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| | Paul Mescal on meeting King Charles: 'I?m, like, Irish, so it's not on the list of priorities' | | Added 23 hours ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Gladiator II premiered in Los Angeles last night, following the big ?royal premiere? in London last week. Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen and more came out for both premieres. Last week?s London premiere was attended by King Charles, and it benefited a British-actor charity. There was a receiving line for the actors to meet Charles. At the time, the biggest story from the receiving line was that Denzel sort of didn?t know how to greet the king, but the photos were funny and you could tell that Denzel doesn?t actually give a fk. Hilariously, neither does Gladiator II?s Irish lead, Paul Mescal. When he was on the carpet at the LA premiere last night, Mescal was asked about meeting King Charles last week. Mescal?s answer could not have been more Irish:
Paul Mescal on meeting King Charles: "I'm Irish, so it's not on the list of priorities. But it's an amazing thing for Ridley [Scott] because I know how important that is for him." pic.twitter.com/AR60LJ0V4Z
Variety (@Variety) November 19, 2024
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| | Chris Evans wants to do an actual musical film: 'I want to sing and dance' | | Added 23 hours ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Chris Evans, Dwayne Johnson, and Lucy Liu are currently busy promoting their new holiday action film, Red One. The plot involves Santa being kidnapped. Despite heavy promotion (my local theater has had a big display out for a good month), it?s posed to big one of the biggest box office bombs of the year. As a part of their promo tour, Chris and Dwayne gave an interview to People. During the interview, Chris shared that he?s kinda over doing action movies at this point. Instead, he?s dying to be cast in an ?actual musical film,? where he can sing and dance his pretty little heart out.
?Im waiting to do an actual musical film. I want to sing,? Evans tells PEOPLE. ?[And] dance. That is what I want.?
?Let?s manifest that, man,? says his costar Johnson, 52.
?I mean, thats tough though because thats something you got to do right. You only get so many bites at that apple,? Evans continues. ? But knowing that Im very precious with it and I want to make sure its the right thing. So yeah, thats always in the works.?
?Thats the quickest way to get me in a room. If you say its going to be a musical, Im listening,? he adds.
?I got a feeling its going to happen, man,? says Johnson, after sharing that his Red One costar is ?crazy talented musically.?
Speaking of musical skills, Evans says he also wants to try his hand at drumming.
?I played the piano and every time I watch someone drumming, Im like, ?Nah, thats cool,? he tells PEOPLE. ?Just got to do it. I just got to pick up some sticks and start doing it. But yeah, maybe a few more instruments.
[From People]
Captain America wants to do a musical? Sure, why not? What type of musical are we talking about? Something like The Sound of Music or a more adult-themed musical like La La Land? For some reason, when I picture Chris in a musical role, I get major character actor vibes. I think of him playing the part of a police constable who pops up throughout the show as comedic relief. I can also kinda see him playing one of the princes in Into the Woods. Give him a top hat and some tap shoes and stick him in that Andrew Garfield/Ryan Gosling movie that we were trying to manifest into existence last month.
Anyone planning on seeing Red One? It looks like dumb fun, but it?s probably not a very good movie. My older son wants to see it, so there?s like a 50/50 chance I?ll end up being the one to take him since I have a higher tolerance for these types of films than Mr. Rosie does. Wish me luck.
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| | Lucas Bravo slams the writing on 'Emily In Paris' & he might not come back' | | Added 23 hours ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I don?t care what people say, I love Emily In Paris. It?s an extremely dumb show full of dumb clothes and low-stakes melodrama. Season 4 came out in September and I enjoyed it so much, even if some of the plot points made zero sense. Emily and Gabriel finally got together in a real way, only for it to quickly fall apart. Then Emily met an attractive Italian man and (spoiler) Emily In Rome might be a real possibility for Season 5. But what about Gabriel? Gabriel is played by the handsome French actor Lucas Bravo. As he promoted a non-EIP project, Bravo ended up complaining about Gabriel?s storyline in Season 4 specifically:
Lucas Bravo is questioning how much freedom he has on ?Emily in Paris? ? and whether or not he wants to return to the hit Netflix series for its fifth season.
?The ?sexy chef? was very much part of me in Season 1 and we grew apart season after season because of the choices he makes and because of the direction they make him take. I?ve never been so far away from him,? Bravo said to IndieWire of playing Gabriel. ?In Season 1, there was a lot of me in him. But as they made him kind of unaware of his surroundings, of the dynamic, always victimizing and always being completely lost in translation and oblivious to anything that is happening around him and being manipulated by everyone, it kind of became not fun for me to shoot or to see a character I love so much and brought me so much, being slowly turned into guacamole. I really grew apart from him.?
