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Steven Spielberg has maintained a close relationship with Drew Barrymore since she starred in E.T in 1982

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• He joked that he "kind of adopted" the actress, who is his goddaughter

• "I remember after making E.T., there was something about that, for me, I didn't want those kids to go home," the director said at SXSW's The Big Picture keynote on Friday, March 13

Steven Spielberghas been the driving force behind some of the biggest films. Now, he's reflecting on how his work has influenced his personal life.

During the Keynote: The Big Picture with Steven Spielberg event at the Hilton Austin Downtown Grand Ballroom on Friday, March 13, the acclaimed director told the SXSW crowd about howE.T.specifically brought him a major revelation.

"E.T.made me want to have kids," said Spielberg, 79. "And I remember after makingE.T., there was something about that, for me, I didn't want those kids to go home."

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"Drew Barrymorenever really went home," he joked. "I kind of adopted Drew, and helped co-parent her... right up until last week, when we were on a text together, you know? I'm still very much connected to Drew's life.  But I love those kids."

Barrymore, 51, famously launched her career after playing the younger sister, Gertie Taylor, in the 1982 film. Gertie, along with her brothers Elliott (Henry Thomas) and Michael (Robert MacNaughton), move the adorable alien E.T. into their family home — and do their best to protect the creature from the government that's hunting him.

While attending theTCM Classic Film Festival at 92NYin New York City on Jan. 25, Spielberg spoke about Barrymore improvising during filming. "The camera was rolling and Drew said, 'I don't like his feet.' We used it," he recalled, adding, "Drew made up a lot of her own dialogue because she was irrepressible."

Spielberg also spoke about parenting during his appearance at the N.Y.C. festival. "I didn't want to have kids because it was not a kind of equation that made sense for me as I was going from movie to movie to movie, script to script," he said.

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"And I started thinking, 'Well, maybe this could be my real life someday.' It was the first time that it occurred to me that maybe I could be a dad," he added. "And maybe in a way, a director is a dad, or a mom."

Based on the movie's success, Barrymore became the youngest person to guest-hostSaturday Night Liveat just 7 years old. She maintained a close relationship with Spielberg over the years, as he was her godfather.

During her turbulent period as a teenager and in her early twenties, she posed for the 1995 cover ofPlayboyaround her 20th birthday. After Spielberg saw the cover, he sent her a quilt with a message that said: "Cover up!"

She recounted the story onThe Drew Barrymore Showfor her 46th birthday in 2021. She told her guest,Savannah Guthrie, that he was "the first person I knew cared," and Spielberg then made a surprise appearance.

"Oh, Drewface, I still care about you," Spielberg told her. "I've always cared about you ever since the first time this little blonde hurricane walked into an audition in my office and took us by storm, and then took the entire world by storm. That was you then, and that is you today."

"I always thought every time I was doing something good or right, I would always think about how you would think or feel about it because I loved making you proud. I lived to make you proud," she emotionally replied.

Barrymore also honoredE.T.for the film's 40th anniversary in 2022 by bringing her former costars Thomas, 54, MacNaughton, 59, andDee Wallaceonto her talk show for a sweet reunion. "I believed E.T. was real," she told them.

"I really loved [E.T.] in such a profound way,"Barrymoreadded. "I would go and take lunch to him."

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Plenty of celebrities have a famous doppelgänger—andElijah Woodis no exception.

Through the years,TheLord of the Ringsactor, 45, has admittedly been confused for fellow actorDaniel Radcliffeand while it may bother some stars to be incorrectly identified, the pair have never been fazed by the comparisons. In fact, they've each had a little bit of fun with the mix ups.

During an appearance onThe Drew Barrymore ShowonFriday(March 20), Wood was shown a clip of Radcliffe admitting that he had signed autographs that were meant for the other actor.

Thankfully, Wood found the whole thing "so funny," adding that people come up to him thinking he's Radcliffe "all the time."

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As for why Wood thinks that people confuse him for Radcliffe, he explained that it goes beyond their similar facial features. Instead, Wood says he has theorized that people mix them up because their franchises,Harry PotterandThe Lord of the Rings, were box office hits around the same time.

"I think it's because those two film franchises came out around the same time," Wood shared.

