Cameron Diaz’s on-screen comeback was an unexpected gift to fans. Her Netflix film, aptly titled Back in Action opposite Jamie Foxx, didn’t just shock us — the comeback surprised her too, particularly when she saw the safety measures Netflix has implemented to prevent inappropriate workplace behavior. 4h5y65

Diaz last appeared on screen in the 2014 film Annie, after which she quietly retired to focus on her growing family with Good Charlotte’s lead guitarist, Benji Madden. Now a mother of two, she described her decision to return to acting as an attempt to “reclaim her life.” In the years since her departure, however, the industry she’s been a part of since dazzling audiences opposite Jim Carrey in The Mask has undergone seismic shifts — particularly with the #MeToo movement, which brought down Harvey Weinstein, whom Diaz worked with on Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York.

In an appearance on Netflix’s in-house podcast, Diaz reflected on those times with a sour note, saying, “There was always just that one guy, you know, on set, that you were like, ‘God, here he comes again.’ There were always layers and layers of inappropriateness that you just kind of had to put up with. As women, you just had to like [laugh it off].” Fortunately, things have changed. These days, there are even the often-discussed on-set intimacy coordinators to ensure actors understand each other’s boundaries during the filming of love scenes.

It doesn’t end there. Diaz shared that Netflix had an HR representative approach her before shooting to explain what constitutes inappropriate behavior and inform her of an anonymous hotline to report any issues. Diaz confessed that up until that point, she had never in her career as an actor felt that level of safety as a woman in the industry. Diaz applauded these developments, calling them “amazing.”

Netflix itself has come a long way to reach this point. Kevin Spacey, one of the initial stars of Netflix’s foray into original content — a move that flipped the industry on its head — ended up on the wrong end of multiple accusations of sexual harassment on the set of House of Cards. And it’s clear that there was no real protection for employees at that time, because those allegations never went beyond mere accusations for Spacey. But Netflix learned from the experience, and even though Spacey is still going around taking credit for the company’s success, claiming he “put them on the map,” it’s clear Netflix has severed all ties with the actor and is working to learn from its mistakes.

To Netflix’s credit, actors and crew in their scripted productions now clearly feel safe on set. The reality department, on the other hand, might still have some work to do. That being said, it’s quite sad that an actor of Diaz’s stature is only now feeling safe on set. It’s a shame how rampant and normalized harassment and boundary-crossing had been (and in some cases still are) in the entertainment industry; however, if there’s a lesson to take from Netflix, it’s that it’s never too late to change.

And for fans hoping that these industry improvements mean Diaz is back for good — hold your horses. According to Empire, Diaz is still unsure about whether she’s truly back. She said, “I’m not defining anything. I’m just open to whatever makes sense for me and my family at any given moment.”

We are well in the swing of a new year, and with that comes a new slate of TV shows and movies to watch on streaming platforms. The list includes Back in Action, the movie Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx were filming together when Foxx had a medical emergency.

Here are 8 of the top series we’re eyeing this month — read on to find out where you can catch them all.

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On Call debuted on Amazon Prime Video Jan. 9. The crime drama follows a similar format to other Dick Wolf productions but is only 30 minutes long — something that keeps the show moving at a swift pace. The series is set in Long Beach and follows veteran cop Traci Harmon (Troian Bellisario) and her rookie partner Alex Diaz (Brandon Larracuente).

Watch now: On Call on Amazon Prime Video

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This British thriller is based on the Dutch TV show Nieuwe Buren. The show stars Alfred Enoch and Eleanor Tomlinson as married couple Pete and Evie, who move next door to another couple, Danny and Becka. Things go awry after Evie and Danny begin an affair.

Watch now: The Couple Next Door on Starz

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Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx star as Emily and Matt, spies who have since decided to get married and have kids. The story picks up 15 years after that choice, when, inevitably, their past comes back to tempt them.

