<p>After high-street brand Nike postponed their collaboration with rapper Travis Scott, a magazine is reportedly trying to pull down its cover story with Scott and his partner, Kylie Jenner, reports claim.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
W Magazine had done a cover shoot and big interview with the couple before the tragic Astroworld concert took place. Although the magazine has dropped everything from their online site involving the two, the printed version is yet to be distributed and the magazine are trying to stop the delivery trucks from distribution and hitting store shelves. &nbsp;</p>

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“W editors have cleared any planned coverage of Travis and Kylie from their website, but the magazine was already printed, and now they are trying to stop the delivery trucks,” one source told a news website.&nbsp;<br />
"In the light of what happened at Astroworld, the interview and cover lines seem inappropriate, to say the least," added the source.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
Scott has faced flak following the Astroworld tragedy—which was attended by Jenner and their 3-year-old daughter, Stormi—and is being heavily criticised for allegedly not stopping the chaos. However, claims of him not stopping his act despite knowing about the growing crowd surge has been denied by his new spokeswoman.</p>

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<p><br />
Travis Scott and organisers are facing over 36 lawsuits from victims of the stampede that claimed 10 lives and left ano0ther 300 injured, reports claim.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
Scott and Jenner, who is pregnant with their second child, have been living at his Houston home since the tragedy, reports say.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
Jenner and Stormi were at the concert along with Jenner's supermodel sister Kendall Jenner.</p>

<p><br />
Travis Scott has has said in his statement that he is “devastated” by the incident, with his spokesperson insisted, “He was not responsible for this, but he wants to be responsible for the solution.”&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Also read:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-former-couple-bradley-cooper-irina-shayk-step-out-hand-in-hand-back-together-429963" hreflang="en">Former couple Bradley Cooper, Irina Shayk step out hand-in-hand. Back together?</a></p>

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After high-street brand Nike postponed their collaboration with rapper Travis Scott, a magazine is reportedly trying to pull down its cover story with Scott and his partner, Kylie Jenner, reports claim.

After high-street brand Nike postponed their collaboration with rapper Travis Scott, a magazine is reportedly trying to pull down its cover story with Scott and his partner, Kylie Jenner, reports claim. W Magazine had done a cover shoot and big interview with the couple before the tragic Astroworld concert took place. Although the magazine has dropped everything from their online site involving the two, the printed version is yet to be distributed and the magazine are trying to stop the delivery trucks from distribution and hitting store shelves. Also read: 'Don't Look Up' trailer: Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio are mad angry “W editors have cleared any planned coverage of Travis and Kylie from their website, but the magazine was already printed, and now they are trying to stop the delivery trucks,” one source told a news website. "In the light of what happened at Astroworld, the interview and cover lines seem inappropriate, to say the least," added the source. Scott has faced flak following the Astroworld tragedy—which was attended by Jenner and their 3-year-old daughter, Stormi—and is being heavily criticised for allegedly not stopping the chaos. However, claims of him not stopping his act despite knowing about the growing crowd surge has been denied by his new spokeswoman. Also read: Astroworld tragedy: Travis Scott's collaboration with popular shoe brand put on hold Travis Scott and organisers are facing over 36 lawsuits from victims of the stampede that claimed 10 lives and left ano0ther 300 injured, reports claim. Scott and Jenner, who is pregnant with their second child, have been living at his Houston home since the tragedy, reports say. Jenner and Stormi were at the concert along with Jenner's supermodel sister Kendall Jenner. Travis Scott has has said in his statement that he is “devastated” by the incident, with his spokesperson insisted, “He was not responsible for this, but he wants to be responsible for the solution.” Also read: Former couple Bradley Cooper, Irina Shayk step out hand-in-hand. Back together?

Astroworld: Magazine 'desperate' to stop the print version of Travis Scott, Kylie Jenner cover

<p>Bollywood actress Sara Ali Khan sure knows how to holiday in style.</p>

<p><br />
The 'Love Aaj Kal 2' actress has posted quite a few pictures on Instagram where she is currently vacationing with her girlfriends looking like a million bucks.</p>

<p><strong>Also read:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-box-office-tom-hardys-venom-2--marvels-shang-chi-are-making-all-the-money-globally-429232">Box Office: Tom Hardy's 'Venom 2' &amp; MCU's 'Shang Chi' are making all the money</a></p>

<p><br />
In one of the posts, Sara can be seen in a multi-coloured two-piece swimsuit showing off her hard-earned beach body. For the now viral shot, Sara left her hair open with a pair of sunglasses as the only piece of accessory.</p>

<p><br />
Another carousal of pictures sees her posing with friend Kamya Arora: both in their swimsuits with the ocean playing the perfect background to their holiday pictures. The duo was also joined by another friend, Sara Vaisoha, who is part of one of the picturfes shared by the actress.</p>

<p><strong>Also read:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/blackpink-the-movie-review-a-concert-film-with-an-ode-to-live-music-performances-429237" hreflang="en">'BLACKPINK: The Movie' review: A concert film with an ode to live music &amp; performances</a></p>

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Sara also posted a time-lapse clip of clouds in motion in one of her posts on Instagram. She captioned it as, “Sky above, Sand Below. Sea around, Go with the Flow.”</p>

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Bollywood actress Sara Ali Khan sure knows how to holiday in style. The 'Love Aaj Kal 2' actress has posted quite a few pictures on Instagram where she is currently vacationing with her girlfriends looking like a million bucks.

Bollywood actress Sara Ali Khan sure knows how to holiday in style. The 'Love Aaj Kal 2' actress has posted quite a few pictures on Instagram where she is currently vacationing with her girlfriends looking like a million bucks. Also read: Box Office: Tom Hardy's 'Venom 2' & MCU's 'Shang Chi' are making all the money In one of the posts, Sara can be seen in a multi-coloured two-piece swimsuit showing off her hard-earned beach body. For the now viral shot, Sara left her hair open with a pair of sunglasses as the only piece of accessory. Another carousal of pictures sees her posing with friend Kamya Arora: both in their swimsuits with the ocean playing the perfect background to their holiday pictures. The duo was also joined by another friend, Sara Vaisoha, who is part of one of the picturfes shared by the actress. Also read: 'BLACKPINK: The Movie' review: A concert film with an ode to live music & performances Sara also posted a time-lapse clip of clouds in motion in one of her posts on Instagram. She captioned it as, “Sky above, Sand Below. Sea around, Go with the Flow.” Check out the posts here: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sara Ali Khan (@saraalikhan95) × Also read: Rajkummar Rao, Patralekhaa's viral engagement gesture: Watch

Pics: Sara Ali Khan, beaches and bikinis... Maldives never looked more tempting!

<p>This year, Norway submitted Joachim Trier’s 'The Worst Person In The World' as its official enbtry, and if you believe the soothsayers, chances of it winning under the Best Foreign Film category are pretty darn strong.</p>

<p><br />
In an exclusive interview with a global news portal, the director talked about how he has been called 'anti-romantic' or someone who just 'hates romantic comedies' for making 'The Worst Person in the World'.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
"Yes, we’ve been called an anti-romantic romantic comedy or a romantic comedy for people who hate romantic comedies. Well, I happen to love some romantic comedies — not all of them — but the best films, for me, are the ones that force us to look at ourselves, existentially and emotionally and in terms of identity. So it can be quite revealing to look at the concept of love. In the great tradition of the Hollywood screwball comedies, like George Cukor’s The Philadelphia Story, the choice of a partner is actually an existential choice. It determines what’s going to happen in your life," said Trier.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
But, he was certain that he wanted to add a dash of modernity to the eternal concept of love. "We wanted to make a modern romantic comedy where it’s not about a woman finding a man in order to find purpose in her life, but to see how being with different people exposes her — to her anxiety, to her fear of commitment and to tease out all the comedy and chaos that comes out from that. 'The Worst Person in the World' is sort of our modern take on that classic Hollywood rom-com idea," he explained.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
While talking about his creative process, Joachim Trier talked about his creative process and how he is always 'anxious' while writing. "I’m always anxious when I write, and I have good and bad days. On the good days, I think I can do anything; on the bad days, everything is hard. But this one felt actually fun to write. It was also a collaboration with Renate. I wrote it for her, and I brought her in very early, and we talked a lot about the character and tried to find a specificity of personality in terms of gender. So I hope we got it right. As an artist, I think you have to allow yourself to explore characters that are different than yourself — in age or gender or whatever. I didn’t see that as specifically more difficult than other characters I’ve written. I actually feel closer to Julie than many characters of mine. I hope that comes through," said the filmmaker.&nbsp;</p>

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This year, Norway submitted Joachim Trier’s 'The Worst Person In The World' as its official enbtry, and if you believe the soothsayers, chances of it winning under the Best Foreign Film category are pretty darn strong.

This year, Norway submitted Joachim Trier’s 'The Worst Person In The World' as its official enbtry, and if you believe the soothsayers, chances of it winning under the Best Foreign Film category are pretty darn strong. In an exclusive interview with a global news portal, the director talked about how he has been called 'anti-romantic' or someone who just 'hates romantic comedies' for making 'The Worst Person in the World'. Also read: Box Office: Tom Hardy's 'Venom 2' & MCU's 'Shang Chi' are making all the money "Yes, we’ve been called an anti-romantic romantic comedy or a romantic comedy for people who hate romantic comedies. Well, I happen to love some romantic comedies — not all of them — but the best films, for me, are the ones that force us to look at ourselves, existentially and emotionally and in terms of identity. So it can be quite revealing to look at the concept of love. In the great tradition of the Hollywood screwball comedies, like George Cukor’s The Philadelphia Story, the choice of a partner is actually an existential choice. It determines what’s going to happen in your life," said Trier. But, he was certain that he wanted to add a dash of modernity to the eternal concept of love. "We wanted to make a modern romantic comedy where it’s not about a woman finding a man in order to find purpose in her life, but to see how being with different people exposes her — to her anxiety, to her fear of commitment and to tease out all the comedy and chaos that comes out from that. 'The Worst Person in the World' is sort of our modern take on that classic Hollywood rom-com idea," he explained. Also read: Adam Driver calls Comic-Con 'scary' and is ‘not anxious to go again' While talking about his creative process, Joachim Trier talked about his creative process and how he is always 'anxious' while writing. "I’m always anxious when I write, and I have good and bad days. On the good days, I think I can do anything; on the bad days, everything is hard. But this one felt actually fun to write. It was also a collaboration with Renate. I wrote it for her, and I brought her in very early, and we talked a lot about the character and tried to find a specificity of personality in terms of gender. So I hope we got it right. As an artist, I think you have to allow yourself to explore characters that are different than yourself — in age or gender or whatever. I didn’t see that as specifically more difficult than other characters I’ve written. I actually feel closer to Julie than many characters of mine. I hope that comes through," said the filmmaker. Also read: Box Office: 'Eternals' rules as 'Clifford' secures 2nd spot, 'Dune' third .

Maker of Oscar entry ‘The Worst Person in the World’: Our film has been called anti-romance

<p>Tom Hardy's got some loyal fans globally.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
The Hollywood star's sequel to 'Venom' (2018), 'Venom: Let There Be Carnage', is reportedly set to cross making over $200 million at the American box office this weekend. Thus, becoming the second film to achieve this feat in the pandemic era after 'Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings', reports claim.</p>

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<p><br />
On Friday alone, the film raked in $199.7 million--with global collection being $427.3 million--and is expected to cross another $1 million on its home turf, becoming only the second movie to hit the $200-million mark amid Covid-19.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
'Venom: Let There Be Carnage' was released by Sony Pictures.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
Yet another movie doing phenomenally well at the box office is Marvel Studios' 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings', with a total earning of $224.2 million in North America (approx, as per reports).&nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
Interestingly, both 'Shang-Chi' and 'Venom 2' got theaters-only releases, thereby clearly indicating that a theatre-first release is still the only sure-shot way to bring in the big bucks.</p>

<p><br />
"There's a growing realization that the exclusive theatrical window works. It's not speculation anymore; it's fact. The only thing that's surprising is that it's surprising to people," Tom Rothman, Sony Motion Picture Group CEO, had previously told a news portal.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
It is worth noting that Sony Pictures changed the release date of 'Venom 2' following the success of 'Shang-Chi' successful run at the box office in its opening weekend in September, which had surpassed all box-office predictions and went on to become the second-best debut of the pandemic. The first one being Scarlett Johansson's hybrid release, 'Black Widow'.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
Tom Hardy-led 'Venom: Let There Be Carnage'&nbsp;marked its own record as well: bringing in &nbsp;$90.1 million in its opening weekend, the biggest opening since the start of the pandemic era.</p>

<p><strong>Also read:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-singer-chris-daughtry-mourns-death-of-his-stepdaughter-hurts-so-deeply-429205" hreflang="en">Singer Chris Daughtry mourns death of his stepdaughter: 'Hurts so deeply'</a></p>


Tom Hardy's got some loyal fans globally. The Hollywood star's sequel to 'Venom' (2018), 'Venom: Let There Be Carnage', is reportedly set to cross making over $200 million at the American box office this weekend.

Tom Hardy's got some loyal fans globally. The Hollywood star's sequel to 'Venom' (2018), 'Venom: Let There Be Carnage', is reportedly set to cross making over $200 million at the American box office this weekend. Thus, becoming the second film to achieve this feat in the pandemic era after 'Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings', reports claim. Also read: Rajkummar Rao, Patralekhaa's wedding celebrations begin with sweet engagement: Watch On Friday alone, the film raked in $199.7 million--with global collection being $427.3 million--and is expected to cross another $1 million on its home turf, becoming only the second movie to hit the $200-million mark amid Covid-19. 'Venom: Let There Be Carnage' was released by Sony Pictures. Yet another movie doing phenomenally well at the box office is Marvel Studios' 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings', with a total earning of $224.2 million in North America (approx, as per reports). Also read: Box Office: 'Eternals' rules as 'Clifford' secures 2nd spot, 'Dune' third Interestingly, both 'Shang-Chi' and 'Venom 2' got theaters-only releases, thereby clearly indicating that a theatre-first release is still the only sure-shot way to bring in the big bucks. "There's a growing realization that the exclusive theatrical window works. It's not speculation anymore; it's fact. The only thing that's surprising is that it's surprising to people," Tom Rothman, Sony Motion Picture Group CEO, had previously told a news portal. It is worth noting that Sony Pictures changed the release date of 'Venom 2' following the success of 'Shang-Chi' successful run at the box office in its opening weekend in September, which had surpassed all box-office predictions and went on to become the second-best debut of the pandemic. The first one being Scarlett Johansson's hybrid release, 'Black Widow'. Tom Hardy-led 'Venom: Let There Be Carnage' marked its own record as well: bringing in $90.1 million in its opening weekend, the biggest opening since the start of the pandemic era. Also read: Singer Chris Daughtry mourns death of his stepdaughter: 'Hurts so deeply'

Box Office: Tom Hardy's 'Venom 2' & Marvel's 'Shang Chi' are making all the money, globally!

<p>The day after “House of Gucci” had its splashy London premiere, Lady Gaga met me in a hotel room near Trafalgar Square, offering a little bit of a disclaimer.</p>

<p><br />
“If I’m being honest, I do feel that it’s been sensationalized that I worked on my accent for so long, and that I was in character for so long,” Gaga said Wednesday, platinum hair cascading over one eye. “But if I could explain it to you and clarify …”</p>

<p><br />
The 35-year-old superstar was referring to recent headlines about her acting technique on the set of the Ridley Scott-directed drama, which slinks into theaters just before Thanksgiving. To play Patrizia Reggiani, who plotted the murder of her Gucci-heir husband in 1995, Gaga spoke in a vivid Italian accent for nine months and plunged so deeply into character that she would think and feel as Patrizia even when cameras weren’t rolling.</p>

<p><br />
But as she told me, she had her reasons. And so, for that matter, did Patrizia.</p>

<p><br />
Based on the book “The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed” by Sara Gay Forden, the film follows the ambitious Patrizia as she romances Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver) and marries her way into the dynastic Italian luxury label. The family business holds little allure for bookish Maurizio, and the real power is held by his father Rodolfo (Jeremy Irons) and his uncle Aldo (Al Pacino). If an outsider like Patrizia wants to be a true force at Gucci, she’ll have to pit the rest of the family against each other. Eventually, even Patrizia and Maurizio find themselves at odds, and her rage at him soon turns murderous.</p>

<p><br />
“I was in a really complicated place in my life when this script came to me,” Gaga said of her first starring role since “A Star Is Born” (2018). She was struggling with depression as she recorded her 2020 album, “Chromatica,” and the woman born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta even wrestled with whether she really wanted to be Lady Gaga anymore. When “House of Gucci” offered her someone else to become, she jumped at the chance.</p>

<p><br />
Now that she’s on the other side, she beams as she discusses Scott’s trust in her transformation. “I’ve never had a better experience with a director,” she said. “He loves artists, and some directors don’t. They love themselves.” As the 83-year-old Scott joined us via video call, Gaga talked about how that bond allowed her to do her deepest character study yet.</p>

<p><br />
Here are edited excerpts from our conversation.</p>

<p><br />
Q: Gaga, the film starts with a line about people staring into the windows at Gucci, wishing they could buy even the second cheapest item in the store. What was it like once you were not only able to afford all those things, but even have them offered to you?</p>

<p><br />
LADY GAGA: As soon as you ask me that question, I’m catapulted instantly to when I said those words on set. I remember thinking &lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt; was the second cheapest item, that Patrizia was the second cheapest item in the store, that she would never be the best.</p>

<p><br />
I also thought of when I was finally able to buy things that were nice or have them offered to me, that there was something always inside me, scratching at my heart, telling me that it didn’t belong to me. But I think part of being an artist is just this endless idea that we’re not good enough. Material things are wonderful, but we see in this film how power and privilege can be inherently evil.</p>

<p><br />
Q: Patrizia is ambitious in the way she pursues Maurizio, but you’re initially rooting for them as a couple.<br />
GAGA: One of the first things I said to Ridley was “I don’t know that she had really loved Maurizio.” And he said, “Yes, she did.”</p>

<p><br />
RIDLEY SCOTT: The key thing for me was that however bad it gets, there was something that you liked about these people. She goes after him by design, but I think she is enchanted by his gentlemanly behavior, and it evolves into affection and love. Love is a powerful bond, but you’ve got to be very careful, because love can turn easily into hatred in a flash.</p>

<p><br />
GAGA: As soon as Ridley said it was love, I abandoned this idea that she was a gold digger and I investigated every possible article that I could find, any interview about her. I did not read the book.</p>

<p><br />
Q: Why not?</p>

<p><br />
GAGA: I started the book and it was filled with opinions, so I threw it out. I didn’t want anyone to shape my thinking. Even the idea of meeting Patrizia Gucci, once I watched her in her interviews, I thought, this would certainly be a bad idea, because she would have an agenda and want me to tell the story in the way she wants it to be told.</p>

<p><br />
Q: Talk to me about staying in Patrizia’s accent for so many months. Was that tiring?</p>

<p><br />
GAGA: I think it would have done more of a number on me had I not practiced it so much. I would be talking like this with my mother, with friends, so that I, Stefani, could speak like this and it would be totally natural. It’s like muscle memory, so that when you’re in the scene, the accent is not in the way of the visceral quality of what’s happening in the room.</p>

<p><br />
If I had a jazz show next week, if I don’t rehearse ahead of time, my voice is not ready for the show. My approach to this was not different than my commitment to music. But I want to be clear: I don’t think it’s about sensationalizing method acting or being in character as the only way to do things. It would have been harder for me to go in and out of character on set than to stay in it.</p>

<p><br />
SCOTT: There was a moment where I thought, “Wait a minute, was she always like this? I’ve forgotten.” The very first meeting we had, she was being, dare I say, American…</p>

