Part One of American Horror Story: Delicate dropped yesterday on FX, and fans are all saying the same thing about Kim Kardashian's debut.
Based on the novel Delicate Condition by Danielle Valentine, the 12th season of Ryan Murphy's horror anthology series boasts a stellar cast. Alongside Kardashian and Roberts, AHS: Delicate stars Gilmore Girls' Matt Czuchry, model-turned-actress Cara Delevingne, and Succession's Annabelle Dexter-Jones.
"Kim Kardashian killed it tonight on #AHSDelicate," wrote X user @Dripmarvelshort. "She is a true born actress."
"Kim surprised me her acting is decent," said @plasticfads.
The reality star's casting caused controversy when it was announced in April, but it appears the 42-year-old has proved the doubters wrong—at least, according to social media. Fans couldn't get enough of her character Siobhan Corbyn, an actress and mentor to series lead Anna Alcott, played by Emma Roberts.
Although fans praise Kardashian's skills on-screen, leading lady Roberts has come under fire for her reported behind-the-scenes comments to American Horror Story: 1984 actress Angelica Ross.
On Tuesday, the day before the anthology series' season debuted, footage shared on social media showed Ross, who is transgender, speaking out in an undated Instagram Live about her experiences with Roberts on the show's set.
Ross co-starred with franchise regular Roberts in the 2019 season, called American Horror Story: 1984. Ross, who is not credited as a cast member in the latest season of the FX show, said in the clip that her relationship with Roberts soured when an otherwise playful moment led to an alleged transphobic remark.
For the past 23 years, Survivor host and producer Jeff Probst has been a mainstay on our televisions, and year after year, he continues to be amazed by the game. "I am constantly inspired—and then five minutes later deliciously entertained—by some incredible blind side," Probst told me on the latest Parting Shot podcast.
Now entering its 45th season (September 27), Probst says "what makes this job so fun is that we get to redesign the game every season and then turn it over to a new group of humans to see what they do with it."
And it's those humans that make the game so unpredictable. "We have no say on who stays or who goes, we have no say in who finds an idol or what they do with it. We have no say on who's going to win a challenge. All we're doing is watching."
To Probst, it's how players connect that resonates so much with viewers because "we often see ourselves in the players."
But in the end, it really is a game of strategy, sure, but mostly heart. "If you give your heart to it, it can change your entire life and how you see the world and how the world sees you."
Listen to my full chat with Jeff Probst on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you pod. Read the full transcript here.
What can we expect this season?
When we redesigned the game for Survivor 41, the long-term goal was to create a world where uncertainty was so prevalent that the uncertainty in and of itself was an obstacle. And you really see that in [season] 45. This is going to be a really great season of layered strategy.
The show received an Emmy nomination after a 17-year absence. What was it about last season?
I say great players make great seasons. We had an amazing group of people. And being acknowledged by the Emmys after such a long time is really rewarding because there's no better compliment than to have your peers recognize your work.
How has the show remained so culturally relevant?
Survivor forces you out of your comfort zone and challenges your own ideas of what you're capable of achieving, and the audience takes that ride along with the players. The topics that come up on the show are always of the moment because the people are of the moment. Whatever's happening in our culture often ends up finding its way into Survivor. That keeps it timely.
What keeps you coming back?
The format is tremendous. And I love people. I love watching how we behave and observing how quickly we can find ways to justify our ethics.
See you next week,
H. Alan Scott
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BY RYAN SMITH
Tim Ballard, the former Homeland Security special agent who inspired the surprise box office hit Sound of Freedom, has fallen out of favor with a prominent leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, according to online media outlet Vice News.
Ballard has risen in prominence in recent months, after Jim Caviezel portrayed him in the Eduardo Verástegui-directed movie, which is the 10th highest-grossing film this year with a haul of more than $183 million. The film followed Ballard as he set up Operation Underground Railroad (OUR), an anti-child-trafficking organization.
Vice News is now reporting that Ballard had claimed prominent Mormon President M. Russell Ballard played a central role in OUR's operations—as well as backing his personal business ventures—as part of a bid to attract Americans to the Mormon faith.
Citing notes from a since-closed criminal inquiry, a transcript of an interview between a former OUR executive and investigators read, per Vice News: "Tim is fully convinced that he is supposed to be the 'Mormon Messiah and lead people back to the church.'"
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