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John Aniston, ‘Days of Our Lives’ actor and Jennifer Aniston’s father, dead at 89 | CNN

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John Aniston, a veteran actor identified for his work on the daytime drama “Days of Our Lives,” has died, his daughter, actress Jennifer Aniston, shared on Monday.

He was 89.

“You had been probably the most lovely people I ever knew. I’m so grateful that you just went hovering into the heavens in peace – and with out ache. And on 11/11 no much less! You at all times had good timing,” Jennifer Aniston wrote in an announcement shared on Instagram. “That quantity will ceaselessly maintain a good better which means for me now.”

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The “Pals” star started her publish by writing “Candy papa…⁣ John Anthony Aniston.”⁣

The actor appeared in quite a few TV collection and almost three thousand episodes of “Days of Our Lives” over the course of his lengthy profession.

“I’ll love you until the tip of time,” Aniston concluded her caption. “Don’t neglect to go to.”

Aniston was born John Anastassakis on the Greek island of Crete in 1933. He emigrated to the US when he was 10, and his household shortened their surname to Aniston.

Earlier than he turned a cleaning soap star, Aniston served within the US Navy and appeared in an off-Broadway musical, Cleaning soap Opera Digest reported.

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He acquired his huge break when he was forged within the long-running cleaning soap “Love of Life” and later “Seek for Tomorrow.” However he didn’t grow to be a family title till he joined “Days of our Lives” in 1985 as “romantic villain” Victor Kiriakis, a legal with a penchant for charming the ladies of Salem, Illinois.

Kirakis, like Aniston, hailed from Greece however was rather more sinister: He was a mobster who ran a prostitution ring on the town. Over the course of the collection, Kiriakis skilled a number of adjustments of coronary heart and bounced forwards and backwards between his lawbreaking gangster persona and loving household man hoping to win again his grownup youngsters. All advised, Aniston appeared on the collection on and off for 37 years.

Throughout his stints on soaps, Aniston opened a restaurant in New York, divorced his first spouse, Nancy Dow, and married costar Sherry Rooney and moved to Los Angeles, in accordance with a 1986 Cleaning soap Opera Digest profile of Aniston.

Aniston was stunned his daughter deliberate to observe him into present enterprise. In a 2019 interview with the Tv Academy Basis, Aniston mentioned he discovered his daughter had been calling his agent to ask for auditions whereas he was showing on “Seek for Tomorrow.”

“I advised her, ‘You don’t wish to be in present enterprise. Present enterprise stinks,’” he mentioned. “I inform everyone who desires to be an actor, don’t be an actor, be one thing else. As a result of if my telling (them) to remain out of present enterprise is gonna preserve them out, they shouldn’t be in it within the first place.”

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After all, Aniston’s daughter didn’t pay attention, and went on to star in probably the most profitable sitcoms of all time, and grow to be probably the most well-known actresses on the planet.

In a 1990 interview with E! Information alongside his daughter, Aniston provided each fatherly reward and sobering steering: “Jennifer is a pure expertise,” he mentioned to his daughter’s embarrassment, however reminded her that expertise doesn’t at all times lead to an extended profession.

However Aniston’s personal profession in soaps lasted greater than 50 years, and in June, he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Emmy on the Daytime Emmy Awards. He didn’t attend the ceremony, however his daughter toasted him in a transferring speech.

“For over 30 years, his dedication to (“Days”) has gained him respect and admiration of his fellow actors, deep friendships and thrilled hundreds of thousands of followers all over the world,” she mentioned. “His profession is actually the definition of lifetime achievement.”

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'Yellowstone's' Ryan Bingham, Hassie Harrison marry in Texas; family longhorn makes appearance

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'Yellowstone's' Ryan Bingham, Hassie Harrison marry in Texas; family longhorn makes appearance

Cowbells mixed with wedding bells this week when “Yellowstone” costars and on-screen love interests Ryan Bingham and Hassie Harrison tied the knot at Harrison’s family home in Dallas.

The multiday, multivenue ceremony, where formal wear meant “cowboy black tie,” included a live band, extravagant floral arrangements, plenty of cowboy hats and the family’s longhorn.

“I knew I wanted Western,” Harrison told Vogue, “but it had to be elegant Western, with tones of worn leather, delicate lace, and a soft, blush color palette.”

