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“It’s a Good Life” for actor Bill Mumy

There aren’t a whole lot of people who can relate to Bill Mumy’s childhood. In the 1960s, he was among the busiest child actors in Hollywood. “I was the first American actor to get a kiss from Brigitte Bardot!” he said, thanks to his starring role in 1965’s “Dear Brigitte.”
It was a career born of roughhousing at the age of six: “So, one day I’m in my Zorro outfit and I’m jumping off of the bed, and I cracked my left leg, like in half,” he said. “But, it was my lucky break! So, I was sitting there in a cast watching ‘Zorro’ and ‘Superman,’ and I very passionately said to my parents, ‘That is what I want to do. I want to be inside the television.'”
He was the son of a California cattle rancher, and a secretary at 20th Century Fox, who kept meticulous track of her son’s work. “She kept a record of my gigs,” Mumy said, showing us her notes from May of 1961: “Did a ‘Twilight Zone’ called ‘It’s a Good Life.’ Billy did a wonderful job. $600.”
Mumy did three episodes of “The Twilight Zone” on TV, and worked with movie stars like Jimmy Stewart and Lucille Ball, all before he was ten. He learned how to behave from Cloris Leachman, and how not to behave from Alfred Hitchcock (who directed him in an episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” called “Bang! You’re Dead”), who was mean to a fidgety seven-year-old on set. “And this is exactly what he said: ‘If you don’t stop moving about, I’m going to get a nail, and I’m going to nail your feet to your mark, and the blood will come pouring out like milk,'” said Mumy.
But all of that was prologue, because in 1965, Mumy got famous – “action figure” famous – starring as Will Robinson, the youngest member of a marooned space-age Swiss Family Robinson, for three seasons of “Lost in Space.”
At its peak, more than 25 million viewers a week watched the adventures Mumy shared with his sidekick, a robot named B-9.
Sixty years later, asked what it’s like to stand next to a B-9 replica built by Hollywood robot builder Fred Barton, Mumy replied, “I think he still looks great. I wish I was in a purple velour and a turtleneck right now going to work with him!”
The robot would warn Mumy of one threat or another, with one of TV’s most enduring catch-phrases: “Danger, Will Robinson!” – something random strangers still shout when seeing him. “I accepted it as a blessing,” he said. “How many people have something that people want to shout out at them, right? It’s cool!”
When “Lost in Space” ended in 1968, of course, Mumy was sad: “And I cried. I actually can remember sitting on the blue couch in our den, and putting my head in my mom’s lap and her just kind of petting my head going, ‘That’s showbiz, honey.'”
And this is where the story gets both really interesting and highly instructive. Mumy avoided the headlines other child stars could not when the bright lights fade.
Mumy said, “There are a lot of child stars who had sad endings, and when that one experience of a long-running television show was over, they weren’t treated special anymore, and they had to find out who they were.”
But Bill Mumy already knew who he was. Despite being one of the most prolific child actors of the 1960s, what he was connected to more than anything else was music. Acting is something he does. Music is who he is.
“I don’t want to diminish my enjoyment of acting,” he said. “I know the craft of acting and I’m comfortable whenever I do it. But if I’m not doing it, it’s not like I go home and act. It’s not like my wife Eileen and I sit around and do plays in the living room. But what I do do is, I play guitar and piano and music all the time.”
For the nearly 60 years since “Lost in Space” folded, Mumy has performed with his own bands (including the duo Barnes & Barnes); toured with groups like America; and been an Emmy-nominated songwriter (for “Adventures in Wonderland”).
At the age of 72, Mumy still acts and does plenty of voiceover work. But while it’s music that fuels him (he just released a new album, “Will Power”), it’s still not the most important ingredient in the recipe for staying grounded. “It’s my family,” he said. “This is the good stuff right here. This is the A-Roll!”
Bill Mumy has captured something that’s eluded so many others touched by fame at an early age: an understanding that the only applause that matters is for how he does as husband, father and grandfather. To this Hollywood fixture for more than six-and-a-half decades, those were the only roles worth chasing: “In the big picture, I’d much rather be me and have a wonderful relationship with my wife and my son and my daughter and my grandchildren, than have more gold records and, you know, two divorces and alimony and unhappiness,” he said.
“So, you can look back on the whole picture of your life and say, I’m good?” I asked.