Bravo added that he has tried to voice his concerns and give input on set but ?there is only so much I can do in the limits of a script.? IndieWire has reached out to Netflix for comment.
?I tried for seasons to bring nuances but we don?t have much liberty on set. We cannot change a word or an emotion. They know what they want and we just have to comply,? Bravo said. ?It makes me question if I want to be part of Season 5 [?] because my contract ends at Season 4. I really want to see if Gabriel gets back to his fun, cheeky, playful, alive self. Because three seasons playing melancholic, sad, depressed, and lost is not fun anymore. It?s a comedy, everybody is having fun around me, everybody is jumping around, and I?m just slowly sinking into god knows what.?
?They?re probably holding onto something that they couldn?t measure that had such a success so now they are very precious about not changing the recipe and keeping it what it was,? Bravo said. ?Anything that could go off road is carefully taken back. It?s a lot of souffles. Pregnant? No, fake positive. Going to Rome? No, coming back. There are a lot of things like that. There is a lack of risk.?
He added, ?But I love the show. It started everything for me. I love the show and the people in it. With saying that, I feel like I am not being nice or grateful, but when you love something you want it to be?you want the best version of it. I?m not going to lie, I?ve been frustrated with the direction by character is taking. But we?ll see where it goes. The show is not over.?
[From IndieWire]
While I love EIP, I actually think he?s got somewhat of a point, especially with what the writers did with Gabriel in the fourth season. The whole storyline of Gabriel and Emily finally getting together only they?re suddenly miserable (for REASONS!) and they fall out? it was just complicated and dumb. That being said, it also felt like they?re trying to make Gabriel more dimensional and angsty. But yeah. As you can imagine, Lucas? comments are not going down very well.
Lucas Bravo?s future on Emily in Paris is still undecided after his surprising comments about the show, a source exclusively reveals in the newest issue of Us Weekly.
?The show will go on with or without Lucas,? the insider adds. ?The show is Emily in Paris ? not Gabriel in Paris.?
According to the source, ?Everyone is so upset about the remarks he made. There is going to be a lot of tension.?
[From Us Weekly]
The thing is, Lily Collins is executive producer on EIP, and when other costars had issues with the writing or characterization, they went to Lily and she got sh-t done. That?s why there was such a marked improvement in the writing and storylines after the first season. Did Lucas share his thoughts with Lily? It sounds like he complained to some of the producers, but who knows.
Photos courtesy of Netflix, Avalon Red.
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| | Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande wore Schiaparelli & Ralph Lauren in London | | Added 25 hours ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos from the big London premiere of Wicked last night. They made a much, much bigger deal of it in London than they did in New York. Which I still think is so weird. This whole time, I actually forgot that Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Yeoh are both in Wicked, so I?m adding photos of them, alongside Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo and Jonathan Bailey. I also genuinely forgot that the studios are trying to recreate Barbenheimer Wicked and Gladiator II come out out this Thursday/Friday. My guess? Gladiator II will slay the competition.
How long can I vamp before we have to talk about the premiere fashion? Ugh. First of all, I don?t mind Ariana?s look at all. She wore a custom butter-yellow Ralph Lauren gown which is appropriately princessy and Glinda-esque. It?s possibly her best look of the whole promo tour. Unfortunately, Ari had to stand next to Cynthia in this absolutely catastrophic Schiaparelli dress. It?s designed so that the crinoline is visible and popped out to the side. The sequined leggings make it look like she has mismatched robot legs. I apologize to everyone living for this promotional tour, but I genuinely think Cynthia has been so poorly served by the stylists. Is her hat an homage to the Tin Man?? OH MY GOD.
Additional fashion notes: Jeff Goldblum wore Burberry, Jonathan Bailey wore Ralph Lauren (the one premiere where he actually wore eveningwear).
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images.
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| | Princess Kate upcycled an old Catherine Walker coat for Remembrance this year? | | Added 25 hours ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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The Princess of Wales has some very peculiar style quirks, which is notable because most people find her style kind of boring. She?s a big fan of theme-dressing, she?s a big fan of dressing in flag-colors, and she?s also an ardent copykeener, especially when it comes to mimicking Princess Diana or the Duchess of Sussex. What else is Kate known for? Repeating the same looks with minor tweaks, to the point where people are always questioning whether she buys duplicates with small variations. I still want to know if her coatdress at the Sussexes? wedding was actually Kate rewearing the white McQueen coat she wore to Charlotte?s christening. But I digress. Kate?s most recent public outing was on the balcony on Remembrance Sunday. At the time, no one ID?d her coat, and I just figured it was some overpriced bespoke piece and that?s why people were being squirrelly. But according to People Mag, Kate wore an old Catherine Walker coat, she just had the buttons redone and they added some velvet pieces.