<p><br />
GAGA: I am American! I’m Italian American.</p>

<p><br />
SCOTT: But then, I thought, “I’m not going to question this, because it’s working for me.”</p>

<p><br />
Q: Gaga, how did you come up with Patrizia’s body language? In the way she saunters and the way she dances, she seems to have a much lower center of gravity than you do.</p>

<p><br />
GAGA: In some techniques of acting, they call it “using the animal.” I used three different animals for Patrizia. I began as a house cat, which has this kind of alluring quality but also can be a bit aloof, and I used that with her physicality. Then she transforms when she sees Aldo embrace Maurizio. She thinks to herself, “Maybe I can convince Maurizio to become closer with the family, be part of the family business.” In that scene, I made the choice to transform from a cat into a fox.</p>

<p><br />
Then, when [a Gucci lawyer] comes to my daughter’s school to serve me divorce papers — meaning Maurizio didn’t have the courage to do it himself — I transform from a fox into a panther. It’s something that I worked on, studying the panther. What are the ways in which the panther seduces its prey? What are the ways in which the panther is slow before it pounces? What happens when the panther is so enraged with starvation and hunger that it goes into survival mode? I always felt like Patrizia was surviving her whole life.</p>

<p><br />
Q: How so?</p>

<p><br />
GAGA: She was never as prestigious or shiny or tailored as the Guccis. There was always something about her that was a little bit embarrassing and a little bit off. This is a woman that wants more for herself, but in my opinion, all of her power is really an illusion, the way patriarchy is endlessly an illusion. It’s the way that as a woman, I can feel like I have power, but as soon as a man tells me no, then my entire world crumbles. She’s simply disposed of, over and over, and I believe that’s what compelled this murder.</p>

<p><br />
Q: How did you rationalize that act?</p>

<p><br />
GAGA: I believe with everything in my being that this woman is walking around Milan deeply regretting what she did. I think she was so traumatized that she made a big mistake. I didn’t try to make her lovable, but I think that Ridley allowed her to be lovable because he empowered me as a woman.</p>

<p><br />
I have to say this, Ridley: There’s not a lot of men that are directors who would empower a woman to be ugly on camera. When I aged and had scenes where I was in this embarrassing, desperate state, he embraced the ugliness of this character and that should be commended, because it is ugly to be disposed of for your looks, it is ugly to be left for a younger woman. So I appreciate that Ridley took something that was sort of a “sexy murder” and he let it be ugly.</p>

<p><br />
Q: Ridley, not a lot of directors have been able to make major movies during this pandemic. You’ve made two, including “The Last Duel,” which experienced a COVID-related shutdown last spring. How have you managed to weather that storm?</p>

<p><br />
SCOTT: My team is the best in the business. I remember I was making the first one in a rather beautiful place [in the French countryside], and I’m not a great countryside guy because it’s deep-green and damp and I start thinking about that vodka martini around about three in the afternoon, which is fatal. Suddenly, there was this monster coming at us called COVID, so I said, “We’re going to close down.” That helped a lot because it enabled me to edit where I got to, but also to get full prep of two months storyboarding “Gucci.”</p>

<p><br />
GAGA: I don’t know if you felt this way, Rid, but because COVID was happening and the actors were either in our rooms or we were on set, life kind of floats away. I think it’s part of why I liked to stay in character because what else am I going to do when I go back to my hotel room? How could I possibly turn it off? I have no interaction with the world other than with my actors and my director.</p>

<p><br />
Q: Ridley, how did you feel about the box office performance of “The Last Duel”? It got strong reviews and boasted big stars in Matt Damon and Adam Driver, but still underperformed in theaters.</p>

<p><br />
SCOTT: It was exceedingly disappointing. The fatal thing is when you think you’ve got it, you haven’t — I thought I’d got it on “Blade Runner” and I hadn’t! I was crucified by a big critic at the time called Pauline Kael. It’s why I never read critiques, ever. You have to be your own decider — if you worry about what the audience is thinking and what they may want, that’s fatal. A good film will find itself, and now “Blade Runner” is in the Library of Congress.</p>

<p><br />
Q: But still, it must add some wind to your sails when people are excited about your work. Even while you were making “House of Gucci,” the pictures from set caused an online sensation.</p>

<p><br />
SCOTT: No, totally. There’s nothing like success to make you feel good in the morning, right? At the same time, if you get some kind of clip or hit, don’t let it get to you. If you like what you did, move on.</p>

<p><br />
GAGA: I can’t agree more. When you are making art to please people or seek praise, this is not sustainable. You’re essentially passionate about getting people to love you as opposed to being passionate about the work. I know I lost my way as an artist for a while when I started to care about what would make people like me. Then I rebelled, because why should I follow a North Star that keeps moving?</p>

<p><br />
My whole career, I’ve had ups, I’ve had downs. When you were talking about “Blade Runner,” I was thinking about my record “Artpop” and how they put out critiques before it even came out. Because of freedom of speech, people can write whatever they want, even if it’s lies, but years later, it’s one of my most critically acclaimed albums.</p>

<p><br />
We have no idea what this movie’s going to do after it opens, but it doesn’t matter because we know we made something great. When you get to be lucky like me and be in one of his movies, you know that no matter what, this is going to last a lifetime.</p>

<p><br />
Q: You look at Ridley with a lot of affection.</p>

<p><br />
GAGA: I love Ridley so much. I felt he was watching over me. He saw me falling into this character more and more all the time, and he used to say, “You good, dude? You OK?” I would reply with whatever the truth was and he would always say to me, “Whatever this is, I hope you leave it here.”</p>

<p><br />
Q: So how did you feel when you left Patrizia and all of that behind?</p>

<p><br />
GAGA: To be honest, I was really ready to let go. She’s a tremendously complicated individual and when you’re living in survival mode all the time — and she was always in survival mode — it creates such a sentiment of trauma constantly. When I got on that plane back from Italy, I threw out my cigarettes. I threw out the booze, I landed in LA and cleaned my life up because I couldn’t live that way anymore. It was killing me because it was killing her.</p>

<p><br />
Q: And how does it feel to be yourself again?</p>

<p><br />
GAGA: It’s really emotional. I joke with Ridley all the time, but I really experienced some type of attachment panic when I left set, I missed him so much. I felt the way Patrizia felt, a life without Gucci was not a life worth living. The greatest time in her life was being a Gucci, and I can say to you, being done with this film, that the greatest time in &lt;em&gt;my&lt;/em&gt; life was being a Gucci. That’s how art and life line up. Ridley’s life is a masterpiece, and you’re lucky if you get to be a part of it.</p>


The day after “House of Gucci” had its splashy London premiere, Lady Gaga met me in a hotel room near Trafalgar Square, offering a little bit of a disclaimer. “If I’m being honest, I do feel that it’s been sensationalized that I worked on my accent for so long, and that I was in character for so long,” Gaga said Wednesday, platinum hair cascading over one eye.

The day after “House of Gucci” had its splashy London premiere, Lady Gaga met me in a hotel room near Trafalgar Square, offering a little bit of a disclaimer. “If I’m being honest, I do feel that it’s been sensationalized that I worked on my accent for so long, and that I was in character for so long,” Gaga said Wednesday, platinum hair cascading over one eye. “But if I could explain it to you and clarify …” The 35-year-old superstar was referring to recent headlines about her acting technique on the set of the Ridley Scott-directed drama, which slinks into theaters just before Thanksgiving. To play Patrizia Reggiani, who plotted the murder of her Gucci-heir husband in 1995, Gaga spoke in a vivid Italian accent for nine months and plunged so deeply into character that she would think and feel as Patrizia even when cameras weren’t rolling. But as she told me, she had her reasons. And so, for that matter, did Patrizia. Based on the book “The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed” by Sara Gay Forden, the film follows the ambitious Patrizia as she romances Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver) and marries her way into the dynastic Italian luxury label. The family business holds little allure for bookish Maurizio, and the real power is held by his father Rodolfo (Jeremy Irons) and his uncle Aldo (Al Pacino). If an outsider like Patrizia wants to be a true force at Gucci, she’ll have to pit the rest of the family against each other. Eventually, even Patrizia and Maurizio find themselves at odds, and her rage at him soon turns murderous. “I was in a really complicated place in my life when this script came to me,” Gaga said of her first starring role since “A Star Is Born” (2018). She was struggling with depression as she recorded her 2020 album, “Chromatica,” and the woman born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta even wrestled with whether she really wanted to be Lady Gaga anymore. When “House of Gucci” offered her someone else to become, she jumped at the chance. Now that she’s on the other side, she beams as she discusses Scott’s trust in her transformation. “I’ve never had a better experience with a director,” she said. “He loves artists, and some directors don’t. They love themselves.” As the 83-year-old Scott joined us via video call, Gaga talked about how that bond allowed her to do her deepest character study yet. Here are edited excerpts from our conversation. Q: Gaga, the film starts with a line about people staring into the windows at Gucci, wishing they could buy even the second cheapest item in the store. What was it like once you were not only able to afford all those things, but even have them offered to you? LADY GAGA: As soon as you ask me that question, I’m catapulted instantly to when I said those words on set. I remember thinking <em>I</em> was the second cheapest item, that Patrizia was the second cheapest item in the store, that she would never be the best. I also thought of when I was finally able to buy things that were nice or have them offered to me, that there was something always inside me, scratching at my heart, telling me that it didn’t belong to me. But I think part of being an artist is just this endless idea that we’re not good enough. Material things are wonderful, but we see in this film how power and privilege can be inherently evil. Q: Patrizia is ambitious in the way she pursues Maurizio, but you’re initially rooting for them as a couple. GAGA: One of the first things I said to Ridley was “I don’t know that she had really loved Maurizio.” And he said, “Yes, she did.” RIDLEY SCOTT: The key thing for me was that however bad it gets, there was something that you liked about these people. She goes after him by design, but I think she is enchanted by his gentlemanly behavior, and it evolves into affection and love. Love is a powerful bond, but you’ve got to be very careful, because love can turn easily into hatred in a flash. GAGA: As soon as Ridley said it was love, I abandoned this idea that she was a gold digger and I investigated every possible article that I could find, any interview about her. I did not read the book. Q: Why not? GAGA: I started the book and it was filled with opinions, so I threw it out. I didn’t want anyone to shape my thinking. Even the idea of meeting Patrizia Gucci, once I watched her in her interviews, I thought, this would certainly be a bad idea, because she would have an agenda and want me to tell the story in the way she wants it to be told. Q: Talk to me about staying in Patrizia’s accent for so many months. Was that tiring? GAGA: I think it would have done more of a number on me had I not practiced it so much. I would be talking like this with my mother, with friends, so that I, Stefani, could speak like this and it would be totally natural. It’s like muscle memory, so that when you’re in the scene, the accent is not in the way of the visceral quality of what’s happening in the room. If I had a jazz show next week, if I don’t rehearse ahead of time, my voice is not ready for the show. My approach to this was not different than my commitment to music. But I want to be clear: I don’t think it’s about sensationalizing method acting or being in character as the only way to do things. It would have been harder for me to go in and out of character on set than to stay in it. SCOTT: There was a moment where I thought, “Wait a minute, was she always like this? I’ve forgotten.” The very first meeting we had, she was being, dare I say, American… GAGA: I am American! I’m Italian American. SCOTT: But then, I thought, “I’m not going to question this, because it’s working for me.” Q: Gaga, how did you come up with Patrizia’s body language? In the way she saunters and the way she dances, she seems to have a much lower center of gravity than you do. GAGA: In some techniques of acting, they call it “using the animal.” I used three different animals for Patrizia. I began as a house cat, which has this kind of alluring quality but also can be a bit aloof, and I used that with her physicality. Then she transforms when she sees Aldo embrace Maurizio. She thinks to herself, “Maybe I can convince Maurizio to become closer with the family, be part of the family business.” In that scene, I made the choice to transform from a cat into a fox. Then, when [a Gucci lawyer] comes to my daughter’s school to serve me divorce papers — meaning Maurizio didn’t have the courage to do it himself — I transform from a fox into a panther. It’s something that I worked on, studying the panther. What are the ways in which the panther seduces its prey? What are the ways in which the panther is slow before it pounces? What happens when the panther is so enraged with starvation and hunger that it goes into survival mode? I always felt like Patrizia was surviving her whole life. Q: How so? GAGA: She was never as prestigious or shiny or tailored as the Guccis. There was always something about her that was a little bit embarrassing and a little bit off. This is a woman that wants more for herself, but in my opinion, all of her power is really an illusion, the way patriarchy is endlessly an illusion. It’s the way that as a woman, I can feel like I have power, but as soon as a man tells me no, then my entire world crumbles. She’s simply disposed of, over and over, and I believe that’s what compelled this murder. Q: How did you rationalize that act? GAGA: I believe with everything in my being that this woman is walking around Milan deeply regretting what she did. I think she was so traumatized that she made a big mistake. I didn’t try to make her lovable, but I think that Ridley allowed her to be lovable because he empowered me as a woman. I have to say this, Ridley: There’s not a lot of men that are directors who would empower a woman to be ugly on camera. When I aged and had scenes where I was in this embarrassing, desperate state, he embraced the ugliness of this character and that should be commended, because it is ugly to be disposed of for your looks, it is ugly to be left for a younger woman. So I appreciate that Ridley took something that was sort of a “sexy murder” and he let it be ugly. Q: Ridley, not a lot of directors have been able to make major movies during this pandemic. You’ve made two, including “The Last Duel,” which experienced a COVID-related shutdown last spring. How have you managed to weather that storm? SCOTT: My team is the best in the business. I remember I was making the first one in a rather beautiful place [in the French countryside], and I’m not a great countryside guy because it’s deep-green and damp and I start thinking about that vodka martini around about three in the afternoon, which is fatal. Suddenly, there was this monster coming at us called COVID, so I said, “We’re going to close down.” That helped a lot because it enabled me to edit where I got to, but also to get full prep of two months storyboarding “Gucci.” GAGA: I don’t know if you felt this way, Rid, but because COVID was happening and the actors were either in our rooms or we were on set, life kind of floats away. I think it’s part of why I liked to stay in character because what else am I going to do when I go back to my hotel room? How could I possibly turn it off? I have no interaction with the world other than with my actors and my director. Q: Ridley, how did you feel about the box office performance of “The Last Duel”? It got strong reviews and boasted big stars in Matt Damon and Adam Driver, but still underperformed in theaters. SCOTT: It was exceedingly disappointing. The fatal thing is when you think you’ve got it, you haven’t — I thought I’d got it on “Blade Runner” and I hadn’t! I was crucified by a big critic at the time called Pauline Kael. It’s why I never read critiques, ever. You have to be your own decider — if you worry about what the audience is thinking and what they may want, that’s fatal. A good film will find itself, and now “Blade Runner” is in the Library of Congress. Q: But still, it must add some wind to your sails when people are excited about your work. Even while you were making “House of Gucci,” the pictures from set caused an online sensation. SCOTT: No, totally. There’s nothing like success to make you feel good in the morning, right? At the same time, if you get some kind of clip or hit, don’t let it get to you. If you like what you did, move on. GAGA: I can’t agree more. When you are making art to please people or seek praise, this is not sustainable. You’re essentially passionate about getting people to love you as opposed to being passionate about the work. I know I lost my way as an artist for a while when I started to care about what would make people like me. Then I rebelled, because why should I follow a North Star that keeps moving? My whole career, I’ve had ups, I’ve had downs. When you were talking about “Blade Runner,” I was thinking about my record “Artpop” and how they put out critiques before it even came out. Because of freedom of speech, people can write whatever they want, even if it’s lies, but years later, it’s one of my most critically acclaimed albums. We have no idea what this movie’s going to do after it opens, but it doesn’t matter because we know we made something great. When you get to be lucky like me and be in one of his movies, you know that no matter what, this is going to last a lifetime. Q: You look at Ridley with a lot of affection. GAGA: I love Ridley so much. I felt he was watching over me. He saw me falling into this character more and more all the time, and he used to say, “You good, dude? You OK?” I would reply with whatever the truth was and he would always say to me, “Whatever this is, I hope you leave it here.” Q: So how did you feel when you left Patrizia and all of that behind? GAGA: To be honest, I was really ready to let go. She’s a tremendously complicated individual and when you’re living in survival mode all the time — and she was always in survival mode — it creates such a sentiment of trauma constantly. When I got on that plane back from Italy, I threw out my cigarettes. I threw out the booze, I landed in LA and cleaned my life up because I couldn’t live that way anymore. It was killing me because it was killing her. Q: And how does it feel to be yourself again? GAGA: It’s really emotional. I joke with Ridley all the time, but I really experienced some type of attachment panic when I left set, I missed him so much. I felt the way Patrizia felt, a life without Gucci was not a life worth living. The greatest time in her life was being a Gucci, and I can say to you, being done with this film, that the greatest time in <em>my</em> life was being a Gucci. That’s how art and life line up. Ridley’s life is a masterpiece, and you’re lucky if you get to be a part of it.

Lady Gaga and Ridley Scott on ‘House of Gucci’: When beauty turns ugly

<p>On Thursday, Will Smith embarked on a book tour for his memoir 'Will' and hopped on the stage of Dolby Theatre where he talked about his life, career and the choices that shaped up his existence.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
Smith’s started with his native Philadelphia, then to Brooklyn, Chicago, and Los Angeles before he goes global: to London.</p>

<p><strong>Also read:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-julia-roberts-drops-out-of-reese-witherspoons-production-jennifer-garner-steps-in-428913" hreflang="en">Julia Roberts drops from Reese Witherspoon's production, Jennifer Garner joins</a></p>

<p><br />
Smith has written his memoir in collaboration with Mark Manson, author of 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck'.</p>

<p><br />
"The book tracks my journey from fear to love," the actor said.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
“Over time I started to see that focusing on the wall made it seem like an impossible task. But when you bring your mind down to laying one brick perfectly, you can even have fun in that moment,” Smith said.&nbsp;<br />
This lesson has been a guiding force in his career throughout.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
During this no-hollds-barred chat, Smith mentioned something interesting about his personal life: that performing arts was an escape for him. “I started performing as a way to keep peace in my house. It turned into something where I was able to assert myself in the material world," he said.&nbsp;</p>

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The memoir also touches upon the domestic violence he has seen and faced as a young boy.&nbsp;</p>

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“I learned what love is…you can’t punish people for mistakes. You have to forgive people, and a big part of that is forgiving yourself," he explained.&nbsp;</p>

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Smith also joked about media's portrayal of his unconventional marriage to Jada Pinkett Smith, saying: “What you’re watching is an experiment in unconditional love.”</p>

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<p>The actor-musician wrapped up the talk with a rap performance in what they dubbed as 'the true style of Will Smith'.&nbsp;</p>


On Thursday, Will Smith embarked on a book tour for his memoir 'Will' and hopped on the stage of Dolby Theatre where he talked about his life, career and the choices that shaped up his existence.

On Thursday, Will Smith embarked on a book tour for his memoir 'Will' and hopped on the stage of Dolby Theatre where he talked about his life, career and the choices that shaped up his existence. Smith’s started with his native Philadelphia, then to Brooklyn, Chicago, and Los Angeles before he goes global: to London. Also read: Julia Roberts drops from Reese Witherspoon's production, Jennifer Garner joins Smith has written his memoir in collaboration with Mark Manson, author of 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck'. "The book tracks my journey from fear to love," the actor said. “Over time I started to see that focusing on the wall made it seem like an impossible task. But when you bring your mind down to laying one brick perfectly, you can even have fun in that moment,” Smith said. This lesson has been a guiding force in his career throughout. Also read: What's next for Britney Spears? Clues are in her own words During this no-hollds-barred chat, Smith mentioned something interesting about his personal life: that performing arts was an escape for him. “I started performing as a way to keep peace in my house. It turned into something where I was able to assert myself in the material world," he said. The memoir also touches upon the domestic violence he has seen and faced as a young boy. “I learned what love is…you can’t punish people for mistakes. You have to forgive people, and a big part of that is forgiving yourself," he explained. Smith also joked about media's portrayal of his unconventional marriage to Jada Pinkett Smith, saying: “What you’re watching is an experiment in unconditional love.” Also read: Finally! Britney Spears' conservatorship dissolved by Judge The actor-musician wrapped up the talk with a rap performance in what they dubbed as 'the true style of Will Smith'.

