Alec Baldwin Calls Out Elon Musk for Criticizing Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy: 'But She IS the Most Beautiful Woman'

Alec Baldwin publicly criticized Elon Musk's complaints on social media regarding Lupita Nyong'o's casting in The Odyssey

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• Christopher Nolan confirmed in a recent interview that Nyong'o will portray Helen of Troy and Helen's sister Clytemnestra

• The Odyssey is in theaters July 17

Alec Baldwincertainly thinksLupita Nyong'ofits the bill as Helen of Troy inThe Odyssey.

Baldwin, 68, shared a photo of Nyong'o, 43, onInstagramon Friday, May 15, in response toElon Muskafter heamplified racist-tinged criticismofChristopher Nolan's decision to cast Nyong'o as Helen of Troy, saying she wasn't fit to play "the most beautiful woman in the world."

"Dear Elon… but she IS the most beautiful woman in the world…Alec," Baldwin wrote in a caption to his post. The actor's wifeHilaria Baldwinappeared to approve of Alec's sentiment, leaving the emojis "🔥❤️" in a comment.

Nyong'o has been attached toThe OdysseysinceThe Hollywood Reporterfirst reported that she would appear in the movie's ensemble cast back in November 2024. Rumors began swirling that she would appear in the movie as Helen of Troy in recent months, though Nyong'o has yet to appear in thetworeleasedtrailersfor the movie.

Filmmaker Nolan, 55, confirmed that Nyong'o isportraying both Helen of Troy and her sister ClytemnestrainThe Odysseyin aTimemagazineprofile published Tuesday, May 12.

Helen of Troy is a pivotal figure in the ancient Greek epic poems known as Homer'sThe IliadandOdyssey, the latter of which serves as the basis for Nolan's new movie. Helen is more commonly associated withThe Iliaddue to her role in starting the mythical Trojan War, but she appears in Homer'sOdysseyin one scene with the character Telemachus, whomTom Hollandportrays in the new movie.

Helen's sister Clytemnestra, whom Nyong'o will also portray in the film, marries the Greek hero Agamemnon (Benny Safdie) before Agamemnon leads the Greeks to war against Troy.The OdysseyfollowsMatt Damonas its title character Odysseus, a hero of the Trojan War who is lost for 10 years after fighting alongside Agamemnon as he attempts to return to his home, Ithaca.

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Musk, the Tesla CEO and owner of X, has complained about Nyong'o's role in the movie a number of times on social media in recent months. In February, he claimed onXthat two-timeOscarwinner Nolan "has lost his integrity" by casting Nyong'o as Helen.

Whoopi Goldbergsimilarlyleapt to Nyong'o's defenseonThe Viewin February, in which she addressed Musk directly and stated that Nyong'o "is also considered one of the world's most beautiful women."

"So I'm not sure what you're trying to say," she said at the time. "You don't have to actually go to the movie. I don't know why you feel like you need to speak on this, and I would suggest looking in a mirror if you have any concerns about people's looks, if this is where we're going."

In addition to Damon, Holland, Nyong'o and Safdie, Nolan's new movie also featuresAnne Hathaway,Elliot Page,Mia Goth,Charlize Theron,Robert Pattinson,John Leguizamo, andZendayain its ensemble cast.

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The Odysseyis in theaters July 17.

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Al Roker Reveals His Daughter Leila Roker Is Married, Says He Was Asked by CDC to ‘Voluntarily Test’ on Way Home from Wedding

Leila Roker, the daughter of Al Roker and Deborah Roberts, married Sylvain Gricourt

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• Leila and Gricourt first met seven years ago, after Leila moved to Paris to study at the American University of Paris 

• Leila, 27, and Gricourt announced their engagement in March 2025

Leila Roker, the daughter ofAl RokerandDeborah Roberts, has married Sylvain Gricourt.

TheTodayshow meteorologist, 71, broke the news himself during the Tuesday, May 12, broadcast. While discussing thehantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius, Roker mentioned that he had recently returned from Europe for his daughter's wedding.

"I was coming from Europe this weekend from my daughter's wedding, and the CDC was asking people to voluntarily test," Roker said. "But they didn't say for what, so I just wonder if it was a precaution here."

Roker also mentioned that Leila and Gricourt would be tying the knot on Mother's Day weekend during a May 1 interview withSwooon.

"Our daughter, Leila, is getting married, just before Mother’s Day. That Mother’s Day weekend, actually," Roker told the outlet. “So, that’s kind of her Mother’s Day gift, I guess."

Leila, 27, and Gricourtannounced their engagement in March2025. The two met seven years prior, a year after Leila moved to Paris to study at the American University of Paris, she said in an Instagram post at the time.

