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| | Harrison Ford: 'This is a particularly bizarre period of human history, I believe' | | Added 59 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Harrison Ford genuinely loves to work, but I think he?s avoided working at various points in his career simply because he hates promoting his projects. If every promotional spot was, like, the Graham Norton Show, Harrison would probably be more involved in promo. But still, he tries to play the game and when he doesn?t feel like it, he goes full curmudgeon. Harrison is currently promoting the new season of Shrinking, one of his few forays into episodic television. He enjoys the show, he enjoys his character, he loves the writing, and so he?s actually giving interviews to promote it. He recently chatted with GQ, and I was charmed by this piece:
How ?Shrinking? fans interact with him: ?What they have to say is really unusual in my experience. What they have to say is thank you. They say, ?Thank you. We love this show.? They don?t want anything. They don?t want an autograph, they don?t want a picture. They just want to share their pleasure in the experience. That?s something different to what the usual exchange is with a stranger.?
His great run of ?dad thrillers? in the 1990s: ?It was a very different period in our culture. It was a very different period in the movie business. There was a discernible zeitgeist, and the movies seemed to capture that. It was a street that ran both ways?there was a very close connection between movies and the culture. It was a time when many of our extraordinary filmmakers were still working, the Pollacks and Pakulas and even some guys whose names didn?t start with a P. I was lucky enough to have come up in that period of time, and so I got the chance to work with those guys. To me, that was the extraordinary thing about that time?that I had these incredible guys to work with. It was a great period of my life and I?m really grateful for it.
How those kinds of ?adult movies? have basically disappeared: ?Actually I feel bad for us. I feel bad that we don?t have these stories around us in the world. I mean, it seems this is a particularly bizarre period of human history, I believe. I certainly hope. I hope that we?ll get through it and begin talking to each other instead of at each other. We will begin to work our way through the international issues and the political issues and all this sh-t soup we?re living in?You can?t sit around talking about how great it was in the past. You?ve just got to make something better in the present. That?s all. I?m not that guy.
On the Red Hulk stuff for Marvel: ?I mean, this is the Marvel universe and I?m just there on a weekend pass. I?m a sailor new to this town. Show me the way to go home. I understand the appeal of other kinds of films besides the kind we made in the ?80s and ?90s. I don?t have anything general to say about it. It?s the condition our condition is in, and things change and morph and go on. We?re silly if we sit around regretting the change and don?t participate. I?m participating in a new part of the business that, for me at least, I think is really producing some good experiences for an audience. I enjoy that.
How he chooses his projects at this point of his life: ?It?s the quality of writing. It doesn?t matter what the genre is. It doesn?t matter whether it?s on television or in movies. It?s the writing, it?s the story, it?s the character, it?s the emotional experience for an audience or for myself. It?s people that I have some feeling that I want to work with, or it?s a quality opportunity. I suppose I should be sitting on my ass, but I actually love working.?
Getting young people involved in aviation: ?It?s a great job and it?s become a field where there?s a great demand for pilots. We?ve been talking about the failure to train American pilots. America trains more foreign pilots than they do American pilots. I?m not being xenophobic here. It?s not about having to fly with American pilots. It?s just that we?ve known for a long time that we needed to train more pilots, and we have done that successfully now. Pilots are making a wonderful living when, 15 years ago, they weren?t doing so well at the beginning of their careers. But it?s a great career, and I just encourage people that are interested in it to give it a go.
On the ?death of the movie star? conversation: ?Oh, I think it?s rubbish. I don?t think the question is whether or not there are any movie stars. There?s wonderful actors coming up every day. Whether or not they become movie stars is really not the point. If movies need stars, they will find them. I?ve never fking understood being a movie star. I?m an actor. I tell stories. I?m part of a group of people who work together, collaborate on telling stories. I?m an assistant storyteller. That?s what I am.
