'Connell, Wil Wheaton, Fred Savage, Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Carol Kane, Kiefer Sutherland, Demi Moore, Kevin Pollak, Kathy Bates, Annette Bening, John Cusack and Daphne Zuniga.

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Rob and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, died Sunday, Dec. 14, after the couple was found dead in the master bedroom of their Los Angeles home in the affluent Brentwood neighborhood, according to Los Angeles police.

Their32-year-old son, Nick Reiner, has been charged with their murder, accused of fatally stabbing them. He has pleaded not guilty.

1989: "When Harry Met Sally..."
Rob Reiner directed iconic Hollywood films throughout his career. Who can forget this classic deli scene with Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal (and Reiner's mother Estelle Reiner) in the 1989 film "When Harry Met Sally..."?

Look back at the director's iconic films through his career.

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" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 1996: "Ghosts of Mississippi"

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 1999: "The Story of Us"

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These Rob Reiner movies became Hollywood classics

1989: "When Harry Met Sally..."Rob Reiner directed iconic Hollywood films throughout his career. Who can forget this classic deli scene with Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal (and Reiner's mother Estelle Reiner) in the 1989 film "When Harry Met Sally..."?Look back at the director's iconic films through his career.

Reiner's legacy is impossible to forget or avoid in the movie business, his warm and affable comedy forming the backbone of unforgettableclassics like "The Princess Bride" and "When Harry Met Sally."The latter, which upped the ante on Crystal and Ryan's already growing fame, has become a pillar of the American film canon.

In a statement following his death,Crystaljoined with other actors to honor Reiner's legacy. "Absorbing all he had learned from his father Carl and his mentorNorman Lear, Rob Reiner not only was a great comic actor, he became a master storyteller," the statement read. "There is no other director who has his range. From comedy to drama to 'mockumentary' to documentary he was always at the top of his game. He charmed audiences. They trusted him. They lined up to see his films."

Host Conan O'Brien welcomes viewers and audience members to the Oscars show at the 98th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, March 15, 2026.

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