“8 years ago, I moved to Paris 🇫🇷, 7 years ago I met my person and best friend 💖, and 2 days ago, that person took me on the most amazing surprise trip to Venice 🇮🇹 to ask me to spend the rest of our lives together 💍 💕💕,” Leilawrotealongside a collection of photos from the Venice restaurant where Gricourt proposed.

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Al also celebrated the engagement news last March by sharing more photos from Gricourt’s proposal. “We could not be happier, and look forward to planning for these two wonderful young folks coming together,” theTodayshow meteorologistwrote.

During a stop onLive with Kelly and Markin October, Roberts, 65, said Leila and Gricourt planned to have a small wedding in Paris before hosting a bigger ceremony in the U.S., where “we’ll blow the budget.”

“We have to do a small ceremony in France because she lives in Paris,” Roberts explained. “And so they have to do something small there, and I said, 'Let's keep it teeny tiny'— and then she wants to come home.”

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In May,Roberts told PEOPLEshe was “excited to go dress shopping” with Leila, and was also excited to see her daughter “so happy.”

Al and Robertsare also parents toson Nick, 23. Al also shares daughter Courtney, 37, with his late ex-wife, Alice Bell. Courtney andWesley Lagamarried in June 2021 and welcomed daughterSky Clara Lagain July 2023.

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Richard Gere's Youngest Sons, 6 and 7, Look Just Like Their Dad in Rare Photos Shared By Mom Alejandra

Richard Gere's wife Alejandra Silva shared rare photos of their family life in Spain on Mother's Day.

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• The Pretty Woman actor could be seen sharing a sweet moment with his two youngest lookalike sons Alexander, 7, and James, 6.

• Silva also has a son Albert, 13, from a previous marriage, and Gere shares son Homer, 26, with ex-wife Carey Lowell.

Richard Gere’s wifeAlejandra Silvais giving fans a rare glimpse at theirprivate family life in Spain. In a Mother’s Day post shared on May 10, theSpanish publicist—who shares son Alexander, 7, and James, 6, with the 76 year old actor—posted candid photos of Gere hanging out with his mini-mes at home.

Silva celebrated life with her children and husband of eight years as she toasted to motherhood in thebehind-the-scenes photo dump. Silva, who also shares a sonAlbert, 13, with ex-husband Govind Friedland, shared a sweet group photo of thePretty Womanstar standing next to his stepson and his two youngest sons, who were both clad in matching holiday-inspired red, green, and white patterned pajamas. Each member of the group of four made a heart out of their hands as they posed for the photo.

Alexander and James’s faces were partially obscured, but they showed they’re already growing up to look like their dad with similar long hair and features. Meanwhile, in another photo, Silva shared a hilarious rough-housing moment between her boys. As a bemused Gere—who’s also dad toson Homer James Jigme, 26, with ex-wife Carey Lowell—looked on from the sidelines, Albert could be seen wearing a Yale T-shirt and jeans as he held one of his screaming younger brothers upside down.

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In contrast, Silva also shared a moment of calm with her youngest kids, snapping a photo of them twinning in matching yellow rain jackets, dark pants, and green rain boots as they each gave their mom a freshly-picked periwinkle flower.

“Motherhood is the hardest work I have ever done, and also the most sacred. It asks us to be strong when we are tired, soft when the world is hard, patient when we are overwhelmed, and loving even in the moments when we are still learning ourselves,” Silva reflected in her post. “I believe women carry generations inside them. We raise our children, but we also help raise the men and women of the future. We teach love, respect, compassion, courage, and tenderness—not only with words, but with the way we live.”

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Former Warriors president agrees to interim role with 76ers

ThePhiladelphia 76ersmade waves around the league Tuesday evening, agreeing topart wayswith their president of basketball operations Daryl Morey. Although the 76ers pulled off an upset in the first round of the NBA playoffs against the Boston Celtics, it wasn't enough for Morey to keep his job another season.

In six seasons with Philadelphia, the 76ers were 270-212 under Morey. After Morey's departure, the team acted quickly to bring on former Golden State Warriors general manager and president of basketball operations Bob Myers.According toShams Charania of ESPN, Myers will lead the search for a new head executive while overseeing the franchise in the meantime.

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This will be Myers' first job with an NBA team since departing the Warriors organization after 12 seasons at the end of the 2022-23 campaign. Since then, Myers has served as an analyst on ESPN.

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How Jim Henson, David Bowie created the cult movie classic 'Labyrinth'

Massive fantasy sets built by hand. Elaborate animatronics. Goblins, creatures and puppets operated by entire teams of performers.