Radcliffe has also reflected on the confusion, admitting that he felt bad about it at times considering the comparisons began when he was just a preteen and Wood was in his 20s.

"I really like him and felt so bad that we have been mixed up so much because also I was getting it when, at the start ofPotterwhenLord of the Ringswas coming out, he was, you know, a man in his 20s. I was 12 or 13," Radcliffetold CBR. "A 13 year old doesn't mind getting mistaken for a man in his 20s. I can only imagine it would have been very annoying for a 20 year old to be mistaken for a child."

He continued, "He's very, very gracious and always, you know, I feel like we've got very similar outlooks on our careers and that we just do what we like. He's a very nice person to get mistaken for as well. He's got a lovely reputation and he's done lovely, great films."

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Bruce Willis and Emma Heming Willis celebrated their 17th wedding anniversary on March 21

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• Emma marked the occasion with a sentimental Instagram post, sharing a photo from when the couple tied the knot in Turks and Caicos in 2009

• "I was made to love him," Emma wrote in a social media tribute to her actor husband

Bruce WillisandEmma Heming Willisare celebrating 17 years of marriage.

Emma, 49, marked the occasion with a sentimentalInstagram poston Saturday, March 21.

Sharing a photo from when the coupletied the knot in Turks and Caicosin 2009, she wrote in her caption, "I was made to love him."

"17 years," Emma continued, adding an emoji of a ring and a white heart.

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Emma and Bruce, 71, first met in 2007, and they wed two years later. The couple sharestwo childrentogether: daughterMabel Ray, born in April 2012, and daughterEvelyn Penn, born in May 2014.

Bruce is also a dad to three other daughters —Rumer Willis,Scout WillisandTallulah Willis— whom he shares with ex-wifeDemi Moore.

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Bruceretired from actingin 2022, after he wasdiagnosed with aphasiathat has sinceprogressed to frontotemporal dementia (FTD).

Emma has been candid about her role as a caregiver since. She opened up about navigating the transition in aPEOPLE cover storylast year, stating, "Early on, I was very isolated, and it felt like what was happening was only happening to us. Over time, I realized it would be beneficial to talk about it and raise awareness so people get to the doctor sooner, can be diagnosed sooner, get into clinical trials."

Earlier this week,Emma marked Bruce's 71st birthdayby posting a photo of theDie Hardstar sitting by the water. "Today we celebrate Bruce's birthday. 💙" Emma began her Instagram post's caption.

The activist then used the occasion to help raise money for her newly announced charity,The Emma & Bruce Willis Fund. "This journey with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) has opened my eyes to the realities so many families face," Emma wrote. "It's what inspired me to create The Emma & Bruce Willis Fund to raise awareness of FTD, support research, and stand beside the caregivers who carry so much every day."

She also encouraged her husband's fans to show their support on his birthday through philanthropy.

"If you'd like to honor Bruce today, please consider supporting the fund or another organization working in this space, or simply checking in on a caregiver — a small act of kindness that can mean so much. 💙" Emma said.

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Two skiers died and five others were injured on Saturday when an avalanche rumbled down on them in the Italian Alps, in the Trentino-Alto Adige region, the mountain rescue service said.

The service's operation centre received an alert around midday that a dozen skiers were caught up in the avalanche, a spokesman said.

"Six helicopters were dispatched," and nearby hospitals were notified, he said.

The avalanche happened at an altitude of around 7,874 feet on the slopes of the 8,757-foot Hohe Ferse near the town of Ratschings, close to the border with Austria, the Associated Press reported.

Dozens of rescue personnel, as well as firemen and law enforcement, participate in the search-and-rescue effort.

A total of 25 skiers were on the mountainside where the avalanche occurred, but most had escaped the brunt of the slide of snow, rocks and ice.

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A few days ago, in the same region, a Polish man was killed by an avalanche.

The avalanche warning given for the region on Saturday evaluated the danger as between low and moderate.

Europe has been hit by a string of avalanches this winter. Last month, at leastfive people, including an American, were killed in a string of avalanches in western Austria. Threeavalanchesacross Austria killed eight skiers in Jan., authorities said. Six skiersdiedin France after being caught in avalanches in various Alpine resorts.