Will Smith on childhood woes: I started performing as a way to keep peace in my house

<p>Newly married Meadow Walker shared some personal news related to her health.</p>

<p>The 23-year-old model, who walked down the isle just last month&nbsp;as <a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-vin-diesel-walks-meadow-walker-paul-walkers-daughter-down-the-aisle-at-her-wedding-423221">she married actor Louis Thornton-Allan</a>, revealed through Instagram that she had a tumour removed two years ago. Meadow posted a photo of herself wearing a medical hair cap and fiducial markers on her forehead.</p>

<p><strong>Also read:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/opinions-blogs/opinion-britney-spears-a-long-walk-to-freedom-429069" hreflang="en">Opinion | Britney Spears: A long walk to freedom</a></p>

<p>"2 years ago today. I’ve come a very long way. Bye bye tumor. Blessed &amp; grateful," Meadow captioned the photo, without revealing much information about the tumour itself.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Her celebrity friends were quick to lend their support to her. Among the first ones to wish her well was godfather and best man at her wedding, Vin Diesel. The star put a praying hand emoji in the comments as Christy Turlington, Genesis Rodriguez and other celebs showered encouraging words of support.</p>

<p>"We’re married!!!!" Meadow, who got married last month in a beachside wedding, wore an elegant white wedding gown with a long veil, captioned her announcement post.</p>

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<p>Vin Diesel has spoken about the possibility of Meadow making a guest appearance at one one of the 'Fast &amp; Furious' movies. When quizzed about it by a global news portal, he neither accepted nor denied it. Instead, he smiled and pointed at the camera.&nbsp;</p>

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Newly married Meadow Walker shared some personal news related to her health. The 23-year-old model, who walked down the isle just last month as she married actor Louis Thornton-Allan, revealed through Instagram that she had a tumour removed two years ago.

Newly married Meadow Walker shared some personal news related to her health. The 23-year-old model, who walked down the isle just last month as she married actor Louis Thornton-Allan, revealed through Instagram that she had a tumour removed two years ago. Meadow posted a photo of herself wearing a medical hair cap and fiducial markers on her forehead. Also read: Opinion | Britney Spears: A long walk to freedom "2 years ago today. I’ve come a very long way. Bye bye tumor. Blessed & grateful," Meadow captioned the photo, without revealing much information about the tumour itself. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Meadow Walker (@meadowwalker) × Her celebrity friends were quick to lend their support to her. Among the first ones to wish her well was godfather and best man at her wedding, Vin Diesel. The star put a praying hand emoji in the comments as Christy Turlington, Genesis Rodriguez and other celebs showered encouraging words of support. "We’re married!!!!" Meadow, who got married last month in a beachside wedding, wore an elegant white wedding gown with a long veil, captioned her announcement post. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Meadow Walker (@meadowwalker) × Vin Diesel has spoken about the possibility of Meadow making a guest appearance at one one of the 'Fast & Furious' movies. When quizzed about it by a global news portal, he neither accepted nor denied it. Instead, he smiled and pointed at the camera. Also read: First teaser of 'Sex & The City' sequel series is here; release date revealed

Meadow Walker, Paul Walker's daughter, had a tumour removed

<p>Oscar-winning actress Julia Roberts has reportedly dropped out of Apple TV+’s limited drama series 'The Last Thing He Told Me' owing to scheduling conflicts, reports claim.&nbsp;</p>

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Jennifer Garner has now taken over as the lead role in this drama based on Laura Dave’s novel.<br />
The series is slated to release on Apple TV and was ordered for a straight-to-series format in December of 2020, according to reports.</p>

<p><strong>Also read:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-finally-britney-spears-conservatorship-dissolved-by-judge-428908">Finally! Britney Spears' conservatorship dissolved by Judge</a></p>

<p><br />
Garner will also be executive producing the show, which is reportedly a joint venture between Reese Witherspoon’s Hellos Sunshine and Disney’s 20th Television.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
'The Last Thing He Told Me' will focus on the story of a woman (to be played by Garner)and how she forges an unexpected relationship with her 16-year-old stepdaughter all the while searching for answers surrounding her husband's mysteriously disappeared.</p>

<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/into-the-wild-with-bear-grylls-review-vicky-kaushal-conquers-his-biggest-fear-428764" hreflang="en">'Into The Wild with Bear Grylls' Review: Vicky Kaushal conquers his biggest fear</a></p>

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Dave’s novel was published in May and topped the The New York Times bestseller list in no time under the hardcover fiction. She is adapting the book for Apple as creator and husband Josh Singer as its co-creator.<br />
Dave, Singer and Garner will all be executive producing 'The Last Thing He Told Me' with Hello Sunshine’s Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter.</p>

<p><strong>Also read:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-withdraw-kangana-ranauts-padma-shri-ncp-leader-slams-actress-over-her-remarks-on-indias-independence-428770" hreflang="en">Kangana Ranaut's India independence remark leads to calls to revoke Padma Sri</a></p>


Oscar-winning actress Julia Roberts has reportedly dropped out of Apple TV+’s limited drama series 'The Last Thing He Told Me' owing to scheduling conflicts, reports claim.

Oscar-winning actress Julia Roberts has reportedly dropped out of Apple TV+’s limited drama series 'The Last Thing He Told Me' owing to scheduling conflicts, reports claim. Jennifer Garner has now taken over as the lead role in this drama based on Laura Dave’s novel. The series is slated to release on Apple TV and was ordered for a straight-to-series format in December of 2020, according to reports. Also read: Finally! Britney Spears' conservatorship dissolved by Judge Garner will also be executive producing the show, which is reportedly a joint venture between Reese Witherspoon’s Hellos Sunshine and Disney’s 20th Television. 'The Last Thing He Told Me' will focus on the story of a woman (to be played by Garner)and how she forges an unexpected relationship with her 16-year-old stepdaughter all the while searching for answers surrounding her husband's mysteriously disappeared. Also read: 'Into The Wild with Bear Grylls' Review: Vicky Kaushal conquers his biggest fear Dave’s novel was published in May and topped the The New York Times bestseller list in no time under the hardcover fiction. She is adapting the book for Apple as creator and husband Josh Singer as its co-creator. Dave, Singer and Garner will all be executive producing 'The Last Thing He Told Me' with Hello Sunshine’s Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter. Also read: Kangana Ranaut's India independence remark leads to calls to revoke Padma Sri

Julia Roberts drops out of Reese Witherspoon's production, Jennifer Garner steps in

<p>When a friend barged into my room years ago, with heaps of paper in hand, screaming, "I am going to America!", I thought to myself, "Only a third-world country kid could have reacted this way over making it to a fashion college in New York." As much as I was happy for her, I wanted to learn--out of sheer curiosity--what was so appealing about the land of Liberty that she was willing to stay neck-deep in debt for most part of the finest years of her life. Without fluttering her eyelashes, she said, "Freedom, babe. Freedom! I am going to wear bikinis and go bar-hopping and do not have to worry about curfews or look over my shoulder constantly. *Expletive* patriarchy and dated rules... woohoo!" Today morning, when I sat down to write the <a href="Finally! Britney Spears' conservatorship dissolved by Judge">latest on Britney Spears' primitive conservatorship impositions</a> for the publication, I wondered how my friend's notion of American freedom was a tinted one. Just like mine.</p>

<p><img alt="Britney Spears on stage" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="11c4601c-09fb-4b99-b77b-bc78e78f8164" src="//cdn.wionews.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/pjimage%20-%202021-11-13T190512.201.jpg" /><br />
Many moons back, Britney had rather unceremoniously attacked the vehicle of a paparazzo in a moment of utter madness, perhaps from being tired over that community tracking every move&nbsp;she made, every breathe she took and every heartbeat she would skip. Yes, violence is no civilised way of combating intrusive behaviour. But, between divorce proceedings, estrangement with children, drugs, rehab, and being the biggest popstar in the world, Britney--the human--stood no chance. For those who cared, it must have come as huge relief that her once <a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/day-has-finally-come-paris-hilton-cher-other-celebs-react-to-britney-spears-conservatorship-end-428939">distant father, Jamie Spears</a>, was stepping in as her conservator. By definition, conservatorship means, "the legal status of a person appointed by a court to protect the interests of someone, such as a child, who is unable to manage his or her own affairs."</p>

<p><img alt="Britney Spears had a mental breakdown in 2007-08" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="32a8c165-81b6-4b6f-b52e-beb167bdd1d9" src="//cdn.wionews.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/pjimage%20-%202021-11-13T190418.028.jpg" /><br />
So, the idea of having someone watch over her 'business affairs' while she grappled with personal woes may not have seemed like such an outrageous legal course of action to seek at the time. To fight for it to be squashed for 13 years straight, is. Multiple documentaries, and Britney herself, have accused the father--who had, by the way, declared bankruptcy at one point--of living off of her wealth, dragging her to shows as if she were a stubborn child all of four, and pocketed most of what she made living under his tyrannical regime. <a href="https://www.wionews.com/photos/finally-free-a-timeline-of-britney-spears-conservatorship-battle-429009">If what Britney said about her father is true</a>, even a small fraction of it, then, where does parental love end and greed begin? Can the love of a parent be quantified at all? If yes, then is $60 million the running price in the market of parenthood that could get one to nurture those they brought into the world by choice ? Hopefully, not.</p>

<p><img alt="Over the years, Britney has spoken against her father's bullying ways" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="cd5574b6-a14b-4c1e-8851-6dd5413935d1" src="//cdn.wionews.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/pjimage%20-%202021-11-13T190600.181.jpg" /><br />
To say Jamie Spears getting away with barbaric levels of control over his cash cow of a daughter is an offshoot of society's patriarchal mindset would be redundant. Historically, male artists--and we are not naming names to avoid lawsuits, but you know who they are--have always worn their bad-boy images with pride; flaunted them live on concerts and late-night shows. Outside girlfriends' apartments, at bars, during one-night stands, but how many of them have been left by a court of law to be supervised by their folks? Before you Google any further, I will tell you now: not anyone you know! In fact, some of these questionable behaviors have been tucked away under the big blankets of money and power. So, using that logic, a legally adult Britney gets 14-year prison-esque treatment for shaving off her own head while a male artist walks scot-free and goes on to win awards after being labelled a sexual predator, a bully? If this is not an indication of just how biased the society is in favour of men, then we do not know of another apt example that could prove our argument right.</p>

<p><img alt="Britney Spears: Smiling and happy!" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="1dae7c0f-1835-421a-b691-cf6b9562abcf" src="//cdn.wionews.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/pjimage%20-%202021-11-13T190738.630.jpg" /><br />
Britney, during these years of living under the tight grip of her 'abusive' father, could not have kids, get married and had to seek permission for smallest of things. With the toxicity gone from her life once and for all, some may think making a comeback like the mammoth pop star she once was would be an uphill battle for her.</p>

<p><br />
To summarise my thoughts on the resurrection of Britney, the pop star, in a way that someone with little knowledge of Indian epics would understand, we borrow a small snippet from a mythological story circling Lord Rama. He was sent on a 14-year exile to remote Dandaka forest and when he came back, much to everyone's disbelief, he sat on the throne of Ayodhya. Although there's no logic to back that theory, I believe Britney's headed for a similar fate: all in sweet time.</p>

<p><strong>Also read:</strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-britney-vs-spears-review-a-lonely-princess-in-her-hellish-castle-416940">&nbsp;Britney Vs Spears review: A lonely princess in her hellish castle</a></p>

<p><br />
As the lady herself said, "My loneliness ain’t killing me no more. I’m stronger."</p>

<p><strong>(Disclaimer: The views of the writer do not represent the views of WION or ZMCL. Nor does WION or ZMCL endorse the views of the writer.)</strong></p>


When a friend barged into my room years ago, with heaps of paper in hand, screaming, "I am going to America!", I thought to myself, "Only a third-world country kid could have reacted this way over making it to a fashion college in New York.

When a friend barged into my room years ago, with heaps of paper in hand, screaming, "I am going to America!", I thought to myself, "Only a third-world country kid could have reacted this way over making it to a fashion college in New York." As much as I was happy for her, I wanted to learn--out of sheer curiosity--what was so appealing about the land of Liberty that she was willing to stay neck-deep in debt for most part of the finest years of her life. Without fluttering her eyelashes, she said, "Freedom, babe. Freedom! I am going to wear bikinis and go bar-hopping and do not have to worry about curfews or look over my shoulder constantly. *Expletive* patriarchy and dated rules... woohoo!" Today morning, when I sat down to write the latest on Britney Spears' primitive conservatorship impositions for the publication, I wondered how my friend's notion of American freedom was a tinted one. Just like mine. Many moons back, Britney had rather unceremoniously attacked the vehicle of a paparazzo in a moment of utter madness, perhaps from being tired over that community tracking every move she made, every breathe she took and every heartbeat she would skip. Yes, violence is no civilised way of combating intrusive behaviour. But, between divorce proceedings, estrangement with children, drugs, rehab, and being the biggest popstar in the world, Britney--the human--stood no chance. For those who cared, it must have come as huge relief that her once distant father, Jamie Spears, was stepping in as her conservator. By definition, conservatorship means, "the legal status of a person appointed by a court to protect the interests of someone, such as a child, who is unable to manage his or her own affairs." So, the idea of having someone watch over her 'business affairs' while she grappled with personal woes may not have seemed like such an outrageous legal course of action to seek at the time. To fight for it to be squashed for 13 years straight, is. Multiple documentaries, and Britney herself, have accused the father--who had, by the way, declared bankruptcy at one point--of living off of her wealth, dragging her to shows as if she were a stubborn child all of four, and pocketed most of what she made living under his tyrannical regime. If what Britney said about her father is true, even a small fraction of it, then, where does parental love end and greed begin? Can the love of a parent be quantified at all? If yes, then is $60 million the running price in the market of parenthood that could get one to nurture those they brought into the world by choice ? Hopefully, not. To say Jamie Spears getting away with barbaric levels of control over his cash cow of a daughter is an offshoot of society's patriarchal mindset would be redundant. Historically, male artists--and we are not naming names to avoid lawsuits, but you know who they are--have always worn their bad-boy images with pride; flaunted them live on concerts and late-night shows. Outside girlfriends' apartments, at bars, during one-night stands, but how many of them have been left by a court of law to be supervised by their folks? Before you Google any further, I will tell you now: not anyone you know! In fact, some of these questionable behaviors have been tucked away under the big blankets of money and power. So, using that logic, a legally adult Britney gets 14-year prison-esque treatment for shaving off her own head while a male artist walks scot-free and goes on to win awards after being labelled a sexual predator, a bully? If this is not an indication of just how biased the society is in favour of men, then we do not know of another apt example that could prove our argument right. Britney, during these years of living under the tight grip of her 'abusive' father, could not have kids, get married and had to seek permission for smallest of things. With the toxicity gone from her life once and for all, some may think making a comeback like the mammoth pop star she once was would be an uphill battle for her. To summarise my thoughts on the resurrection of Britney, the pop star, in a way that someone with little knowledge of Indian epics would understand, we borrow a small snippet from a mythological story circling Lord Rama. He was sent on a 14-year exile to remote Dandaka forest and when he came back, much to everyone's disbelief, he sat on the throne of Ayodhya. Although there's no logic to back that theory, I believe Britney's headed for a similar fate: all in sweet time. Also read: Britney Vs Spears review: A lonely princess in her hellish castle As the lady herself said, "My loneliness ain’t killing me no more. I’m stronger." (Disclaimer: The views of the writer do not represent the views of WION or ZMCL. Nor does WION or ZMCL endorse the views of the writer.)

Opinion | Britney Spears: A long walk to freedom

<p>Fans of 'Doctor Strange', and Benedict Cumberbatch, are going to have to wait a little longer as the cast and crew is headed for a reshoot.</p>

<p><br />
According to reports, the Benedict Cumberbatch-starring sequel to Marvel Studios’ 2016 installment, 'Multiverse of Madness', is undergoing 'significant' reshoots. The new version is currently being reshot in Los Angeles, including photography.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Also read:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-finally-britney-spears-conservatorship-dissolved-by-judge-428908">Finally! Britney Spears' conservatorship dissolved by Judge</a></p>

<p><br />
Sources have reportedly told media outlets that Cumberbatch along with some of the cast &amp; crew are in it for the long haul: six weeks of shooting and six working days a week. Director Sam Raimi stays in his post, and so does 'Loki' head writer Michael for writing the new variation to the story.</p>

<p><br />
One source said, “Even while in the middle of production, Marvel is scheduling you for more shooting."&nbsp;<br />
Another added, “We’ve had bigger reshoots on other MCU movies.”</p>

<p><br />
However, yet another source revealed, “They’re here until the end of the year. That’s like a whole other movie,” said one.</p>

<p><br />
One source credited the reshoots to the revamped version of the story, while another said the reason could be the impact of Covid on that had halted UK productions in the past.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/day-has-finally-come-paris-hilton-cher-other-celebs-react-to-britney-spears-conservatorship-end-428939" hreflang="en">Day has finally come! Paris Hilton, Cher &amp; other celebs react to Britney Spears' conservatorship end</a></p>

<p><br />
The sequel to 'Doctor Strange' has gone through other challenges, too. Director Scott Derrickson had co-written a version of the script and was set to direct when creative differences meant he left in January of 2020. Raimi and Waldron were then roped in, as sources reportedly say, to create a new movie on an accelerated time frame.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
Reportedly, the call for reshoots have not dampened the spirit of its cast and crew.“There is a pervasive enthusiasm,” one source described.</p>

<p><br />
On Thursday, Cumberbatch was asked about the reshoots on Jimmy Kimmel Live.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
“Like everything with Marvel, it comes in fresh, pretty much, most mornings,” Cumberbatch joked. “It’s really exciting and the film is shaping up to be something special.”</p>

<p><strong>Also read:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-will-smith-on-childhood-woes-i-started-performing-as-a-way-to-keep-peace-in-my-house-428928" hreflang="en">Will Smith on childhood woes: I started performing to keep peace in my house</a></p>


Fans of 'Doctor Strange', and Benedict Cumberbatch, are going to have to wait a little longer as the cast and crew is headed for a reshoot. According to reports, the Benedict Cumberbatch-starring sequel to Marvel Studios’ 2016 installment, 'Multiverse of Madness', is undergoing 'significant' reshoots.

