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Q: Is Kerry Washington from the TV series “Scandal” still married in real life? I never see her husband with her at awards shows. – Y.S.
A: Yes, the actress is still married to former NFL cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha, and they have three children together. She recently talked to Willie Geist of “Sunday Today” about why she doesn’t publish pictures of her kids on social media. She says she believes in keeping their lives private and only shares their photos with her parents and her counselor.
“I have a private Instagram for my shrink and he loves it!” Washington explained. “It’s not great when I get parenting feedback, incidentally, based on something he heard me [say] in the background of the video.”
Kerry Washington (Depositphotos photo)
Next up for Washington career-wise is the upcoming series “Little Fires Everywhere,” opposite Reese Witherspoon and Joshua Jackson. It’s based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Celeste Ng and will premiere Wednesday, March 18, on Hulu.
Q: When will the new “Fantastic Four” Marvel movie be out? I’m skeptical that it will be any good since the one from a few years ago wasn’t. – C.C.
A: Were you disappointed in the 2005 movie and its sequel, or the 2015 version? The 2005 “Fantastic Four” featured a pre-Captain America Chris Evans (as Johnny Storm), Jessica Alba, Ioan Gruffudd and Michael Chiklis. They all returned for the sequel, “The Rise of the Silver Surfer,” in 2007.
Those movies weren’t exactly critically acclaimed, so Marvel tried again in 2015 with a “Fantastic Four” movie starring Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara and Jamie Bell. It didn’t generate high approval ratings either, so perhaps a reboot with another all-new cast will be the film that Marvel fans deserve.
There has been talk of real-life married couple Emily Blunt and John Krasinski starring as Sue and Johnny Storm, and fans are suggesting the team be rounded out with Zac Efron and John Cena. If this does become a reality, don’t expect it in theaters until about 2023.
Q: Whatever happened to Calista Flockhart? I loved her as Ally McBeal. Is she still married to Harrison Ford? – B.K.
A: She’s still acting, and she’s still married to Ford. After she became a household name as “Ally McBeal,” Flockhart took a little break but then had another successful series in “Brothers & Sisters,” alongside the wonderful Sally Field. She most recently was a regular on the series “Supergirl” as Cat Grant, but that ended in 2018. That same year she also joined her “Supergirl” co-stars Melissa Benoist and Chris Wood in a live reading of “Terms of Endearment” at a playhouse in L.A. to benefit the charity Stand Up to Cancer.
Flockhart and Ford met in 2002 at the Golden Globes Awards. She had just adopted her son, Liam, the year before. Last fall the couple helped Liam move into Amherst College in Massachusetts to begin his freshman year.
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