[From GQ]
I love what he says about movie stars and the great people coming up that was incredibly generous of him, even if I think it?s true that there are not many real ?movie stars? left. He never thought of himself as a movie star though he always wanted to be an actor, a storyteller, an artistic collaborator. Harrison?s run in the ?90s really was unmatched he made banger after banger, films for adults and some of the greatest dad movies of all time. The thing about Marvel films is one of the better explanations I?ve heard from an actor joining the comic-book movie ranks. He?s just like? this is what was out there, so I?m giving it a shot, maybe someone will enjoy it. I also didn?t know that America trains more foreign pilots than American pilots??
Photos courtesy of Cover Images.
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| | Jennifer Lopez endorses VP Kamala Harris: 'This is our country too' | | Added 59 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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There?s been some commentary about ?why did Puerto Rican celebrities only get involved in this election when Tony Hinchcliffe said Puerto Rico is ?floating island of garbage??? While I think that criticism is fair when it?s lodged at Bad Bunny and Ricky Martin, both of whom seemed particularly pissed off about Hinchcliffe, it?s not fair criticism of Jennifer Lopez. J.Lo has been a Democrat for a while. She?s been getting more politically involved for years, especially when Donald Trump was in office. She even appeared at Oprah?s town hall event with Kamala Harris in Michigan a few months back. Do I think J.Lo is doing more for the Harris-Walz campaign specifically because of Trump?s Nazi rally? For sure. But she?s been a Harris supporter, a Biden supporter and an Obama supporter for years. Anyway, Jennifer appeared at Kamala Harris?s Las Vegas rally on Halloween.
There was a great speech for J.Lo with some great lines. ?I remember growing up, thinking my president cared about me, cared about my parents, cared about my neighbors and my community, not just some Americans, but all Americans.? She also spoke about the Nazi rally at MSG: ?At Madison Square Garden, he reminded us who he really is and how he really feels. It wasn?t just Puerto Ricans who were offended that day, OK? It was every Latino in this country, it was humanity and anyone of decent character.? She fought back tears as she said, ?This is our country, too? You know what? We should be emotional. We should be upset. We should be scared and outraged. We should. Our pain matters. We matter. Your voice and your vote matters.? So good.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
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| | Olivia Rodrigo was interrogated for a half hour at the border by federal agents | | Added 59 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Olivia Rodrigo has been riding some big highs lately ? like selling 1.4 million tickets for her GUTS World Tour, releasing her concert film of that tour (out on Netflix now), and of course, meeting the King of Australian king penguins, Pesto the giant baby penguin (we?ll still love you once you fledge, baby boy!!!). But there still have been some low moments, too, even if Olivia has picked herself back up and taken things in stride. Sometimes literally, like when she fell through a hole on stage mid-performance at a show in Melbourne, that fans helpfully caught on camera from multiple angles. I still can?t believe how quickly she popped out of that hole and kept going; I wouldn?t have been that nimble even when I was her age. And now Olivia has shared another less-than-stellar incident. She was just on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon to promote the GUTS film, where she told a very unsavory story about being interrogated for a half hour by federal agents at the Canadian border:
Speaking about her tour to Jimmy, Olivia began: ?I got in trouble with the law for the first time in my life.?
?We?re going from Canada to Portland or something, we?re at border control, I give them my passport, like: ?OK, whatever,? then they knock on the door and they?re like: ?We need Olivia,?? the star explained.
?I?m like: ?I just played a few shows, maybe their daughter wants an autograph,?? she continued. ?I come out, it?s 3 a.m. and I?m delirious, and they take me to a room, and it?s an interrogation room and there?s a big cop with a gun and he?s like: ?Have you ever been arrested???
?I?m like: ?No! I haven?t been arrested!?? Olivia recalled. ?He?s like, ?Are you sure?? and I?m gaslighting myself, like: ?Oh my god, maybe I was arrested and I didn?t know it!??
?He?s like: ?You know, you can go to jail for lying to a federal officer, this is really bad,?? Olivia went on. ?I?m freaking out, like: ?I?m not going to get into America!? I?m so scared, I?m, like, having a panic attack.?
She then concluded: ?After 30 minutes of interrogation, he looks at me and goes: ?What?s your name?? [I said] ?Olivia Rodrigo: R O D R I G O,? and he?s like: ?Oh, there?s a girl who looks just like you that?s the same age that?s been arrested multiple times and her name?s Olivia Rodriguez.??