Kate Middleton is becoming increasingly savvy when it comes to reimagining her signature style. While the royal is well-known for re-wearing pieces (her beloved brown tassel boots from Penelope Chilvers have been in her rotation for over 20 years!), her style team is getting creative when it comes to upcycling her more formal ? and often costly ? outfits.
?We?ve seen Kate upcycle more lately and I think it?s a great message to be sending, especially so soon after William?s Earthshot tour,? Bethan Holt, Fashion Director at the Daily Telegraph, tells PEOPLE after Kate perfected the chic tweak when she stepped out on Nov. 10 for Remembrance Sunday.
At first glance, the sharp, military-inspired black coatdress?complete with a velvet bow at the collar and velvet-covered buttons ? looked like a fresh addition to her wardrobe. But it was actually a Catherine Walker & Co. piece she had worn for the same occasion four years earlier, proving that timeless elegance is always in style.
?I think she recognizes she has lots of beautiful pieces already in her wardrobe, which, with a few small tweaks, can look entirely new,? explains Holt, who has written extensively about Kate?s love of recycling in her book, The Duchess of Cambridge: A Decade of Modern Royal Style.
In fact, this marks the third time Kate has reimagined this outfit. Initially worn with tasseled epaulets on the shoulders in 2020 for her balcony appearance at the Cenotaph, she had the tassels removed for a second outing in September 2022, when she wore the same piece to greet Commonwealth troops at the Army Training Centre Pirbright in the days leading up to Queen Elizabeth?s funeral.
[From People]
I?m looking at the 2020 Remembrance photos I?m adding them at the end of the post and I really can?t tell if this is the same coat or if Kate went to Catherine Walker and asked them to make a very similar coat without tassels and with different buttons. The waist detail seems to be the same, as does the collar. I mean? it?s possible that Kate ?upcycled? the same coat in this case. But I also think she buys duplicates with small variations a lot of the time. Or she used to I?ve wondered a lot if Kate?s clothing budget has been slashed since William got his hands on the Duchy of Cornwall slumlord money.
The 2020 Remembrance photos with the Walker coat:
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.
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| | Nicole Kidman wants to work with Scorsese 'if he does a film with women' | | Added 25 hours ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Last week we learned that Vanity Fair revamped their calendar to release their annual Hollywood Issue now, while all the awards-bait films are coming out in droves, instead of closer to the Oscars in the new year (though they?re still calling this the 2025 Hollywood cover). By my count in perusing VF?s cover archives, Nicole Kidman is making her fifth appearance in the Hollywood Issue, her other years including 2022, 2018, 2001, and 1995 on the inaugural cover. Each and every time, even going back to 1995, Nicole was on the first panel. My point? Nicole Kidman is, to quote our president, ?a big f?king deal.? In Hollywood, that is. She works nonstop, including on the development and producing side, and every couple years she?s a contender for an Oscar nom, like she is this year for Babygirl. She won Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for the part, which tragically fell on the same day as her mother passing. Nicole talked about her mother?s influence and a lot more in her VF profile. A few highlights:
On her mother, who she just lost: She was my compass in a way. It?s like losing that, but at the same time going, Okay, well, this is for her then. So much of what she wanted for my sister and I was to create women in this world who felt like they could express themselves and have opportunities, especially things she didn?t have from her generation. She loved my career, she really did. She would be there through all the ups and downs, all of it. Her essence has been pretty much the driving force through my whole life. I wish she could have seen this part of it.
She chooses projects on instinct: I am very spontaneous and I have immediate yeses. When [director Susanne Bier] called me, we didn?t have all the scripts for Perfect Couple, but I was like, ?Yes.? When Halina reached out for Babygirl, I was already going, ?Okay, just the title alone, I?m in.? If I feel freedom and safe with a person, then I can just give them everything. But I?ve got to feel arms around the project and me ? that allows the expression. So much of what you?re offering is deeply personal. I need to be held in that regard for it to really work.
It?s harder to get projects greenlit: Everything?s hard now. Actually everything. I mean, maybe not Deadpool, but there?s nothing that?s, ?Oh my gosh. Yep. This is it. Greenlight, let?s go.? Or maybe it?s just the things that I do. [Laughs] I just think that?s the nature of what we?re dealing with now. Things are shrinking in terms of shows being done and films being made. I definitely feel it. I?m sure most people in the industry feel it. I know the crews feel it. I know writers feel it.
