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| | Kristen Stewart on filmmaking under Trump: 'expect the worst and fight for the best' | | Added 40 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Kristen Stewart has a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter to promote her directorial debut, The Chronology of Water. Its based on the memoir of the same name by Lidia Yuknavitch, 61, an American former competitive swimmer turned novelist. Stewart was so moved by the book that she contacted Yuknavitch before she had finished the first chapter. The result is a screenplay co-written by Stewart and Andy Mingo, and a movie starring Imogen Poots, premiering today at Cannes. (We dont have those photos yet, but we do have these ones taken of her today outside her hotel.)
In Stewarts talk with THR shes raw, open and vulnerable about this film, which she says is just a first draft, and about her process in general. Thats not surprising coming from an actress whose vulnerability is captivating on screen. (Im not blowing smoke, Ive been a fan ever since I saw her in Happiest Season.) Stewart is guarded about her future plans though, just saying that she has 10 more movies she wants to make yesterday, but she knows better than to talk about them. Part of that may be due to the fact that the fascist in charge has his senile sights set on Stewarts industry, which shes all too aware of. Im excerpting just a small part of the interview, and theres much more at the source.
Why did Kristen Stewart land on The Chronology of Water for her first directing gig?
It was just a book that I read and impulsively, after 40 pages, put down and reached out to the writer. I thought, ?There are certain things that I?ve read that really do live in your brain and it would be an honor for them to live there.? And they get to multiply within your own personal experience. But this one felt like it needed to get up and share space with a lot of people. It was one of those books that I wanted to read out loud with all of my friends. It was one of those books that felt like a choir that you wanted to join. It felt like permission. And also this relationship that the book has to the corporeal and the physical? it?s uncharted territory in the cinema that I have personally consumed. We?re not reinventing the wheel or saying anything that someone else hasn?t said before.
On the changes in her industry
The loss is so palpable. It?s an exciting time to be alive. And it?s cool that we all get to be loud together, but at the same time, is that going to do anything? What?s gonna happen? I think we?re all looking over our shoulders going, ?Holy sh-t.? The slippage is just terrifying.
How big a shadow do you think Trump has cast over Hollywood and the film industry?
You mean like, for fear of being put on some ?f-k you? list?
And also the movie tariffs, encouraging such polarizing belief systems, or making Hollywood even more risk-averse than it already is.
We discuss this every day, like, what?s gonna happen? [Especially] now that we?ve finally found our voices? Not that it wasn?t treacherous before but now, [it is] in a way that is so literal, so strikingly essential and vital than ever, but naturally terrifying. I think [Trump?s] shadow is bleak and very dark. You could almost say opaque. And I think to try and work through that is what we?re going to do. But in terms of knowing anything, I think we should expect the worst and fight for the best. Stay vigilant. Look alive.
How do you feel about arriving in Cannes as a filmmaker, rather than an actor?
I cannot believe it. There?s not a more eloquent way [to say it]. We barely finished this movie. It?s not even done. I need to come home and literally have two more weeks in color and sound. This is my f-king first draft. Like, we are picture perfect. But when I tell you, we slid a very thin piece of paper under a closed door and they were like, ?Sure.? My head blew off. This was such a f-king Hail Mary, because [Cannes] is the place that you would like to go have conversations. So I was like, ?F-k it. We might as well try it.? I am not being false humble ? we?re all running on fumes. I was like, ?We can do it.? I was like an absolute basket case. I?m kind of happy to take on something vulnerable. I?m happy to take something with mistakes. Mistakes are f-king hot. I love stories about movies and filmmakers that have taken their films to Cannes and had to come back and fix a few things and release a different movie. It?s all about revealing yourself. So it?s very meta that we?re running in here half-dressed. But I?m into it.
How do you hope audiences react to The Chronology of Water?
