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Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan on Their ‘Freaky Friday’ Reunion (Exclusive)
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NEED TO KNOW
- Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, who first worked together on Freaky Friday in 2003, have reunited for the highly anticipated sequel Freakier Friday
- The women, who have stayed close through the years, open up about their unbreakable bond in a new PEOPLE cover story
- “I have to feel safe around people. And Jamie is one of those people for me,” says Lohan
On a vast soundstage on the Disney lot in Burbank, Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan are experiencing a little déjà vu.
It’s the day after they wrapped shooting on the long-awaited sequel Freakier Friday, in theaters Aug. 8, and the two have come back to work one final day for their PEOPLE cover shoot. But in keeping with the mysticism of the body-swapping 1972 book by Mary Rodgers, which spawned Curtis and Lohan’s hit 2003 adaptation Freaky Friday (Jodie Foster had her 1976 version too), there is some woo-woo happening.
“It’s so weird,” Lohan says as she enters the hangar-size space. “It just hit me. This is where we came for our makeup test on the first movie.” Curtis adds, “It feels like home.”
Lohan nods. “Life is so full circle sometimes.”
Of course, Curtis and Lohan were both reared on Hollywood soundstages such as this one. The former, a child of screen idols Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, who found early fame in the Halloween franchise and is enjoying a recent Oscar-and-Emmy-winning renaissance in films and television. New York-born Lohan grew up right here at Disney, with Lohan’s first film being a different remake, The Parent Trap. Lohan’s first words to Curtis when they met to shoot Freaky Friday in the early 2000s: “Hi Mom.”
And two decades later, the maternal vibes remain. Lohan says they never left. “Jamie was with me at a time in my life when I was going through a lot publicly,” she says. “She was privately really there for me. I can trust her.”
PEOPLE rejoined Curtis, 66, and Lohan, 39, this spring, just before they promoted Freakier Friday at CinemaCon in Las Vegas. In a dressing room deep beneath Caesars Palace, as Lohan shows Curtis video of her 2-year-old son Luai (whom she’s raising with her husband, Bader Shammas, between the U.S. and Dubai) starting to talk, they really do sound like a mother and daughter. Here, part of the conversation from this week’s PEOPLE cover story, on newsstands Friday.
Fans have been waiting for this reunion for a long time. What took so long to get back together?
JAMIE LEE CURTIS: Well, Lindsay and I have been in each other’s lives since we made that movie. That is first and foremost.
LINDSAY LOHAN: It’s the most important thing, I think.
CURTIS: And everybody I’ve ever spoken to has asked, “Will there be a Freaky Friday sequel?” When I went all around the world for Halloween Ends in 2022, every stop, they asked. And the answer was “Lindsay has to be old enough to have had a teenager.” So then obviously Lindsay had this beautiful baby. She came and visited me, brought the baby. At this moment we started really seriously talking about it.
Of course, Lindsay, your son Luai is only 2. But this being the Freaky universe, there are some real parallels with your lives.
LOHAN: When we started shooting the original, I was 15, about to turn 16.
CURTIS: And I had a 15-year-old daughter at home. And now Julia [Butters, who plays Lindsay’s daughter in the film] is 16. It’s so wild.
The first film came out in 2003. Lindsay, you were 17; Jamie, you were 44. Can
we compare your offscreen lives between now and then?
LOHAN: I’m at ease in my life because I’ve lived, I feel like, such a long life at such a young age. I feel wiser now and very settled. I’ve become such a positive person. It annoys my husband sometimes. He’s like, “You have to see the real s—.” I don’t have to, though! I’m going to think of the positive side.
CURTIS: And I’m telling you, this girl focuses at work. She’s absolutely spot-on, but the minute they say, “Okay, you have five minutes,” she’s like, “Wanna see the baby cam?” We’re both comfortable in our own skin. And in my life, in all of the great ways that being old and sober and having let go of all my vanity, or much of it . . . I have really been able to just let it rip in my work for, now, the last five, six years.
It’s apparent that there would be no Freakier Friday if not for your friendship.
CURTIS: I know I can trust her. I can’t say that about a lot of people. I do know that if I tell her something, it’s gonna stay with her. We’ve both been through hard things, ’cause we’re alive and life is hard. And we’re not dead yet. So the truth of our experience together, it belies all of the kind of showbizzy stuff. We connected, and we really stayed connected. And that is special and rare for me.
LOHAN: “Safe” is a very important word to me. I have to feel safe around people. And Jamie is one of those people for me. Like, I feel very safe with you. I feel safe telling you things. So it’s—I know you said “trust,” but for me it’s “safe.”
CURTIS: And I’m sure I drive you insane. I talk too much.
LOHAN: But that’s what my mom does too.
CURTIS: So Lindsay Lohan, 20 years from now, Freakiest Friday? You in?
LOHAN: I’m in.
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‘Hunger Games’ actor arrested for assault with a deadly weapon, intent to kill

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The actor, who portrayed the District 4 male tribute in the 2012 movie, was taken into custody after allegedly attacking the men with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun in Raleigh, North Carolina, TMZ reported Tuesday.
The alleged victim’s names weren’t revealed and were instead listed as E.F., J.M., and K.W.
