Celebrity Extra: Matt Dillon
By Dana Jackson
Q: What ever happened to Matt Dillion? He's always been one of my favorite actors, but his career seems to have slowed down in recent years. -- L.P.
A: The now 61-year-old actor Matt Dillon first came on the Hollywood scene as a teen heartthrob in movies like "My Bodyguard" and "The Outsiders." He graduated into more mature roles and, along with it, earned critical acclaim for "Drugstore Cowboy" and "The Saint of Fort Washington." His good looks combined with his wide range of talent in both comedy and drama made him the Brad Pitt of the '80s and '90s.
Matt Dillon ("Asteroid City"). Photo Credit: Depositphotos
His biggest hit was the hilarious comedy "There's Something About Mary," but just a few short years later, he'd earn his first Oscar nomination playing a racist cop in the Oscar-winning film "Crash." This was 20 years ago, and he's been acting steadily since but in projects that aren't very memorable.
He did appear in Wes Anderson's "Asteroid City" in 2023, but his subsequent projects weren't exactly lighting up critics. Hopefully he'll bounce back soon, but perhaps he's happy about not being swarmed by paparazzi and creating indie films at his own pace.
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Q: When is "Outlander" coming back? Is it the last season, or will there be more? -- E.B.
A: The final season of "Outlander," which is based on the series of novels by Diana Gabaldon, recently released the trailer for its upcoming season, but fans will have to wait until early 2026 for the new episodes. In the preview, Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie (Sam Heughan) are approached by a mysterious person. Their identity isn't revealed, of course, but judging by Claire's shocked face, the man is the last person she expected (to see alive?).
Since the time-traveling series debuted on Starz, each of its seven seasons has told a story from each of Gabaldon's books. However, she's now working on her 10th novel of the series. So, this final season could include not only content from her eighth book ("Written in My Own Heart's Blood") but also her ninth ("Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone").
According to TVLine, "one plot that is not in the novels but will be addressed at the top of the final season" involves the season seven finale cliffhanger of "whether Claire and Jamie's daughter, Faith, somehow survived what we thought was her stillbirth in season two."
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Q: Is the actress who starred in "iCarly" in a new reality show about Paris, Texas? It looks a lot like her. -- D.S.
A: Yes, that's Miranda Cosgrove in Netflix's "The Wrong Paris." But it's not a reality show; it's a comedy film about such a show. Cosgrove, who portrayed the titular character in Nickelodeon's "iCarly" (2007-2012) and the subsequent reboot on Paramount+, plays Dawn, a 25-year-old artist who joins a dating show in Paris only to realize it's the small town in Texas and not "the City of Love."
Cosgrove also recently told Entertainment Weekly that an "iCarly" movie is in the works, which should wrap up the cliffhanger from the end of the third season of the reboot.
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