BOTCHED’S
DR PAULNASSIF TIESTHEKNOT
CONGRATULATIONSareinorder!DrPaulNassif, thestarofE!’spopularreality
seriesBotched, is officiallyoffthemarket.ThedoctormarriedhisfiancéBrittany
Pattakosina beautifulceremonyinSantorini,Greece,whichfolloweda private
receptionheldinLosAngelestheweekendprior.
“PaulandI areincrediblygratefultohavefamilyandfriendsfromaroundthe
worldjoinusintheblessingofourmarriagehereinSantorini,Greece.Weare
equallyasthankfulforthefamilywehadatourofficialweddingceremonyinLos
AngelesonSeptember28,2019,”Brittanysaidina
statementfollowinghernuptials.“Tohavesomany
lovedonesis thegreatestgift,”shecontinued.“The
Greekpeoplewelcomeduswithopenarmsand
madeusfeeltrulyathome.Theperfectweather
andislandmadea spectacularbackdropforthe
momentswewillcherishfortherestofourlives.This
wasthemostexcitingstarttoourmarriage.Weare
sothrilledtoshareourlivestogether.”Thecouple
officiallytiedtheknotatStNicholasAntiochian
OrthodoxChurchinLosAngelesbutweredesperate
tohavea receptionattheGreekislandaswell.Toa
lifetimeofhappiness–let’shopethingsdon’tget,
well,botched.
WHYTHEWORLDISOBSESSEDWITH
STUMPTOWN
DETECTIVEshowshavealwaysbeena hit,and
Stumptownis noexception––evenif American
networkABCchangedthingsupa bit.Viewers
aroundtheworldhavebeenobsessingoverthe
newshow,whichis basedonthecomicbook
seriesofthesamenameandseesHowI Met
YourMother’sCobieSmuldersstarasDexParios,
a Marineveteranwhonowworksasa private
investigator.OntopofthecasessheworksonDax
alsohasherhandsfullwithcaringforherbrother,
battlingPTSDfroma tourofdutyandgrappling
withsomeseriousself-destructivebehaviour.
“[With]Dex...youwanttochoosesomethingthat
you’renevergoingtobeboredwith,that’sgoing
tobechallenging...a characterthatyouwantto
livewithfora while.AndI justfellinlovewith
[her],”saysCobie. “Andtherearecertainlyaspects
of[Robin]Scherbatsky[herHIMYMcharacter]in
there,butit is a departure.Certainlygoingfroma
multicambacktonowa singlecam,that’sa very
differentprocess.It’sa differentbeast.Butit was
moreaboutfindingsomethingthatI thinkwould
alwaysbechallengingandalwaysinterestingand
funtoplayratherthanfindingsomethinga polar
oppositeora genrethatI reallyloved.I justwantto
beherfora while.”
AsinthecomicsDexis bisexualandthatwillbe
exploredonscreenaswell.
“She’stoughandsmart,butshe’sbroken,andshe’s
justtryingtogetthroughtheday,”Cobiesays,
addingthatthisis a rolereallyshe’sreallyproudof.FOR MOREENTERTAINMENTGO TOPEOPLEMAGAZINE.CO.ZA
MAYIMBIALIKANDJIMPARSONSJOIN
FORCESAGAINONNEWSERIESCARLA
BIGBANGTHEORYYfanswillhavetheir
favouritecouplereunitedforTV‒sortof.
Thecurtainsclosedon‘SheldonCooper’and
‘AmyFarrah-Fowler’afterBigBang’s 12th
andfinalseriesthisyear,butMayimBialik
hasfoundhernextgig– a seriestitledCarla- withformerco-starJimParsonstakinga
morebehind-the-scenesroleasexecutive
producer.Carlais basedonthebelovedUK
seriesMirandaandseesBialikstaras39-year-
oldCarla,a womanwhohasspentthemoney
herparentssetasideforherweddingtoopen
a catcaféinLouisville,Kentuckyasshehopes
toprovetohermotherthatonetrulycan
haveanythingonewantsinlife.The series is
expected to premiere in 2020.
MR ROBOT
PROMISES
A THRILLING
SERIES FINALE
RAMIMALEKhasbecomea
HollywoodA-Listerthanksto
hisperformanceasFreddie
MercuryinBohemian
Rhapsodyandhiscasting
astheBondvillaininthe
upcoming 007 filmNoTimeTo
Die, whichis settobereleased
nextyear,buthe’llbackgoing
backtohistelevisionrootsfor
Mr.Robot, theshowthatfirst
puthimonthemap,inthe
series’fourthandfinalseason.
“Tohavethisresponseover
thelastfewyearsandhave
[theseries]catapultintoa wholenewthresholdis astonishing,”
MaleksaidattherecentHollywoodpremiere.Meanwhile,
creatorSamEsmailsaysthattheshowis gettingtheepicfinale it
deserves.
“It’skindofsurrealbecauseI startedthisasa film,andso
knowingtheendingalltheseyearsandbeingabletoactually
finishit asa televisionseriesacrossfourseasons,it’spretty
amazing,prettyremarkableandprettysurreal,”Esmailsaid.“I’m
pitchingmyself.It’sgoingtobean extremely fulfilling finale –
that you can be assured of.”59