Watch now: Back in Action on Netflix

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This thriller will debut on Apple TV Jan. 22. Leo Woodall stars as a math expert who belives prime numbers are the key to the secrets of the universe.

Watch now: Prime Target on Apple TV

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This is Us star Sterling K. Brown leads the cast of this drama series, which will debut on Hulu on Jan. 28. It is believed Brown plays a Secret Service agent tasked with protecting the President of the United States.

Watch now: Paradise on Hulu

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The Bachelor returns on January 27 with a whole new cast of women who are looking for love with the same man, Grant Ellis.

Watch now: The Bachelor on Sling and ABC

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The Scamanda series is based on the podcast by the same name. Both follow the story of Amanda Riley, a wife and mom who blogged online about her experience after she was diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Watch now: Scamanda on Sling and ABC

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Here’s a messy wedding day scenario: what happens when two major events are booked on the same day at the same venue — and Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon are pit against one another while making sure their respective relatives have the best day of their lives? You’ll have to watch the series to find out.

Watch now: You’re Cordially Invited on Amazon Prime Video

Things turned unexpectedly at the Back in Action press junket when the movie’s star, Jamie Foxx, asked his co-star Cameron Diaz about her “GOAT,” or greatest of all-time, conspiracy theory.

Complex posted the clip on Wednesday, Jan. 15, and responding to Foxx’s question, Diaz, 52, said, “All of the s of aliens are always the same: Big head, big eyes, no mouth. Telepathically speaking, fingers long, dextrous.”

Diaz then mentioned our current tech addiction. “We sit in front of a screen. We don’t speak to each other. We don’t have to talk.” As strange as that is, things got even weirder when she brought up Elon Musk.

Diaz continued, “We all know that we’re moving off the planet because now Elon Musk is our president. When we get to Mars, we’re really going to end up being like a completely different species,” she said.

Her theory? Aliens are just humans from the future. We related to Foxx when he responded, “When you told me that, that f***ed me up.”

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Out on Netflix, Jan. 17, Back in Action is about two CIA agents coming back after 15 years of retirement with no clear connection to aliens, time travel, or … well, Elon Musk, so Diaz’s comments seem unlikely to be a PR stunt.

Nor is Diaz known to be a conspiracy theorist, but in the age of 4Chan, Reddit, and Elon Musk’s X, anything’s possible. (Sidenote: Back in Action mirrors the arc of Diaz’s career. It’s been 11 years since she starred in a movie.)

It says a lot about our time that when a celebrity starts spouting conspiracy nonsense, our first thought is, “That tracks.” All in all, let’s hope Diaz was just joking.

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As for Foxx, 57, he’s been the stuff of conspiracies lately: After his health scare in 2023, some speculated Diddy — now facing an avalanche of sex crime accusations — put a hit out on Foxx in a cover-up. In his Netflix special, What Had Happened Was … Foxx clarified it was a brain bleed that led to surgery and a stroke.

Calling Musk “President Musk” is a joke many have made, given the tech CEO’s buddy-buddy relationship with President-elect Donald Trump and possible involvement in his second istration. Diaz has some history with Musk, too. About a decade ago, Diaz and Musk were rumored to be dating, and Musk gifted her an early Tesla model, but both Musk and Diaz said they were just friends.

Back in the real world, Back in Action‘s New York premiere was set for Thursday, Jan. 16, but producers delayed the screening on of the Los Angeles wildfires.

“Due to the tragic fires, we will be canceling our ‘Back in Action’ New York City premiere. We recognize many in our industry and their loved ones are currently affected and our thoughts are with them at this time,” Netflix said in a statement. “We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding.” Conspiracies have erupted amid the Los Angeles fires; hopefully, Diaz hasn’t fallen for any of them, but let’s not find out.