I?ve said this, but people can interact with all of my work however they see fit. I really invite all of it. And that?s not like a self-preservation thing to say. I mean it. I?m like, this was the best we could do. This is what we meant to say. It might not land on everyone the same. In fact, when I say it absolutely won?t land on everyone the same. That?s not the point of ? and I say this in a French accent ? cinma. We?re supposed to have relationships with the art that?s put into the world. And they?re not all good ones. I guess as long as you do something that feels authentic in the very present moment. I can feel differently about it tomorrow. I can regret everything tomorrow. Right now, I don?t, so I?m very, very, very grateful to be in the place that I?ve always wanted to be. I?ve always looked up to [Cannes] with such reverence. Even if it?s messy, and honestly, my movie should be messy. This f-cking thing should sprawl. It sounds so dramatic, I mean this in a way that is incredibly celebratory ? it should be a woman limping and bleeding.
These 10 films that you want to make in the next five years. Can you talk about any of them?
Definitely not. This is something I do, I always tease too early.
[From THR]
Theres much more in the piece, including how much she respects and admires Imogen Poots, whom she describes as like a sister. It made me excited for this film and it doesnt even have a trailer I can find yet. Kristen is clearly burning the candle at both ends, and it shows in these photos of her today looking tired.Her approach to her work is admirable she did the best she could, shes open to revisions depending on the reception at Cannes and she knows that people will react to it differently.
As for her thoughts about Trump and the new reality were living under, a lot of people in so many different industries feel the same. Were afraid well be on some sort of list, but we just have to show up to work every day, do what we can and let it be messy and imperfect. I just finished season one of Andor and there are a lot of lessons there for resisting tyranny. Our small acts of resistance matter and our work matters.
Im assuming this outfit is Chanel. Its not cute. Her makeup looks ok in some photos and in others she looks washed out. Her hair color doesnt really suit her, but shell fix it Im sure. She switches up her hair often.
Photos credit: Manuele Mangiarott/IPA/INSTARimages, Aissaoui Nacer/Backgrid
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| | The Beckhams are worried that Duchess Meghan will 'pour bile' into Brooklyn's ear | | Added 40 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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There are so many moving parts to this Peltz-Beckham-Windsor-Sussex feud, I feel like we might need to make a flow chart at some point. To recap, the Windsors and Sussexes are feuding off to one side, and on a completely different side, David and Victoria Beckham are feuding with Nicola Peltz and Brooklyn Beckham. The Beckham feud has become extremely heightened this week with a full-on briefing campaign from David and Victoria in which they?re painting Nicola as some Meghan Markle-esque American strumpet who stole their precious British prince. The story that brought everything together is that the Peltz-Beckhams had dinner at Harry and Meghan?s home recently. Camp Sussex took pains to say that Nicola and Brooklyn were friends-of-friends and not invited directly. But it?s enough for a full British tabloid sh-tstorm: Beckhams, princes, terrible suits, American billionaires, MEGHAN, Victoria, DRAMA! Well, the briefings from Beckingham Palace continue unabated the feud is now centered on Victoria vs. Meghan vs. Nicola/Brooklyn.
When David and Victoria Beckham learned their precious eldest son was socialising with Meghan Markle, how their hearts must have sunk. This, after all, is a woman they once considered a friend. A woman they went out of their way to look out for ? and who turned her back on them the moment someone wealthier came along. A woman who fell out with them after accusing Victoria of leaking stories about her.
The news that Meghan, alongside docile husband Harry, is befriending Brooklyn and his wife Nicola Peltz would, surely, have caused the Beckhams to shudder in horror. Friends of David and Victoria were apparently stunned by The Sun?s revelations ? confirmed overnight by Meghan?s most trusted US publication, People magazine ? that Brooklyn had enjoyed an intimate dinner party at the Duke and Duchess of Sussex?s 11million Montecito mansion. Oh, to have been a fly on the wall at that 22-person gathering.
