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Arnold Schwarzenegger's son, Joseph Baena, won first place in multiple categories at the NPC Natural Colorado State competition this weekend

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• "Mission Accomplished!" Baena wrote on Instagram, sharing photos of himself flexing onstage

• The actor and bodybuilder's victory came a few days after he was spotted training with his dad at Gold's Gym in Venice Beach

Arnold Schwarzenegger's son,Joseph Baena, is officially a bodybuilding champion.

On Saturday, March 28, Baena, 28, shared a post onInstagram, revealing that he won first place in multiple categories at the NPC Natural Colorado State competition — including the Men's Open Body Heavy Weight Class, Men's Classic Physique True Novice and Men's Class Physique Novice.

"Mission Accomplished! 🥇," he wrote alongside several photos of himself flexing onstage during his bodybuilding debut.

Baena, whose mom isMildred Patricia Baena, celebrated his first victory just days after he spent some time training and receiving tips from his dad at Gold's Gym in Venice Beach, Calif.

TheTerminatorstar, 78, started training at the same gym after moving to the United States in the 1960s.

From there, Schwarzenegger has been widely considered one of the greatest bodybuilders of all time, having won the Mr. Olympia title seven times and Mr. Universe five times, before he stopped competing in 1980.

While Baena is following in his father's footsteps, he opened up about howhe didn't always have the most toned physiquein a JulyInstagrampost.

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"People sometimes forget that I used to be chubby in high school," theGunneractor explained in his caption. "I got cut from my basketball and soccer team because I couldn't keep up with the other kids."

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"Swim didn't have tryouts thankfully and completely changed my life forever," he added. "That was my introduction to Fitness and training."

Baena previously told PEOPLE in 2022 that he used to beharassed by his classmates for his weight— even the ones he'd considered friends.

"I was bullied when I was a kid, elementary, middle school, and not really in high school, but I just felt like an outsider in high school at the beginning," he said at the time, further explaining that he was "really overweight from the end of elementary school into the beginning of high school."

"It was my closest friends that were the ones that bullied me the most and made fun of me for being overweight and all these kind of things," Baena continued. "So, that was really a big struggle for me in finding myself and figuring out and creating that ambition to change my weight and my physique."

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Alex Duong, the comedian and actor who starred on several episodes ofBlue Bloods,has died. He was 42.

A close friend of Duong's family, Hilarie Steele, confirmed his death in an emotional update to theGoFundMepage started in his honor. Duong has been battling alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of tissue cancer, since being diagnosed in 2025.

On Friday, Steele announced that Duong was in the hospital after going into septic shock. The following morning, she confirmed that he died "surrounded by love and dear friends."

The statement continued, "He was comfortable and thankfully out of pain. [His wife and daughter] Christina and Everest were able to see him last night, and he was alert enough to say goodbye to his little girl, whom he has treasured every moment since the day she was born. We are devastated, but so grateful for the support, prayers, and generosity you have all shown during this unimaginable time."

Born the youngest of six children to Vietnamese and Chinese parents in Dallas, Texas, Duong relocated to Los Angeles as a young adult to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. He soon became a fixture of the city's comedy scene, as both a performer and door guy at the world-famous Comedy Store on the Sunset Strip.

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In addition to taking the stage for stand-up performances, Duong made several TV appearances. He popped up in episodes ofEverybody Hates Chris, Dexter, Death Valley, The Young and the Restless, Pretty Little Liars,andFilth City.

In the 2014 comedy seriesCost of Living,he starred in three episodes as Genghis Khan. He similarly reappeared as criminal Sonny Le across in three episodes ofBlue Bloods,teaming up with Donnie Wahlberg's Danny Reagan. Duong also appeared as a contestant onJeff Ross Presents Roast Battleand participated inThe Onlyfans Roast of Whitney Cummings.

Duong's cancer diagnosis came in early 2025. After noticing pain behind one eye, he went to see a doctor who discovered a malignant mass that eventually robbed him of vision in his left eye.

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Throughout his cancer battle, Duong received support from the wider Los Angeles comedy community. Last August, several comedians came together — including theDaily Show'sRonny ChiengandSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verseactress and comedian Atusko Okatsuka — to put on the Alex Duong Has Cancer in His Eye Comedy Benefit Show at the Largo in Los Angeles.

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WithRyan Gosling's megahit crowd-pleaser,Project Hail Mary, flying high in theaters right now, it's givenHarry Styles' 2017 debut solo hit "Sign of the Times" new life. The song, performed in a moving karaoke scene in the film by Sandra Hüller's character, Eva Stratt, is now going viral again and re-charting following its peak at No. 4 on theBillboard Hot 100in April 2017.

American Songwriterseemingly picked up on the trend, as they just published a list of songs that "accidentally became humanity's theme song thanks to classic spacemovies." They have the 1998 anthem "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" byAerosmithfromArmageddonand the 1972 yacht rock classic "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" byLooking GlassfromGuardians of the Galaxy. But at the top?

David Bowie's 1972 cosmic calling card, "Starman," is the ultimate theme song for humanity. A message about hope for futuregenerations, the song was the lead single from Bowie's fifth studio album,The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders FromMars, and launched into a new orbit withRidley Scott's 2015sci-fiepic,The Martian, starringMatt Damon,Jessica Chastain,Chiwetel Ejiofor, and so many more familiar faces.

"Perhaps it's an obvious song choice for a movie about a man trapped in space, but David Bowie's 'Starman' has never sounded more at home than it did in the 2015 film,The Martian,"American Songwritersays. "As Matt Damon's character starts to get a grip on his marooned trip to Mars, this song gets a needle drop, giving viewers a dose of classic rock magic."

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The film, which follows the action-, comedy-, and emotion-packed mission of getting an astronaut abandoned on Mars back home to Earth, was a monstersuccess, raking in $630,621,406 worldwide and sevenOscarnominations. The track, from the 2012 remaster of Bowie's album, plays during a montage ofNASAhatching their plan to bring Damon's Mark Watney home.

"Not only does this song have major cultural appeal, but it's a classic for a reason,"ASwrites. "Even without the space imagery this film provides, 'Starman' became a universal favorite. Hearing this song in this setting feels like opening a capsule sent from humanity to some unknown, attempting to encapsulate what we're all about."

Listen toStarmanabove.The Martianis available to rent or buy onPrime Video.

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