David Duchovny Wrote His Own Nude Scene in His 60s Because ‘I Find That Funny’: Aging Is ‘Going to Happen to All of Us’

David Duchovny Wrote His Own Nude Scene in His 60s Because ‘I Find That Funny’: Aging Is ‘Going to Happen to All of Us’

David Duchovny Wrote His Own Nude Scene in His 60s Because ‘I Find That Funny’: Aging Is ‘Going to Happen to All of Us’, Some nude scenes are meant to be sexy. Others are meant to be funny.

David Duchovny took the latter approach in his latest movie, “Reverse the Curse,” which he wrote and directed. The 63-year-old actor stars in the film as an ailing Red Sox fan whose condition worsens every time his beloved baseball team loses. When his adult son moves back home to take care of him, he manufactures a fake winning streak to keep his dad’s spirits high.

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In one scene in the film, Duchovny and his co-star Logan Marshall-Green are changing in a men’s locker room. Naked, Duchovny’s character asks his son, “Are you uptight naked in front of your father?” After seeing his bare bottom half, Duchovny hugs him and says, “That’s a perfectly respectable prick you’ve got there, son.”

In an interview with Salon, Duchovny explained that it was important for his character to be nude and to talk about what it looks like to have an aging body.

“You can turn it into humor. You can look at horrific things with a sense of humor, and the humor comes from the fact that it’s going to happen to all of us,” Duchovny said. “It’s not like some people age and some people don’t, some people die and some people don’t.”

He continued, “If I’ve got one of my main characters — me — showing his his naked body to his son and saying, ‘It looks like a dead sparrow where my cock should be,’ I find that funny. I think we can laugh at that, and then hug it out. And he comments on his son’s penis in a way that’s funny. I’m laughing and I’m also moved in a way.”

Despite being the star of the raunchy comedy “Californication,” Duchovny said years ago that he never gets used to seeing himself naked on screen. “I just think it’s embarrassing to be naked in front of a lot of people,” he said back in 2008. “I guess I’m a bit prudish in a way. I wish I wasn’t — I wish I could let my freak flag fly a little more.”

Perhaps things have changed in the years since “Reverse the Curse,” which Duchovny wrote as a screenplay more than a decade ago. He couldn’t get the movie made, so he published the story as a novel in 2016 under the title “Bucky F*cking Dent.” He was finally able to turn it into a film in 2023, when it premiered at Tribeca Festival under the same title as the novel. The movie was released in June by Vertical and is now available to watch on Amazon Prime Video.

Variety chief film critic Owen Gleiberman gave “Reverse the Curse” a positive review, writing that the film features the “finest acting” of Duchovny’s career, and “ambles along with a sweet-and-sour vitality that’s funny and pleasing.”

Rob Delaney says he wants to die in same room as his son

Rob Delaney says he wants to die in same room as his son

Rob Delaney says he wants to die in same room as his son, The US actor and comedian Rob Delaney has said he wants to buy the home his son died in so he can also experience his last moments there.

Delaney's two-year-old child Henry died in 2018 after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Delaney told Radio 4's Desert Island Discs he asked the landlord when he moved out: "Listen, if you ever go to sell this place, let me know first because I would like to buy it.

"So when I'm 81 I can crawl in here and die. In the same room that my son died in, that my other son was born in."

Before Henry died, his parents told him they were expecting another child.

The Catastrophe and Deadpool 2 star said: "He had to know that this family that loved him was alive and was growing and that there was somebody that we were going to tell about him.

"We knew that they would not overlap corporally on this Earth, even though Henry's younger brother was born in the same room that Henry died in, our living room."

Delaney, 47, told the programme that he and his wife, Leah, had considered leaving London but had continued to live in the city because of memories of Henry.

"For so many reasons, we've stayed, one of which is I like to go put my hands on slides at the playground that Henry slid down."

He added that he sometimes bumps into the nurses that looked after his son and said London and the NHS had taken very good care of his child.

Delaney has previously described the NHS as "the pinnacle of human achievement" and that his family received "truly unbelievable" care while Henry was sick.