Fans of 'Doctor Strange', and Benedict Cumberbatch, are going to have to wait a little longer as the cast and crew is headed for a reshoot. According to reports, the Benedict Cumberbatch-starring sequel to Marvel Studios’ 2016 installment, 'Multiverse of Madness', is undergoing 'significant' reshoots. The new version is currently being reshot in Los Angeles, including photography. Also read: Finally! Britney Spears' conservatorship dissolved by Judge Sources have reportedly told media outlets that Cumberbatch along with some of the cast & crew are in it for the long haul: six weeks of shooting and six working days a week. Director Sam Raimi stays in his post, and so does 'Loki' head writer Michael for writing the new variation to the story. One source said, “Even while in the middle of production, Marvel is scheduling you for more shooting." Another added, “We’ve had bigger reshoots on other MCU movies.” However, yet another source revealed, “They’re here until the end of the year. That’s like a whole other movie,” said one. One source credited the reshoots to the revamped version of the story, while another said the reason could be the impact of Covid on that had halted UK productions in the past. Also read: Day has finally come! Paris Hilton, Cher & other celebs react to Britney Spears' conservatorship end The sequel to 'Doctor Strange' has gone through other challenges, too. Director Scott Derrickson had co-written a version of the script and was set to direct when creative differences meant he left in January of 2020. Raimi and Waldron were then roped in, as sources reportedly say, to create a new movie on an accelerated time frame. Reportedly, the call for reshoots have not dampened the spirit of its cast and crew.“There is a pervasive enthusiasm,” one source described. On Thursday, Cumberbatch was asked about the reshoots on Jimmy Kimmel Live. “Like everything with Marvel, it comes in fresh, pretty much, most mornings,” Cumberbatch joked. “It’s really exciting and the film is shaping up to be something special.” Also read: Will Smith on childhood woes: I started performing to keep peace in my house

Benedict Cumberbatch's 'Doctor Strange' sequel being reshot: here's why!

<p>The term 'prediction' is synonymous to hit animated sitcom, 'The Simpsons'.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
The latest prediction rumour that's keeping internet sleuths busy is the belief that the show foresaw the recent Astroworld tragedy in which nine people died and hundreds were injured when the Travis Scott concerned spiralled out of hand, crowd-wise, resulting in a tragic stampede.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
However, a little digging by some media outlets have proven that the piece of art 'predicting' the accident that reportedly proves fan theories is actually not from the show: it is, in fact, a fan art inspired by ‘The Simpsons’ and Astroworld music festival from 2018.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
A certain Liam Ayson made it and the same has not appeared in any of the actual episodes, The Sun claims.<br />
But that does not put an end to the speculations at all. Comparisons are being drawn with actual episodes, too. In one of the clips from the show, when Marge takes Maggie to see a Roofi concert, at the concert entrance, she says, “This concert is oversold. It’s as if a music promoter acted unscrupulously". Sharing it on Twitter, a user wrote, “The Simpsons has done it again #AstroWorld (sic)".</p>

<p><br />
Another clip from a 1992 episode of ‘The Simpsons’ called ‘The Otto Show’ has been pulled up by netizens to substantiate the claim. As per The Sun, Bart and Milhouse attend a Spinal Tap concert in the episode, where the crowd gets agitated when the band ends the show rather early. The commotion sees a part of the stage getting flooded and a misfiring laser blinds one of the performers.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
Another episode that is being used to prove these fan theories is again from February of 1992, which shows Homer holding a magazine that has a headline, reading “Bat Boy Accurately Predicts Final Four". Fans say the cover of that magazine has striking similarities to the art that appears on the cover of one of Travis Scott’s songs. The cover that’s being circulated by TikTokers is from Travis’ song ‘Escape Plan’ from album Dystopia, HITC reports.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
Another resemblance is that the Bat Boy cover from the sitcom is ‘World Weekly News’, while Travis’ cover goes as ‘Weekly World Truths’. According to HITC, Travis’ cover seems to be an appreciation of ‘Weekly World News’: an actual magazine that was in circulation from 1979 to 2007.</p>

<p><br />
Travis’ cover in questions reads in bold letters, “The true dystopia is here!" as well as “Who knows what lies beneath the surface?" and “When the end arrives its (sic) really the beginning".</p>

<p>&nbsp;<br />
Although these speculations have been keeping the internet abuzz, there are no solid grounds to prove that they are right.&nbsp;</p>

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Check out what is Twitterati saying about the Astroworld tragedy and 'The Simpsons' predicting it well in advance:&nbsp;</p>

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AHAHAHHSBDBDDKRKRHEB <a href="https://t.co/bHWctMvLwr">pic.twitter.com/bHWctMvLwr</a></p>
— TRAVIS SCOTT (@trvisXX) <a href="https://twitter.com/trvisXX/status/1456265826072350724?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2021</a></blockquote>
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The term 'prediction' is synonymous to hit animated sitcom, 'The Simpsons'. The latest prediction rumour that's keeping internet sleuths busy is the belief that the show foresaw the recent Astroworld tragedy in which nine people died and hundreds were injured when the Travis Scott concerned spiralled out of hand, crowd-wise, resulting in a tragic stampede.

The term 'prediction' is synonymous to hit animated sitcom, 'The Simpsons'. The latest prediction rumour that's keeping internet sleuths busy is the belief that the show foresaw the recent Astroworld tragedy in which nine people died and hundreds were injured when the Travis Scott concerned spiralled out of hand, crowd-wise, resulting in a tragic stampede. However, a little digging by some media outlets have proven that the piece of art 'predicting' the accident that reportedly proves fan theories is actually not from the show: it is, in fact, a fan art inspired by ‘The Simpsons’ and Astroworld music festival from 2018. A certain Liam Ayson made it and the same has not appeared in any of the actual episodes, The Sun claims. But that does not put an end to the speculations at all. Comparisons are being drawn with actual episodes, too. In one of the clips from the show, when Marge takes Maggie to see a Roofi concert, at the concert entrance, she says, “This concert is oversold. It’s as if a music promoter acted unscrupulously". Sharing it on Twitter, a user wrote, “The Simpsons has done it again #AstroWorld (sic)". Another clip from a 1992 episode of ‘The Simpsons’ called ‘The Otto Show’ has been pulled up by netizens to substantiate the claim. As per The Sun, Bart and Milhouse attend a Spinal Tap concert in the episode, where the crowd gets agitated when the band ends the show rather early. The commotion sees a part of the stage getting flooded and a misfiring laser blinds one of the performers. Another episode that is being used to prove these fan theories is again from February of 1992, which shows Homer holding a magazine that has a headline, reading “Bat Boy Accurately Predicts Final Four". Fans say the cover of that magazine has striking similarities to the art that appears on the cover of one of Travis Scott’s songs. The cover that’s being circulated by TikTokers is from Travis’ song ‘Escape Plan’ from album Dystopia, HITC reports. Another resemblance is that the Bat Boy cover from the sitcom is ‘World Weekly News’, while Travis’ cover goes as ‘Weekly World Truths’. According to HITC, Travis’ cover seems to be an appreciation of ‘Weekly World News’: an actual magazine that was in circulation from 1979 to 2007. Travis’ cover in questions reads in bold letters, “The true dystopia is here!" as well as “Who knows what lies beneath the surface?" and “When the end arrives its (sic) really the beginning". Although these speculations have been keeping the internet abuzz, there are no solid grounds to prove that they are right. Check out what is Twitterati saying about the Astroworld tragedy and 'The Simpsons' predicting it well in advance: SOME NEW MUSIC AT MIDNIGHT. AHAHAHHSBDBDDKRKRHEB pic.twitter.com/bHWctMvLwr — TRAVIS SCOTT (@trvisXX) November 4, 2021 × Simpsons prediction Travis Scott Astroworld concert. pic.twitter.com/RYHE36TEqG — Edi (@Edi05215930) November 10, 2021 × The simpsons have predicted Astroworld 2021 https://t.co/R20klXx61h — Gamefan6219 (@christiangross4) November 8, 2021 × The Simpsons has done it again #AstroWorld pic.twitter.com/d2KtwZEJ8O — Arifur® (@ArifurFC) November 7, 2021 × View this post on Instagram A post shared by Liam Ayson (@liamayson) ×

Astroworld tragedy: Did 'The Simpsons' know all along about Travis Scott's concert mishap?

<p>On Dec. 3, 1979, a crowd amassed outside Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati for a concert by the Who. The show was booked without seat reservations, giving early bird fans the chance to rush toward the stage. In the confusion outside the venue, 11 people were crushed to death.</p>

<p><br />
In response, Cincinnati banned that kind of general-admission model, sometimes called festival seating, and the incident served as a reminder of the inherent danger when pop music is mixed with big crowds.<br />
Cincinnati’s ban was lifted in 2004, just as a new, lucrative era of music festivals was taking off, led by events like Coachella, that were modeled after European festivals where fans roamed free and took in attractions on multiple stages.</p>

<p><br />
But through the years, a series of disasters at concerts, clubs and festivals have served as reminders of the dangers of crowds, such as the death of nine people at a Danish festival in 2000 or a stampede at a nightclub in Chicago in 2003 that left 21 dead.</p>

<p><br />
Those fears were rekindled with Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival in Houston last Friday, when nine people died and more than 300 were injured at a packed event that drew 50,000 people to NRG Park.</p>

<p><br />
For now, more questions than answers surround Astroworld, including how well the festival’s security plan was followed and why it took nearly 40 minutes to shut the show down after Houston officials declared a “mass casualty event.” Houston police are conducting a criminal investigation, and dozens of lawsuits have been filed against Scott and Live Nation, the festival’s promoter, among other defendants.</p>

<p><br />
The event, and the finger-pointing in response, seemed all too familiar to Paul Wertheimer, a concert security expert and longtime critic of the industry. He began his career investigating the Who disaster and has since documented thousands of safety incidents at festivals and concerts; his research has included hours studying the dynamics of mosh pits.</p>

<p><br />
“I’ve been living this recurring nightmare, what happened in Houston, for 40 years,” he said in an interview. “I’ve seen it over and over again.”</p>

<p><br />
The Astroworld disaster has already ignited debate about the safety of festivals, just as the industry has finally seen the return of large-scale touring after more than a year of dormancy during the pandemic.</p>

<p><br />
To critics like Wertheimer, Astroworld is yet another sign that concert promoters prioritize profits over safety. The concert industry sees it differently, arguing that the rarity of serious problems given the many thousands of events that go on without major incident each year proves that most shows are perfectly safe and that expertise has been developed to protect the public.</p>

<p><br />
Live Nation, the world’s largest concert company, put on some 40,000 shows of various sizes in 2019, the most recent year that it had a full slate of events. Deaths and major injuries are rare, and when they do occur, they often involve factors such as drug overdoses.</p>

<p><br />
Still, the impact of the deaths in Houston are already being felt in the industry, as executives calculate the increased costs and heightened security measures they expect will be required in the future to avoid becoming the next Astroworld.</p>

<p><br />
Randy Phillips, former CEO of AEG Live, a concert giant that counts Coachella among its portfolio of festivals, said that for shows he is planning on his own as a promoter, “we are oversecuring and overinsuring all participants in a way we probably wouldn’t have pre-Astroworld.”</p>

<p><br />
Until the criminal investigation is completed, and courts sort out liability in the civil suits, it may be unclear just what steps festival promoters and concert venues should take to prevent a recurrence. But few doubt there will be repercussions that will affect insurance, security, government regulations and contractual agreements among promoters, performers, venues and various third parties like security firms.</p>

<p><br />
In a statement, Live Nation said, “We continue to support and assist local authorities in their ongoing investigation so that both the fans who attended and their families can get the answers they want and deserve.” The company declined to comment further.</p>

<p><br />
For Live Nation and other promoters, festivals have become an important moneymaker. The day before the Astroworld disaster, in a conference call with analysts to announce Live Nation’s third-quarter financial results, Michael Rapino, its CEO, said that when the company controls all revenue streams for a festival, “it’s our highest-margin business.”</p>

<p><br />
Crowd-control plans are an essential part of those events, and have evolved over the past two decades or so as festivals have become a key part of the touring industry.</p>

<p><br />
To manage general-admission events, long barriers known as crowd breaks are usually deployed to divide large spaces into smaller zones that contain as few as 5,000 patrons, reducing the risk of overcrowding, Phillips said. Other practices have emerged, like the use of counterprogramming on multiple stages, with overlapping set times, to prevent the full force of a festival audience from piling into one place at the same time.</p>

<p><br />
It is unclear how well those lessons were implemented at Astroworld.</p>

<p><br />
In an appearance on NBC’s “Today” show Tuesday, Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña said that barricades had been used to prevent the crowd from surging forward, but the movement of the crowd toward the stage “in essence caused other areas of pinch points.”</p>

<p><br />
“As the crowd began to surge and push and compress toward the front,” Peña said, “it was those people in the center that began to get crushed, and the injuries started.”</p>

<p><br />
Astroworld has also stood out for the role of Scott, the festival’s creator and star attraction. A chart-topping rapper and entrepreneur, he has developed a reputation for putting on chaotic, high-energy shows, even encouraging fans to sneak in. Twice before, Scott has been arrested and accused of inciting crowds at his shows, and pleaded guilty to minor charges.</p>

<p><br />
At one point last Friday, Scott paused his set to take note of an ambulance in the crowd. But what he knew about the extent of danger in the crowd will surely be a central point in the investigation and the civil suits.<br />
The relative lack of injury at most big events has led concert executives to defend what they do as safe.</p>

<p><br />
Carl Freed, promoter of the Hot 97 Summer Jam, an annual hip-hop festival at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, called Astroworld “a horrible tragedy,” and added, “But there’s been a great deal of thought put into the safety of patrons. Always has been, always will be.” Summer Jam, which has assigned seating, has had a number of incidents over the years involving fans trying to push their way through security and sometimes scuffling with police.</p>

<p><br />
The history of trouble with overcrowding goes back to the very beginning of rock ’n’ roll. In 1952, disc jockey Alan Freed’s “Moondog Coronation Ball” in Cleveland was shut down by police after up to 25,000 fans showed up for an arena that could hold just 10,000.</p>

<p><br />
And a number of events have turned deadly. In 1991, three teenagers were trampled to death at an AC/DC concert in Salt Lake City. That same year, nine people died in a stampede outside a benefit basketball game at City College in New York that was presented by a young rap promoter, Sean Combs. In one of the highest-profile disasters in recent years, 21 people died in 2010 when crowds of thousands were forced to pass through a narrow tunnel on the way to the Love Parade, a festival in Duisburg, Germany.</p>

<p><br />
The rise of big outdoor festivals in the late 1960s helped establish rock as a paramount cultural force, but the problems at Woodstock (gate-crashing; traffic and sanitation failures) and Altamont (a fan’s death at the hands of a Hells Angels security crew) frightened local governments around the country, which passed public gathering laws that stunted the growth of American festivals for decades.</p>

<p><br />
Brian D. Caplan, a lawyer who is not involved with the Astroworld suits, said it may take courts time to establish which parties face liability but that the history of dangers and violence at concerts serves as fair warning to promoters that steps must be taken to protect the public.</p>

<p><br />
“These happen sporadically, but all large promoters would know that an event of this nature could happen,” Caplan said. “They do the best they can to ensure these things don’t happen; but when they do, it’s difficult to escape some form of liability for the consequences.”</p>

<p><br />
Viewing the footage of Astroworld, Wertheimer said that the deaths could have been prevented simply by reducing the density of the crowd. But with the popularity and profitability of festivals, he doubted that would happen.</p>

<p><br />
“It’s going to be business as usual after this in Houston,” he said, “unless officials rise up and try to protect their communities.”</p>


On Dec. 3, 1979, a crowd amassed outside Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati for a concert by the Who. The show was booked without seat reservations, giving early bird fans the chance to rush toward the stage.

On Dec. 3, 1979, a crowd amassed outside Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati for a concert by the Who. The show was booked without seat reservations, giving early bird fans the chance to rush toward the stage. In the confusion outside the venue, 11 people were crushed to death. In response, Cincinnati banned that kind of general-admission model, sometimes called festival seating, and the incident served as a reminder of the inherent danger when pop music is mixed with big crowds. Cincinnati’s ban was lifted in 2004, just as a new, lucrative era of music festivals was taking off, led by events like Coachella, that were modeled after European festivals where fans roamed free and took in attractions on multiple stages. But through the years, a series of disasters at concerts, clubs and festivals have served as reminders of the dangers of crowds, such as the death of nine people at a Danish festival in 2000 or a stampede at a nightclub in Chicago in 2003 that left 21 dead. Those fears were rekindled with Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival in Houston last Friday, when nine people died and more than 300 were injured at a packed event that drew 50,000 people to NRG Park. For now, more questions than answers surround Astroworld, including how well the festival’s security plan was followed and why it took nearly 40 minutes to shut the show down after Houston officials declared a “mass casualty event.” Houston police are conducting a criminal investigation, and dozens of lawsuits have been filed against Scott and Live Nation, the festival’s promoter, among other defendants. The event, and the finger-pointing in response, seemed all too familiar to Paul Wertheimer, a concert security expert and longtime critic of the industry. He began his career investigating the Who disaster and has since documented thousands of safety incidents at festivals and concerts; his research has included hours studying the dynamics of mosh pits. “I’ve been living this recurring nightmare, what happened in Houston, for 40 years,” he said in an interview. “I’ve seen it over and over again.” The Astroworld disaster has already ignited debate about the safety of festivals, just as the industry has finally seen the return of large-scale touring after more than a year of dormancy during the pandemic. To critics like Wertheimer, Astroworld is yet another sign that concert promoters prioritize profits over safety. The concert industry sees it differently, arguing that the rarity of serious problems given the many thousands of events that go on without major incident each year proves that most shows are perfectly safe and that expertise has been developed to protect the public. Live Nation, the world’s largest concert company, put on some 40,000 shows of various sizes in 2019, the most recent year that it had a full slate of events. Deaths and major injuries are rare, and when they do occur, they often involve factors such as drug overdoses. Still, the impact of the deaths in Houston are already being felt in the industry, as executives calculate the increased costs and heightened security measures they expect will be required in the future to avoid becoming the next Astroworld. Randy Phillips, former CEO of AEG Live, a concert giant that counts Coachella among its portfolio of festivals, said that for shows he is planning on his own as a promoter, “we are oversecuring and overinsuring all participants in a way we probably wouldn’t have pre-Astroworld.” Until the criminal investigation is completed, and courts sort out liability in the civil suits, it may be unclear just what steps festival promoters and concert venues should take to prevent a recurrence. But few doubt there will be repercussions that will affect insurance, security, government regulations and contractual agreements among promoters, performers, venues and various third parties like security firms. In a statement, Live Nation said, “We continue to support and assist local authorities in their ongoing investigation so that both the fans who attended and their families can get the answers they want and deserve.” The company declined to comment further. For Live Nation and other promoters, festivals have become an important moneymaker. The day before the Astroworld disaster, in a conference call with analysts to announce Live Nation’s third-quarter financial results, Michael Rapino, its CEO, said that when the company controls all revenue streams for a festival, “it’s our highest-margin business.” Crowd-control plans are an essential part of those events, and have evolved over the past two decades or so as festivals have become a key part of the touring industry. To manage general-admission events, long barriers known as crowd breaks are usually deployed to divide large spaces into smaller zones that contain as few as 5,000 patrons, reducing the risk of overcrowding, Phillips said. Other practices have emerged, like the use of counterprogramming on multiple stages, with overlapping set times, to prevent the full force of a festival audience from piling into one place at the same time. It is unclear how well those lessons were implemented at Astroworld. In an appearance on NBC’s “Today” show Tuesday, Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña said that barricades had been used to prevent the crowd from surging forward, but the movement of the crowd toward the stage “in essence caused other areas of pinch points.” “As the crowd began to surge and push and compress toward the front,” Peña said, “it was those people in the center that began to get crushed, and the injuries started.” Astroworld has also stood out for the role of Scott, the festival’s creator and star attraction. A chart-topping rapper and entrepreneur, he has developed a reputation for putting on chaotic, high-energy shows, even encouraging fans to sneak in. Twice before, Scott has been arrested and accused of inciting crowds at his shows, and pleaded guilty to minor charges. At one point last Friday, Scott paused his set to take note of an ambulance in the crowd. But what he knew about the extent of danger in the crowd will surely be a central point in the investigation and the civil suits. The relative lack of injury at most big events has led concert executives to defend what they do as safe. Carl Freed, promoter of the Hot 97 Summer Jam, an annual hip-hop festival at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, called Astroworld “a horrible tragedy,” and added, “But there’s been a great deal of thought put into the safety of patrons. Always has been, always will be.” Summer Jam, which has assigned seating, has had a number of incidents over the years involving fans trying to push their way through security and sometimes scuffling with police. The history of trouble with overcrowding goes back to the very beginning of rock ’n’ roll. In 1952, disc jockey Alan Freed’s “Moondog Coronation Ball” in Cleveland was shut down by police after up to 25,000 fans showed up for an arena that could hold just 10,000. And a number of events have turned deadly. In 1991, three teenagers were trampled to death at an AC/DC concert in Salt Lake City. That same year, nine people died in a stampede outside a benefit basketball game at City College in New York that was presented by a young rap promoter, Sean Combs. In one of the highest-profile disasters in recent years, 21 people died in 2010 when crowds of thousands were forced to pass through a narrow tunnel on the way to the Love Parade, a festival in Duisburg, Germany. The rise of big outdoor festivals in the late 1960s helped establish rock as a paramount cultural force, but the problems at Woodstock (gate-crashing; traffic and sanitation failures) and Altamont (a fan’s death at the hands of a Hells Angels security crew) frightened local governments around the country, which passed public gathering laws that stunted the growth of American festivals for decades. Brian D. Caplan, a lawyer who is not involved with the Astroworld suits, said it may take courts time to establish which parties face liability but that the history of dangers and violence at concerts serves as fair warning to promoters that steps must be taken to protect the public. “These happen sporadically, but all large promoters would know that an event of this nature could happen,” Caplan said. “They do the best they can to ensure these things don’t happen; but when they do, it’s difficult to escape some form of liability for the consequences.” Viewing the footage of Astroworld, Wertheimer said that the deaths could have been prevented simply by reducing the density of the crowd. But with the popularity and profitability of festivals, he doubted that would happen. “It’s going to be business as usual after this in Houston,” he said, “unless officials rise up and try to protect their communities.”

