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7. A turning point for the actors came during the film’s iconic lift scene in the lake, Swayze and Grey bonding over the difficult experience.

“It was horrifyingly, hypothermically cold in that lake, and we filmed that scene over and over,” Swayze wrote in his autobiography. “And despite the fact that Jennifer was very light, when you’re lifting someone in water, even the skinniest little girl can feel like 500 pounds.”

8. But all their hard work proved to be worth it, with Grey reflecting on finally nailing the lift with Swayze in her 2022 memoir, Out of the Corner, that she held off doing the infamous move until they filmed the climactic final dance scene. 

“What you see between us in that scene was also real,” she wrote. “Real gratitude. Real respect. Real care. If that’s not love, what is?”

9. The scene in which Baby keeps laughing as Johnny trails his fingers down her arm was unscripted as Grey really was ticklish and Swayze’s annoyance was very real. 

“We didn’t even remember we had that footage because we then shot it where she didn’t laugh, and it was only when we were in the editing room that our dance editor found this,” Bergstein told Cosmo. “When we saw it, we burst out laughing, and when Jennifer and Patrick saw it for the first time, they burst out laughing because we’d completely forgotten that this had even happened. We just thought it was so funny that we used it and loved it.”

Looks like Tom Hollander got caught up in Tom Holland‘s Hollywood web.

The White Lotus star revealed that sharing a very similar name with the Spider-Man actor has caused a fair amount of issues—namely, when he accidentally got a highly sensitive email meant for Holland from their former talent agency.

“I got an email from the agency saying, ‘Payment advice slip, your first box-office bonus for The Avengers,'” Hollander said on the Jan. 23 episode of Late Night with Seth Meyers. “And I thought, ‘I don’t think I’m in The Avengers.'”

But with great power comes great financial responsibility, as Hollander noted, “It was an astonishing amount of money. And it was not his salary, it was his first box office bonus. Not the whole box office, the first one.”

The Pride & Prejudice alum didn’t disclose exactly how much the check was for, but he did say it was over $1 million. “It was more money than I’ve ever—it was a seven figure sum,” he added. “And he was 20 or something.”

Brittany Mahomes is sharing insight into her kids’ health. 

The former soccer player, who shares two kids with husband Patrick Mahomes, revealed exactly how she felt during an emergency trip to the hospital with their now-13-month-old baby, Patrick “Bronze” Lavon, after he suffered a severe allergic reaction to peanuts in August 2023.  

“Like all moms, my kids’ safety and happiness is my number one priority,” the 28-year-old, who also shares Sterling Skye, 2, with the NFL player, wrote in a Jan. 24 Instagram post. “I recently received an outpouring of support from other moms and parents after sharing my experience with Bronze’s severe allergic reaction to peanuts. It was one of the scariest experiences of my life.”

That’s why the Texas native partnered with Auvi-Q, an emergency treatment for severe allergic reactions in infants and toddlers. 

“I have an infant and a toddler, both who have severe food allergies, and I think it is very important to raise awareness of what a severe reaction may look like if it was to happen to a child,” Brittany said in the accompanying video. “Based on my experience, I can tell you that a severe reaction may not look how you think it should look.”

Ryan Gosling is more than kenough, according to Eva Mendes.

The Hitch actress—who shares daughters Esmeralda, 7, and Amada, 5, with Ryan—let the world know that the Barbie actor is a 10, calling out those who previously criticized his portrayal of Ken after he landed an Oscar nod this week.

Sharing a screenshot of a 2022 opinion piece from Rolling Stone that described Ryan’s acting as “cringe,” Eva wrote on Instagram Jan. 24, “So much hate when he took on this role. So many people trying to shame him for doing it.”

“Despite all the #Notmyken ridicule and articles written about him, he created this completely original, hilarious, heartbreaking, now iconic character and took it all the way to Oscars,” continued Eva, adding that she’s “so proud of my man.”

It’s a sentiment shared by Ryan’s costar America Ferrera, who picked up her first-ever Oscar nomination for her role as Gloria in the 2023 blockbuster.

The sports world is currently in mourning.

Maricet Espinosa González, a star judo athlete who represented Cuba in the 2016 Olympic Games, died at age 34, the Pan American Judo Confederation confirmed on Jan. 22.

“With deep sadness we bid farewell to a legend of Pan-American and Cuban Judo. Maricet Espinosa, affectionately known as ‘La Mole’, leaves an indelible legacy,” the confederation said in an Instagram post in Spanish, via translation. “Rest in peace, our dearest Maricet. Our condolences to his family and Cuban judo. Your spirit and your achievements will last forever.”

Her cause of death has not been shared.

González was also mourned by Universidad del Deporte Cubano, internationally known as the Cuban Sports University, which educates Olympic hopefuls in Havana.

“On behalf of our teachers, workers and students,” the school said in a Jan. 21 Facebook post via translation, “we extend our deepest condolences to their families, friends and colleagues.”

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“How disrespectful,” one wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Not only to Dolly, but to every single person who has walked on that stage. I seriously cannot even believe it.”

Another X user added, “I’m disappointed in the @opry for allowing an intoxicated and disrespectful performance by Elle King in failure of honoring the great Dolly Parton. I was hesitant to put this out, but I love country music to my core. Where has Country Music gone? It’s unrecognizable.”

In response, the Grand Ole Opry issued a statement on Jan. 20, reading: “We deeply regret and apologize for the language that was used during last night’s second Opry performance.”  

E! News has reached out to King’s rep for comment but hasn’t heard back.

For a look back at Parton’s decades-long career, keep reading.

Kelly Clarkson likes to make a clean breakaway from her exes.

In fact, the singer revealed why she prefers not to stay friends with her previous partners. 

“I just feel like it can get awkward,” Kelly explained to guest Common on the Jan. 23 episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show. “It depends on who ended it or who it is. It’s situational.”

The rapper, on the other hand, had a very different point of view.

“I could definitely be friends with an ex,” Common, who recently confirmed his romance with Jennifer Hudson, countered. “I’ve been friends with a lot of exes that I’ve had, and they’ve been long relationships. Because most of them have been pretty good.”

But that’s not to say the transition from lovers to friends is an easy process.

“I mean, we go through stuff at the beginning of the breakup,” he continued, “but then once we come to our grounds, it’s like, we good people, we cool people.”

Keke Palmer‘s family legal turmoil just got more complex.

Two months after the Nope actress obtained a temporary restraining order against her ex Darius Jackson, his brother Sarunas J. Jackson filed papers to obtain his own against the star as well as her mother Sharon Palmer.

While a court denied his requests for temporary civil harassment restraining orders against the 30-year-old and her mom, citing “insufficient evidence that great or irreparable harm would result,” a hearing on the matter is set for Feb. 7.

E! News has reached out to reps for Keke and Sarunas and has not heard back.

In his Jan. 19 filing, obtained by E! News, Sarunas alleged that Keke “harassed and stalked” friends and family on social media, claiming she has “used her celebrity to publicly lie on my family and myself, which has resulted in death threats by the public.”

He noted her alleged behavior has damaged his career—and his private life, adding “we have had banging on our door from strangers.”