That was the scale of Jim Henson’s vision for "Labyrinth," the 1986 cult fantasy film that helped showcase theMississippi-born creatoras more than just the man behind the Muppets.

The movie follows a young girl named Sarah, played by teenage actress Jennifer Connelly, as she navigates a massive labyrinth to rescue her baby brother from Jareth, the Goblin King,played by David Bowie,sporting hair that looks somewhere between a lion’s mane andTina Turnerin "What’s Love Got to Do With It."

Directed by Henson, "Labyrinth" was also written by Monty Python-alum Terry Jones and executive produced byGeorge Lucas.The result feels like a collision between Henson’s handcrafted Muppet-style fantasy worlds, the sprawling adventure spectacle Lucas helped popularize through "Star Wars" and, well, David Bowie.

Bowie not only starred as the Goblin King Jareth, but also worked on the film’s soundtrack, writing and performing several original songs that gave "Labyrinth" its unmistakably weird, synth-heavy 1980s energy.

By the mid-1980s, Henson was pushing beyond the family-friendly puppetry that made Kermit the Frog and "Sesame Street" household names. Following the release of "The Dark Crystal" in 1982, Henson continued experimenting with darker fantasy storytelling featured in "Labyrinth."

But even before "Labyrinth," Henson experimented with filmmaking and surreal television projects like "The Cube," a1969 productioncentered around a man trapped inside a white room. Throughout his career, Henson constantly pushed toward stranger and more visually ambitious storytelling.

Brian Jay Jones,author of "Jim Henson: The Biography," said "Labyrinth" may have come closer than almost any other Henson project to matching the filmmaker’s exact artistic vision. Jones described the film’s elaborate fabrics, layered textures and fantasy imagery as reflective of Henson’s own artistic temperament.

“'Labyrinth' looks exactly the way Jim wanted it to look,” Jones told the Clarion Ledger. “I think 'Labyrinth' is very close to his own idea of artistic beauty.”

Long before CGI became standard in Hollywood, Henson and his team relied on elaborate puppetry, animatronics and choreography to bring the film’s goblins and creatures to life. Nothing showcases that practical, hands-on filmmaking better than"Inside the Labyrinth,"a behind-the-scenes documentary filmed during production of the movie you can watch for free on Youtube.

It features Henson himself discussing the challenges of building the film’s massive fantasy world, finding the right actors, coordinating its puppetry and bringing the bizarre creatures to life. At one point, Henson said he considered Michael Jackson or Sting for the role of Jareth before ultimately landing on Bowie.

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“The whole trip through the labyrinth is like a voyage,” Henson said in the documentary. “So to create the feeling of a voyage you have to go through many different places.”

The documentary reveals the sheer scale of the operation Henson assembled to bring the fantasy world to life. In one scene alone — Jareth’s throne room where Bowie performs"Magic Dance"— the production used 48 puppets, 52 puppeteers and between eight and 12 little people in costume.

The film’s creatures often required entire teams of performers working in sync behind the scenes. For instance, Hoggle, one of the movie’s central puppet characters, required five performers to operate. Actress Shari Weiser wore the costume while four others controlled the character’s facial expressions and animatronics remotely, including Henson’s son, Brian Henson. In the documentary, Henson described Hoggle as “the most complicated character” in the film.

Ludo, another fan-favorite creature, weighed more than 75 pounds and required multiple performers to operate interchangeably during filming.

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The documentary also highlights the choreography and rehearsal required to coordinate the puppets, performers and actors throughout the production, with Henson calmly directing scenes from the center of the chaos. Henson also mentions that it was between Bowie, Michael Jackson and Sting.

Nearly four decades later, “Labyrinth” has evolved from a box office disappointment into one of Henson’s most beloved cult classics. It has been embraced by generations of fans drawn to its surreal fantasy world, Bowie’s unforgettable performance and the movie’s handcrafted practical effects.

The movie that once baffled critics now sells out theaters, inspires cosplay conventions and is heading back on tour through“Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: In Concert,”a live-to-film production featuring musicians performing David Bowie’s soundtrack alongside screenings of the movie. The tour is scheduled to stop throughout the United States, Canada and Australia later this year.

Turns out audiences eventually caught up with Henson's strange little fantasy fever dream he was building in the 1980s.

Jones said the film ultimately found the audience Henson believed it would.

“He was absolutely right about it,” Jones told the Clarion Ledger. “His instincts on it were absolutely right, but at the wrong time.”

Charlie Drape,the Clarion Ledger’s Jackson beat reporter, grew up on “Sesame Street,” with a stuffed Animal — the wild-eyed Muppet drummer from Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem — regularly scattered among the toys in his room. Every Christmas, "John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together" still gets its annual spin in the Drape household.