Astroworld disaster rekindles fears about music festival safety

<p>American actor Christopher Walken has committed a Himalayan blunder: the beloved actor has painted over a real Banksy street-art piece in Bristol, England, while shooting for a TV show, reported BBC.</p>

<p><br />
Walken was shooting for his new BBC series, 'The Outlaws', in the town Banksy is rumoured to be from and spray-painted one of his iconic rats on set. Walken reportedly painted over it during the filming of an episode episode.</p>

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<p><br />
"We can confirm that the artwork at the end of The Outlaws was an original Banksy, and that Christopher Walken painted over that artwork during the filming of this scene, ultimately destroying it," a representative for the show confirmed the same to The New York Times.</p>

<p><br />
Walken plays the role of Frank: one of the seven lawbreakers working in a community service program.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
In the most recent episode of the series, the aforementioned painting-over-graffiti in the area where Walken’s character finds the iconic rat and the word 'BANKSY' written above it and paints all over it.&nbsp;</p>

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However, it's unknown whether the Banksy piece was placed there deliberately by the artist without the knowledge of the cast and crew, or if he was in it for a scripted scene.</p>

<p><br />
Banksy art pieces are usually worth millions at auctions.</p>

<p><br />
'The Outlaws' is a BBC drama &nbsp;series written, directed and starring Stephen Merchant.&nbsp;</p>

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American actor Christopher Walken has committed a Himalayan blunder: the beloved actor has painted over a real Banksy street-art piece in Bristol, England, while shooting for a TV show, reported BBC.

American actor Christopher Walken has committed a Himalayan blunder: the beloved actor has painted over a real Banksy street-art piece in Bristol, England, while shooting for a TV show, reported BBC. Walken was shooting for his new BBC series, 'The Outlaws', in the town Banksy is rumoured to be from and spray-painted one of his iconic rats on set. Walken reportedly painted over it during the filming of an episode episode. Also read: Zendaya, Anya Joy-Taylor, Drew Barrymore & others who rocked CFDA Fashion Awards 2021 "We can confirm that the artwork at the end of The Outlaws was an original Banksy, and that Christopher Walken painted over that artwork during the filming of this scene, ultimately destroying it," a representative for the show confirmed the same to The New York Times. Walken plays the role of Frank: one of the seven lawbreakers working in a community service program. In the most recent episode of the series, the aforementioned painting-over-graffiti in the area where Walken’s character finds the iconic rat and the word 'BANKSY' written above it and paints all over it. Also read: Travis Scott asks victims of Astroworld stampede to contact him for help However, it's unknown whether the Banksy piece was placed there deliberately by the artist without the knowledge of the cast and crew, or if he was in it for a scripted scene. Banksy art pieces are usually worth millions at auctions. 'The Outlaws' is a BBC drama series written, directed and starring Stephen Merchant. Also read: Astroworld: Indian student Bharti Shahani becomes 9th victim to lose her life following the concert

Say what? Christopher Walken painted  over a real Banksy piece for a TV show

<p>Bharti Shahani, a 22-year-old Indian-origin college student, who was critically injured in the stampede at the Astroworld festival in Houston, has died, bringing the death toll to nine.&nbsp;The family’s lawyer confirmed the news on Thursday.</p>

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Shahani, who was set to graduate from Texas A&amp;M University in the spring, died on Wednesday night. She was previously declared brain dead by doctors.&nbsp;</p>

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The concertgoers who died following the Friday night's tragic show were aged between 14 and 27. According to reports, a nine-year-old boy, who was also injured at the sold-out festival of 50,000 people, remained in a medically induced coma.</p>

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"For the first time in her life she just wanted to have fun, and that was taken from her," said Namrata Shahani, her sister, who had attended the concert along with Bharti and their cousin.</p>

<p><br />
Namrata Shahani reportedly said that her sister’s last words to her were, “Are you OK?”</p>

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Reportedly, concertgoers have described that the packed audience was still growing and had taken a dangerous shape even before headliner Travis Scott took to stage, and seeing people collapse while the rapper reportedly performed. Scott’s attorneys have said he did not know about the deaths and injuries until after the show.</p>

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On Thursday, Scott’s representatives said Scott is “distraught by the situation” and has been trying to connect with the affected families to extend his condolences and provide them aid.</p>

<p><br />
A criminal investigation into the deaths at Astroworld is underway as hundreds were injured during the stampede.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
Scott was minutes into his set when at least one Houston officer reportedly radioed over a police channel informing that the main stage had been compromised by a massive crowd surge.</p>

<p><br />
Recordings of police radio traffic, obtained by the Houston Chronicle, reveal law enforcement became aware of the rising danger shortly after the star rapper began performing at the sold-out music festival. Scott, however, took on his hometown stage of Houston shortly after 9 p.m.</p>

<p><br />
The rapper kept performing his set that lasted for about an hour. Newspaper Houston Chronicle reported that officers spotted people leaving the crowd but that their voices remained calm through the first 30 minutes of his set.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
On Wednesday, Scott’s attorneys pointed to an operational plan for the event that states only the festival director and executive producers have the authority to stop the show, “neither of which is part of Travis’s crew.”</p>

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<p><br />
“Investigations should start proceeding over finger-pointing so that together, we can identify exactly what transpired and how we can prevent anything like this from happening again,” attorney Edwin F. McPherson said in a statement.</p>


Bharti Shahani, a 22-year-old Indian-origin college student, who was critically injured in the stampede at the Astroworld festival in Houston, has died, bringing the death toll to nine.

Bharti Shahani, a 22-year-old Indian-origin college student, who was critically injured in the stampede at the Astroworld festival in Houston, has died, bringing the death toll to nine. The family’s lawyer confirmed the news on Thursday. Shahani, who was set to graduate from Texas A&M University in the spring, died on Wednesday night. She was previously declared brain dead by doctors. Also read: Mathew McConaughey's not in for mandatory COVID vaccine for kids Watch I Astroworld concert stampede: What we know The concertgoers who died following the Friday night's tragic show were aged between 14 and 27. According to reports, a nine-year-old boy, who was also injured at the sold-out festival of 50,000 people, remained in a medically induced coma. "For the first time in her life she just wanted to have fun, and that was taken from her," said Namrata Shahani, her sister, who had attended the concert along with Bharti and their cousin. Namrata Shahani reportedly said that her sister’s last words to her were, “Are you OK?” Also read: Unisex hijab? Italian fashion brand new launch leaves netizens confused Reportedly, concertgoers have described that the packed audience was still growing and had taken a dangerous shape even before headliner Travis Scott took to stage, and seeing people collapse while the rapper reportedly performed. Scott’s attorneys have said he did not know about the deaths and injuries until after the show. On Thursday, Scott’s representatives said Scott is “distraught by the situation” and has been trying to connect with the affected families to extend his condolences and provide them aid. A criminal investigation into the deaths at Astroworld is underway as hundreds were injured during the stampede. Also read: Woah! Tom Hanks' volleyball in Oscar-nominated 'Cast Away' sold for an unbelievable sum Scott was minutes into his set when at least one Houston officer reportedly radioed over a police channel informing that the main stage had been compromised by a massive crowd surge. Recordings of police radio traffic, obtained by the Houston Chronicle, reveal law enforcement became aware of the rising danger shortly after the star rapper began performing at the sold-out music festival. Scott, however, took on his hometown stage of Houston shortly after 9 p.m. The rapper kept performing his set that lasted for about an hour. Newspaper Houston Chronicle reported that officers spotted people leaving the crowd but that their voices remained calm through the first 30 minutes of his set. On Wednesday, Scott’s attorneys pointed to an operational plan for the event that states only the festival director and executive producers have the authority to stop the show, “neither of which is part of Travis’s crew.” Also read: Zoya Akhtar to direct ‘The Archies’ comic book adaptation for Netflix “Investigations should start proceeding over finger-pointing so that together, we can identify exactly what transpired and how we can prevent anything like this from happening again,” attorney Edwin F. McPherson said in a statement.

Astroworld: Indian student Bharti Shahani becomes 9th victim to lose her life following the concert

<p>Romanticism reigns in “Belfast,” Kenneth Branagh’s cinematic memoir of his childhood in a turbulent Northern Ireland. From the lustrous, mainly black-and-white photography to the cozy camaraderie of its working-class setting, the movie softens edges and hearts alike. The family at its center might have health issues, money worries and an outdoor toilet, but this is no Ken Loach-style deprivation: In these streets, grit and glamour stroll hand-in-hand.</p>

<p><br />
So when Ma (Caitriona Balfe) sits in her doorway to peel potatoes for dinner, what we notice is the soft afternoon light dancing on her luminous skin and brown curls. And when Pa (Jamie Dornan), square of jaw and shoulder, strides toward home after a spell working in England, the camera shoots him like a returning hero. Which, of course, he is, at least to his younger son, Buddy (a wonderful Jude Hill), a smart, cheery 9-year-old and a fictional version of Branagh himself.</p>

<p><br />
Viewed largely through Buddy’s eyes, “Belfast,” which opens in August 1969 (after a brief, colorful montage of the present-day city), is about the destruction of an idyll. Mere minutes into the film, a hail of Molotov cocktails ignites the friendly neighborhood where Catholics and Protestants live amicably side by side. A swirling camera conveys Buddy’s confusion and terror; yet, even as the barricades go up and the local bully-boy (Colin Morgan) tries to draw Buddy’s Protestant family into his campaign to “cleanse the community” of its Catholic residents, the movie refuses to get bogged down in militancy.</p>

<p><br />
Instead, we watch Buddy play ball with his cousins; moon over a pretty classmate; watch “Star Trek” and Westerns on television; and spend time with his loving grandparents (Judi Dench and Ciarán Hinds). Drawing from his own experiences, Branagh crafts nostalgic, sentimental scenes suffused with some of Van Morrison’s warmest songs. Family visits to movies such as “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” (1968) add wonder and fantasy to Buddy’s life and a clue to his future career. They also offer an escape from a conflict he doesn’t understand and his director refuses to elucidate. Snippets of television news play in the background, but the growing Troubles that would tear the country apart are not the story that Branagh (whose family moved to England when he was 9) wants to tell.</p>

<p><br />
So while “Belfast” is, in one sense, a deeply personal coming-of-age tale, it’s also a more universal story of displacement and detachment, located most powerfully in Balfe’s fierce, shining performance. Her authenticity steadies the heartbeat of a film whose cuteness can sometimes grate, and whose telescoped view offers little sense of life beyond Buddy’s block. Branagh’s remembrances may be idealized, but with “Belfast” he has written a charming, rose-tinted thank-you note to the city that sparked his dreams and the parents whose sacrifices helped them come true.</p>


Romanticism reigns in “Belfast,” Kenneth Branagh’s cinematic memoir of his childhood in a turbulent Northern Ireland. From the lustrous, mainly black-and-white photography to the cozy camaraderie of its working-class setting, the movie softens edges and hearts alike.

Romanticism reigns in “Belfast,” Kenneth Branagh’s cinematic memoir of his childhood in a turbulent Northern Ireland. From the lustrous, mainly black-and-white photography to the cozy camaraderie of its working-class setting, the movie softens edges and hearts alike. The family at its center might have health issues, money worries and an outdoor toilet, but this is no Ken Loach-style deprivation: In these streets, grit and glamour stroll hand-in-hand. So when Ma (Caitriona Balfe) sits in her doorway to peel potatoes for dinner, what we notice is the soft afternoon light dancing on her luminous skin and brown curls. And when Pa (Jamie Dornan), square of jaw and shoulder, strides toward home after a spell working in England, the camera shoots him like a returning hero. Which, of course, he is, at least to his younger son, Buddy (a wonderful Jude Hill), a smart, cheery 9-year-old and a fictional version of Branagh himself. Viewed largely through Buddy’s eyes, “Belfast,” which opens in August 1969 (after a brief, colorful montage of the present-day city), is about the destruction of an idyll. Mere minutes into the film, a hail of Molotov cocktails ignites the friendly neighborhood where Catholics and Protestants live amicably side by side. A swirling camera conveys Buddy’s confusion and terror; yet, even as the barricades go up and the local bully-boy (Colin Morgan) tries to draw Buddy’s Protestant family into his campaign to “cleanse the community” of its Catholic residents, the movie refuses to get bogged down in militancy. Instead, we watch Buddy play ball with his cousins; moon over a pretty classmate; watch “Star Trek” and Westerns on television; and spend time with his loving grandparents (Judi Dench and Ciarán Hinds). Drawing from his own experiences, Branagh crafts nostalgic, sentimental scenes suffused with some of Van Morrison’s warmest songs. Family visits to movies such as “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” (1968) add wonder and fantasy to Buddy’s life and a clue to his future career. They also offer an escape from a conflict he doesn’t understand and his director refuses to elucidate. Snippets of television news play in the background, but the growing Troubles that would tear the country apart are not the story that Branagh (whose family moved to England when he was 9) wants to tell. So while “Belfast” is, in one sense, a deeply personal coming-of-age tale, it’s also a more universal story of displacement and detachment, located most powerfully in Balfe’s fierce, shining performance. Her authenticity steadies the heartbeat of a film whose cuteness can sometimes grate, and whose telescoped view offers little sense of life beyond Buddy’s block. Branagh’s remembrances may be idealized, but with “Belfast” he has written a charming, rose-tinted thank-you note to the city that sparked his dreams and the parents whose sacrifices helped them come true.

‘Belfast’ review: A boy’s life

<p>'Crazy Rich&nbsp;Asians' director Jon M. Chu has been roped in to direct the animated film adaptation of 'Oh, The Places You’ll Go!' for Dr. Seuss Enterprises and Warner Animation Group, reports confirm.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The film will be ready for release in 2027 and will bring the iconic story and characters of Dr. Seuss’ book to the big. J.J. Abrams and Hannah Minghella will take on producing roles for this animated feature.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Based on Dr. Seuss’ last book, 'Oh, The Places You’ll Go!' will be an animated musical that chronicles the life of a young adventurer.</p>

<p>In 2018, Warner Animation Group and Dr. Seuss Enterprises entered a deal that enabled them to make animated movies on the stories of Theodor Seuss Geisel.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>“We are beyond thrilled to bring one of the most beloved Dr. Seuss books to life for so many generations of Seuss fans. The pairing of this classic title, with the creative excellence of Jon Chu and Bad Robot defines what we at WB try to achieve; marry great branded entertainment with singular creative talent,” Warner Bros. Pictures had said in a statement at the time.&nbsp;</p>

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'Crazy Rich Asians' director Jon M. Chu has been roped in to direct the animated film adaptation of 'Oh, The Places You’ll Go!' for Dr. Seuss Enterprises and Warner Animation Group, reports confirm.

'Crazy Rich Asians' director Jon M. Chu has been roped in to direct the animated film adaptation of 'Oh, The Places You’ll Go!' for Dr. Seuss Enterprises and Warner Animation Group, reports confirm. The film will be ready for release in 2027 and will bring the iconic story and characters of Dr. Seuss’ book to the big. J.J. Abrams and Hannah Minghella will take on producing roles for this animated feature. Also read: Astroworld: Bharti Shahani, Indian pupil, becomes 9th victim to lose her life Based on Dr. Seuss’ last book, 'Oh, The Places You’ll Go!' will be an animated musical that chronicles the life of a young adventurer. In 2018, Warner Animation Group and Dr. Seuss Enterprises entered a deal that enabled them to make animated movies on the stories of Theodor Seuss Geisel. Also read: Travis Scott asks victims of Astroworld stampede to contact him for help “We are beyond thrilled to bring one of the most beloved Dr. Seuss books to life for so many generations of Seuss fans. The pairing of this classic title, with the creative excellence of Jon Chu and Bad Robot defines what we at WB try to achieve; marry great branded entertainment with singular creative talent,” Warner Bros. Pictures had said in a statement at the time. On the work front, Jon M. Chu recently adapted Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical 'In the Heights' for Warner Bros.. He has also been finalised for Ariana Grande-led 'Wicked', the film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical by the same name. Also read: Adele on divorce: It devastated me, I was embarrassed for not doing a good job

'Crazy Rich Asians' director Jon M. Chu to helm ‘Oh, The Places You’ll Go!’ animated film

<p>Coronji Calhoun, who played the overweight son of Halle Berry and Sean Combs in 2001 film 'Monster’s Ball', has died. He was 30.</p>

<p>That film was his sole acting credit and he had earned rave reviews for his portrayal of an obese child on screen.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Calhoun reportedly died on October 31. His mother, Theresa Bailey, revealed in the description of the GoFundMe page for him that states she is seeking financial help “as we prepare to give Coronji a sacred celebration of life.”</p>

<p>Halle Berry and Lee Daniels, one of the producers on 'Monster’s Ball', have made donations of $3,394 each, according to the page.&nbsp;</p>

<p>"We are blown away by the outpouring of love the community and Coronji’s adopted family has shown during our process of grief. While the financial burden has been lifted, we still mourn the loss of my son. As we close this chapter, we ask that in your remembrance of him, you remember to love your neighbor as yourself, because that is what Coronji did for his entire community," Bailey wrote.&nbsp;</p>

<p>As per reports, the young actor died of heart failure and lung problems.</p>

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<p>Calhoun was just 10 with no prior acting experience when he was cast as Tyrell Musgrove in 'Monster’s Ball'. Berry became the first Black actress to win the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Leticia Musgrove: a woman who was in a relationship with prison corrections officer (Billy Bob Thornton), the same man who had assisted in her husband’s execution.</p>

<p>In a 2002 interview, Berry recalled something heartbreaking while talking about having to belittle him on screen for being big.&nbsp;</p>

<p>“It was hard because he said something really heartbreaking to us: Marc and I were talking to him, saying this is just a movie, and I kept saying, ‘Everything I do and say, it’s not real, I really think you’re wonderful.’ And he said, ‘Well, whatever you do to me, Halle Berry, it isn’t going to be worse than what the kids at school do to me.'”</p>

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<p><br />
Coronji Calhoun is survived by his mother, son and stepson.</p>


Coronji Calhoun, who played the overweight son of Halle Berry and Sean Combs in 2001 film 'Monster’s Ball', has died. He was 30. That film was his sole acting credit and he had earned rave reviews for his portrayal of an obese child on screen.

