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| | Why did Brooklyn Beckham skip his father's 50th birthday celebrations' | | Added 9 hours ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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David Beckham?s 50th birthday was last Friday, May 2. He shares a birthday with Princess Charlotte, which I?m sure is a two-way thunder-steal. David still hasn?t received his knighthood, and that was the focus of much of the birthday coverage. But the knighthood issue hid a larger Beckham family friction: Brooklyn Beckham completely skipped his father?s birthday celebrations. For several years now, there?s been tension between Brooklyn and his wife Nicola Peltz on one side, and the rest of the Beckham family on the other side. The old drama used to be between Nicola and Victoria Beckham. These days, the drama is between Brooklyn and his younger brother Romeo, all about how Brooklyn dated Romeo?s girlfriend first and something something brother-beef. Well, in any case, Brooklyn has now skipped two of his father?s birthday bashes.
Brooklyn Beckham skipped his dad David Beckham?s star-studded 50th birthday party amid his rumored feud with brother Romeo. As the rest of Brooklyn?s famous family was pictured celebrating at popular London restaurant Core on Saturday, the young model and his wife, actress Nicola Peltz, were notably absent from any photos taken during the festivities.
The former soccer star was supported by wife Victoria Beckham, and three of their kids: Romeo, 22, Cruz, 20, and Harper, 13. Victoria wore a white gown for the happy outing, according to pictures obtained by the Daily Mail on Saturday. Sons Romeo and Cruz both appeared dapper in their classic white suits. They were both accompanied by their girlfriends, Kim Turnbull and Jackie Apostel, respectively. Additional stars in attendance for David?s birthday bash included Gordon Ramsay, Tom Cruise and Eva Longoria.
Brooklyn, 26, allegedly flew back to the US on Saturday ahead of the celebration, the outlet reported. Reps for Brooklyn did not immediately respond to Page Six?s request for comment.
This marks the second birthday party for the ?Beckham? star following his previous star-studded, black-tie affair for his 50th at Cipriani Downtown Miami in March. It?s worth noting that Brooklyn didn?t attend that event either. Sources said it was due to the rumored rift between Romeo and Brooklyn. Sources close to the family claimed last month that the two eldest Beckham brothers are currently in a feud and not on speaking terms over Romeo?s girlfriend ? who allegedly carried on a brief romance with the older Beckham brother prior to her current relationship. Insiders told TMZ the sibling rift has nothing to do with jealousy but rather, Brooklyn?s concern for Turnbull?s possible motives behind dating another Beckham son.
[From Page Six]
As Page Six notes, Brooklyn and Nicola were in England at some point last week but they flew back to America before David?s birthday. Now TMZ has an exclusive about exactly what happened:
Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltzs absence from David Beckhams 50th birthday is all due to family tension cause weve learned they tried to meet up and celebrate David privately but, they were rebuffed. Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ Brooklyn and Nicola flew to London last week for the sole purpose of celebrating David.
The two reached out to the fam ahead of the big weekend, were told asking them to get together privately before the birthday festivities however, their request didnt go over well with the other family members. Our sources say Brooklyn and Nicola were told to show up to the main celebrations or they wouldnt get a chance to see the fam leaving the two saddened because they simply wont be around Brooklyns brother Romeo and his girlfriend, Kim Turnbull.
We broke the story Brooklyn and his brother Romeo arent on speaking terms because of his relationship with Turnbull who Brooklyn had a romantic connection with several years ago, but thats all water under the bridge now.
[From TMZ]
I have no stake in this Beckham family beef and I don?t have any particular sympathy for any side. I think Brooklyn is acting childish about Romeo and his girlfriend. I also think the Beckhams probably should have made time to hang out with Brooklyn and Nicola privately and separately from Brooklyn?s siblings. The Beckham fam was so close when the kids were growing up, and I don?t think David and Victoria have done a good job handling the (imo, completely natural) frictions that come with their sons becoming men.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images, Backgrid.
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| | Donald Trump announced a 100% tariff on movies 'produced' outside the US | | Added 9 hours ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Big news for the domestic and international film industry: Donald Trump is about to destroy everyone?s jobs in entertainment too. Trump has just announced that he plans to impose a 100% tariff on movies produced outside of the US. The majority of Hollywood productions are actually filmed outside the US, because it?s ?cheaper? to film internationally, where there are more tax incentives in other countries and lax union regulations.
President Trump said he would impose a 100 percent tariff on movies ?produced? outside the United States, proclaiming in a social media post on Sunday that the issue posed a national security threat.
Mr. Trump said he had authorized Jamieson Greer, the United States Trade Representative, to begin the process of taxing ?any and all Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands.? Mr. Trump added, ?This is a concerted effort by other Nations and, therefore, a National Security threat.?
The Motion Picture Association, which represents the biggest Hollywood studios in Washington, declined to comment. The association?s latest economic impact report, based primarily on government data and released in 2023, showed that the film industry generated a positive U.S. balance of trade for every major market in the world.
As is often the case with Mr. Trump?s declarations on social media, it was not entirely clear what he was talking about. Did he mean any movie, including independent foreign-language films destined for art house cinemas and movies that play exclusively on streaming services? Would such a tariff apply only to movies receiving tax incentives from foreign countries ? or to any movie with scenes shot overseas? What about postproduction visual effects work? A single superhero movie can often involve a half-dozen or more specialized firms scattered around the world.
Technically speaking, the vast majority of movies shown in American cinemas are produced in the United States ? scripts written, preproduction planning handled, principal actors cast, footage edited and sound added. But Hollywood has increasingly turned to foreign locales for the cameras-rolling part of the moviemaking process because, as with so much traditional manufacturing, it is much cheaper.
Britain, Hungary, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and other countries offer tax incentives that Disney, Warner Bros., Universal Pictures and other major movie companies, including Netflix and Amazon, have used. International locales also often come with lower labor costs.
[From NYT]
Yeah, this was just an announcement and it?s not like he?s actually made some kind of executive order. I?m not saying this is an idle threat he?s going to pursue something around this issue, and he expects Hollywood executives to come to him and beg him to ?make a deal.? If anything like this goes through, Hollywood is going to lose billions of dollars. If we get into a tit-for-tat tariff issue on film productions? well, that?s one way to get an independent film movement going again. It sometimes feels like Trump wants to go back to the 1970s high inflation, a terrible economy, a gritty, crime-ridden New York, and a thriving independent film industry.
Hey, do you think George Clooney, who has produced many films overseas, is going to write a NYT op-ed about any of this or nah? I wonder if Trump?s biggest supporter Jeff Bezos whose Amazon Prime has tons of overseas productions will say anything.
Photos courtesy of Cover Images.
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