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The Lord of the Rings stars are reuniting!

As part of Josh Gad‘s Reunited Apart, costars Sean Astin, Elijah Wood, Orlando Bloom, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd and Sir Ian McKellen came together for a great cause while catching up.

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Together, the cast happily recalled stories from the set of the film franchise, with lots of laughter and memories.

The stream was in support of No Kid Hungry.

“We all know the implications of COVID-19 are far reaching, but we may not realize how school closures and economic stressors are significantly increasing childhood hunger rates in the U.S. The problem is two-fold as new financial strains make it harder for families to provide meals for their kids and food access programs that previously provided in-school meals need to quickly shift the way they operate. To help address this crisis, we humbly ask you to support No Kid Hungry, a national campaign focused on ending childhood hunger in America,” Josh wrote.

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Josh Gad made the internet so happy this week after he reunited the original cast of The Goonies for the first episode of his Reunited Apart series.

Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman, Jeff Cohen, Ke Huy Quan, Martha Plimpton and Kerri Green all called into the virtual reunion where they reminisced about the movie.

Later on, Joe Pantoliano, Robert Davi, writer Chris Columbus, executive producer Steven Spielberg, director Richard Donner and even Cyndi Lauper joined the call and chatted about a the much talked about sequel to the adventure movie.

“Chris, Dick and I — and Lauren [Shuler Donner] — have had a lot of conversations about it,” Steven shared about the topic. “Every couple of years we come up with an idea but then it doesn’t hold water.”

The virtual reunions will continue on Josh‘s channel, and benefit The Center for Disaster Philanthropy, which helps some of those hit hardest by the financial impact of COVID-19.

“I’ve always dreamed of being able to bring back the casts of my favorite movies of all time. All it took was everyone being forced to not leave their homes for two months and spotty wi-fi,” Josh joked about the series.

Check out the reunion below!

Natalia Dyer and Charlie Heaton are too cute while appearing together on stage at Stranger Things‘ PaleyFest panel on Sunday night (March 25) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

The cute couple joined their co-stars Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Caleb McLaughlin, Sadie Sink, and Sean Astin for the panel.

“He’s great. It’s a lot of fun, we goof off a lot,” Natalia told Us Weekly about working with her boyfriend. “The whole cast does. We’re all very close so we always have a great time on and off [set]. Sometimes it’s even hard to stop laughing, stop goofing off. It’s been really lovely!”

FYI: Natalia is wearing a Delpozo dress, Christian Louboutin shoes, and Ivy jewelry. Millie is wearing an Oscar de la Renta dress and Sophia Webster shoes. Sadie is wearing a Hiraeth dress and boots with Repossi jewels. Charlie is wearing Ermenegildo Zegna Couture with Aquatalia shoes.

40+ pictures inside of the cast of Stranger Things at the panel… More Here! »

Winona Ryder looked so chic at the 2018 Screen Actors Guild Awards!

The 46-year-old Stranger Things actress stepped out at the award ceremony at the Shrine Auditorium on Sunday (January 21) in Los Angeles.

She was also joined by her co-stars Cara Buono, who brought her husband Peter Thumb, Sean Astin, accompanied by his daughter Alexandra, and David Harbour who walked the carpet separably from girlfriend Alison Sudol.

During the ceremony, David is up for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series while the entire Stranger Things cast is nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series and Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

Tune in for the SAG Awards, hosted by Kristen Bell and featuring all-female presenters, TONIGHT at 8pm ET/5pm PT on TNT and TBS.

FYI: David is wearing a J Mueser tuxedo. Alison is wearing a Miu Miu gown. Sean is wearing Kenneth Cole.

David Harbour appears on stage to accept his award at the 2018 Critics’ Choice Awards held at The Barker Hangar on Thursday (January 11) in Santa Monica, Calif.

The 42-year-old actor won the award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in the show Stranger Things.

Also in attendance at the event were David‘s co-star Sean Astin as well as his new girlfriend Alison Sudol, who walked the red carpet separately.

David and Alison debuted their new relationship at the Golden Globes over the weekend, where they were seen arm in arm.

Sean Astin made an appearance on The Late Show on Wednesday evening (November 8) and met the man who is famously known as the number one Lord of the Rings fan… host Stephen Colbert!

“You are my favorite character in my favorite movie. I am�” I don’t know what�” how to describe how excited I am to meet you right now,” Stephen told the 46-year-old actor, who played Samwise Gamgee in the trilogy.

Stephen then told the audience that Sean and him actually met briefly during rehearsals first. Stephen described the situation saying, “I was trying to rehearse it, you walked out just to say hi in your underwear. And�” hey! I gotta tell you�” I gotta tell you, for me, it’s like I’m the cheerleader meeting the captain of the football team.”

“The reason I did that, come out to see you like that, my 15-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, begged me not to do anything to embarrass the family,” Sean revealed before continuing to embarrass his daughter even further by giving her a shout out on national television, saying, “Elizabeth, I love you!”

Stephen and Sean spent most of their time talking about Lord of the Rings instead of his role in Stranger Things 2, which was only mentioned briefly – Watch below!

Sean Astin is weighing in on the recent news that Amazon Studios is set to develop a television series based on the beloved novels of Lord of the Rings.

“I saw that the other day, and I thought that was intriguing,” the 46-year-old Stranger Things 2 star, who starred as Samwise Gamgee in Lord of the Rings series, expressed while visiting EW Radio at SiriusXM on Tuesday (November 7) in New York City.

“I’ve been saying for 15 years that maybe like 12 years after Lord of the Rings came out, that it would get remade. And people always said, ‘Oh no, it’ll never get remade! It’s a classic! They could never top it!’ And I’m like, ‘No, it’ll get remade. It’s a massive story! The characters are so beloved,” Sean added about his character. “When I saw the Amazon thing, that didn’t even occur to me. I just sort of thought, ‘What would it be like to see the next Sam there?’ I think it’s an intriguing idea [but] the devil’s in the details. How would they do it? How? Who?’”