The bride wore three gowns: an off-the-shoulder Galia Lahav with delicate beading and floral appliques for the ceremony, a shimmering strapless Netta BenShabu dress with a sweetheart neckline and matching gloves for the reception, and finally a fringed minidress for the after-party, also designed by Netta BenShabu.

The ceremony was “like something out of a fairy tale,” according to Harrison.

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“There was a palpable sense of love and energy in the air, a kind of magic that’s hard to describe,” she said.

The couple first met on the set of “Yellowstone,” where Bingham plays ranch hand and singing cowboy Walker and Harrison portrays barrel racer Laramie, and the two characters fall for each other on Dutton Ranch.

Bingham spoke to The Times in 2022 about his roundabout road to acting.

In the years before the singer-songwriter won an Oscar for co-writing “The Weary Kind,” the signature song for the 2009 Jeff Bridges movie “Crazy Heart,” he grew up in New Mexico, ranching and working in oil fields. But Bingham realized he could have a future as a performer.

“Most of the time, I had to have some kind of day job, doing hard labor, construction or digging holes,” he says. “I could go to a little bar and make about the same amount of money in a couple hours as I did digging holes all day. That’s when I realized … if I could make 100 bucks a night playing in bars with my guitar, it’s a hell a lot better than digging holes.”

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Harrison, meanwhile, studied European cinema in Copenhagen beginning at age 15, according to IMDb.com. But the actor had deep roots in Texas.

And, as Vogue relates, it took a little prodding for the pair to realize how much they had in common — a job undertaken by Harrison’s mother.

“She and Ryan met by chance through a mutual friend at a charity event in Dallas during a production break,” Harrison explained. “I wasn’t there, but it just happened to be during a time when both Ryan and I were transitioning into new chapters of our lives. They got to talking and discovered just how many Texas-based friends and acquaintances we had in common — so sensing an opportunity, she encouraged Ryan to give me a call.”

They finally revealed their relationship in 2023 and were engaged within a year

Their wedding weekend was “perfect,” Harrison told Vogue. “Honestly, we couldn’t have imagined it any better.”

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Witnesses in Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sex-trafficking probe prepare to testify before grand jury, source says

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In an escalation of the criminal probe against music legend Sean “Diddy” Combs, federal prosecutors are preparing grand jury subpoenas for witnesses to testify in the sex-trafficking investigation against him, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Investigators have already interviewed several witnesses and told them to be prepared to testify, the source said, though it remains unclear when that testimony will occur or how far federal officials are in determining whether to bring charges. The source spoke on the condition of anonymity because the case is ongoing.

News of the grand jury, which was first reported by CNN, comes two months after investigators raided Combs’ homes in Los Angeles and Miami seeking evidence in a sweeping inquiry into sex-trafficking allegations against the artist.

Combs has not been charged with any crime and has denied any wrongdoing. The probe was launched after three women accused him of rape, assault and other abuses dating back three decades. One of the allegations involved a minor. It’s unclear whether those accusations, which Combs denies, are connected to the investigation.

Little is known about the federal probe, including the identities of any alleged victims. People with knowledge of the investigation who were not authorized to speak publicly said federal investigators are seeking telecommunications and flight records related to Combs. In March, investigators searching Combs’ Holmby Hills mansion emptied safes, dismantled electronics and left papers strewn in some rooms, sources told The Times.

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Federal law enforcement officers searched Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Holmby Hills mansion on March 25.

(Eric Thayer / Associated Press)

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security handles most sex-trafficking investigations for the federal government. Legal experts say one reason the agency could be involved in this case is because some of Combs’ accusers might be from other countries.

Combs’ lawyers have strongly criticized the federal probe, calling the searches of his homes “militarized” and a “witch hunt.”

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Earlier this month, a video emerged showing Combs violently attacking his then-girlfriend, Casandra Ventura, the R&B singer known as Cassie, in a Los Angeles hotel in 2016.

Hotel security camera video shows Sean “Diddy” Combs attacking singer Cassie.

An image from security video shows Sean “Diddy” Combs attacking singer Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in March 2016.

(CNN via Associated Press)

The video shows Combs chasing, kicking, dragging and hurling a glass vase at Ventura. It corroborates parts of a civil lawsuit she filed against Combs last year, which was settled a day after it was filed in federal court in New York.

Combs posted a video on Instagram in which he apologized for his behavior in the video.

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