There was a time when Sean “Diddy” Combs had it all. Through the ’90s and early 2000s, he lived a life few could even dream about. He was a rich and famous music mogul with the world at his fingertips. He also had one of the world’s most beautiful women on his arm at the height of her fame: Jennifer Lopez. One would think that to Diddy, she was the one that got away. However, there’s another celebrity bombshell he couldn’t quite get out of his head.

In a recently resurfaced interview from 2014, Diddy revealed it was the one and only Cameron Diaz, who recently returned to the spotlight after taking a decade off to focus on raising a family. Diddy and Diaz reportedly dated on and off from 2008 to 2012. They first sparked dating rumors when they went to the 2008 Academy Awards together, where Diaz was a presenter.

Then in 2011, Diaz is said to have rebounded with Diddy after her relationship with baseball legend Alex Rodriguez didn’t work out. At the time, reports said they were just friends but things were still physical.

According to a source from that time: “Since they first hooked up, when she’s single, she’ll booty call him.” That turned into a more public fling where the lovebirds were spotted out and about around Beverly Hills. They were seen “making out and acting romantic.”

Fortunately for Diaz it wasn’t meant to be. She eventually met the man she was going to marry: Good Charlotte singer Benji Madden. Those two met at an event put on by Benji’s brother Joel and his wife Nicole Ritchie. They got engaged the same year they met, when Diaz was 42 and Benji Madden was a spry 35.

That meant there wasn’t really any room for Diddy in Diaz’s life. She loved Benji and her new family enough that she gave up showbiz for a good, long time. Diddy, for his part, would go on to marry Cassidy, the star of that infamous beating tape which helped lead to the former music mogul’s arrest. That doesn’t mean he still doesn’t think about what could have been.

A source told US Weekly that at one point Diddy just couldn’t stop talking about Diaz and his relationship with her. “He was at a dinner and the subject turned to Cameron dating Benji Madden,” the source said. “He said, ‘If I could turn back time, things would be different!’” Even more eye-opening is the fact that he called her “the sexiest girl in the world.” He probably has a lot of time to think about how he could do things differently sitting in that jail cell.

Ever since she made her big screen debut in 1994’s The Mask, Cameron Diaz has been considered one of the most beautiful and talented women in the world. The trailer for her new Netflix movie, Back in Action, proves not much has changed in that regard. The clip sees the actress take on a bunch of bad guys with her co-star Jamie Foxx. But the biggest takeaway from the video has been how gorgeous Diaz looks, with her perfectly tousled hair and on-point makeup.

Per the official synopsis, “Back in Action follows former CIA spies Emily (Diaz) and Matt (Foxx), who are pulled back into espionage after their secret identities are exposed.” The trailer also includes some pretty snappy dialogue, with the couple’s kids saying they didn’t think their parents were cool enough to be spies. Toward the end of the clip, Emily tells her husband that if it weren’t for her superior inner-thigh strength, he would be dead.

The film is directed by Seth Gordon from a script he co-wrote with Brendan O’Brien. Along with Diaz and Foxx, the cast also includes the extremely talented Glenn Close as Ginny, Kyle Chandler as Chuck, Andrew Scott as Baron, Jamie Demetriou as Nigel, McKenna Roberts as Alice, and Rylan Jackson as Leo. Netflix was originally supposed to release Diaz’s highly anticipated comeback movie on Nov. 15, but it was pushed back to Jan. 17, 2025.

The rescheduled date was probably due to the movie being plagued by a string of bad luck on and off-camera. Some of Foxx’s scenes were filmed with a stand-in after his time on set ended early due to ill health. There were also several claims that the actor had a hand in getting four crew fired. In March 2024, production was forced to pause after an unexploded World War II bomb was discovered in the vicinity. Despite all these problems, filming finally wrapped in April.

Back in Action sees Diaz return to acting after a decade. She recently shared her reasons for stepping away from the bright lights of Hollywood at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit. “It felt like something I had to do to reclaim my own life, and I just really didn’t care about anything else,” she explained. “Nobody’s opinion, nobody’s success, no one’s offer, no one’s anything could change my mind about my decision of taking care of myself and building the life that I really wanted to have.”