Heart was 'torn into pieces and dissolved in salt'

Delaney thought he would struggle with the birth of his new son, saying his heart had "been torn into pieces and dissolved in salt" and was just "garbage".

But he told host Lauren Laverne that the "nanosecond he exited my wife's body, I looked at him and just you know, started weeping and was so in love with him and just wanted to sniff them and eat them and put them into my shirt and squeeze them and I love him desperately.

"And then you have to feel and honour your pain. You have to let it hurt and you can't run away from it. When the feelings come it's best to let them."

Delaney also spoke about his recovery from alcoholism, saying he has been sober for more than two decades after a car crash prompted him to stop drinking.

He added: "It's nothing more interesting than garden variety alcoholism, you know, I found that drinking just made me just feel better, complete, happier, relaxed.

"You know, anytime I took a drink, it was just like, 'this is it'. I first got drunk at 12 and then began to drink with more regularity at 14.

"I had alcoholism on both sides of my family. And so then I got it too and... it doesn't really care where you come from."

Alec Baldwin set for legal showdown over 'Rust' shooting

Alec Baldwin set for legal showdown over 'Rust' shooting

Alec Baldwin set for legal showdown over 'Rust' shooting, A long-awaited showdown will take place this week in a historic Wild West frontier town, with both sides seeking justice for a fatal bullet fired from a six-shooter.

But if Alec Baldwin's trial for manslaughter sounds like the plot of a Hollywood movie, the victims, the stakes and the tragic consequences are all too real.

In October 2021, on the New Mexico set of his low-budget Western "Rust," a gun pointed by Baldwin discharged a live round, killing the film's cinematographer and wounding its director.

Such is Baldwin's A-list fame and the rarity of on-set deaths in the tightly controlled US film industry, the story quickly became a global sensation.

It also polarized opinion, with sympathetic observers viewing Baldwin -- an actor who did not know the prop gun contained a real bullet -- as a victim, and others seeing the death as a result of his allegedly reckless behavior.

Almost three years later, after multiple failed attempts by Baldwin's formidable New York legal team to have the case thrown out, those same arguments will be settled by a jury at a court case in Santa Fe starting on Tuesday.

If found guilty, Baldwin faces a maximum 18 months in prison -- the same term already being served by the film's armorer, who was convicted in the same courthouse earlier this year.

- 'Basic gun safety' -

The death of Halyna Hutchins occurred during a rehearsal in a small chapel on the Bonanza Creek Ranch, 20 miles (30 kilometers) outside Santa Fe, on a sunny afternoon mid-way through the filming of "Rust."

Baldwin was practicing a scene in which his character, an aging outlaw who has been cornered in the church by two marshals, draws his Colt gun.

The actor says he did not pull the revolver's trigger and had been told that the gun was safe.

Live bullets are in any case banned from movie sets, and Baldwin has argued that it was not his responsibility as an actor to check.

Yet the gun did go off. And the trial of Hannah Gutierrez, the armorer who loaded the weapon, revealed many of the arguments that the prosecution will level against Baldwin, who was also a producer on the movie.

At the time, Gutierrez's defense lawyers said Baldwin "violated some of the most basic gun safety rules you can ever learn," including never pointing a gun at a person unless you intend to fire it.

"Alec Baldwin's conduct and his lack of gun safety inside that church on that day is something that he's going to have to answer for," said special prosecutor Kari Morrissey, in a rare moment of agreement between the two sides.

"Not with you and not today. That'll be with another jury, on another day," Morrissey said.

- 'No control' -

That day has now arrived, with jury selection on Tuesday and opening arguments expected Wednesday.

That the matter is being heard in court at all is already a victory of sorts for prosecutors, who have fended off multiple attempts by Baldwin to have the case dismissed.

Among these, Baldwin's lawyers said damage to the gun caused by an FBI testing lab meant the actor could not get a fair trial.

That is significant because the FBI found the gun could not have fired without its trigger being pulled -- a conclusion that the defense say they were robbed of a chance to disprove.

Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer was not convinced and ordered the trial to proceed.

Baldwin's team have also suggested that his status as a celebrity and liberal darling has provided incentives for prosecutors to pursue him with unusual tenacity.