Visibly still in disbelief over the whole ordeal, Olivia admitted to the host: ?Jimmy, I was pissed! I?m like: ?You didn?t look at the name on the thing and you?re interrogating me for 30 minutes?!? but phew, crisis averted.?
The segment ended with both Olivia and Jimmy wondering who the real Olivia Rodriguez is as they warned her to keep a low profile.
[From BuzzFeed]
Ugh. To borrow the parlance of Olivia?s generation: this story gives me ?the ick.? She did say it was three in the morning, which means the officers were tired too. But reading and confirming a person?s frickin? name has to be the very basic of first steps. It barely even adds up, because Olivia had already handed them her passport! Who flagged her name, anyway, and was it from reading the passport or from hearing an agent say her name? I want a full-scale investigation into this!! I?m glad Olivia called him out after the cop copped to getting the wrong name! Again, double checking the name with the alleged criminal you?re looking to bring in, really is the absolute lowest of expectations for law enforcement. At least Olivia was able to make good late night TV fodder out of this. She was so funny describing how easily she started second-guessing herself, ?Wait, have I been arrested??
Later on in the interview, she also shared a sweet follow up to that whole falling-in-a-hole-on-stage episode. After she finished the concert, Olivia went to the hospital to make sure she didn?t have a concussion. The nurse who tended to her was Filipino and had the same name as her late grandfather, so Olivia thought it was him giving her a nod from beyond that she?s ok. Aw, that story gives me ?the feels.?
Photos credit: Miles Leavitt/Netflix, Emilio Madrid/Getty Images for Netflix
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| | Angelina Jolie will receive the Performer Tribute at the Gotham Awards | | Added 59 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Angelina Jolie was out in LA this week, attending yet another screening/premiere for Pablo Larrain?s Maria at the Writers Guild Theater. The paparazzi swarm was so intense, Jolie looked like she barely got into the theater, and she was traveling with her bodyguards too. As you can see in these photos, Angelina wore a bronze-y Armani dress and a black double-breasted coat. Meanwhile, Maria hasn?t even had a theatrical release and Angelina keeps picking up special-recognition awards. It?s the perfect storm for her one of the last movie stars of that generation, in a comeback role which is getting widespread acclaim. She?s already been honored at the Toronto Film Festival, and the Santa Barbara Film Festival announced plans to give her an award in the new year. Now the Gotham Awards are giving her something special:
Angelina Jolie is set to receive the Performer Tribute at the 2024 Gotham Awards.
The event will take place Dec. 2 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. The Gotham Film & Media Institute said the Oscar winner will be honored for performance as the legendary, but troubled, opera singer Maria Callas in Pablo Larrain?s upcoming film Maria.
?Like the legendary figure she portrays, Angelina Jolie transcends mere performance to craft something extraordinary. Her interpretation captures both Maria Callas? complexity as an artist and the cultural resonance that defines an icon,? The Gotham executive director Jeffrey Sharp said in a statement.
[From THR]
I love it, honestly. Every other year, I?m like ?there are too many awards shows, the awards are less special, it?s too much noise.? But this year, I?m like: give Angelina all of the awards, please. I know that this is Gotham?s way of confirming Angelina?s attendance, ditto for Santa Barbara and Toronto. But it?s still nice! Chances are, the big ?win? will be if Angelina gets an Oscar nomination, not the Best Actress Oscar itself. So I?m fine with her racking up the special awards at festivals and critics? award shows.
What else? Angelina was asked if she would ever consider doing a Broadway musical now that she?s sung opera in a movie. She replied: ?I would love to, but I?d be very shy. But if you asked me if I would be singing opera a year ago, I probably would have said no. I started with Strasberg and I started in theater so of course I would love to. But deep deep down, I probably don?t think I?m good enough.? I don?t think she should do a stage musical, but I absolutely think she could do a play on Broadway. I still believe we?ll see her move full-time to New York when Vivienne and Knox go to college. Speaking of, Jolie was also asked if her kids will follow her into acting, and she said: ?No, I think theyre especially shy, very private people?and they want to be private.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
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