Diaz seems to have settled into her old acting routine despite being away for so long. She will reprise her voice role as Princess Fiona in Shrek 5 opposite Eddie Murphy’s Donkey and Mike Myers’ the titular ogre. The movie, which is set for release on July 1, 2026, will be directed by Walt Dohrn and Brad Ableson from a script by Michael McCullers. The movie will hit theaters on July 1, 2026. Diaz is also set to star in Outcome opposite Keanu Reeves. The black comedy, from director Jonah Hill, who co-wrote the script with Ezra Woods, does not have a release date yet.

Let’s address the elephant in the room for just a moment, folks; everybody, in the most literal sense of the term, has a Netflix special. Ten years from now, Netflix specials are going to replace Social Security Numbers, and each person will have their Netflix special grafted to their mortal essence upon uttering their first word on this planet.

To that point, Matt Rife‘s latest Netflix special Lucid is simply the prototype for all of this, because the special belongs to his crowd in equal measure as it does to him (for context, Lucid consists purely of crowd work, a comedic strategy whereby the comedian asks the audience personal questions so that they can come up with on-the-fly jokes). Props to Rife for playing to his strengths, regardless of how the event has unfurled with critics (at the time of writing, Rotten Tomatoes is playing host to a 50% audience approval rating, along with a pair of critic reviews that both came in rotten). The truth is it was never going to stand a chance against one of Netflix’s trustiest weapons; the thoroughly shoddy rom-com.

And if that wasn’t enough to rocket The Other Woman — the thoroughly shoddy rom-com in question — above Rife’s crowd work special, then the involvement of the one and only Cameron Diaz certainly sealed the deal.

Per FlixPatrol, The Other Woman has skipped up the Netflix worldwide film rankings to fifth place on this day of Aug. 20, leaving Rife in the dust at eighth place. It’s not hard to see why; a 26% critic approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes starring Shrek’s wife as one of three women who figure out that they’re all dating the same douchebag and team up to take revenge on him? That, ladies and gentlemen, is undiluted Netflix viewership mileage, hot and ready out of the tar pits.

The Other Woman isn’t without its superiors either, though; Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry continue to sit at the top courtesy of The Union, the Kingsman franchise is shoring up the rest of the podium with The Secret Service and The Golden Circle, and John Cena‘s voice anchors fourth place with help from the rest of Ferdinand‘s animated critters.

P Diddy, AKA Sean Combs, AKA Puff Daddy is a rapper, record producer and actor who’s been in the industry for a number of years now. Whilst Homeland Security are busy looking for Combs right now we’ve decided to get busy looking into his dating history.

Diddy has a long list of exes ranging from A-list musicians to A-list actors. Whilst some of these relationships were short lived, others have lasted years, with the rapper having seven children with four different women. Whilst there’s been rumors and speculation surrounding some of these relationships, we want to mainly focus on the ones that have been confirmed, although we’ll touch on some of those rumored relationships at the end.

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Hylton is a designer and stylist who was Diddy’s high school sweetheart; the pair were together for a few years between 1992 and 1995, when he was still a relatively fresh face in the music scene. Hylton is also the mother of the rapper’s eldest son, Justin Combs, who was born in 1993; last year, when Justin was arrested driving under the influence, Misa placed the blame for the DUI on Diddy, making several cryptic posts alluding to the rapper via Instagram. Despite this, the pair were not at odds for long, as it appeared that they were on good again, according to People.

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Diddy’s relationship with Kim Porter was by far the longest lasting relationship out of all of them. They started dating in the nineties and had their first child, Christian, in 1998. They split up not too long after Christian’s birth, and the pair ended up battling against each other in court for custody over their son. The pair would be on again off again for a number of years until sometime around 2007, when they split for good. 