On who she wants to work with: I?ve always said I want to work with [Martin] Scorsese, if he does a film with women. I?d love to work with Kathryn Bigelow. I?d love to work with Spike Jonze. I?d love to work with PTA [Paul Thomas Anderson]. I?ve always wanted to work with Michael Haneke. And there?s a whole slew of up-and-coming directors ? there?s so many, and I?m always open to the discovery of new people. And I find it really exciting when you go, Here?s someone that?s so experienced and has been working and working, but they?ve now really hit their stride.
She?s never had a plan for her career: I have been crazy in life, so whatever happens, it comes out in many different ways. I feel things intensely. I read a lot. I?m raising a family. I?m a wife, I?m a sister. I?ve got all these friends. I?m moving through the journey of life. It can be really hard, especially if you?re very present and emotional and in it. And then there?s an enormous amount of sheer joy.
[From Vanity Fair]
The more I hear/see of Nicole Kidman in her elder stateswoman glory, the more unbelievable it is to me that she was ever with Tom Cruise, let alone for 10 years. Saying yes to things just on instinct? Being ?crazy in life?? Those seem to me like qualities that would scare the sh-t out of Cruise. It?s also kind of wild to think Nicole?s huge body of work has been the result of such spontaneity. Good for her! At the end of the day, I get the feeling that she really does just f?king love acting and collaborating now as much as she ever did (she?s been working professionally for 40 years!). It?s a bit depressing to hear that even she has trouble getting things greenlit, though she sounds clear that it may be down to her indie tastes. Which makes me wonder/hope that she and Sydney Sweeney had some time during the shoot to talk shop about producing. And finally, what a ballsy, effortless slay she landed on Martin Scorsese, all while expressing how she?d like to work with him. No notes.
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| | Scrim, a terrier famous for roaming New Orleans streets, has escaped a second time | | Added 26 hours ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Some guys simply can?t be tied down. Such is the case with Scrim, a scruffy 13-pound terrier who calls the greater New Orleans metro area home. Scrim was saved from a pound earlier this year by local shelter Zeus? Rescues, run by Michelle Cheramie, and then adopted on April 28. By April 29, the boy had fled. What followed was six months of flyers, social media posts, map tracking, shared cell phone and security footage, net guns and tranquilizers, and dozens of volunteers working together to locate and capture Scrim, without spooking the crazy kid. It was the kind of grassroots, underdog (had to!), community effort that Julia Roberts films are made of, and it all paid off on October 23 when Cheramie reclaimed custody. As a measure of good faith ? as well as a lure to convince him to stay put, no doubt ? the Nola City Council even awarded Scrim a special commendation in early November. So guess who just chewed through a screen door to leap 13 feet off a second-story into freedom once again?
Cheramie reported Escape #2 on Instagram: ?Trust me when I say that there is nothing negative that you can say to me or about him getting loose again that I haven?t already said to myself in the last 24 hours,? read Cheramie?s post, which contained stunning home security camera video of Scrim plunging to the ground, sprinting through a wrought-iron fence and vanishing from view. Scrim had run more than two miles (3.2km) when the battery on his GPS collar died, once again leaving Cheramie and those who have helped her look for him with no clue to his precise whereabouts.
It took a lot to recover Scrim from Escape #1: Reuniting with Scrim during his first stint on the lam was no small feat. After Cheramie saved him from the dog pound, a family in New Orleans? Mid-City neighborhood eventually adopted him. But Scrim quickly escaped and earned a measure of social media stardom as users posted videos from cellphones and security cameras whenever he was spotted jaunting through the streets. Those searching for him were equipped with traps, nets and tranquilizer guns, but he frustrated their efforts until Cheramie got a call the night of 23 October that Scrim had been sighted. Cheramie soon posted on social media: ?WE GOT HIM!!!!?
The poor guy needs to heal!! Scrim did not emerge from that run unscathed. He was missing a chunk out of his ear and had suffered various abrasions while X-rays revealed two projectiles ? possibly small bullets or air rifle pellets ? were lodged inside his little body, according to the Associated Press, citing information a veterinarian who examined Scrim told New Orleans media outlets.
