Laura Dern and Carol Burnett Go Deep |
Laura Dern and Carol Burnett have known each other for decades, long before they both signed on to star in the Apple TV comedy Palm Royale. But Dern is even more appreciative of their friendship since losing her mother, Oscar-nominated actor Diane Ladd, who died in November at age 89. “It’s too big to speak to, frankly, because I’m so in the middle of it,” Dern tells Vanity Fair’s Savannah Walsh of her unfolding grief, “but knowing Carol and having her in my life means more to me than she can know.” In fact, jokes Dern, “I’ve been forcing her to adopt me for a really long time now.” Right on cue, 92-year-old Burnett chimes in to the conversation: “Well you don’t have to force. As the characters, we really bonded, and in real life, we’ve bonded too.”
Elsewhere in HWD, Kase Wickman charts the celebrity-mom-group drama roiling Ashley Tisdale French and (allegedly) Hilary Duff; Ali Wong and Bill Hader reportedly call it quits; the Little Gold Men team explains why the Golden Globes might matter more than ever this year; and if you’re still mourning the recent loss of screen siren Brigitte Bardot, consider streaming one of her most significant films. |
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