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ATLANTA (AP) — Regardless of politics or destination, American air travelers were unified by one desire Saturday: It's time to pay Transportation Security Administration employees.

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"Everybody got bills they have to pay, and it's horrible," said Patrice Clark, whose trip to Las Vegas began Saturday with a nearly four-hourwait in a security lineat Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. "Times are hard for everybody at this point. Working and not getting paid and gas prices are extremely high — like everybody needs their money. They need to pay them."

TSA officers haven't gotten a paycheck since the U.S.Department of Homeland Securitypartly shut down on Feb. 14. Democrats balked at funding the agency, while other departments are unaffected, demanding changes to immigration enforcement by federal agents following the shooting deaths ofAlex PrettiandRenee Goodin Minneapolis.

Some travelers arrive 4 hours early

Christian Childress is a private flight attendant, so when he is working, he doesn'twait in TSA lines. But the Redwood City, California, resident frequently goes through a checkpoint when flying commercial to get to his job.

Childress said shutdown effects have been "hit or miss" thus far. He came to the Atlanta airport nearly three hours before his 1:30 p.m. Saturday flight to Nashville, Tennessee, for a leisure trip. Some passengers have been arriving even earlier in Atlanta — one of the world's busiest airports — spooked about missing flights because of delays.

"Issue No. 1 should be paying the people who need to get paid and keeping our air travel system secure," Childress said. "Then they can debate whatever they want to debate about homeland security."

Some passengers said it is time for Democrats to give up on the shutdown.

"I don't want to go between the Democrats and the Republicans, but I think the Democrats are holding everything up because they can't get their way," said Tyrone Williams, a retiree from the Atlanta suburb of Ellenwood. He was queued up for screening before his flight to Philadelphia on Saturday.

Atlanta's checkpoint wait time spiked as high as 90 minutes on Saturday morning before melting away to nothing in the afternoon on what is typically one of the slowest days of the week for air travel.Staffing shortageshave forced some airports to close checkpoints at times, withwait times swinging dramatically.

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Concerns about long airport lines are increasingly capturing attention.

President Donald Trump said Saturday he willorder federal immigration officersto take a role in airport security starting Monday unless Democrats agree to fund the Department of Homeland Security.

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The president said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents would bring the administration's immigration crackdown into the nation's airports, arresting "all Illegal Immigrants" with a focus on those from Somalia.

"I look forward to moving ICE in on Monday, and have already told them to, "GET READY." NO MORE WAITING, NO MORE GAMES!" Trump wrote.

Funding for the whole department failed to advance in the Senate on Friday after Democrats declined to support a bill. On Saturday, in a rare weekend session, the Senate rejected a motion by Democrats to take up legislation to fund TSA. Republicans argue that they need to fund all of the department, not just parts.

Travelers 'grateful' for unpaid TSA workers

The vast majority ofemployees at TSAare considered essential, and roughly 50,000 continue to work without pay during the funding lapse. Nationwide on Thursday, about 10% of TSA officers missed work, the department reported. Absentee rates were two or three times higher in places.

Merissa Thomas arrived in Las Vegas on Saturday after a quick trip through a checkpoint at Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C.

"I'm so grateful for people who are willing to sacrifice a lot to make sure we're safe," Thomas said.

Union leaders and federal officials say TSA officers areunder financial pressure. Airport screeners have spent nearly half of the past 171 days with paychecks delayed by politics — 43 days last fall during the longestgovernment shutdownin history, four days earlier this year during a brief funding lapse, and now 36 days and counting during the current shutdown.

At least 376 officers have quit since this shutdown began, according to officials, exacerbating turnover at an agency that historically has had some of the U.S. government's highest attrition and lowest employee morale.

"From now on I would drive wherever I have to go until they get this figured out," said Clark, the delayed traveler. "It was horrible."

Associated Press writers Collin Binkley in West Palm Beach, Florida, Ty O'Neil in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Mary Clare Jalonick in Washington contributed.

Replying to a friend's message, ordering a pizza or hailing a ride on your handheld device may seem like simple tasks in a fully wired 21st-century city like Moscow. But residents of the Russian capital are finding that their smartphones have been dumbed down amid an unprecedented shutdown of the mobile internet.