Coronji Calhoun, who played the overweight son of Halle Berry and Sean Combs in 2001 film 'Monster’s Ball', has died. He was 30. That film was his sole acting credit and he had earned rave reviews for his portrayal of an obese child on screen. Also read: Astroworld: Bharti Shahani, Indian pupil, becomes 9th victim to lose her life Calhoun reportedly died on October 31. His mother, Theresa Bailey, revealed in the description of the GoFundMe page for him that states she is seeking financial help “as we prepare to give Coronji a sacred celebration of life.” Halle Berry and Lee Daniels, one of the producers on 'Monster’s Ball', have made donations of $3,394 each, according to the page. "We are blown away by the outpouring of love the community and Coronji’s adopted family has shown during our process of grief. While the financial burden has been lifted, we still mourn the loss of my son. As we close this chapter, we ask that in your remembrance of him, you remember to love your neighbor as yourself, because that is what Coronji did for his entire community," Bailey wrote. As per reports, the young actor died of heart failure and lung problems. Also read: Jerry Douglas, 'Young and the Restless' star, dies at 89 Calhoun was just 10 with no prior acting experience when he was cast as Tyrell Musgrove in 'Monster’s Ball'. Berry became the first Black actress to win the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Leticia Musgrove: a woman who was in a relationship with prison corrections officer (Billy Bob Thornton), the same man who had assisted in her husband’s execution. In a 2002 interview, Berry recalled something heartbreaking while talking about having to belittle him on screen for being big. “It was hard because he said something really heartbreaking to us: Marc and I were talking to him, saying this is just a movie, and I kept saying, ‘Everything I do and say, it’s not real, I really think you’re wonderful.’ And he said, ‘Well, whatever you do to me, Halle Berry, it isn’t going to be worse than what the kids at school do to me.'” Also read: Marvel gives 'Hawkeye' a holiday season makeover Coronji Calhoun is survived by his mother, son and stepson.

Coronji Calhoun, Halle Berry’s co-star in Oscar-winning ‘Monster’s Ball', dies at 30

<p>The actor, best known for playing John Abbott on 'The Young and the Restless', died on November 9 after a brief illness, reports confirm.</p>

<p><br />
"On behalf of the entire company of The Young and the Restless, we send our deepest sympathies to the Douglas family on the passing of Jerry Douglas. Jerry came to Y&amp;R in 1982 with an impressive resume of credits. Our show was lucky to have an actor of his caliber join the Y&amp;R cast and introduce the audience to the iconic Abbott family. His contribution to the legacy of Y&amp;R as Abbott family patriarch, John Abbott is still felt to this day. He will be sorely missed," Anthony Morina, Executive Producer on 'The Young and the Restless' said in a statement.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
Douglas started his acting career after graduating from Brandeis University. He later studied acting in New York City, and also screenwriting and playwriting.</p>

<p><br />
Douglas joined the cast of 'The Young and the Restless' in March of 1982 and played the role of the wealthy chairman of Jabot Cosmetics and single father who played aa huge role in his children's adult life. His character died in 2006, but Douglas made &nbsp;a cameo appearance as his character's ghost, with his last recorded act being in 2016.</p>

<p><br />
Jerry Douglas is survived by his wife of 37 years, three children, and two grandchildren.&nbsp;</p>

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The actor, best known for playing John Abbott on 'The Young and the Restless', died on November 9 after a brief illness, reports confirm. "On behalf of the entire company of The Young and the Restless, we send our deepest sympathies to the Douglas family on the passing of Jerry Douglas.

The actor, best known for playing John Abbott on 'The Young and the Restless', died on November 9 after a brief illness, reports confirm. "On behalf of the entire company of The Young and the Restless, we send our deepest sympathies to the Douglas family on the passing of Jerry Douglas. Jerry came to Y&R in 1982 with an impressive resume of credits. Our show was lucky to have an actor of his caliber join the Y&R cast and introduce the audience to the iconic Abbott family. His contribution to the legacy of Y&R as Abbott family patriarch, John Abbott is still felt to this day. He will be sorely missed," Anthony Morina, Executive Producer on 'The Young and the Restless' said in a statement. Also read: Astroworld: Bharti Shahani, Indian pupil, becomes 9th victim to lose her life Douglas started his acting career after graduating from Brandeis University. He later studied acting in New York City, and also screenwriting and playwriting. Douglas joined the cast of 'The Young and the Restless' in March of 1982 and played the role of the wealthy chairman of Jabot Cosmetics and single father who played aa huge role in his children's adult life. His character died in 2006, but Douglas made a cameo appearance as his character's ghost, with his last recorded act being in 2016. Jerry Douglas is survived by his wife of 37 years, three children, and two grandchildren. Also read: Unisex hijab? Italian fashion brand new launch leaves netizens confused

Jerry Douglas, 'Young and the Restless' star, dies at 89

<p>Ruth Wilson has given her nod to star in and executive produce 'Mob Queens': a drama on Anna Genovese, the second wife of notorious New York crime lord Vito Genovese.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
Lena Dunham and Dennis Lehane will co-write the project which originates from a podcast. As per reports, Dunham is also set to direct the drama.</p>

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<p><br />
'Mob Queens', an HBO drama, will focus on Anna Genovese and her frequenting drag bars of New York’s Greenwich Village in the 1930s. She gained popularity for breaking Cosa Nostra by discussing her husband’s illegal activities during divorce proceedings.</p>

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<p><br />
While Wilson stars in HBO's 'His Dark Materials' and was the lead in its Emmy-nominated movie 'Oslo', Dunham created and starred in 'Girls', co-created the limited series 'Camping' and also directed the pilot for 'Industry' and executive produced sister streamer HBO Max’s 'Generation'. Lehane, on the other hand, has not only worked in 'The Outsider', but also worked on 'Broadwalk Empire' and 'The Wire' for the premium cabler.</p>

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Ruth Wilson has given her nod to star in and executive produce 'Mob Queens': a drama on Anna Genovese, the second wife of notorious New York crime lord Vito Genovese.

Ruth Wilson has given her nod to star in and executive produce 'Mob Queens': a drama on Anna Genovese, the second wife of notorious New York crime lord Vito Genovese. Lena Dunham and Dennis Lehane will co-write the project which originates from a podcast. As per reports, Dunham is also set to direct the drama. Also read: Paris Hilton stuns as a bride: Marries Carter Reum in a star-studded ceremony 'Mob Queens', an HBO drama, will focus on Anna Genovese and her frequenting drag bars of New York’s Greenwich Village in the 1930s. She gained popularity for breaking Cosa Nostra by discussing her husband’s illegal activities during divorce proceedings. Also read: Adele on divorce: It devastated me, I was embarrassed for not doing a good job While Wilson stars in HBO's 'His Dark Materials' and was the lead in its Emmy-nominated movie 'Oslo', Dunham created and starred in 'Girls', co-created the limited series 'Camping' and also directed the pilot for 'Industry' and executive produced sister streamer HBO Max’s 'Generation'. Lehane, on the other hand, has not only worked in 'The Outsider', but also worked on 'Broadwalk Empire' and 'The Wire' for the premium cabler. Also read: Zendaya, Anya Joy-Taylor, Drew Barrymore & others who rocked CFDA Fashion Awards 2021

Ruth Wilson to feature in Lena Dunham, Dennis Lehane's mafia drama

<p>If you know Adele's music, then you know she is not the type to shy away from speaking her truth.</p>

<p>In a recent cover story with a magazine, the British pop star talked about how her life has changed in the last few years, especially since her divorce from Simon Konecki, who she shares her 9-year-old son Angelo with.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Adele said in the interview that the divorce left her devastated; embarrassed.</p>

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<p>"I didn’t really know myself. I thought I did. I don’t know if it was because my Saturn return or if it was because I was well and truly sort of heading into my 30s, but I just didn’t like who I was. I didn’t really know myself. I thought I did. But I just didn’t like who I was," she told the magazine.</p>

<p>Adele also struggled with the fact that her personal life was suddenly so public.&nbsp;</p>

<p>“It made me really sad. Then having so many people that I don’t know, know that I didn’t make that work...it f**king devastated me. I was embarrassed. No one made me feel embarrassed, but you feel like you didn’t do a good job," she said of the coverage her divorce got.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>It was only after her split that she relocated to Los Angeles and started befriending people from the entertainment industry, including Nicole Richie and Jennifer Lawrence.&nbsp;</p>

<p>“They humanised me because I had avoided talking to anyone that was ever famous in any capacity, because I was like, ‘Well, I’m not famous.’ I’m very British like that. We never spoke about work, which was amazing, because most of the time when I catch up with someone, they want to know all about my work, and I’m like, 'I don’t want to talk about that. Can we talk about something else? I’m knackered'," she explained.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Adele is currently dating sports agent Rich Paul, and talked about the overall dating scene in L.A.&nbsp;</p>

<p>"I lasted five seconds [dating here]. You can’t set me up on a f**king blind date! I’m like, ‘How’s that going to work?’ There’ll be paparazzi outside and someone will call [gossip site] DeuxMoi, or whatever it’s f**king called! It ain’t happening," she joked.</p>

<p>Adele is gearing up for the release of her studio album '30' on November 19, after the same got delayed by over a year due to the pandemic.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Also read:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-jerry-douglas-young-and-the-restless-star-dies-at-89-428592" hreflang="en">Jerry Douglas, 'Young and the Restless' star, dies at 89</a></p>

<p>“If it wasn’t coming out now, I think I probably would never put it out. I know I would’ve changed my mind and been like, ‘It’s moved on. Let’s start the next album.’ And I couldn’t do that to this album. I feel like it deserves to come out," she concluded.&nbsp;</p>


If you know Adele's music, then you know she is not the type to shy away from speaking her truth. In a recent cover story with a magazine, the British pop star talked about how her life has changed in the last few years, especially since her divorce from Simon Konecki, who she shares her 9-year-old son Angelo with.

If you know Adele's music, then you know she is not the type to shy away from speaking her truth. In a recent cover story with a magazine, the British pop star talked about how her life has changed in the last few years, especially since her divorce from Simon Konecki, who she shares her 9-year-old son Angelo with. Adele said in the interview that the divorce left her devastated; embarrassed. Also read: They don't call Adele the sass queen for nothing; check her out in those all-white pantsuits! "I didn’t really know myself. I thought I did. I don’t know if it was because my Saturn return or if it was because I was well and truly sort of heading into my 30s, but I just didn’t like who I was. I didn’t really know myself. I thought I did. But I just didn’t like who I was," she told the magazine. Adele also struggled with the fact that her personal life was suddenly so public. “It made me really sad. Then having so many people that I don’t know, know that I didn’t make that work...it f**king devastated me. I was embarrassed. No one made me feel embarrassed, but you feel like you didn’t do a good job," she said of the coverage her divorce got. Also read: Coronji Calhoun, Halle Berry’s co-star in Oscar-winning ‘Monster’s Ball’, dies It was only after her split that she relocated to Los Angeles and started befriending people from the entertainment industry, including Nicole Richie and Jennifer Lawrence. “They humanised me because I had avoided talking to anyone that was ever famous in any capacity, because I was like, ‘Well, I’m not famous.’ I’m very British like that. We never spoke about work, which was amazing, because most of the time when I catch up with someone, they want to know all about my work, and I’m like, 'I don’t want to talk about that. Can we talk about something else? I’m knackered'," she explained. Adele is currently dating sports agent Rich Paul, and talked about the overall dating scene in L.A. "I lasted five seconds [dating here]. You can’t set me up on a f**king blind date! I’m like, ‘How’s that going to work?’ There’ll be paparazzi outside and someone will call [gossip site] DeuxMoi, or whatever it’s f**king called! It ain’t happening," she joked. Adele is gearing up for the release of her studio album '30' on November 19, after the same got delayed by over a year due to the pandemic. Also read: Jerry Douglas, 'Young and the Restless' star, dies at 89 “If it wasn’t coming out now, I think I probably would never put it out. I know I would’ve changed my mind and been like, ‘It’s moved on. Let’s start the next album.’ And I couldn’t do that to this album. I feel like it deserves to come out," she concluded.

Adele on divorce: It devastated me, I was embarrassed for not doing a good job

<p>Fourth of July weekend, 1996. America has gasped en masse watching aliens detonate the White House in the movie “Independence Day” and, at 3 a.m. in Los Angeles, the telephone of its young star, Will Smith, jangles him awake.</p>

<p><br />
It’s his domineering father, calling from Philadelphia to crow about the boffo box office receipts. “Remember I told you! There’s no such thing as luck,” this man he calls Daddio reminds him several times.<br />
Smith is baffled. Then Daddio, piling on affectionate profanity, concedes he was wrong about being the creator of your own destiny, about success being the result of preparation meeting opportunity and all that. His son, a rapper-turned-sitcom actor and now overnight matinee idol, is just the luckiest man he has ever met.</p>

<p><br />
Titled simply “Will,” with all of that word’s felicitous double entendres of iron and resolve, Smith’s autobiography is indeed a fairy tale of dazzling good fortune — albeit one told by a narrator who admits by the second chapter that he is unreliable, a lifelong embellisher for whom “the border between fantasy and reality has always been thin and transparent.”</p>

<p><br />
The book is also intermittently a call to self-actualization: Written with Mark Manson, a mega-selling personal-growth author himself prone to profanity, it’s sprinkled with homilies like “Living is the journey from not knowing to knowing. From not understanding to understanding. From confusion to clarity.” A Fresh Prince of all media, Smith has so many “angels” to thank along this “journey,” he directs readers to his Instagram account rather than kill more trees with lengthy acknowledgments.</p>

<p><br />
It’s more like a wild ride than a journey, however, one whose most valuable insights are to be gleaned not on Instagram but in a pre-web world of suburban basements, cassette decks, network TV shows, fax machines, party lines and playing outside.</p>

<p><br />
During Smith’s childhood in the Wynnefield neighborhood of West Philadelphia, Daddio was a hard-drinking self-employed refrigeration engineer of militaristic discipline but erratic temper. He once struck Smith’s mother, known as Mom-Mom — an office and then school administrator of her own considerable mettle — so hard she spit blood. Witnessing this at age 9, Will determined heartbreakingly that he was a “coward” for not intervening — a self-characterization that echoes throughout this story and, he theorizes later, drove him to compensate by powering through fear. (For his 50th birthday, he bungee-jumped backward out of a helicopter above the Grand Canyon.)</p>

<p><br />
Smith developed a work ethic bagging ice and laying bricks for the family business, but he felt safest when Daddio, a frustrated photography buff, was making home movies. The camera had no sound and so the little boy learned to ham it up, forever bursting into frame. “I invented photobombing,” he writes.</p>

<p><br />
Years later, when his old man is confined to a wheelchair with heart disease, Smith confesses he contemplated pushing him down a staircase, like Richard Widmark’s character in the film noir “Kiss of Death”: “My 911 call would be Academy Award level.” It’s a rare flash of darkness from a guy whose psychological adaptations were affability and popularity, the desire to make sure everyone around him was having a good time.</p>

<p><br />
In the rap world where he made his name, those traits weren’t always appreciated, and Smith’s reputation for being “soft” and “bubble gum” still rankles. He encountered his share of violence outside as well as inside the home, solidly middle-class though it was. In one early meeting with an annoyed television executive, he and his entourage were so sure a brawl was about to break out that his manager lifted a 5-pound snow globe in anticipatory self-defense.</p>

<p><br />
He tells of learning to appeal to white sensibilities at the Catholic school he attended, until his parents withdrew him after a racist incident at the football awards banquet; and of getting into what Mom-Mom calls “hippity-hopping” at Overbrook High, which was predominantly Black. Smith’s collaboration with Jeffrey Allen Townes, aka DJ Jazzy Jeff, a nerdy kid from another neighborhood who survived non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, was so successful, with a hit song before graduation, that Smith decided against college. “We were seeking our sound,” he writes of their intense early partnership, “but we found ourselves.”</p>

<p><br />
Scenes from tours with Public Enemy and 2 Live Crew are amazing 3-D postcards from the rosy dawn of the genre, including friction with local law enforcement in the South, onstage fellatio and the nightly “hanging” of a stuntman in a Ku Klux Klan hood. Smith squandered his earnings and neglected to pay taxes, only to get a lucky second break from Quincy Jones, his Obi Wan Kenobi, to star with Townes on a custom-built sitcom, “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.”</p>

<p><br />
Though Smith claims he didn’t read a book cover to cover until he was “well into” his 20s, he has the literary aplomb (thanks partly to Mom-Mom) and the trust in his manager’s discernment to turn down $10 million for an early project called “8 Heads in a Duffel Bag,” choosing instead Paul Poitier in John Guare’s “Six Degrees of Separation” for $300,000. Eventually he gorges on magical realism and mythology, falling in love with Paulo Coelho’s “The Alchemist” and Joseph Campbell’s “The Hero With a Thousand Faces.”</p>

<p><br />
Smith’s own hero’s quest, at first, is for more money (“sucking all the cash out of the weekend”), more fame, more global records, a house as palatial as the one he saw growing up on “Dallas” — no matter that his second wife, the formidable Jada Pinkett, doesn’t want to arrive at breakfast on a stallion the way Sue Ellen Ewing did.</p>

<p><br />
As the book progresses, and Smith’s celebrity becomes more stratospheric and snow globe-like, the air grows thinner; he starts to gasp for breath and turns inward. “Am I an addict?” he wonders during a period of introspection that includes meditation, a trip to Trinidad, the therapeutic identification of a persona called Uncle Fluffy and over a dozen ayahuasca ceremonies. He’s not hooked on drugs, or drink, or “sex like some ghetto hyena.” Smith is a workaholic, and a win-aholic, those most virtuous and therefore invisible of vices.<br />
Writing a book that will probably blow up the charts, and publicizing it, may not be good for his recovery. But one day at a time.</p>


Fourth of July weekend, 1996. America has gasped en masse watching aliens detonate the White House in the movie “Independence Day” and, at 3 a.m. in Los Angeles, the telephone of its young star, Will Smith, jangles him awake.