The prosecution's response to recent pre-trial proceedings offered further insight into how they are likely to attack Baldwin in court.

Court filings allege that Baldwin's unpredictable behavior contributed to the tragedy and that he kept changing his story in its aftermath.

"Mr Baldwin was frequently screaming and cursing at himself, at crew members or at no one and not for any particular reason," Morrissey wrote.

"To watch Mr Baldwin's conduct on the set of 'Rust' is to witness a man who has absolutely no control of his own emotions and absolutely no concern for how his conduct affects those around him."

The trial is expected to take around 10 days.

Is killing 'zombie' cells the key to healthier aging?

Is killing 'zombie' cells the key to healthier aging?'

Is killing 'zombie' cells the key to healthier aging?, Did you know you have “zombie” cells inside you? Senescent cells were given the nickname “zombie” cells because they’re not quite dead, but they also don’t act like living cells — and they can wreak havoc on your tissues. Scientists think that these cells may be behind the damage our lungs, bones and even brains incur as we age. That has made some wonder: Could getting rid of these zombie cells help us stay healthier for longer?

In a new study published in the journal Nature Medicine, a treatment aimed at killing off these zombie cells showed promise for helping older women’s bodies create new bone, potentially staving off bone loss, a common issue in post-menopausal aging.

Here’s what to know about the latest frontier in the fight against aging.

What are ‘zombie cells’?

More formally called “senescent” by scientists, these are cells that are dying, but are not quite dead. They accumulate more and more as we age, triggering inflammation and damage to otherwise healthy cells.

The same team of Mayo Clinic researchers behind the latest paper “were the leaders in the field [who] demonstrated that senescent cells aren’t just a consequence of aging, but can be considered as driving aging,” Paul Robbins, director of the University of Minnesota’s Institute of Biology of Aging and Metabolism, tells Yahoo Life.

Zombie cells are thought to build up in all manner of tissues, but they don’t seem to necessarily behave the same way in one part of the body that they do in another. But research — primarily done in mice — suggests that clearing the zombies out could extend health span by slowing damage that leads to age-related health problems, including bone density loss, lung scarring and Alzheimer’s disease, Robbins says.

What did the new study find?

Based on previous research in mice and petri dishes, scientists hypothesized that senescent cells contribute to osteoporosis or low bone mass — forms of age-related bone loss that affect about 13% of Americans over 50, including nearly 20% of women, according to the latest national estimates from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Mayo Clinic team tested a combination of a commonly used cancer drug, dasatinib, and a compound found in some foods and sold as a supplement, quercetin — which had shown promise in killing off senescent cells — in half of a group of 60 otherwise healthy postmenopausal women (the other half did not get the treatment, and served as the control group). Biomarker testing suggested that the treatment — known as D+Q — helped women grow 16% more new bone than those in the control group. But there were caveats.

The benefit was only present two weeks and four weeks after the trial started; the groups evened out by the trial’s end. And the zombie cell-killing drugs didn’t seem to slow bone loss; it just improved bone creation rates.

Perhaps most important, the treatment worked best on women who had high volumes of senescent cells. The research suggests that “only about 30% of all women over age 60 might have a high enough burden of senescent cells to respond to this particular drug combination,” study co-author and Mayo Clinic bone loss researcher Dr. Sundeep Khosla tells Yahoo Life. He adds that that burden, or density of zombie cells, tends to go up noticeably after age 70, so treatments might be most beneficial starting then.

What does it mean for anti-aging and longevity?

It’s a good first step, Khosla and Robbins say. This research was the clinical trial to test a zombie cell-killer treatment in humans. And the fact that it worked at all is promising, Robbins says.

The science of how and why we age is (pardon the expression) still young, and our attempts to slow or stop it are even newer. Scientists have discovered a number of biomarkers, or signals, for biological age — namely, DNA changes — but the challenge is figuring out what might be “a druggable target,” Robbins says. And that’s why he and Khosla have focused on zombie cells.

Based on research in animals, they are among the scientists who believe that “reducing the number of senescent cells will contribute to extending health spans,” he says, but adds that “there are other targets, too.”

