Sizzling off one other Emmy nomination for “The Bear” and looking forward to her upcoming Disney sequel, “Freakier Friday,” Oscar-winner Jamie Lee Curtis is about to make her first ever-appearance on “The Late Present with Stephen Colbert.” However, she can be among the many present’s final friends. The collection is about to finish in 2026, a call that Curtis now calls “terrible.”
“It’s unhealthy,” Curtis advised Selection of being interviewed by Colbert. “I’m excited that I’ll get to be on his present in about two weeks. I’ve by no means been on his present. I actually like him. He’s good and humorous and a beautiful human.”
Curtis shouldn’t be the primary star to voice her disappointment within the “Late Present” ending. Ben Stiller wrote on X that CBS was axing “among the finest exhibits they’ve,” whereas Adam Scott was much more blunt, saying “That is absolute bullshit and I for one am trying ahead to the following 10 months of exhibits.”
Colbert’s late evening rival Jimmy Kimmel additionally wrote on an Instagram story, “Love you, Stephen. Fuck you and all of your Sheldons, CBS.”
Talking with NPR, Curtis expanded on her ideas on the slew of politically-backed cancellations. “They simply minimize NPR and, you realize, public broadcasting — sure, they’re attempting to silence folks, however that gained’t work. Gained’t work. We are going to simply get louder,” she mentioned.
For extra on “The Late Present” cancellation, try IndieWire’s reporting and this assume piece from our personal Ben Travers.
Curtis, in the meantime, is having fun with the string of successes in her profession. Talking with Selection about her position in “The Bear,” she mentioned, “It’s an exquisite present and I’m thrilled to be part of it. I like it. I’m a fan of the present. I used to be a fan from the start and so I simply love the tales they inform and the characters they create.”
As for the forthcoming “Freakier Friday,” out on August 8, she described it as “a film for as we speak.” “It’s a glad, nostalgic, humorous, candy, heartfelt, Disney film proper on the finish of the summer time,” Curtis continued. “There haven’t been a whole lot of motion pictures for ladies, and it is a love letter to each mom, grandma, sister, cousin and daughter.”