Fourth of July weekend, 1996. America has gasped en masse watching aliens detonate the White House in the movie “Independence Day” and, at 3 a.m. in Los Angeles, the telephone of its young star, Will Smith, jangles him awake. It’s his domineering father, calling from Philadelphia to crow about the boffo box office receipts. “Remember I told you! There’s no such thing as luck,” this man he calls Daddio reminds him several times. Smith is baffled. Then Daddio, piling on affectionate profanity, concedes he was wrong about being the creator of your own destiny, about success being the result of preparation meeting opportunity and all that. His son, a rapper-turned-sitcom actor and now overnight matinee idol, is just the luckiest man he has ever met. Titled simply “Will,” with all of that word’s felicitous double entendres of iron and resolve, Smith’s autobiography is indeed a fairy tale of dazzling good fortune — albeit one told by a narrator who admits by the second chapter that he is unreliable, a lifelong embellisher for whom “the border between fantasy and reality has always been thin and transparent.” The book is also intermittently a call to self-actualization: Written with Mark Manson, a mega-selling personal-growth author himself prone to profanity, it’s sprinkled with homilies like “Living is the journey from not knowing to knowing. From not understanding to understanding. From confusion to clarity.” A Fresh Prince of all media, Smith has so many “angels” to thank along this “journey,” he directs readers to his Instagram account rather than kill more trees with lengthy acknowledgments. It’s more like a wild ride than a journey, however, one whose most valuable insights are to be gleaned not on Instagram but in a pre-web world of suburban basements, cassette decks, network TV shows, fax machines, party lines and playing outside. During Smith’s childhood in the Wynnefield neighborhood of West Philadelphia, Daddio was a hard-drinking self-employed refrigeration engineer of militaristic discipline but erratic temper. He once struck Smith’s mother, known as Mom-Mom — an office and then school administrator of her own considerable mettle — so hard she spit blood. Witnessing this at age 9, Will determined heartbreakingly that he was a “coward” for not intervening — a self-characterization that echoes throughout this story and, he theorizes later, drove him to compensate by powering through fear. (For his 50th birthday, he bungee-jumped backward out of a helicopter above the Grand Canyon.) Smith developed a work ethic bagging ice and laying bricks for the family business, but he felt safest when Daddio, a frustrated photography buff, was making home movies. The camera had no sound and so the little boy learned to ham it up, forever bursting into frame. “I invented photobombing,” he writes. Years later, when his old man is confined to a wheelchair with heart disease, Smith confesses he contemplated pushing him down a staircase, like Richard Widmark’s character in the film noir “Kiss of Death”: “My 911 call would be Academy Award level.” It’s a rare flash of darkness from a guy whose psychological adaptations were affability and popularity, the desire to make sure everyone around him was having a good time. In the rap world where he made his name, those traits weren’t always appreciated, and Smith’s reputation for being “soft” and “bubble gum” still rankles. He encountered his share of violence outside as well as inside the home, solidly middle-class though it was. In one early meeting with an annoyed television executive, he and his entourage were so sure a brawl was about to break out that his manager lifted a 5-pound snow globe in anticipatory self-defense. He tells of learning to appeal to white sensibilities at the Catholic school he attended, until his parents withdrew him after a racist incident at the football awards banquet; and of getting into what Mom-Mom calls “hippity-hopping” at Overbrook High, which was predominantly Black. Smith’s collaboration with Jeffrey Allen Townes, aka DJ Jazzy Jeff, a nerdy kid from another neighborhood who survived non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, was so successful, with a hit song before graduation, that Smith decided against college. “We were seeking our sound,” he writes of their intense early partnership, “but we found ourselves.” Scenes from tours with Public Enemy and 2 Live Crew are amazing 3-D postcards from the rosy dawn of the genre, including friction with local law enforcement in the South, onstage fellatio and the nightly “hanging” of a stuntman in a Ku Klux Klan hood. Smith squandered his earnings and neglected to pay taxes, only to get a lucky second break from Quincy Jones, his Obi Wan Kenobi, to star with Townes on a custom-built sitcom, “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” Though Smith claims he didn’t read a book cover to cover until he was “well into” his 20s, he has the literary aplomb (thanks partly to Mom-Mom) and the trust in his manager’s discernment to turn down $10 million for an early project called “8 Heads in a Duffel Bag,” choosing instead Paul Poitier in John Guare’s “Six Degrees of Separation” for $300,000. Eventually he gorges on magical realism and mythology, falling in love with Paulo Coelho’s “The Alchemist” and Joseph Campbell’s “The Hero With a Thousand Faces.” Smith’s own hero’s quest, at first, is for more money (“sucking all the cash out of the weekend”), more fame, more global records, a house as palatial as the one he saw growing up on “Dallas” — no matter that his second wife, the formidable Jada Pinkett, doesn’t want to arrive at breakfast on a stallion the way Sue Ellen Ewing did. As the book progresses, and Smith’s celebrity becomes more stratospheric and snow globe-like, the air grows thinner; he starts to gasp for breath and turns inward. “Am I an addict?” he wonders during a period of introspection that includes meditation, a trip to Trinidad, the therapeutic identification of a persona called Uncle Fluffy and over a dozen ayahuasca ceremonies. He’s not hooked on drugs, or drink, or “sex like some ghetto hyena.” Smith is a workaholic, and a win-aholic, those most virtuous and therefore invisible of vices. Writing a book that will probably blow up the charts, and publicizing it, may not be good for his recovery. But one day at a time.

The Fresh Prince of Belles-Lettres? Will Smith has a memoir

<p>One of the most respected names from the Indian hip-hop fraternity, Dilin Nair a.k.a. Raftaar, gave his fans a treat by dropping an extraordinary dance number ‘Ghana Kasoota’ with the ravishing Indian actor Surbhi Jyoti voiced by singer Rashmeet Kaur.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
The launch of the track witnessed huge response and love from the fans and music lovers across the globe, as Raftaar and Surbhi went LIVE to countdown the release of the track with their fans. &nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
The firecracker of a track embodies a mainstream appeal blending some desi swag with contemporary hip hop beats. The bouncy basslines, earworm melodies, catchy lyrics and Bollywood-esque soundscape lend to the track’s core narrative where the slang Ghana Kasoota means “Totally Awesome” &nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
Available on all major streaming platforms, the brand-new festive drop features Kalamkaar signee and ‘Bajre Da Sitta’ and ‘Nadiyon Paar’ singer Rashmeet Kaur on the vocals alongside the 32-year-old rapper and music composer.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
Marking a maiden on-screen pairing and oozing unmatched chemistry, the gorgeous Surbhi Jyoti best known for her roles in Qubool Hai, Koi Laut Ke Aaya Hai and Naagin features alongside Raftaar in the official music video of the party song. &nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
The stylized music video shot by music director B2gether Bros in the beautiful locales of Fairmont Hotel and Amer Palace in Jaipur, imbibes a contrasting palette of glossy urban hues and colourful vintage hues, which are further brought to life by eclectic freestyle-themed choreography curated by choreographer duo Piyush Bhagat and Shazia Samji.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
Talking about this latest party number, Raftaar said, “The last two years have been quite taxing and trying for most people and with the onset of year-end festivities this month, I wanted to put out a track that is more celebratory and entertaining in spirit. ‘Ghana Kasoota’ is about waking up each day and feeling good about yourself irrespective of your circumstances. This song is all about letting your inner child free, grabbing your favourite dancing shoes and setting the floor on fire and it's been a while since humankind has done that!”</p>

<p>&nbsp;<br />
"‘Ghana Kasoota’ is a no-brainer fun party song that represents the no-fuss attitude of the millennials and how they live each day for what it is. If at some point of time, you feel like you are losing that swag from your life, you need to add this track to your playlist and it will certainly help you get the groove back," added Rashmeet Kaur.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-they-dont-call-adele-the-sass-queen-for-nothing-check-her-out-in-those-all-white-pantsuits-428541" hreflang="en">They don't call Adele the sass queen for nothing; check her out in those all-white pantsuits!</a></p>


One of the most respected names from the Indian hip-hop fraternity, Dilin Nair a.k.a. Raftaar, gave his fans a treat by dropping an extraordinary dance number ‘Ghana Kasoota’ with the ravishing Indian actor Surbhi Jyoti voiced by singer Rashmeet Kaur.

One of the most respected names from the Indian hip-hop fraternity, Dilin Nair a.k.a. Raftaar, gave his fans a treat by dropping an extraordinary dance number ‘Ghana Kasoota’ with the ravishing Indian actor Surbhi Jyoti voiced by singer Rashmeet Kaur. The launch of the track witnessed huge response and love from the fans and music lovers across the globe, as Raftaar and Surbhi went LIVE to countdown the release of the track with their fans. Also read: Mathew McConaughey's not in for mandatory COVID vaccine for kids The firecracker of a track embodies a mainstream appeal blending some desi swag with contemporary hip hop beats. The bouncy basslines, earworm melodies, catchy lyrics and Bollywood-esque soundscape lend to the track’s core narrative where the slang Ghana Kasoota means “Totally Awesome” Available on all major streaming platforms, the brand-new festive drop features Kalamkaar signee and ‘Bajre Da Sitta’ and ‘Nadiyon Paar’ singer Rashmeet Kaur on the vocals alongside the 32-year-old rapper and music composer. Marking a maiden on-screen pairing and oozing unmatched chemistry, the gorgeous Surbhi Jyoti best known for her roles in Qubool Hai, Koi Laut Ke Aaya Hai and Naagin features alongside Raftaar in the official music video of the party song. Also read: Unisex hijab? Italian fashion brand new launch leaves netizens confused The stylized music video shot by music director B2gether Bros in the beautiful locales of Fairmont Hotel and Amer Palace in Jaipur, imbibes a contrasting palette of glossy urban hues and colourful vintage hues, which are further brought to life by eclectic freestyle-themed choreography curated by choreographer duo Piyush Bhagat and Shazia Samji. Talking about this latest party number, Raftaar said, “The last two years have been quite taxing and trying for most people and with the onset of year-end festivities this month, I wanted to put out a track that is more celebratory and entertaining in spirit. ‘Ghana Kasoota’ is about waking up each day and feeling good about yourself irrespective of your circumstances. This song is all about letting your inner child free, grabbing your favourite dancing shoes and setting the floor on fire and it's been a while since humankind has done that!” "‘Ghana Kasoota’ is a no-brainer fun party song that represents the no-fuss attitude of the millennials and how they live each day for what it is. If at some point of time, you feel like you are losing that swag from your life, you need to add this track to your playlist and it will certainly help you get the groove back," added Rashmeet Kaur. Also read: They don't call Adele the sass queen for nothing; check her out in those all-white pantsuits!

Rapper Raftaar collaborates with 'Bajre  Da Sitta' singer Rashmeet Kaur for a banger

<p>Adele may keep her public appearances to a bare minimum but that does not lessen her fans love for her, or her envy-evoking wardrobe!</p>

<p>In the upcoming 'Adele One Night Only TV' special, we will get to see the life and times of one of the greatest musicians of all time. And, in the recently released sneak-peak footage from the two-hour program--which airs on CBS and Paramount+ on Nov. 14--the "Easy on Me" singer looks every bit the boss lady she is believed to be in an interview with Oprah Winfrey.</p>

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<p>The 'Easy On Me' can be seen donning an all-white, crystal-embellished pantsuits lining both the jacket and her pants.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Making a rather bold statement, Adele opts for pointed-toe slingback pumps in white instead of playing safe and going with a bolder, contrasting colour. She finished the look with a cream-colored top under her jacket and teardrop-shaped pendant earrings.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-meghan-markle-stuns-in-red-as-she-attends-an-event-in-new-york-with-husband-prince-harry-428502" hreflang="en">Meghan Markle stuns in red as she attends an event in New York with husband Prince Harry</a></p>

<p>If the appearance is so regal, can you imagine how captivating the main interview's going to be?!</p>

<p>Check out her look in these Instagram posts:&nbsp;</p>

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Adele may keep her public appearances to a bare minimum but that does not lessen her fans love for her, or her envy-evoking wardrobe! In the upcoming 'Adele One Night Only TV' special, we will get to see the life and times of one of the greatest musicians of all time.

Adele may keep her public appearances to a bare minimum but that does not lessen her fans love for her, or her envy-evoking wardrobe! In the upcoming 'Adele One Night Only TV' special, we will get to see the life and times of one of the greatest musicians of all time. And, in the recently released sneak-peak footage from the two-hour program--which airs on CBS and Paramount+ on Nov. 14--the "Easy on Me" singer looks every bit the boss lady she is believed to be in an interview with Oprah Winfrey. Also read: Zoya Akhtar to direct ‘The Archies’ comic book adaptation for Netflix The 'Easy On Me' can be seen donning an all-white, crystal-embellished pantsuits lining both the jacket and her pants. Making a rather bold statement, Adele opts for pointed-toe slingback pumps in white instead of playing safe and going with a bolder, contrasting colour. She finished the look with a cream-colored top under her jacket and teardrop-shaped pendant earrings. Also read: Meghan Markle stuns in red as she attends an event in New York with husband Prince Harry If the appearance is so regal, can you imagine how captivating the main interview's going to be?! Check out her look in these Instagram posts: View this post on Instagram A post shared by 𝑨𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒆 🇨🇴³⁰ (@adelecolombiana) × View this post on Instagram A post shared by @detodounpocord 🇩🇴 (@detodounpocord2) ×

They don't call Adele the sass queen for nothing; check her out in those all-white pantsuits!

<p>'John Wick' prequel is all kinds of interesting!</p>

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According to reports, the upcoming 'John Wick' prequel series, 'The Continental', has added Ayomide Adegun, Jeremy Bobb (The Outsider), and Peter Greene (Pulp Fiction) to its star cast.&nbsp;</p>

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Just recently, we were informed that Colin Woodell had been cast as the younger version of Ian McShane's Winston Scott. Now, it has been learned that Greene will play Uncle Charlie while Adegun will be portraying the younger Charon (originally played by Lance Reddick in the 'John Wick' series) and Bobb will play the character of Mayhew.&nbsp;</p>

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Interestingly, Mel Gibson has also been cast as a character named Cormac.</p>

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Set in 1975, 'The Continental' revolves around the assassin's hotel from the 'John Wick' franchise and will follow a young Winston Scott as he makes his transition into the underbelly of New York and introduces the audience to some of the biggest criminals in the world.</p>

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'The Continental' is by writers and executive producers Greg Coolidge and Kirk Ward who have also taken on the role of being the showrunners. The series will air as a three-episode event &nbsp;on Starz. Chad Stahelski, Derek Kolstad, David Leitch, Shawn Simmons, Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese will also serve as executive producers, with Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee of Thunder Road Pictures also executive producing.</p>

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Co-incidentally, the fourth instalment of 'John Wick' film was recently wrapped up and will see franchise patriarch Keanu Reeves reprise his titular character.&nbsp;</p>

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'John Wick 4' film is slated to release on May 27, 2022.<br />
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'John Wick' prequel is all kinds of interesting! According to reports, the upcoming 'John Wick' prequel series, 'The Continental', has added Ayomide Adegun, Jeremy Bobb (The Outsider), and Peter Greene (Pulp Fiction) to its star cast.

'John Wick' prequel is all kinds of interesting! According to reports, the upcoming 'John Wick' prequel series, 'The Continental', has added Ayomide Adegun, Jeremy Bobb (The Outsider), and Peter Greene (Pulp Fiction) to its star cast. Also read: Unisex hijab? Italian fashion brand new launch leaves netizens confused Just recently, we were informed that Colin Woodell had been cast as the younger version of Ian McShane's Winston Scott. Now, it has been learned that Greene will play Uncle Charlie while Adegun will be portraying the younger Charon (originally played by Lance Reddick in the 'John Wick' series) and Bobb will play the character of Mayhew. Interestingly, Mel Gibson has also been cast as a character named Cormac. Set in 1975, 'The Continental' revolves around the assassin's hotel from the 'John Wick' franchise and will follow a young Winston Scott as he makes his transition into the underbelly of New York and introduces the audience to some of the biggest criminals in the world. Also read: Meghan Markle stuns in red as she attends an event in New York with husband Prince Harry 'The Continental' is by writers and executive producers Greg Coolidge and Kirk Ward who have also taken on the role of being the showrunners. The series will air as a three-episode event on Starz. Chad Stahelski, Derek Kolstad, David Leitch, Shawn Simmons, Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese will also serve as executive producers, with Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee of Thunder Road Pictures also executive producing. Co-incidentally, the fourth instalment of 'John Wick' film was recently wrapped up and will see franchise patriarch Keanu Reeves reprise his titular character. 'John Wick 4' film is slated to release on May 27, 2022. Also read: Henry Cavill still feels there is more of Superman left in him: It's God-like

John Wick prequel series 'The Continental' has a pretty solid cast: Read to learn more

<p>Superman aka Henry Cavill is still willing to play the legendary superhero. Film producers, are you listening?&nbsp;</p>

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In a recent interview, Cavill shared that he belives there there is room for him to do a lot of work on Superman, saying "[t]here is still a lot of storytelling for me to do as a Superman, and I would absolutely love the opportunity."</p>

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Cavill went on to discuss that one sequence from playing the role that resonates with him to this day, and left him with a deeper bond with his on-screen persona. "The killing of Zod gave a reason for the character never to kill again. Superman falling to the ground and screaming afterward — I don’t think that was originally in the script, but I wanted to show the pain he had. I did far more emotional takes they didn’t choose; tears were happening," he stated.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
The actor believes there's a lot that he, as the Superman, can do. "There’s an opportunity for growth after that, to explore the psyche of Superman as a deep, seemingly invulnerable god-like being but with real feeling on the inside," he said.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
Henry Cavill has already played the part in three different films, his most recent one being in 2017 film 'Justice League', which was re-released in Zack Snyder's version of the film in 2021.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
Buit, truth be told, it has been a while since Cavill portrayed Superman on screen, and there have been speculations as to whether Cavill would take up the character again. These recent statements, however, prove that that Cavill is ready to make a comeback to the DC Universe.</p>

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Superman aka Henry Cavill is still willing to play the legendary superhero. Film producers, are you listening? In a recent interview, Cavill shared that he belives there there is room for him to do a lot of work on Superman, saying "[t]here is still a lot of storytelling for me to do as a Superman, and I would absolutely love the opportunity.

Superman aka Henry Cavill is still willing to play the legendary superhero. Film producers, are you listening? In a recent interview, Cavill shared that he belives there there is room for him to do a lot of work on Superman, saying "[t]here is still a lot of storytelling for me to do as a Superman, and I would absolutely love the opportunity." Also read: Mathew McConaughey's not in for mandatory COVID vaccine for kids Cavill went on to discuss that one sequence from playing the role that resonates with him to this day, and left him with a deeper bond with his on-screen persona. "The killing of Zod gave a reason for the character never to kill again. Superman falling to the ground and screaming afterward — I don’t think that was originally in the script, but I wanted to show the pain he had. I did far more emotional takes they didn’t choose; tears were happening," he stated. The actor believes there's a lot that he, as the Superman, can do. "There’s an opportunity for growth after that, to explore the psyche of Superman as a deep, seemingly invulnerable god-like being but with real feeling on the inside," he said. Also read: Did Jared Leto gift 'anal beads', 'used condoms' to his 'Suicide Squad' mates? Henry Cavill has already played the part in three different films, his most recent one being in 2017 film 'Justice League', which was re-released in Zack Snyder's version of the film in 2021. Buit, truth be told, it has been a while since Cavill portrayed Superman on screen, and there have been speculations as to whether Cavill would take up the character again. These recent statements, however, prove that that Cavill is ready to make a comeback to the DC Universe. Also read: Woah! Tom Hanks' volleyball in Oscar-nominated 'Cast Away' sold for an unbelievable sum

Henry Cavill still feels there is more of Superman left in him: It was a God-like being

<p>Oscar-winning Hollywood actor, Jared Leto, had once revealed that he had sent his 'Suicide Squad' co-stars eyebrow-raising gifts such as “anal beads” and “used condoms.” But, now, the actor-musician has reportedly recanted that statement.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
On Tuesday, the 30 Seconds to Mars band member told an entertainment portal that there were, after all, no used condoms involved. "99.9 percent of what people read is bulls–t,” he told told Entertainment Weekly on Tuesday, adding, “there were no used condoms," he was quoted as saying.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
“Any of the very few gifts that were ever given were given with a spirit of fun and adventure and received with laughter, fun, and adventure. “I’m playing a guy called the Joker, it’s OK to play some jokes. Nothing ever crossed any lines, and it’s not up to other people on the internet to create those lines.” he continued.</p>

<p><br />
Viola Davis, who had played Amanda Waller in the superhero movie, &nbsp;was the first to reveal Leto’s interesting choice of gifts.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
"He gave us some really horrific gifts... And then he sends Margot Robbie a black rat. It was still alive, in a box. She screamed, and then she kept it," she told Vanity Fair back in 2016.</p>

<p><br />
After that event revelation, Leto confirmed on a red carpet that he also gave his co-stars “anal beads” and “used condoms.”</p>

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<p><br />
“I know it’s a family show, but we can educate people here. At least they were used... (he) did a lot of things (to) create an element of surprise, spontaneity and to really break down the many walls that may be there," he had revealed at the time that he would send them to "everybody".</p>

<p><br />
“The Joker is somebody who doesn’t really respect things like personal space or boundaries,” Leto added.&nbsp;<br />
Will Smith, who played Deadshot, had also told the same portal that Davis spoke to that when he received used condoms his thought was that “Jared has gone full joker.”</p>

<p><br />
“He really set the tone. He wasn’t playing with it. He was dead serious. As an actor, he was going in and he was 100 percent going into this character," Smith added.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
Margot Robbie also confirmed to the same news portal that she had indeed received contraception among “so many weird things.”</p>

<p><br />
"I can’t even begin to tell you the weird things I got. By that point, I kind of felt like I knew the joker bit so it wasn’t as alarming," the actress said. She played Harley Quinn in the film.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
Leto revealed on Tuesday that he had given Robbie only “cupcakes” and a “mouse,” and that they were “just having a goof” with the gag gifts.</p>

<p><br />
“I’m an artist at the end of the day. If I do something risky and you don’t like it, basically, you can kiss my a*s," he concluded.&nbsp;</p>


Oscar-winning Hollywood actor, Jared Leto, had once revealed that he had sent his 'Suicide Squad' co-stars eyebrow-raising gifts such as “anal beads” and “used condoms.