D+Q is one possible “geroprotector” — a treatment that may be protective against the harmful processes of aging — but there’s still a lot to learn about how best to use it. The new study, for example, shows that this particular treatment isn’t likely to work very well unless someone already has a lot of zombie cells, which isn’t easy to measure, at least for slowing bone loss, says Khosla. But figuring that out helps scientists know when the treatment could be useful, and working out the correct timing and dosing could make it more effective. And D+Q isn’t the only drug that could potentially fight cellular senescence.

If quercetin helps fight aging, should I take it?

You might be tempted to take quercetin, since it’s being studied for anti-aging properties and can be found on health food and supplement store shelves. But many experts advise holding off, since quercetin is a flavonoid, an antioxidant compound that gives some fruits and vegetables — including citrus fruits, blueberries, apples, onions and parsley — their color, according to Mount Sinai. Robbins warns that “I’m not sure if the doses people take daily is sufficient to kill senescent cells.” But the study suggests that quercetin or another flavonoid, fisetin, in combination with other drugs, might be. However, Robbins and his partner did start taking fisetin once every two weeks after he published a paper showing that quercetin might reduce the risk of severe COVID.

The biggest risk with these supplements is that you simply don’t know what you’re getting because they’re not regulated, and companies often make exaggerated or false health claims. “So if you buy something at [a vitamin shop], you can’t tell if it’s pure,” Robbins says.

But even if you bought the purest form of quercetin, “on its own, it's not a very effective senolytic,” or zombie-cell killer, Robbins says. And even if it were, the latest research underscores a very important point, he says: “Taking drugs to slow aging at age 20 may have no benefit, and may in fact be harmful.”

Archaeologists in Chile race to preserve world's oldest mummies

Archaeologists in Chile race to preserve world's oldest mummies

Archaeologists in Chile race to preserve world's oldest mummies, The world's oldest mummies have been around longer than the mummified pharaohs of Egypt and their ornate tombs — but the ravages of time, human development and climate change are putting these relics at risk.

Chile's Atacama Desert was once home to the Chincorro people, an ancient population that began mummifying their dead 5,000 years ago, two millennia before the Egyptians did, according to Bernando Arriaza, a professor at the University of Tarapaca.

The arid desert has preserved mummified remains and other clues in the environment that give archaeologists information about how the Chincorro people once lived.

The idea to mummify bodies likely came from watching other remains naturally undergo the process amid the desert's dry conditions. The mummified bodies were also decorated with reed blankets, clay masks, human hair and more, according to archaeologists.

While UNESCO has designated the region as a World Heritage Site, the declaration may not save all of the relics. Multiple museums, including the Miguel de Azapa Archaeological Museum in the ancient city of Arica, put the Chincorro culture on display. Some mummies and other relics are safely ensconced in those climate-controlled exhibits, but the remains still hidden in the arid desert remain at risk.

"If we have an increase in sea surface temperatures, for example, across the coast of northern Chile, that would increase atmospheric humidity," said Claudio LaTorre, a paleo-ecologist with the Catholic University of Chile. "And that in turn would generate decomposition, (in) places where you don't have decomposition today, and you would lose the mummies themselves."

Other clues that archaeologists can find in the environment may also be lost.

"Human-induced climate change is one aspect that we're really worried about, because it'll change a number of different aspects that are forming the desert today," said LaTorre.

Arriaza is working to raise awareness about the mummies, hoping that that will lead to even more preservation.

"It's a big, big challenge because you need to have resources," Arriaza said. "It's everybody's effort to a common goal, to preserve the site, to preserve the mummies."

Cut back on bacon, wear bug spray and 5 other wellness tips to know this week

Cut back on bacon, wear bug spray and 5 other wellness tips to know this week

Cut back on bacon, wear bug spray and 5 other wellness tips to know this week, Hello, health news readers! My name is Kaitlin, and I’m here to share the best wellness tips from around the web. The holiday weekend may be coming to a close, but summer is in full swing — and so is the scorching weather. Stay cool and use the summer sun as an excuse to eat lots of watermelon and gazpacho!

Of course, before you venture outdoors, check the local weather forecast — and, if you’re a fan, your horoscope. Then read up on the tips below to see how you can improve your health and overall well-being this week.

