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‘Riverdale’s Lili Reinhart Has Alopecia, Reveals She Received Her Diagnosis During “Major Depressive Episode”

Lili Reinhart has broken the news of her recent alopecia diagnosis to the public.

The Riverdale star took to TikTok on Monday (Jan. 29), noting that she “was just diagnosed with alopecia in the midst of a major depressive episode.” In a 13-second-long clip, which she captioned, “Red light therapy is my new best friend #alopecia #mentalhealth,” Reinhart mouths the following audio: “I’m pushed beyond limits of what a person should be pushed to endure.”

Defined by the American Academy of Dermatology Association as an autoimmune disease through which “your immune system mistakenly attacks hair follicles,” alopecia areata “can start at any age,” although it is commonly first detected in “children and young adults.” While those diagnosed commonly lose hair “on their scalp or beard area,” they may lose hair on any part of their body.

According to Cleveland Clinic, red light therapy can “improve hair growth in people with androgenic alopecia,” per People.

Other actresses who have previously been diagnosed with alopecia include Jada Pinkett Smith, Viola Davis, and Neve Campbell, the latter two of whom, like 27-year-old Reinhart, developed alopecia in their 20s, per BuzzFeed.

Reinhart has been vocal about her struggles with mental health in the past. She discussed taking on virtual therapy in a 2020 interview with Nylon, and according to People, she posted on her Instagram story the following year that “some days [she] feel[s] really deflated by [her] depression,” describing it as “an exhausting battle that [she’s] been fighting for 11 years.”

She also appeared on Dax Shepard‘s Armchair Expert podcast in 2022, per USA Today, where she said that although she “feel[s] that [she] can handle [her] depression and [her] sadness,” her anxiety can feel “unbearable.”

“It feels like this engine inside you that’s running, and there’s nowhere for it to go,” she added.

Watch Reinhart’s TikTok above.



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Opera ‘Carmen’ will be remade as a film — inside the dance-fueled changes


Bizet’s “Carmen.” The 19th century’s political unrest, social class, power struggle, murder, scandal, gender, race, now fits our 2lst century. Result? Rejiggering the opera as a film.

Director’s Benjamin Millepied — choreographer, plus husband of Oscar winner Natalie Portman who played a ballerina in “Black Swan.”

Tall, handsome, French, his sneakers were spotless.

“My film’s set in Mexico, a country in chaos. I began this career as a child. My mother, a dancer, had some link. A love of music and expression, dance is no financially rewarding career — only fulfilling.

“Took me six years to write this. Drama told through music — like ‘West Side Story.’ I reinvented her. More freedom. She’s not just an object of desire.”

She’s independent. Mother’s murdered. Illegal border guard kills others in her group. Standoff. Escape to LA. Police close in. For the rest see the movie.

“Onstage, dance, music, lights, costumes come together. A single experience. I approached this same way I approach dance, the language of dreams, the mystical and the earthly. My conscious and subconscious.”

Oddity No. 1. The screening drew Mikhail Baryshnikov who kindly introduced himself to me. Not sure why since last we met he was sitting at my kitchen table.


Jada Pinkett Smith narrates the new Netflix series on Cleopatra.
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Telling royal tales

Oddity No. 2: 2,000 years late Cleopatra’s ready for her close-up. Jada Pinkett Smith narrates the series.

Jada: “Don’t often get stories about black queens. That was important for me, my daughter, my community. Cleopatra’s displayed as sexual, excessive, corrupt, yet she was a strategist, intellect, fought to protect her kingdom.

“Her heritage is debated. We’ll dive into her history.”

“Queen Cleopatra” premieres in Queens May 10. Netflix. Grab a barge. Watch it.

Aided and a’booked

Long back I reported: “Melissa DeRosa, Gov. Cuomo’s former aide, has inked a tell-all book.”

Immediate denials. No-no-no. Madam Adams knows not what she burbles about.

Well . . . HARK! Comes now news that truth-misser Melissa’s written a dump-all.

The Sanitation Department has been placed on alert.

Learning history

Oddity No. 3: Roger Smith was a “77 Sunset Strip” actor married to Ann-Margret. Now gone. I’ve just had news from some outlet which has invoked the phrase “Who the F - - k Is Roger Smith?!”

It alleges knowing Time Warner’s Steve Ross, Schwarzenegger, Spielberg, hit on by Grace Kelly, Menendez trial testifier, opera subtitles creator and dishes on now gone Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Gerald Ford.

Just letting everyone know if in case should they hear from him.

Morning regalia

Comes an invite from Emma Wade-Smith OBE, His Majesty’s Consul General here, to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III on May 6. It says: “We will livestream it at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall. Doors open 5:45 a.m. The Coronation starts 6:00 a.m.” Great. Hope Roger Smith knows. 

I’m off Monday and Tuesday. So Hail Britannia, plus only in New York, kids, only in New York.

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The Academy says response to Will Smith’s Oscar slap was ‘inadequate’

The Academy has admitted that its handling of the infamous Will Smith “slapgate” at the 2022 Oscars was “inadequate.”

The organization, which votes on nominees, winners, and hosts of the annual ceremony, said Monday that it will be “fully transparent” in the future.

At the organization’s luncheon hosted for this year’s Oscar nominees, Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences president Janet Yang spoke about last year’s disastrous event.

“I’m sure you all remember we experienced an unprecedented event at the Oscars,” she said, according to Variety.

“What happened onstage was fully unacceptable and the response from our organization was inadequate.”

“We learned from this that the Academy must be fully transparent and accountable in our actions, and particularly in times of crisis you must act swiftly, compassionately, and decisively for ourselves and for our industry,” she continued.


Will Smith accepts the award for Best Actor in the Leading Role for “King Richard” during the 94th Oscars.
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“You should and can expect no less from us going forward.”

During last year’s Oscar Awards live broadcast, Smith walked onto the stage and struck Rock across the face after the funnyman made a joke about the actor’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.

Rock compared Pinkett Smith — who suffers from alopecia and shaved her head last summer — to Demi Moore’s bald character “G.I. Jane,” prompting the slap from Smith.

“Keep my wife’s name out of your f–king mouth!” Smith then shouted — twice — after returning to his seat.


Janet Yang said the Academy has learned they “must be fully transparent and accountable” in their actions in times of crisis.
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Less than an hour after, Smith won the Best Actor Oscar for his role in “King Richard,” and even received a standing ovation from the audience.

The “Fresh Prince” star seemingly partied without a care in the world at the Vanity Fair afterparty that night, but the consequences that followed were not so glamorous.

Smith has resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences following the uproar about his actions. He has also been banned from any academy events for the next 10 years.

The 2023 Academy Awards take place on March 12.

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