I?m told: ?David and Victoria were blindsided by the news ? they didn?t see it coming. Of course it?s a bit weird for them as they used to socialise with Meghan and Harry, and now their boy is doing it. David has no problem with Harry and has always acted very graciously towards him ? even after the fall-out with Victoria ? and they still communicate occasionally. However, once burned?.?.?.Naturally they therefore feel less warmly towards Meghan. They think she has acted truly awfully at times. The last thing they need is for her to be pouring bile into Brooklyn?s ear, telling him to cast his parents out, as she has done with her own dad. What was supposed to be a very private family feud is rapidly escalating and obviously it?s incredibly frustrating for the family.?
Sources who attended the dinner, arranged by the Paramount TV network, say the Peltz-Beckhams and Harkles ?got on really well?.
Presumably another huge fear for Team Beckham is that Brooklyn ?does a Harry? and writes an explosive memoir. He may only be 26, but Brooklyn has lived an extraordinarily privileged life and has seen the A-list celebrity circuit first-hand. Harry?s whinge-fest Spare was a Sunday Times bestseller and, well, unsparing in its criticism of certain members of the Royal Family. I?m told, though, that an auto-biography ?is not on Brooklyn?s radar, even though it would have some incredibly juicy chapters?. A source added: ?It just isn?t his style ? he would never do that to his family. He still loves and cherishes them and is desperate for reconciliation. He wouldn?t go nuclear like Harry and write a tell-all tome.?
[From The Sun]
There?s a lot more bile at the Sun, but you get the idea. As I?ve covered this unfolding Beckham mess, I have to say, there?s a fatal flaw in the British tabloid coverage. Well, there are tons of flaws, but one of the biggest mistakes is presuming that Americans think of Victoria Beckham as some untouchable A-list celebrity. She?s got name recognition in America, but she?s far from A-list here and all of this simpering of ?the grand A-lister Victoria Beckham would never leak about Meghan or Nicola, how gauche? falls flat. Especially given that it?s beyond clear that the Beckhams are absolutely waging a campaign against Brooklyn and Nicola, and they?re actively trying to ?Markle? their daughter-in-law. It?s pretty ugly, and it?s tacky as hell for the Beckhams to publicly snipe at the Sussexes for doing nothing but welcome the Peltz-Beckhams for dinner.
Photos courtesy of Cover Images, Avalon Red, Backgrid.
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| | Cannes: Halle Berry wore a tragic & puffy Celia Kritharioti mullet dress | | Added 41 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are more photos from Cannes Day 2. So far, I haven?t been too impressed with the glamour or fashion, which adds to my theory that Cannes is in its Bummer Era these days. It doesn?t help that many women probably have to wear their backup dresses, because Cannes organizers announced (on the eve of the festival) that there is a new ban on big, voluminous dresses and sheer/body-exposing fashion. Halle Berry even said that she had to change plans for her look on opening night. Well, I don?t know if she also had to change her planned outfit for Day 2, but holy sh-t. She wore this Celia Kritharioti Couture which is? AWFUL! I?ve seen a lot of commentary about Halle?s wacky style these days, but what?s crazy is? she still has that incredible figure, she?s still an extremely beautiful woman who looks much younger than 58. But she?s lost her style mojo and now she wanders around red carpets in sh-t like this.
Eva Longoria in Elie Saab. I love this? Beautiful color, glamorous, well-styled. I could nitpick the tailoring, but overall, one of the better looks I?ve seen at Cannes.
Irina Shayk in vintage Yves Saint Laurent while this is somewhat better than her previous Cannes looks, it?s still not great? Her styling is still tragic my hair looks like this ten minutes after washing it. Irina looks so tired!
Zoe Saldaa, the reigning Best Support Actress Oscar winner, turned up with her husband. Zoe wore Saint Laurent an incredibly basic black dress, jazzed up with a black leather jacket worn off the shoulder. Blah but I wasn?t impressed with her style during the awards season either.
Heidi Klum in Elie Saab. Nope. Unflattering! It doesn?t fit her.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images.
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