Russia has long operated somedigital censorship, banning social media apps like Facebook and Instagram. But since early March, Moscow has experienced internet and mobile service outages on a level previously unseen. Residents of the capital – a city of 13 million people – complain they cannot navigate around the center or use their favorite mobile apps. The interruptions appear to have had a knock-on effect of making it more difficult to make voice calls or send an SMS. Some are panic-buying walkie-talkies, paper maps, and even pagers.

The latest shutdown builds on similar efforts around the country. For months, mobile internet service interruptions have hit Russia's regions, particularly in provinces borderingUkraine, which has staged incursions and launched strikes inside Russian territory to counter Russia's full-scale invasion. Some regions have reported not having any mobile internet since summer.

But the most recent outages have hit the country's main centers of wealth and power: Moscow and Russia's second city, St. Petersburg. Public officials claim the blackout of mobile internet service in the capital and other regions is part of a security effort to counter "increasingly sophisticated methods" of Ukrainian attack.

Unlike in Iran, where authorities have imposed a sweeping blackout, the internet is not completely curtailed in Russia. In the capital and elsewhere, Russians can access it via Wi-Fi. Some Russians have responded with viral internet humor: social media is flooded with jokes and memes about sending letters by carrier pigeons or using smartphones as ping-pong paddles. But the service interruptions have also had serious real-life consequences.

"It feels like the ground is being pulled out from under our feet," said Svetlana, a resident of suburban Moscow who relies on a continuous stream of data to monitor the blood sugar levels of her diabetic 8-year-old son, Vanya. She uses the messaging app Telegram to send him detailed instructions on the required insulin dosage.

"This internet restriction seems so illogical," said Svetlana, who asked that her last name not be used for privacy reasons. "For years – not even years, but decades – we were told that the internet and digitalization were so cool and so important, that everything should be online, that we had e-government services, that everything was becoming electronic… And then suddenly, everything we had built, everything we had been encouraged to rely on, is restricted… No one understands why or for what purpose."

Theories over shutdowns

Speculation centers on whether the authorities are testing their ability to clamp down on public protest in the case there's an effort to reintroduce unpopular mobilization measures to find fresh manpower for the war in Ukraine; whether mobile internet outages may precede a more sweeping digital blackout; or if the new restrictions reflect an atmosphere of heightened fear and paranoia inside the Kremlin as it watches US-led regime- change efforts unfold against Russian allies such as Venezuela and Iran.

In areportpublished days before the mobile internet outages hit Moscow, the US-based think tank Institute for the Study of War touched on several theories about the monthslong push for more digital restrictions.

"The Kremlin may be accelerating its internet censorship campaign now in order to preempt domestic backlash and insulate the regime ahead of future decisions that are likely to be unpopular at home," the study said.

"The internet censorship campaign, if successful, could minimize the risk of noteworthy demonstrations or the formation of new civil society groups outside the Kremlin's control."

Rather than a single nationwide blackout, Russia appears to be moving toward a model of targeted, recurring, local disruptions and service degradation, according to Mikhail Klimarev, a Russian internet freedom expert and head of the Internet Protection Society.

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The sectors hit hardest by restrictions are those that depend on e-commerce, such as courier services, taxis and retail outlets, he said.

On Wednesday, Russian mobile providers sent notifications that there would be "temporary restrictions" on mobile internet in ⁠parts of Moscow for security reasons, Russian state news agency RIA-Novostireported.

The measures will last "for as long as additional measures are needed to ensure the safety of our citizens," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on March 11.

Growing unease

The potential cost to business may be high. Less than one week's mobile internet shutdown in Moscow may have cost businesses an estimated 3–5 billion rubles ($34.8 million - $58 million,accordingto the business daily Kommersant.

Some Muscovites expressed a sense of despair. Leonid, a 34-year-old IT sales manager living in Moscow whose name CNN has changed over safety concerns, described a growing sense of unease at the restrictions and said they undermined his ability to work.

"We understand that, if they (the authorities) really manage to block both VPN (virtual private network) and Telegram, then we'll have to leave the country, and I don't know for how long," he said.

