Deschanel, who can now be seen performing opposite Daredevil: Born Again’s Charlie Cox in the 2025 movie release Merv (which can be streamed with a Prime Video subscription) gave her Die Hard take ...

Zooey Deschanel recalls originally losing her 'Elf' role to Katie Holmes. Kristina Bumphrey/PMC/New Line/Courtesy Everett Collection Although Zooey Deschanel broke through with her romantic leading ...

Buddy almost had a different Jovie. Zooey Deschanel revealed that she originally was not cast as Will Ferrell’s love interest in the beloved holiday hit “Elf.” Instead, Katie Holmes was offered the ...

The 'New Girl' star reminisced about her engagement at Edinburgh Castle in August 2023 on Call Her Daddy Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024.

Actress and singerZooey Deschanel is sharing details about her first date with her fiancé, HGTV star Jonathan Scott. In the December 17 episode of Call Her Daddy, Deschanel noted that she and Scott ...

Zooey Deschanel and Jonathan Scott have been engaged since 2023. Here's the awkward first date moment that almost made Deschanel give up on their romance. In December 2025, Deschanel went on the Call ...

Zooey Deschanel owes one of her first big breaks to a Hollywood superstar passing on the female lead role in Elf. Originally, Deschanel’s character Jovie was meant for a more well-known actor. But, ...

Zooey Deschanel revealed during an interview on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast that she was offered the female lead in Jon Favreau’s 2003 Christmas movie classic “Elf” only after Katie Holmes dropped ...

Zooey Deschanel is taking a look back at the beginning of her romance with now-fiancé, Jonathan Scott. "I was going through a divorce that was kind of under wraps because we were ... for our kids, we ...

There is no bad blood between Zooey Deschanel and her ex-husband Jacob Pechenik. “It’s awesome because my kids’ dad is a great dad,” Deschanel, 45, said during an interview on the “Call Her Daddy” ...

"New Girl" stars Zooey Deschanel, Lamorne Morris and more are sharing tributes for actor and director Rob Reiner. Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer, were found dead Dec. 14 in their California home, ...