Rewarding the returning hero? before he fled again: He and Cheramie ventured out on 7 November to the chambers of New Orleans? city council, where civic leaders honored Scrim for displaying ?resilience?, as one of the body?s members worded it. The plan was for Scrim to stay at Cheramie?s home to recover from his wounds before he was again put up for adoption. Yet Scrim turned that plan on its head when, according to what Cheramie told Nola.com, he chewed through the screen of an open second-story window, squeezed through and leapt out. Cheramie wrote on Instagram that soon her team was distributing flyers and knocking on doors, asking people to keep a lookout for Scrim as a second search for him got under way. ? ?It took all of us coming together to find him last time. I am asking for your help again.?
[From The Guardian]
Oh, Scrim! Be still, young man, and let yourself recover! It?s a wild story, like he?s the real life Tramp in his pre-Lady days. And boy is he dapper! But at the heart of this tail is a sensitive soul who keeps fleeing out of fear. Scrim is easily spooked by humans and loud noises ? heaven knows what he went through in his early years ? which is why his first rescue took six months. If you are in New Orleans and want to help, I recommend checking in with the Zeus? Rescues Instagram page, where they are posting updates on Scrim?s location. And very importantly: if you encounter him, do not chase him or call out for him as that will cause him to bolt. But do contact Michelle Cheramie to report the location and direction Scrim was heading in. Apparently they?re expecting storms in Nola, and Cheramie is worried he will ?keep running until the thunder stops.? Dogs give us so much, let?s get Scrim safely home and give him the opportunity to relax, trust, love, and be loved.
New Orleans? infamous escape artist, Scrim, is back on the run after jumping 13 feet from the second floor, out a gate and down the street. pic.twitter.com/wISEFbx4Kw
Jonah Gilmore (@JonahMGilmore) November 16, 2024
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| | Sun: Prince Andrew cut a 'deal' for security, paid by his friends in the Middle East' | | Added 26 hours ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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King Charles has ?cut off? Prince Andrew in several different ways, and Charles has wanted an abundance of credit for all of it. Months ago, Charles made a big show of cutting off Andrew?s royal protection, which Charles had likely been paying through the Duchy of Lancaster. Then Charles cut off Andrew?s 1 million-a-year allowance, which was basically given to Andrew to keep him living in a certain kind of royal lifestyle and to help Andrew maintain Royal Lodge. Well, Andrew has proven to the Crown Estates that he has the money to maintain Royal Lodge without Charles?s largesse. But what about his security? Royal Lodge is within the Royal Windsor estate, so there?s some security built-in. But the Sun believes Andrew has cut some kind of deal to get private security? And people in the Middle East are going to pay for it?
Prince Andrew is personally paying for a cut-price security deal to remain in his royal home ? despite a bid by the King to push him out. The disgraced Duke of York, 64, lost his annual 3million-a-year hand-out from brother Charles which funded guards at Windsor?s Royal Lodge.
The Sun on Sunday revealed the King axed the cash for Andrew, who does not work but has links to oligarchs. And we can now reveal he has negotiated a cheaper protection deal at his leased home which he refuses to leave. His plan is believed to be bankrolled by Middle East money. Daughters Beatrice and Eugenie have addressed conferences in Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi.
A source said: ?He has his security but at a cheaper rate and he is managing to finance it himself. He has dug his heels in and is refusing to move so found a way to finance his security. How sustainable in the long term, then who knows how long he can do it for.?
Author Andrew Lownie, who is penning a shock book on the prince, said: ?Prince Andrew is likely to have many forms of income.? It is believed he carved out a string of business links in Asia and the Middle East when he worked as a UK?s Special Representative for International Trade and Investment for 10 years until 2011. While working for the government he was handed use of a 1million home in Abu Dhabi by their Royal Family.
In November 2022, The Sun on Sunday revealed the scandal-hit prince flew on a billionaire Swiss contact?s jet to Bahrain to be pampered in five-star, all-expenses-paid luxury by his long-standing friends in the kingdom?s Royal Family. Bloomberg News reported that Andrew took out a 1.5 million personal loan with the Luxembourg-based private bank Banque Havilland in December 2017.
[From The Sun]
My theory is that this story and others like it being circulated in recent days are all from Charles and the Buckingham Palace courtiers, desperate to give Charles some kind of win and desperate to paint Andrew in the worst light. Like, this is still Charles throwing a tantrum over Andrew?s refusal to downsize. I doubt Andrew has even cut some kind of security deal. He?ll probably just go without he barely leaves Royal Lodge at all. So Charles is just throwing this out there ?Andrew?s got money from somewhere, probably foreign, and he?s making a tacky spectacle of himself!? Except Charles is the one making a tacky spectacle of all of this because he?s still jealous of his younger brother. What?s weird is that Charles is doing all of this, but then he?ll invite Andrew and Fergie to Christmas at Sandringham and even allow them on the church walk.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images.
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