“Oh, yeah! I can look back on the whole picture of my life and say, I’m real good!” Mumy laughed.
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Kim Kardashian Supports Ariana Grande at ‘Eternal Sunshine’ Tour Stop in L.A.
Kim Kardashian turned a night at Ariana Grande’s “Eternal Sunshine” concert into a viral moment … showing up to support her ex-boyfriend’s ex-fiancée.
The SKIMS founder was seen in the audience alongside former ‘American Horror Story’ co-star Emma Roberts, with the pair blending into the crowd as Ariana took the stage for a packed performance.
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Despite the attempt to keep things low-key, fans quickly noticed Kim, who was also seen alongside Ari’s mom Joan, in the venue and began sharing clips online showing her vibing at the show.
Kim also posted her own video from the concert, giving followers a glimpse of the atmosphere as Ariana performed for a sold-out crowd — singing along to some of Ari’s banger hits.
Worth noting … this isn’t the first time Kim and Ariana’s paths have closely crossed, as both women dated comedian Pete Davidson.
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‘Disclosure Day’ Nears $100 Million, ‘Michael’ Eyes $950 Million
Steven Spielberg’s alien conspiracy thriller “Disclosure Day” collected a leading $48.9 million from 73 territories in its international box office debut.
Overseas audiences will be key in the theatrical longevity of “Disclosure Day,” which Universal spent $115 million to produce and $80 million to market. Since about half of revenues go to theater owners, the movie needs to generate roughly $300 million globally to justify its price tag. Along with $44 million in North America, “Disclosure Day” has generated $92.9 million after three days of release. Reviews are positive, but audience reactions have been mixed, so a bigger question is how the film will endure on the big screen.
Spielberg is a household name through blockbusters like “Jaws,” “Jurassic Park” and Raiders of the Lost Arc,” and his movies are known to enjoy staying power at the box office. His prior summer blockbuster, 2018’s “Ready Player One,” for example, opened to $41 million and ended up with $137 million domestically and $607 million worldwide.
“Disclosure Day” stars Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor as a meteorologist and a cybersecurity expert who join forces to expose the government’s cover-up of extraterrestrial life. The movie had a notable turnout on premium large format screens, including Imax, which accounted for $6.5 million or 15% of overseas grosses. Top territories for “Disclosure Day” were the United Kingdom and Ireland with $7.6 million, Mexico with $3.9 million, China with $2.9 million and France with $2.9 million.
“Sci-fi thrillers do well abroad, [so] foreign business should be good,” predicts David A. Gross, who publishes the box office newsletter FranchiseRe. “If there’s softness overseas,” he notes, “it’s because China has shrunk so dramatically as a market for U.S. films.”
Elsewhere, “Michael” is nearing another box office milestone after adding $17 million internationally and $21 million globally in its eighth weekend of release. The musical biopic about Michael Jackson has generated $932.2 million worldwide to date and will soon eclipse the $950 million mark. Should ticket sales keep climbing and surpass $975 million, “Michael” will overtake “Oppenheimer” as the highest-grossing biopic of all time. The film has already dethroned “Bohemian Rhapsody” ($911 million) as the biggest musical biopic in history.
Other big-budget tentpoles have less to celebrate. Amazon MGM’s toy adaptation “Masters of the Universe” added a paltry $8.4 million from 86 markets in its second weekend of release, bringing its overseas tally to just $39.4 million. The otherworldly adventure, based on the Mattel toy that was popular in the ’80s, is approaching bomb status with $45.7 million domestically and $84 million globally against a mighty budget of nearly $200 million.
Meanwhile, Disney’s “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu” continues to struggle, earning $7.1 million from 52 markets in its fourth frame. The family-friendly film, a spinoff of the popular Disney+ series “The Mandalorian,” has collected $150 million overseas and $315 million globally against a $165 million price tag. It’s shaping up to be the lowest-earning “Star Wars” movie of all time, an ignominious distinction that currently belongs to 2018’s “Solo: A Star Wars Story” with $179 million internationally and $392 million worldwide, not adjusted for inflation.
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‘I Want To Say Something to the Swifties’ – Jalen Brunson Has a Message for Taylor Swift Fans After Recent Knicks Drama
The New York Knicks are NBA champions for the first time since 1973, overcoming another deficit to defeat the San Antonio Spurs 94-90 in Game 5 at the Frost Bank Center.