According to Jamieson’s arrest report, he was previously arrested for allegedly “resisting a public officer” while in Raleigh in March 2025, per Us Weekly.
He was sentenced for the offense on March 26, according to People.
Jamieson, 27, got his start in the limelight when he scored a guest role in “One Tree Hill” in 2009.
He then starred in the 2010 movie “The Rusty Bucket Kids: Lincoln, Journey to 16” as Ethan.
Jamieson’s last role was in a 2013 episode of “Justified” as Milo Truth.
The actor previously gushed over filming “The Hunger Games” alongside Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson.
“I knew that the books were popular, but I didn’t know that the movie was going to be so big,” he told Lancaster Online when the movie was released in 2012.
However, Jamieson admitted that he didn’t want to be a full-time actor and wanted to be a “normal person.”
That same month, he recalled working on the Gary Ross-directed set, telling Clevver TV, “There are a lot of good things [about production], but pulling pranks on each other was pretty fun.”
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Katy Perry is being investigated by Australian officials over Ruby Rose’s bombshell sexual assault allegation.
“Melbourne Sexual Offenses and Child Abuse Investigation Team detectives are investigating a historical sexual assault that occurred in Melbourne in 2010,” Acting Sergeant Paul Hogan of Victoria Police said in a statement Tuesday.
“Police have been told the incident occurred at a licensed premises in Melbourne’s Central Business District.”
Earlier that same day, Rose wrote via Threads that she had “finalized all reports” about Perry, 41, allegedly “pull[ing] her underwear to the side and rubb[ing] her disgusting vagina on [the actress’] face” at the Spice Market nightclub nearly 20 years ago.
“This means I am no longer able to comment, repost, or talk publicly about any of those cases, or the individuals involved,” the 40-year-old noted. “It’s going to look like I am ignoring everything from supportive messages, to other people’s experiences, but I’m not.”
The “Orange Is the New Black” alum added, “This is a standard request from the police and in many ways, quite the relief.”
Rose explained that she plans to “start the healing process” and “move forward.”
Perry’s rep did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.
After Rose went viral for accusing the pop star of sexual assault over the weekend, Perry’s rep dubbed the allegations “categorically false” and “reckless lies.”
On Monday, the songwriter’s spokesperson said, “Ms. Rose has a well-documented history of making serious public allegations on social media against various individuals, claims that have repeatedly been denied by those named.”
Perry shared a powerful message via Instagram Stories the following day, sharing her 2013 song “Grace of God.”
The lyrics, notably, center around the ability “to rise above” during hard times — and feature a line about how “the truth will set you free.”
Rose claimed on Sunday to have “photos” and “multiple” witnesses to back up her accusation.
The “Batwoman” star, who said she “threw up” on Perry after the alleged incident, added, “I told the story publicly but changed it to be a ‘funny little drunk story’ because I didn’t know how else to handle it.”
“Later [Perry] agreed to help me get my US visa. So I kept it a secret,” she continued.
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-330-0226.
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“If we’re just being honest this explanation really makes zero sense. I don’t think anybody should lose their job over alleged canoodling but this statement makes it seem like there was definitely canoodling happening,” the Barstool Sports founder wrote via X Tuesday.
“An innocent canoodler would prob welcome a thorough investigation to prove their innocence and exonerate themselves right? This screams guilty canoodler to me.”
Russini’s resignation letter, addressed to Athletic Executive Editor Steven Ginsberg and sent Tuesday afternoon, comes days after Page Six published photos of her at a luxury hotel with New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel.
Portnoy first weighed in on the bombshell snaps on Monday, speculating that “something beyond a friendship was happening” between Russini and Vrabel — who are both married to other people.
“They’re both married with kids. So, in that respect, very sad story,” Portnoy, 49, said during his “Wake Up Barstool” sports talk show, claiming that it is nothing but a “personal issue” for the NFL coach.
For Russini, Portnoy admitted it got “dicey” because “you cannot cross the line with your sources.”
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“So maybe she crossed a work line, which will cause her to be terminated. Now she’s not dealing with nuclear codes. She’s not dealing with politicians. It’s football,” he explained.
Russini had been at the Athletic since 2023 and had the title of Senior NFL Insider.
In her resignation letter, the journalist said her decision to resign is because “commentators in various media have engaged in self-feeding speculation that is simply unmoored from the facts,” and she wants to stop more damage surrounding the situation.
After her bombshell statement, Ginsberg confirmed Russini’s resignation in a memo to the Athletic staff, noting that “additional information emerged” and “new questions were raised that became part of our investigation.”
Last week, Page Six exclusively obtained photos of Russini and Vrabel holding hands and hugging at the Ambiente in Sedona on March 28.
An eyewitness us that the pair had breakfast on the patio of the hotel restaurant around 10:30 a.m. on March 28 before spending a leisurely hour or so together at the pool and lounging side-by-side in a hot tub.
After the photos surfaced, the Athletic, which the New York Times obtained in 2022, sidelined Russini and launched an investigation into the matter.
Both Vrabel, 50, and Russini, 43, addressed the photos in statements to Page Six.
“These photos show a completely innocent interaction and any suggestion otherwise is laughable. This doesn’t deserve any further response,” Vrabel told us.
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