Just before their final split, Porter would find herself pregnant with Diddy’s twins, D’Lila Star and Jessie James. Unbeknownst to her, Diddy had also gotten another woman, Sarah Chapman pregnant around the same time. He eventually owned up to his infidelity, but Porter had already found out at that point.

The two remained pretty close friends until Porter’s untimely death in 2018 due to Lobar Pneumonia. In a video posted by E! News on the fourth anniversary of her death, Diddy gave a heartfelt tribute, “You made me a better father and a better man. I’m so grateful for all the moments, the memories, the laughs, and the love.”

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During one of the gaps when Diddy wasn’t seeing Kim Porter, he dated singer, actor, dancer Jennifer Lopez. They began dating in 1999 and stayed together for two years before breaking things off. Lopez claimed that infidelity was ultimately what destroyed their relationship, according to Instyle. However, the two remained friends, and Diddy went on to claim that Lopez was “without a doubt” one of his great loves.

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Diddy had another brief fling with businesswoman Sarah Chapman. Although it didn’t last long, it was just long enough for the two to welcome a child together — this was still at a time before Diddy had permanently broken up with Kim Porter.

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Although this was seemingly only a short term fling sometime around 2008, it’s still worth mentioning, especially because it evidently left an impression on Diddy. According to an article from US Weekly in 2014, the rapper reportedly missed his fling with Diaz telling Benji Madden, “if I could turn back time, things would be different.”

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In 2007, after Kim Porter and Diddy broke things off for good, the musician started dating Cassie Ventura. In the beginning it was all hush hush, keeping their relationship a secret before confirming the rumors in 2012. Like many of Diddy’s relationships, they were on again, off again, and in 2014 people even began speculating that they were married, as Cassie was spotted wearing a ring, according to the Economic Times. Neither of them acknowledged the engagement, and next thing you know, rumors were spreading that they had broken up.

The pair managed to make it last until 2018, when they called it quits for good. Unlike Diddy’s previous exes, the two did not remain on good — last year, People reported that Cassie had accused the musician of raping and abusing her during their relationship. Cassie filed a lawsuit against Diddy which was settled in November, and no details about the settlement have been made public.

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Towards the end of his relationship with Cassie, Diddy began seeing model Gina Huynh. The pair were spotted on a date in 2019. Huynh also made claims of abuse against the musician in 2023; according to Page Six, he stomped on her stomach, and punched her in the back of the head. He also allegedly paid her $5,000 to have an abortion.

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Rumors began circulating in 2021 that Diddy and City Girls rapper Yung Miami were dating, but the pair didn’t confirm anything until the following year. Appearing on the music podcast Caresha Please hosted by Yung Miami, Diddy confirmed to all viewing that the two were in fact dating. Medium.com cites various sources who claim the couple decided to end their relationship in November 2023.

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It’s difficult to keep track of the relationship timeline between Diddy and Dana Tran; whilst the rapper never confirmed that they were dating, they did welcome a child, Love Sean Combs, together in 2022 with the musician making the announcement on X (formerly Twitter). This came after his appearance on Yung Miami’s podcast.

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Whilst the above names are relationships that we know happened, there are a few people who many suspected Diddy of dating that were never fully confirmed. So while the women below have been speculated about, they’re not official exes.

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For a brief period in the early 2000’s the record producer was linked to English model Naomi Campbell; the pair were photographed together in British Vogue in 2001, but neither of them ever spoke on whether they were a couple.

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Steve Harvey’s daughter, Lori Harvey, is another name that is often linked to the star. Rumors of romance started in 2019, and the pair were seen holidaying together in Italy. Prior to these rumors, Harvey had previously been linked to Diddy’s son, Justin Combs. In the end, Harvey shut down the rumors that she ever dated Diddy, according to People.

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Last but not least, Diddy was rumored to be dating Instagram model Miracle Watts in 2021. The pair had been spotted together at a New Year’s Eve party, but that’s all there was to go off on that one.

