News about Leslie Nielsen

Jeannette Charles, who reigned supreme in the world of lookalikes by impersonating Queen Elizabeth II, passed away in a care home in Great Baddow, Essex, on Sunday, aged 96. She began working as a lookalike in 1971, when she was a housewife married to her late husband Kenneth, and turned her striking resemblance to Queen Elizabeth into a career that lasted until she retired in 2014. Screen credits included 1978's The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash with Eric Idle, 1988's The Naked Gun with Leslie Nielsen and Priscilla Presley, and Austin Powers In Goldmember with Mike Myers, Beyonce and Michael Caine .

The WWE Universal Champion, 38, will make a cameo, according to insiders, who have revealed he may be hypnotized in a nod to the original 1988 comedy. The new movie - which will also star Liam Neeson, 71 - is based off the popular Naked Gun film franchise which starred the late, great Leslie Nielsen. 'Cody may be having a huge feud with The Rock [ Dwayne Johnson ] in the WWE ring right now but it looks like the battle will extend to Hollywood as he is going to star in the new Naked Gun film,' an insider told DailyMail.com exclusively. 'And to make things a little easier for himself, he might actually end up playing himself in the film.'

Former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson has been cast in Paramount Pictures' upcoming Naked Gun reboot. The Canadian-American actress, 56, will star opposite of Liam Neeson in the untitled remake, slated to hit theaters on July 18, 2025. The script was penned by Dan Gregor, Doug Mand and Schaffer, the trio behind the  live-action film Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, which won an Emmy for outstanding television movie at the creative arts Emmy's this Sunday in 2022. Akiva Schaffer, who co-wrote the draft screenplay with Dan Gregor and Doug Mand, will serve as the director and executive producer.

A new version of The Naked Gun, which has been in the works for a number of years, has finally arrived at a release date. According to a number of publications that include Variety, Paramount Pictures announced on Friday that the yet untitled comedy cop film starring Liam Neeson in the role of the incompetent police officer Frank Drebin was scheduled to premiere in theaters on July 15, 2025. The new movie will be based off the popular Naked Gun film franchise and television series Police Squad! The late great Leslie Nielsen was played by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker. Akiva Schaffer, who co-wrote the draft screenplay with Dan Gregor and Doug Mand, will act as the director and executive producer. The trio had previously worked together on Chip 'N Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022), a live-action and animation hybrid. Schaffer, Dan Gregor, and Doug Mand wrote an updated version of the script from Seth MacFarlane's contribution, Mark Hentemann, and Alec Sulkin.

William, Kate, and the children attended Westminster Abbey's carol service together, breaking with the late Queen's tradition that those first in the line of succession travel separately. We may have ended up with Harry as the heir apparent and Meghan as Princess of Wales in the case of an unexpected disaster. In the line of succession, the King has not changed Harry and Andrew's positions. For the sake of everybody, William might reconsider his travel plans in the future, or beg your father to modify the succession laws.

According to a man who has impersonated King Charles since the nineties, he is busier than ever and is making thousands a week. Guy Ingle, 63, an impersonator and entertainer from Ampthill, Bedfordshire, says he does look so much like the king that he doesn't travel on the tube. As Charles is now king, he said, 'Work has never been so crowded since the Queen's death.' The workload has quadrupled, but I never allowed myself to be pulled into any inappropriate professions because I have much too much respect for the royal family to do so.' Pictured: Guy as King Charles

Liam Neeson may be about to perform his comedic chops to the fullest extent following rumors that he is in talks to star in a revival of The Naked Gun. The Hollywood Reporter characterized Neeson, 70, as being in 'early talks,' while Lava Schaffer, a Lonely Island resident, is currently attached to the project as director. Although most social media users were excited to see Neeson go all in on comedy after focusing almost exclusively on black action films in recent years, several fans of the original film and its sequels were worried that he would not be able to live up to Leslie Nielsen's side-splitting performance.

Betty White's personal property, which is expected to be worth around $2 million, will be auctioned off on Saturday and Sunday at Julien's Auctions Beverly Hills. Among the 1,500 lots of the national treasure's possessions are jewelry, gowns, home furnishings, drawing, scripts, and other memorabilia left at her homes in Brentwood and Carmel.

Kelly, a Weird Science alum, attended the Brent Shapiro Foundation 2022 Summer Spectacular Exhibition in Beverly Hills, and she looked stunning in a silky, black, satin gown with spaghetti straps. The '80s pinup is best known for appearing Lisa in the 1985 sci-fi comedy film Weird Science, and she has certainly not lost her appeal in the 37 years since the film premiered. But has time been as kind to the other cast members? FEMAIL has taken a look at the rest of the actors' lives and revealed what they're doing right now as Kelly dazzles on the red carpet. Following that, several of the actors went on to pursue major careers for themselves, but others fell off the grid and into other career paths. Some of them were even marred with controversy, with actor Anthony Michael Hall facing explosive court charges in 2016 and Robert Downey Jr. being arrested several times for drug possession. Here's a look at the cast of Weird Science from their other appearances and accomplishments to their love lives and scandals since the movie was released more than three decades ago.