Oscar-winning Hollywood actor, Jared Leto, had once revealed that he had sent his 'Suicide Squad' co-stars eyebrow-raising gifts such as “anal beads” and “used condoms.” But, now, the actor-musician has reportedly recanted that statement. On Tuesday, the 30 Seconds to Mars band member told an entertainment portal that there were, after all, no used condoms involved. "99.9 percent of what people read is bulls–t,” he told told Entertainment Weekly on Tuesday, adding, “there were no used condoms," he was quoted as saying. Also read: Mathew McConaughey's not in for mandatory COVID vaccine for kids “Any of the very few gifts that were ever given were given with a spirit of fun and adventure and received with laughter, fun, and adventure. “I’m playing a guy called the Joker, it’s OK to play some jokes. Nothing ever crossed any lines, and it’s not up to other people on the internet to create those lines.” he continued. Viola Davis, who had played Amanda Waller in the superhero movie, was the first to reveal Leto’s interesting choice of gifts. "He gave us some really horrific gifts... And then he sends Margot Robbie a black rat. It was still alive, in a box. She screamed, and then she kept it," she told Vanity Fair back in 2016. After that event revelation, Leto confirmed on a red carpet that he also gave his co-stars “anal beads” and “used condoms.” Also read: Woah! Tom Hanks' volleyball in Oscar-nominated 'Cast Away' sold for an unbelievable sum “I know it’s a family show, but we can educate people here. At least they were used... (he) did a lot of things (to) create an element of surprise, spontaneity and to really break down the many walls that may be there," he had revealed at the time that he would send them to "everybody". “The Joker is somebody who doesn’t really respect things like personal space or boundaries,” Leto added. Will Smith, who played Deadshot, had also told the same portal that Davis spoke to that when he received used condoms his thought was that “Jared has gone full joker.” “He really set the tone. He wasn’t playing with it. He was dead serious. As an actor, he was going in and he was 100 percent going into this character," Smith added. Margot Robbie also confirmed to the same news portal that she had indeed received contraception among “so many weird things.” "I can’t even begin to tell you the weird things I got. By that point, I kind of felt like I knew the joker bit so it wasn’t as alarming," the actress said. She played Harley Quinn in the film. Also read: Raja Kumari, DIVINE, Kaam Bhaari bag nominations at MTV Europe Music Awards Leto revealed on Tuesday that he had given Robbie only “cupcakes” and a “mouse,” and that they were “just having a goof” with the gag gifts. “I’m an artist at the end of the day. If I do something risky and you don’t like it, basically, you can kiss my a*s," he concluded.

Did Jared Leto gift 'anal beads', 'used condoms' to his 'Suicide Squad' mates? He answers

<p>Oscar-winning Hollywood superstar, Matthew McConaughey, is of the opinion that children should not be obligated to get the COVID-19 vaccine. In fact, in a recent interview with The New York Times, he confirmed that his own three children are not vaccinated.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
"I couldn’t mandate having to vaccinate the younger kids. I still want to find out more information," the actor was quoted as saying.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
"There will come a time where you’re going to have to roll the dice one way or the other and go: ‘Where are the numbers in my favor?’" he went on to add, reportedly.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
McConaughey shares his three kids--Levi, Vida and Livingston--with wife Camila Alves.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
The 'Dallas Buyers Club' actor explained that he is not against the idea of children getting vaccinated but doesn’t see the need to make it mandatory. He also added that he won't be vaccinating his own children at this point in time.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
"Right now I’m not vaccinating mine, I’ll tell you that," he said.</p>

<p><br />
But, McConaughey made it clear that he firmly believes in the power of vaccination to keep Coronavirus at bay.</p>

<p><br />
"Do I think that there’s any kind of scam or conspiracy theory? Hell no, I don’t. We all got to get off that narrative. There’s not a conspiracy theory on the vaccines," he said.</p>

<p><br />
He pointed out that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has only approved Pfizer’s vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 just a few days back, adding, “we just said we can vaccinate kids.”<br />
“I’m vaccinated. My wife’s vaccinated. I didn’t do it because someone told me I had to — [I] chose to do it,” he said.</p>

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<p><br />
Mathew McConaughey also said that he is in a place where he can “quarantine harder” and can undergo regular and periodic Covid-19 testing and recognises that not everyone can do that. “I’m in a position, though, where I can do that, and I understand that not everyone can do that," the actor signed off.&nbsp;<br />
&nbsp;</p>


Oscar-winning Hollywood superstar, Matthew McConaughey, is of the opinion that children should not be obligated to get the COVID-19 vaccine. In fact, in a recent interview with The New York Times, he confirmed that his own three children are not vaccinated.

Oscar-winning Hollywood superstar, Matthew McConaughey, is of the opinion that children should not be obligated to get the COVID-19 vaccine. In fact, in a recent interview with The New York Times, he confirmed that his own three children are not vaccinated. "I couldn’t mandate having to vaccinate the younger kids. I still want to find out more information," the actor was quoted as saying. Also read: Timelines are major focus in investigation of Houston concert deaths "There will come a time where you’re going to have to roll the dice one way or the other and go: ‘Where are the numbers in my favor?’" he went on to add, reportedly. McConaughey shares his three kids--Levi, Vida and Livingston--with wife Camila Alves. The 'Dallas Buyers Club' actor explained that he is not against the idea of children getting vaccinated but doesn’t see the need to make it mandatory. He also added that he won't be vaccinating his own children at this point in time. Also read: Raja Kumari, DIVINE, Kaam Bhaari bag nominations at MTV Europe Music Awards "Right now I’m not vaccinating mine, I’ll tell you that," he said. But, McConaughey made it clear that he firmly believes in the power of vaccination to keep Coronavirus at bay. "Do I think that there’s any kind of scam or conspiracy theory? Hell no, I don’t. We all got to get off that narrative. There’s not a conspiracy theory on the vaccines," he said. He pointed out that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has only approved Pfizer’s vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 just a few days back, adding, “we just said we can vaccinate kids.” “I’m vaccinated. My wife’s vaccinated. I didn’t do it because someone told me I had to — [I] chose to do it,” he said. Also read: Woah! Tom Hanks' volleyball in Oscar-nominated 'Cast Away' sold for an unbelievable sum Mathew McConaughey also said that he is in a place where he can “quarantine harder” and can undergo regular and periodic Covid-19 testing and recognises that not everyone can do that. “I’m in a position, though, where I can do that, and I understand that not everyone can do that," the actor signed off.

Mathew McConaughey's not in for mandatory COVID vaccine for kids: Need to know more

<p>In 2000 came a special film 'Cast Away' from a very special Hollywood actor, Tom Hanks.&nbsp;</p>

<p>So, it comes as no real surprise that the volleyball used as a prop in the survival film has sold for a whopping $308,000 at a recently held auction, reports claim.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>'Cast Away' was a remarkable story of one man's desire and strong will to survive--played by Hanks--on a deserted island where the volleyball, named Wilson by the central character, ends up being his only friend.<br />
The ball in question was made to look filthy as it had spent a significant amount of time in the water during filming, according to Prop Store, the auction house that's responsible behind the sale.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
Tom Hanks was given an Oscar nomination for Best Actor and the film was also nominated for Best Sound.&nbsp;<br />
During the film, Hanks' character talks to Wilson as coping mechanism to keep his sanity intact all the while trying to stay alive.</p>

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<p>At the auction, the ball was described as a "heavily distressed with paint applied to create a worn, dirtied appearance... dark brown-and-red 'face' on the front," and "the top is torn open, and an array of tobacco stalks are inserted to replicate the appearance of hair."</p>

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In 2000 came a special film 'Cast Away' from a very special Hollywood actor, Tom Hanks. So, it comes as no real surprise that the volleyball used as a prop in the survival film has sold for a whopping $308,000 at a recently held auction, reports claim.

In 2000 came a special film 'Cast Away' from a very special Hollywood actor, Tom Hanks. So, it comes as no real surprise that the volleyball used as a prop in the survival film has sold for a whopping $308,000 at a recently held auction, reports claim. Also read: Akshay Kumar's 'Sooryavanshi' crosses Rs 100 crore mark amid pandemic 'Cast Away' was a remarkable story of one man's desire and strong will to survive--played by Hanks--on a deserted island where the volleyball, named Wilson by the central character, ends up being his only friend. The ball in question was made to look filthy as it had spent a significant amount of time in the water during filming, according to Prop Store, the auction house that's responsible behind the sale. Tom Hanks was given an Oscar nomination for Best Actor and the film was also nominated for Best Sound. During the film, Hanks' character talks to Wilson as coping mechanism to keep his sanity intact all the while trying to stay alive. Also read: 'Your security is my responsibility': A look at artists who stopped their concerts to protect their fans At the auction, the ball was described as a "heavily distressed with paint applied to create a worn, dirtied appearance... dark brown-and-red 'face' on the front," and "the top is torn open, and an array of tobacco stalks are inserted to replicate the appearance of hair." Also read: Elton John receives elite royal honour from Prince Charles

Woah! Tom Hanks' volleyball in Oscar-nominated 'Cast Away' sold for an unbelievable sum

<p>Rapper Drake was spotted out in public for the first time following Travis Scott’s Astroworld music festival, which left eight people dead and hundreds injured.</p>

<p><br />
He was seen in a black hoodie and camo cargo pants as he left in his private jet, called the Air Drake, in Toronto on Tuesday, reports confirm.</p>

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<p><br />
Drake had performed two songs on stage with Travis Scott right before the deadly incident had taken place. He spoke about the tragedy on Monday evening.</p>

<p><br />
"I’ve spent the past few days trying to wrap my mind around this devastating tragedy. My heart is broken for the families and friends of those who lost their lives and for anyone who is suffering. I will continue to pray for all of them, and will be of service in any way I can," Drake wrote in a post on Instagram.<br />
According to reports, eight people were killed and more than 300 injured in the stampede on the first night of the two-day festival.</p>

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<p><br />
Scott has been severely criticised after he continued to perform despite allegedly knowing that there had been an accident and fatalities resulting from it and is now facing several lawsuits filed by concertgoers. There's one lawsuit involving both Drake and Scott.</p>

<p><br />
"I’m absolutely devastated by what took place last night. My prayers go out to the families and all those impacted by what happened at Astroworld Festival," Scott said in a statement after the show.</p>

<p><br />
Scott recently announced that he would be covering the funeral costs of those killed at the concert and will also offer free mental health assistance and cover other additional costs to those impacted by the stampede.&nbsp;</p>

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Rapper Drake was spotted out in public for the first time following Travis Scott’s Astroworld music festival, which left eight people dead and hundreds injured. He was seen in a black hoodie and camo cargo pants as he left in his private jet, called the Air Drake, in Toronto on Tuesday, reports confirm.

Rapper Drake was spotted out in public for the first time following Travis Scott’s Astroworld music festival, which left eight people dead and hundreds injured. He was seen in a black hoodie and camo cargo pants as he left in his private jet, called the Air Drake, in Toronto on Tuesday, reports confirm. Also read: Exclusive: Dwayne Johnson- Shooting 'Red Notice' during Covid was challenging Drake had performed two songs on stage with Travis Scott right before the deadly incident had taken place. He spoke about the tragedy on Monday evening. "I’ve spent the past few days trying to wrap my mind around this devastating tragedy. My heart is broken for the families and friends of those who lost their lives and for anyone who is suffering. I will continue to pray for all of them, and will be of service in any way I can," Drake wrote in a post on Instagram. According to reports, eight people were killed and more than 300 injured in the stampede on the first night of the two-day festival. Also read: Lady Gaga's '9-month romance' to bring Gucci tragedy to big screen Scott has been severely criticised after he continued to perform despite allegedly knowing that there had been an accident and fatalities resulting from it and is now facing several lawsuits filed by concertgoers. There's one lawsuit involving both Drake and Scott. "I’m absolutely devastated by what took place last night. My prayers go out to the families and all those impacted by what happened at Astroworld Festival," Scott said in a statement after the show. Scott recently announced that he would be covering the funeral costs of those killed at the concert and will also offer free mental health assistance and cover other additional costs to those impacted by the stampede. Also read: Who is Asser Malik? Meet Malala Yousafzai's husband

Astroworld tragedy: Drake steps out for the first time since the stampede

<p>It is indeed a good day when two mega stars decided to join forces for a movie!</p>

<p><br />
Hollywood actors Channing Tatum and Tom Hardy will be working together in a war movie on the recent Afghanistan evacuation, reports confirm.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
The film will be directed by George Nolfi and backed by Universal.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
Nolfi has reportedly pitched the idea without a title in mind, and his screenplay is said to be based on the headlines of the events following the controversial evacuation of American troops from Afghanistan in the month of August this year.</p>

<p><br />
The film will focus on three former special forces team members, along with their Afghan counterparts, who were instrumental in saving lives of their allies during the peak of American troops' evacuation process in Afghanistan.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
Director Nolfi has multiple movies to his credit, such as 'The Adjustment Bureau', 'The Banker', 'Ocean's Twelve', 'The Bourne Ultimatum' and 'Timeline'.</p>

<p><br />
Tatum will soon be seen in comedy flick 'Dog', which he is co-directing alongside Reid Carolin. It is a military-based film that is on the life of Army Ranger Briggs and his Belgian Malinois dog, Lulu. Tatum will also be seen with Sandra Bullock in the romantic comedy, 'The Lost City' set for a 2022 release.</p>

<p><br />
Hardy, on the other hand, was last seen in 'Venom: Let There Be Carnage'. He has also recently wrapped filming for Netflix’s upcoming thriller, 'Havoc', directed by Gareth Evans.</p>

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It is indeed a good day when two mega stars decided to join forces for a movie! Hollywood actors Channing Tatum and Tom Hardy will be working together in a war movie on the recent Afghanistan evacuation, reports confirm.

It is indeed a good day when two mega stars decided to join forces for a movie! Hollywood actors Channing Tatum and Tom Hardy will be working together in a war movie on the recent Afghanistan evacuation, reports confirm. The film will be directed by George Nolfi and backed by Universal. Also read: Malala Yousafzai marries at her home, shares beautiful photos of the ceremony Nolfi has reportedly pitched the idea without a title in mind, and his screenplay is said to be based on the headlines of the events following the controversial evacuation of American troops from Afghanistan in the month of August this year. The film will focus on three former special forces team members, along with their Afghan counterparts, who were instrumental in saving lives of their allies during the peak of American troops' evacuation process in Afghanistan. Also read: Exclusive: Dwayne Johnson- Shooting 'Red Notice' during COVID-19 was challenging, but we rallied together Director Nolfi has multiple movies to his credit, such as 'The Adjustment Bureau', 'The Banker', 'Ocean's Twelve', 'The Bourne Ultimatum' and 'Timeline'. Tatum will soon be seen in comedy flick 'Dog', which he is co-directing alongside Reid Carolin. It is a military-based film that is on the life of Army Ranger Briggs and his Belgian Malinois dog, Lulu. Tatum will also be seen with Sandra Bullock in the romantic comedy, 'The Lost City' set for a 2022 release. Hardy, on the other hand, was last seen in 'Venom: Let There Be Carnage'. He has also recently wrapped filming for Netflix’s upcoming thriller, 'Havoc', directed by Gareth Evans. Also read: 'Squid Game' director predicts second season of megahit TV show

Tom Hardy, Channing Tatum to feature in movie on Afghanistan evacuation

<p>Co-founded by Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson, the New Zealand-based visual effects studio, Weta Digital, has been sold for $1.6bn (£1.2bn), reports claim.</p>

<p><br />
The firm has worked on many big-budget movies, including 'Lord of the Rings' and 'Avatar', and has been bought by video games software company Unity.</p>

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<p><br />
Unity is the company behind hit games such as 'Pokémon Go' and 'Call of Duty: Mobile'.</p>

<p><br />
The firms has said that the latest deal with Weta means its special effects tools will be "democratised".</p>

<p><br />
"Together, Unity and Weta Digital can create a pathway for any artist, from any industry, to be able to leverage these incredibly creative and powerful tools," Peter Jackson said in a statement.</p>

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<p><br />
"For the southern hemisphere, Weta is our version of Hollywood. Peter Jackson is a visionary filmmaker. He didn't have the tools he needed to achieve the results he wanted so he put a team together," Sydney-based film critic James Fletcher told the BBC.</p>

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In a statement, Unity said it will "put Weta's incredibly exclusive and sophisticated visual effects tools into the hands of millions of creators and artists around the world" enabling them to shape the future of the metaverse.</p>

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Co-founded by Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson, the New Zealand-based visual effects studio, Weta Digital, has been sold for $1.6bn (£1.2bn), reports claim. The firm has worked on many big-budget movies, including 'Lord of the Rings' and 'Avatar', and has been bought by video games software company Unity.

Co-founded by Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson, the New Zealand-based visual effects studio, Weta Digital, has been sold for $1.6bn (£1.2bn), reports claim. The firm has worked on many big-budget movies, including 'Lord of the Rings' and 'Avatar', and has been bought by video games software company Unity. Also read: Will Smith's near physical fight with an exec on 'Fresh Prince of bel-Air' Unity is the company behind hit games such as 'Pokémon Go' and 'Call of Duty: Mobile'. The firms has said that the latest deal with Weta means its special effects tools will be "democratised". "Together, Unity and Weta Digital can create a pathway for any artist, from any industry, to be able to leverage these incredibly creative and powerful tools," Peter Jackson said in a statement. Also read: Astroworld tragedy: Drake steps out for the first time since the stampede "For the southern hemisphere, Weta is our version of Hollywood. Peter Jackson is a visionary filmmaker. He didn't have the tools he needed to achieve the results he wanted so he put a team together," Sydney-based film critic James Fletcher told the BBC. In a statement, Unity said it will "put Weta's incredibly exclusive and sophisticated visual effects tools into the hands of millions of creators and artists around the world" enabling them to shape the future of the metaverse. Also read: Exclusive: Dwayne Johnson- Shooting 'Red Notice' during Covid was challenging

Peter Jackson's visual effects firm that made 'Lord of the Rings', 'Avatar', sold for $1.6B

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