Jenna Ortega Drew Inspiration from Her Nieces and Nephews for Her Character’s Toddler-Like ‘Clumsiness’ in New Movie (Exclusive)

Jenna Ortega found the key to playing a robot in the most human place imaginable: her own family’s living room. The 24-year-old actress has revealed that the distinctive, toddler-like clumsiness of Klara — the solar-powered artificial intelligence companion she plays in Taika Waititi’s Klara and the Sun — was inspired by watching her young nieces … Read more

Why One in Five MS Diagnoses Can Be Wrong, and What Christina Applegate Faces Next

One in five. That is the figure that has followed Christina Applegate’s revelation around the internet this week, and it deserves a slower look than a headline usually allows. According to the specialist who joined Applegate and Jamie-Lynn Sigler on their podcast, roughly twenty percent of people diagnosed with a certain complex neurological disease may … Read more

Christina Applegate Says She Has Gotten Worse, Not Better, After Learning She Does Not Have MS

There is a particular cruelty in being told that the worst thing that ever happened to you was, technically, a mistake. Christina Applegate is living inside that cruelty right now. After five years of treatment, advocacy and public grief built around one diagnosis, she has learned that the diagnosis itself was wrong, and instead of … Read more

Christina Applegate Breaks Down in Tears Revealing She Was Misdiagnosed with MS: ‘I’m Back at Square One’

Christina Applegate returned to the microphone this week after seven months away, and the comeback episode of her podcast carried news that left even her closest listeners stunned. Sitting beside co-host Jamie-Lynn Sigler, the actress explained through tears that a doctor had recently told her something she never expected to hear: she does not have … Read more