And it was Jalen Brunson who cemented his legacy with his 45-point performance on Saturday night, closing out the series 4-1 and ending the longest championship drought in franchise history.
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While reveling in his newly minted Finals MVP status, Brunson also took a moment to address a completely different demographic: Taylor Swift fans.
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Game 5 was another tale of two halves, as the Knicks had another come-from-behind victory against a San Antonio side that just cannot hold on to leads. Brunson carried the offense whenever the Knicks struggled in Game 5, erupting for 15 points in the fourth quarter en route to a dominant closeout performance.
Brunson’s 45 points broke the franchise record for most points in a Finals game, surpassing the 38 scored by the late Willis Reed against the Los Angeles Lakers in 1970.
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Mikal Bridges and Josh Hart, the other members of the “Nova Knicks” trio who won the 2016 NCAA title together at Villanova, chipped in with 14 and 13 points, respectively.
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However, amid the championship celebrations, Brunson dug up an unexpected pop-culture storyline specifically aimed at “Swifties.”
Looking to cool the tensions around radio announcer Monica McNutt and the recent drama, Brunson said, “I just want to say something to the Swifties. She’s [McNutt] a really good one. Cut her some slack. It’s all good. I promise.”
The message was a direct response to a viral incident from Game 4 at Madison Square Garden.
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During that broadcast, McNutt was caught on a hot mic noticing Swift in the celebrity row and remarking, “Is that Taylor Swift? She’s not a Knicks fan. Get out of here, girl.”
The moment drew “swift backlash,” as fans flooded social media to point out Swift’s documented history with the Knicks.
McNutt subsequently apologized, admitting that she was not aware that Swift was a long-time supporter of the Knicks.
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Astrologers Studied Trump’s Chart Ahead Of His 80th Birthday – And Saw A LOT Of Change
On June 14, President Donald Trump will celebrate his 80th birthday on the ground with a UFC cage fight, but in the celestial sky he will be a Gemini battling cosmic forces.
Gemini is the astrological zodiac sign for people who are born on June 14 ― and if you believe in astrology, which is the art and science of interpreting the planets and constellations, everything about Trump’s personality can be traced to their movements in the sky on the day he was born. In astrology-speak, where every star and planet is located on your birthday is your “natal chart.”
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“He was actually born on a full moon eclipse, so that is indicating he’s a person who needs a lot of mirroring or outside input. He looks to the outside to feel fulfilled,” said Kristina Martin, who co-hosts the podcast “It’s a Sign! The Art of Alignment.” “It can also make him pretty sensitive and perhaps prone to temper tantrums.”
In astrology, every birthday is also the time of your solar return, an astrologically significant event where the sun returns to where it was on your birthday, and a time where astrologers will look at where celestial placements are currently in the sky to determine the energy of your year ahead.
“Everyone’s solar return is important because it gives us a blueprint of the next year of their life,” said astrologer Lisa Stardust.
And for Trump, his birthday this year is indicating a rocky year ahead for him, and, by proxy, the nation.
To Learn About Trump’s Year Ahead, Look To The Moon
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What’s particularly significant to astrologers is that Trump is experiencing a new moon on his birthday. “New moons are new beginnings, but every new beginning comes from another beginning’s end,” Stardust said.
This new moon is going to be happening in part of the sky that represents Trump’s career, Stardust said, and the celestial forces in Trump’s birthday chart indicate “a lot of rebellion in his career.”
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“This is going to be a particularly nasty birthday for him, because the new moon is activated by Black Moon Lilith,” Stardust said.
Black Moon Lilith is not a physical constellation; it’s a divine energy and an invisible point in space where the moon is considered most distant from Earth. According to Mesopotamian myths, Lilith was banished from the Garden of Eden for choosing not to obey Adam, so when the planets and stars in your chart cross Black Moon Lilith, it can represent a need for empowerment.
In astrology, the celestial sky is divided into 12 equal segments that each represent a Zodiac symbol. During Trump’s birthday, Black Moon Lilith will also be located in the part of the sky represented by Sagittarius, which is known for being a defender of the galaxy in astrology.
“When we talk about Black Moon Lilith, we talk about the part of people that doesn’t want to be subservient, the rebellion, so that’s what’s … setting off his chart on his birthday,” Stardust said. “People are really going to get on their high horse and really argue with him …This is just a year of opposition for him.”