The volume of award wins or nominations a cast and crew has in their past isn’t really a barometer of how things will turn out should a cavalcade of prestigious names be brought together for the same project, but that still doesn’t excuse just how badly The Counselor turned out.

Even if you rattle off the names involved who don’t have at least one Academy Award nomination to their name, then we’re still talking about a crime thriller penned by No Country for Old Men and The Road author Cormac McCarthy that stars Cameron Diaz, Natalie Dormer, Edgar Ramirez, Toby Kebbell, and others.

Then, when you factor in four-time Oscar-nominated Ridley Scott directing the likes of two-time nominee Michael Fassbender, four-time nominees, one-time winners, and real-life couple Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz, along with seven-time nominee and two-time winner Brad Pitt, then you begin to see how badly it failed to do justice to the sum of its parts.

We haven’t even mentioned Oscar-nommed cinematographer Dariusz Wolski, composer Daniel Pemberton, or the four nods and one victory for editor Pietro Scalia, either, which makes you wonder how on earth The Counselor couldn’t fly any higher on Rotten Tomatoes than the 34 and 24 percent approval ratings it was respectively awarded by critics and audiences.

Probably because it’s not very good, with the labyrinthine tale of a hotshot lawyer desperate for cash being pulled into the world of drug-running easily one of the most disappointing movies of the last decade when it comes to its talent-to-turnout ratio.

Big names always draw ’em in on streaming, though, even if there’s sure to be a lot of viewers wishing they hasn’t wasted their time after FlixPatrol outed The Counselor as one of iTunes’ top-viewed titles.

There’s no business like showbusiness, but some television and Hollywood stars left the limelight because they felt that while acting was fun, a different career suited them much better.

For the average fan, it might seem that being a recognized actor is the best job on Earth! The fame, the money, the creativity, the glamor … all aspects of celebrity that look like a great time.

However, we don’t always consider that the lack of privacy, the intense public scrutiny, the fierce competition for roles and subsequent rejections, and the very long hours make being a famous actor more of a chore than a thrill.

While some professional thespians leave the industry because of their lack of success, the people on this list are all very accomplished and celebrated talents who simply walked away from fame because they didn’t want it anymore.

So, who are 10 actors who quit acting for other very different careers?

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Many fans Frankie Muniz from the teen comedy TV show Malcolm in the Middle. Muniz was the lead actor, and a massive star while it aired from 2000 to 2006.

He is still famous today because of that role due to the fact many viewers associate that show, and Muniz, with their own teen years.

But Muniz didn’t want to keep acting after the show ended. Instead, he made a complete career change and is now a race car driver on the Atlantic Championship formula race circuit.

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What an accomplished actor Gene Hackman is! He won many awards, including winning two Oscars, and is beloved for his performances in films like Unforgiven, Bonnie and Clyde and The French Connection.

But, nothing good lasts forever. After starring in the badly-rated 2004 movie Welcome to Mooseport, Hackman decided that he had achieved enough in the field of acting and retired.

Now 91 years old, he spends his time co-writing novels, including Escape From Andersonville, Justice for None, and Wake of the Perdido Star. In fact, several major former actors have switched to being authors instead.

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One such actor who made the change from acting to writing is former child actor Mara Wilson. Wilson is famous for her charming acting in two massive family movie hits from the 1990s; Mrs. Doubtfire starring Robin Williams,and a movie based on a Roald Dahl’s book, Matilda.

Fans were shocked when Wilson decided to retire from acting at the tender young age of 13, but she turned out to be multi-talented, because critics and fans alike love her writing work, including her autobiography about being a child Hollywood star.

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Cameron Diaz ruled the 1990s. She was objectively gorgeous, and also had a talent for comedy.

She starred in the biggest movies of the day, including The Mask where she played opposite Jim Carrey, as well as being Ben Stiller’s love interest in the massively popular comedy There’s Something About Mary.

