Jamie Lee Curtis at a special screening of "Ella McCay" in New York City on Dec. 2, 2025. BFA.com / BACKGRID

Screen queen reigns again

The newest newie movie “Ella McCay” stars Jamie Lee Curtis playing the backbone who tells her brother’s wife to leave him. Real friends say that’s this Oscar winner in real life — protective, observant, a caretaker for everyone.

Not having seen one another in years, we first told the other how great we looked. That over, we discussed the film’s scenes of changing people’s lives. So how heavy was her own experience in telling her real parents Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis she wanted to be an actress?

“Please. I had no Hollywood-style growing up. I grew up in a normal way. I had a child’s normal life. I was raised on the same ground as the donkey. To

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