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The sun will return to where it was when Trump was born one day before his actual birthday, and during this period, the waning phase of the moon will be in what modern astrology calls a “balsamic phase.” According to astrologer Celeste Brooks, this phase of the moon is “symbolic of [Trump’s] literal vitality.”
This is “when the moon is emptying out the rest of its light before it becomes new,” Brooks said. This moon phase can also indicate a more internal time and overall physical weakness for the person who has it around their birthday.
“You can see it in him falling asleep all the time,” Brooks said.
“His year ahead is defined by his weaknesses becoming more visible. He’s emotionally depleted, but he’s in fighting mode,” Brooks said, because the planet Jupiter will be moving in the part of the sky represented by Leo and “Leonic tendencies … associated with going for what you want,” Brooks said.
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Beyond his birthday, Trump should watch out for the “North Node” and “South Node,” which are two mathematical coordinates, or nodes, at which the orbiting moon intersects the path of the sun. Astrologers take note of where these lunar coordinates cross certain astrological placements throughout the year. For Trump this summer, the South Node is moving to his rising sign in Leo, which was the zodiac sign that was ascending on the eastern horizon at the exact moment Trump was born.
“On July 26, as the South Node goes into Leo, it’s a huge energetic shift,” Brooks said. According to Brooks, the South Node represents “a release point, and there is going to be a release of his vitality,” she said.
A solar eclipse on Aug. 12 will also occur in his Leo sign, and when that happens, people get humbled. It’s “going to rock his world,” because eclipses “point out things that we’ve been ignoring for a long time. They make us change and focus on things that are important in our lives,” Stardust said. “He’s going to feel confusion, ambiguity. I wouldn’t be surprised if he had a health issue that occurred,” she said.
Overall, Expect Trump’s Gemini Nature To Ramp Up
When Trump shares different versions of answers, that’s quintessential Gemini behavior. “Gemini is the sign that’s not connected to the truth. Gemini sees all the different perspectives and thinks, ‘Well, your truth is yours, but my truth is different,'” Martin said.
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On Trump’s birthday, his sun and moon will both be in the part of the sky represented by Gemini, and opposite of where his moon was when he was born, which was in the sign of Sagittarius.
And when there is so much energy around Gemini, it might just turbocharge his Gemini nature even more, Martin suggested.
“It’s like a new Gemini version of him is going to be born, where it’s going to be more dualistic, it’s going to be more communicative, or just a lot of talking,” Martin said. “His birthday is a birth moment of this energy, it’s going to start growing for the next year,” Martin said.
This could scare or excite you, depending on how you feel about Trump.
The original version of this story was published on HuffPost at an earlier date.
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Milania Giudice Responds to Arrest News With Cryptic Posts
June 14 2026, Published 5:00 a.m. ET
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Milania Giudice, known for her role on Real Housewives of New Jersey, recently responded to news of her arrest with a series of enigmatic posts on Instagram.
The 20-year-old daughter of Teresa Giudice shared a message that encourages humility shortly after the arrest was made public.
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On Thursday, June 11, Milania posted an image of a roadside sign that stated, “None of us sit high enough to look down on anybody. Be humble.”
Fans interpreted this post as a reflection on her current situation, which has drawn considerable media attention.
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In an additional post, Milania shared a meme that read, “Me and my mama so close sometimes I be forgetting I’m talking to my mama,” along with a crying emoji.
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As reported by Page Six, Milania was arrested on May 14 and charged with one count of simple assault, according to Montville Township Chief of Police Andrew Caggiano. The incident has left fans speculating about the implications for her future.
Milania is scheduled to appear in court on May 19, although reports indicate that no plea was entered at this time. This situation raises questions about the potential legal repercussions she may face.
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Despite the turmoil, Milania continued to express her admiration for her mother.
On May 18, just days after her arrest, she posted a heartfelt birthday tribute on Instagram, stating, “Happy birthday to my favorite person in the world!!!! YOU ARE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL I LOVE YOU SO MUCH MOMMY🩷🩷.”
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Milania, who is one of four daughters Teresa shares with ex-husband Joe Giudice, appears to be leaning on family support amid the unfolding drama.
In previous incidents, Milania has experienced brushes with law enforcement, including a vehicle collision in May 2024. However, police later determined that the other driver was at fault.
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