So, why did one of Hollywood’s hottest actors leave the business?

Diaz announced her retirement from acting in 2014, and pivoted to being an environmental activist and an author. So far, Diaz wrote two best-selling self-help books, although she will return to the screen opposite Jamie Foxx in Netflix action comedy Back in Action.

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Another big deal from the 1990s is Freddie Prinze, Jr. Married to 1990s vampire slayer and scream queen Sarah Michelle Gellar, he was one of Hollywood’s biggest names at his peak.

He played handsome heartthrobs in top-grossing movies, including I Know What You Did Last Summer and She’s All That, with his looks and charm making him an A-lister.

So, it surprised many fans and industry professionals when Prinze Jr. made a sudden abrupt career shift to work with Vince McMahon in World Wrestling Entertainment from 2008 to 2009 as a member of the creative team, then from 2010 to 2012 as a producer and director.

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Audrey Hepburn is considered one of the most beautiful actors in Hollywood, and one of its most celebrated.

She is especially loved for her role in playing the charming and innocent Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, for which she got her fourth Oscar nomination. So, why did she walk away from it all?

In 1967, Hepburn announced her retirement, but it proved to just be a semi-retirement. She continued to act on occasion, and her last film was 1989’s Always In.

Hepburn wanted to concentrate more on being a mother and on doing good deeds. She became a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 1989, and did work with children until her death in 1993.

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This former child actor is famous for his character as the son of an author who loses his mind in the 1980 horror movie The Shining.

The brilliant Jack Nicholson played Danny’s dad, and while many kids think they’d love to act in a major movie, Lloyd’s experience was a negative one.

Not long after filming the Stephen King adaptation, Lloyd left the profession altogether.

Apparently, he experienced the trauma from shooting the shockingly scary movie while he was just six years old, and he did not want to ever repeat the experience. These days, Lloyd is a professor of biology at a community college in Kentucky.

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Another child actor who left the bright lights of Hollywood is the charismatic Goonies star Jeff Cohen. The Richard Donner classic follows a group of children on an epic adventure involving thieves, underground caves, and huge amounts of pirate treasure.

Cohen plays Chunk, a chubby child who is forced to do a humiliating dance called the “Truffle Shuffle” before he’s itted into the whole where his friends are all playing together.

After retiring from acting, Cohen used his acting connections for creating business opportunities to help set up his now successful entertainment law firm Cohen & Gardner.

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Well, things took a serious turn here. Kal Penn is best-known for his hilarious role in the Harold & Kumar comedies, and he is also recognized for his great work on House and How I Met Your Mother, among other TV and film roles.

In 2009, Penn made a complete career change by taking on the serious role of working for The White House as Associate Director of Public Engagement under President Barack Obama.

Penn goes back and forth between acting and working for the government, and he used his political knowledge to not only act, but also serve as a consultant on the political drama series Designated Survivor.

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Shirley Temple was the original child star. Famous for roles in many films, including Bright Eyes and Curly Top, she began acting at the tender age of three in 1931.

Labor laws were very different back when she starred in movies, and children were often exploited and mistreated. Temple, for instance, was forced to dance on an injured foot and also to film right after ear surgery.

Following her retirement, Temple sat on the boards of corporations and organizations like the Walt Disney Company and the National Wildlife Federation, among others.

In 1969, she pivoted to a political role and represented the United States at a session of the United Nations General Assembly.

New reports suggest Jamie Foxx is still in the hospital following an incident that took place on April 11. The Ray actor was hospitalized as a result of what his family has described as “a medical complication.”

Although recent updates shared by friend and industry colleague Nick Cannon indicate Foxx is conscious and alert, the most recent word from those close to the 55-year-old entertainer is that “he needs all the prayers and well-wishes his fans can muster.”