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Mark Consuelos Shares the Painful Realization He's Had Since His Father's Death (Exclusive)

Mark Consuelos reflects on his father’s death, describing him as a “mythical character” and a major influence

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• The actor appeared on the I've Never Said This Before with Tommy DiDario podcast, in a clip PEOPLE can exclusively premiere

• Working on Broadway helped him process his grief, Consuelos says, but the loss hit harder during a family memorial

Mark Consuelosis opening up about the loss of his father.

In an exclusive clip from the Tuesday, May 12 episode of iHeartRadio'sI've Never Said This Before with Tommy DiDariopodcast, theLive with Kelly and Markco-host became emotional while reflecting on the death of his father,Saul Consuelos, whodied in March 23 after a lengthy illness.

“You know, I lost my father five weeks ago,” Consuelos tells host Tommy DiDario, in a conversation taped on May 1. “And it was kind of a brutal five-month saga leading up to him passing. I knew it was happening. We all knew, this is going to happen.”

The actor, who is currently starring in the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival ofFallen Angelson Broadway, says he prayed for “a merciful exit” for his father and was grateful that “it happened that way — very quickly and painlessly.”

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Still, even though he tried to emotionally prepare himself for "the eventuality" of the loss ahead of time, when his father died, the reality hit hard.

“My father’s a mythical character to me,” Consuelos explains. “He’s, like, the best man I’ve ever met. Everything good that I’ve kind of globbed onto of how I carry myself comes from him.”

“I guess what I haven’t said is, I miss my dad,” he continues. “I’ve never said that. I’ve never said, ‘I miss my dad.’ Because he’s always been in my life. He’s always been available to me.”

The 55-year-old says he was in tech rehearsals forFallen Angelswhen his father died, forcing him to “compartmentalize” his grief while continuing to work on the production. “It was a welcomed distraction because I had to do this,” he says.

But when his family gathered for a memorial service, the loss became more real. “We just had a memorial for him this past Monday, where the family all got together,” he says. “And the reality of him being gone hit, of himactuallybeing gone.”

Though he says he still feels his father’s presence strongly, the actor became emotional while describing what he misses most.

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“I am starting to…,” Consuelos says before taking a deep breath. “I’m going to miss just giving him a hug and holding his hand and just laughing with him. That’s something I’ve never said in my life. I’m going to miss my dad.”

DiDario went on to thank Consuelos for sharing the moment, pointing out how helpful his words would be to "anyone going through their grief right now.”

"He’s certainly proud of you," DiDario says. "Look at everything you’re doing. Broadway star!"

That inspired Consuelos to share how he honors his father before walking onstage each night. “I do look up in the house every now and again,” he says. “You can’t really see, because of the lights. And I kind of picture [him]. I think about him before I go on stage.”

Consuelos announced his father’s death on the April 22 episode ofLive with Kelly and Mark.“My father passed away peacefully surrounded by family and love,” he said at the time, adding that his father “lived a beautiful life.”

"He came here from Mexico in his early teens, he immigrated here from Mexico. He served his country for 30 years. Ended up at Special Operations Command in Tampa. This young kid from Mexico just got his education from the Navy. Was always going to school. Was brilliant. Got his master's while I was a kid," he shared.

“He loved his country so much,” Consuelos added. “If you’re going to put a face to an immigrant, he would be the prime example of what this country promises people.”

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Kelly Ripa— who shares childrenMichael, 28, Lola, 24, and Joaquin, 23,with Mark — also paid tribute to her father-in-law during the episode, remembering him as “the kindest man.”

New episodes of theI've Never Said This Before with Tommy DiDariopodcast drop Tuesdays.

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Best photos of IndyCar, NASCAR driver Katherine Legge

Katherine Legge is an IndyCar Series driver and a NASCAR driver. On the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, she will attempt to be both. Legge is going to try and race in both the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600.

Legge will be the first woman to try and drive the 1,100 miles in one day. Five drivers have ever attempted to run both the Indy 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on the same day. Legge will join John Andretti, Robby Gordon, Tony Stewart, Kurt Busch and Kyle Larson on the list of drivers who have tried “The Double.”

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“It’s an exciting time,”Legge told USA TODAY Sports.“It’s another groundbreaking thing that I can showcase to the world really that, if you set your mind to things, you can do anything, and you can do things that maybe you never even dreamt of before.”

Legge will drive the No. 11 Chevrolet in the Indy 500, then fly to Charlotte and get behind the wheel of the No. 78 Chevrolet.

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