As well as banning many social media platforms, Russia blocks calling features on messenger apps such as WhatsApp and Telegram. Roskomnadzor, the country's communications regulator, has introduced a "white list" of approved apps, though Klimarev said the selection process was opaque. Russia has also tested what it calls the "sovereign internet," a network that iseffectively firewalledfrom the rest of the world.

The disruptions are fueling broader concerns about tightening state control. In parallel with the internet shutdown, the Kremlin has also been pushing to impose astate-controlled messaging app called Maxas the country's main portal for state services, payments and everyday communication.

There has been speculation the Kremlin may be planning to ban Telegram, Russia's most widely used messaging app, entirely. Roskomnadzor said that it was restricting Telegram for allegedly failing to comply with Russian laws.

"Russia has opened a criminal case against me for 'aiding terrorism,'" Telegram's Russian-born founder Pavel Durov said on X last month. "Each day, the authorities fabricate new pretexts to restrict Russians' access to Telegram as they seek to suppress the right to privacy and free speech. A sad spectacle of a state afraid of its own people."

Internet freedom expert Klimarev said the Russian government in theory had the technical ability to wall off its internet or shut it down. He speculated that a number of triggers could prompt a full internet shutdown, such as a major escalation in the Ukraine war or an economic collapse.

"In any situation when they (the authorities) perceive some kind of danger for themselves and accept the belief that the internet is dangerous for them, even if it may not be true, they will shut it down," he said. "Just like in Iran."

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Aden Holloway's phone allegedly contained "drug transactions" prior to his Monday arrest on a felony drug charge, but attorneys for the Alabama guard say the 21-year-old's constitutional rights were violated when police searched his home,according to an ESPN report.

Holloway wasarrested Monday following that search. He was charged with first-degree possession of marijuana and failure to affix a tax stamp.

The2.1 pounds of marijuana allegedly found at Holloway's apartment is significant,as any amount 2.2 pounds or higher is considered enough to warrant a drug-trafficking charge in Alabama.

Holloway, a junior, was removed from campus and was not with his Crimson Tide teammates in Tampa, Florida, for their90-70 first-round winover Hofstra in theNCAA tournamentonFriday.

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According to charging documents, the West Alabama Narcotics Task Force found the "drug transactions" on Holloway's phone after seizing $400 located in a jacket. Holloway said he got the marijuana out of state for personal use.

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"The money is being seized due to seeing drug transactions on Holloway's phone, with people texting that they were going to get up with him after the season," said a complaintfiled by prosecutors on Friday."Holloway had smaller denominations in his possession which is indicative of narcotic sales. The marijuana was in separate packing, from plastic bags to prepackaged marijuana to vacuum sealed bags."

A "trash pull" conducted by police at Holloway's apartment found marijuana and marijuana paraphernalia inside containers with the Alabama star's name on them in garbage bags. According to police, the garbage was pulled following unspecified "complaints."

The pulling of trash violated Holloway's constitutional rights, according to his attorney, Jason Neff, who added he will seek to have what police found in Holloway's apartment disallowed as the legal process moves forward.

"In review of the probable cause [search warrant], once this case moves forward, we would challenge the basis of the search with a motion to suppress evidence for the violation of his Fourth Amendment [rights],"Neff told ESPN.

The Fourth Amendment protects citizens against "unreasonable searches and seizures."

Neff also said that he is looking to meet with Alabama school officials next week in hopes of overturning the ban on Holloway attending classes, which could potentially allow him to suit up again for the Crimson Tide should they reachnext weekend's Sweet 16.

What's next for Holloway?

Alabama coach Nate Oats said before the Hofstra game that he still supports Holloway.

"I've got three daughters; they've made mistakes," Oats said. "You don't disappear on them when they need your help. I won't be disappearing on him. I talked to him yesterday morning on the phone and the night before that. I've talked to him every day. I'm going to continue to talk to him, love him, help him through this, and we'll see where it all takes him."

First-degree possession of marijuana in Alabama is a Class C felony in the state. If Holloway is convicted, he could face up to 10 years in a state penitentiary and up to a $15,000 fine. He could also receive a six-month driver's license suspension and have to take mandatory drug-awareness classes, perPolson law firm.

Holloway was bonded out of Tuscaloosa County jail early Monday morning. His bond was set at $5,000.