The update was shared by TMZ, which quotes unnamed sources among the actor’s circle. Foxx’s family has been understandably reserved about his situation after his daughter Corinne first shared the news on her Instagram . At the time, Foxx was filming Netflix’s Back in Action in Georgia with Cameron Diaz.

The news that Foxx is still hospitalized after three weeks suggests a lengthy recovery from a serious condition. The actor was scheduled to start production on his music game show Beat Shazam in the days following his hospitalization, but TMZ reports the show will go ahead with a different host. Corinne, who was also a part of the show, will be absent, as well. According to the outlet, “she’s been a fixture at the hospital in Atlanta by her dad’s side.”

Filming for Back in Action was completed at the end of last month, a few days after Foxx had to abandon the project. Body doubles named Chris and Travis were used in place of the actor, TMZ revealed. Cameron Diaz came out of retirement for the project at Foxx’s request. Her last film before this, 2014’s Annie, was also shared with the actor.

In 2001, the first Shrek movie came out and gave audiences a different spin on the kind of stories Disney mined for money over the previous decades. It sparked a wave of sequels of varying quality and now, claims of a Shrek 5 are cropping up. While several see it as inevitable given it is a recognizable thing which has an audience, reality is a little bit more complicated at the moment.

The rumblings about another adventure with Mike Myers’ titular ogre first emerged in a new article published by Variety. In it, Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri discusses the studio’s projects with Universal, and in between mentioning sequels to more recent franchises and some coming original projects, he says another is being talked about which, if it moved forward, might bring back the original cast, though absolutely nothing is officially agreed to as of filing this story.

“Talks are starting now, and every indication that we’ve gotten is there’s tremendous enthusiasm on behalf of the actors.”

Meledandri does have reasons to be bullish on the prospect of the jolly(-ish) green guy coming back for more. Years ago, a script was completed for another film — though, it could end up getting thrown out if a production does start up — and Eddie Murphy has indicated he would return in seconds to play Donkey. He told Variety this in January, and Meledandri is delighted by his love.

“It’s evidence of his strong enthusiasm for a role that he so brilliantly inhabited and really created alongside the artists at DreamWorks. I found that comment to be very exciting.”

For now, those who feel Shrek is love and Shrek is life will just have to be patient and stream the originals on Peacock. Alternatively, you could also find the Shrek burlesque show (yes, this is real), which has previously toured Australia. As well, there is also the Shrek musical, which has previously been available to watch on Netflix, and is available to rent on YouTube right now.

Harry Potter had quite the crush, at least the actor who played him did. Unfortunately for that actor, Daniel Radcliffe, his crush was not cast in the 8-part movie series….but that didn’t stop Radcliffe from having a Cameron Diaz photo play an off-screen role in the films.

The photo came into play during the filming of many Quidditch scenes as the actors had to sit on a bike saddle attached to a metal pole because they none of the actors had learned to fly brooms yet.

The Diaz photo story is told in Tom Felton’s just-released memoir, Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard. Felton played Potter’s fellow student and adversary, Draco Malfoy.

Felton explains that the actors needed something to make sure that all of them were looking at the same spot where the Quidditch ball would be. The crew achieved this with a tennis ball attached to the end of a pole. The only problem was that the scenes called for more than just Quidditch balls and there was more than one Quidditch ball, anyway (Quaffles, Bludgers, and the Golden Snitch).

There were also other objects they had to stare at, such as a dragon. On those occasions, filmmakers eventually allowed the cast to choose pictures and it could be of anyone or anything they wanted. Felton explains, “We chose pictures of something or somebody close to our hearts. Daniel Radcliffe had a picture of a particularly beautiful Cameron Diaz.”

Diaz was well known as Radcliffe’s crush by the cast, and as of an ission earlier this year — also by the public.

Felton did not explain whether or not the photo of Diaz distracted Radcliffe, though we are certain any falls from his broom that Radcliffe suffered were all scripted.