🥓 Skip the bacon

Cutting back on processed meat — such as bacon, cold cuts and hot dogs — by just 30% may help prevent diabetes, colorectal cancer and even heart disease, a new study finds. Need a healthier swap for your BLT? Try a hummus and veggie wrap instead for an extra fiber boost, which most Americans really need.

👫 Build up your social circle

Chronic loneliness is an American epidemic, per the surgeon general — but now, new research says that it can also increase the risk of stroke by as much as 56%. Struggling to find social connections? Try volunteering in the community, chatting with neighbors or attending local events like art exhibits or educational workshops.

🦞 Eat lobster, live long?

Living into the triple digits is a rare feat — which is why 104-year-old lobster fisherwoman Virginia Oliver is sharing her tips on how to thrive. That includes abstaining from smoking and alcohol, enjoying time in nature and, of course, consuming lots of lobster — which happens to be a great source of zinc, selenium and vitamin B12.

🦟 Wear bug spray

Bummer bug news: Mosquito-borne illness is on the rise, with officials confirming some of these bugs have tested positive for West Nile. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has also warned people about the increase in dengue fever, which is spread by mosquitoes and endemic in places like Puerto Rico. Fight back by wearing bug spray and avoiding puddles of standing water, which can breed these annoying bloodsuckers.

⏳ Practice patience

Do you get frustrated easily? You’re not alone. While some people are lucky enough to be born patient, there’s good news if you’re not one of them: You can work on it. Oprah Daily has tips to become more patient — and yes, that includes limiting screen time. (Sorry!)

🍦 Hit up the ice-cream truck

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream — which might actually be a better-for-you summertime treat than you thought, according to dietitians. They say it can be a better choice for blood sugar management than some other desserts on the menu.

😊 Lean into happiness

An Ivy League education in happiness? Yahoo Creator Sean Kernan enrolled in Yale University’s free eight-week happiness course, called The Science of Well-Being, and is sharing the top four things he learned — like savoring, which is deliberately thinking about an activity you just enjoyed and taking a moment to appreciate it.

Marlon Wayans Says He Was the Wrong Person to Rob: “I Don’t Own Sh**”

Marlon Wayans Says He Was the Wrong Person to Rob: “I Don’t Own Sh**”

Marlon Wayans Says He Was the Wrong Person to Rob: “I Don’t Own Sh**”, The comedian and actor shared a video on Instagram where he thanked everyone who reached out to him to make sure he was OK after news of the robbery broke and said that everyone is doing fine, which he’s grateful about.

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“I want you to know that they didn’t really get much because I don’t own shit,” he said in the minute-long video. “The most valuable thing in my house is my house. So, unless you’re gonna put that shit on a truck and drag it away, then, yeah, man, you did well, but I don’t own shit. I don’t wear jewelry. This [ring] is fake. … It’s a heart rate monitor.”

He continued, “I’m not flashy. No jewelry. No necklaces. I don’t have cash. I use credit cards.”

In the caption of the post, the GOAT star echoed the sentiment he said in the video, noting that he lives a simple life with two cats and a 1994 Range Rover that would need to be jumpstarted to steal because its battery is dead. He directly addressed future robbers, writing that they’re wasting their energy and life doing home invasions because “shit is too heavy.”

“I repeat: I don’t own shit valuable,” he concluded. “Please pick a better [target emoji] thank you and love you… still.”

News that Wayans’ house had been robbed surfaced on Thursday when TMZ reported that cops confirmed it was the latest target of burglaries in the area. The Air actor was reportedly not home at the time, but his older brother Keenen Ivory Wayans was. He allegedly woke up after hearing some noise but didn’t realize what was happening and went back to sleep.

According to TMZ, the police said one of Wayans’ staffers returned to the house at 8 a.m. the following morning and found the place had been ransacked. The thieves reportedly took a safe and thousands of dollars in cash. While the police have launched an investigation, they have yet to make any arrests.

Wayans joins a growing list of L.A. celebrities whose homes have been robbed lately, reportedly including Squid Game star Lee Byung-hun, NBA star Paul Pierce, former Clippers player Patrick Patterson and Kyle Richards’ daughter Farrah.