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| | Cate Blanchett requires productions to interview a woman & POC for every job | | Added 540 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos of Cate Blanchett in Italy this week, attending the Louis Vuitton Cruise Collection show at the Palazzo Borromeo. Cate is currently a ?house ambassador? for LV, and she?s getting LV to design some custom looks for her using existing fabric, as in the fabric they had left over from other collections. She wore those fabric-remnant-designs in Cannes and I kind of disliked them. The fabric was fine, but the design was blech. I don?t know if Cate is wearing a dress made from ?new? fabric in these photos, but considering she?s at the runway/event for the cruise collection, I bet they just gave her something new to wear. Again, the design sucks. I actually despise those sleeves. This ambassadorship is going to be very difficult for me.
Meanwhile, while Cate was in Cannes, she did a ?conversation? as part of the Kering Women in Motion event staged at the festival. She spoke about recently becoming a producer and how she and her producing partner CoCo Francini decided that they need to enforce diversity quotas on the films they produce, basically. Or at least quotas on who they interview for jobs.
On ?Mrs. America,? Blanchett and Francini hired mostly female directors and crew members. On that set, they decided their mandate moving forward for all of their projects would be, ?You must interview a woman and you must interview a person of color.?
Blanchett and Francini are proud to run a company that showcases women, international filmmakers and diverse voices. For Blanchett, she recalls a time in her career ? not to long ago ? when she would look around and be the only woman on set. With her work as a producer, she is hoping to change that.
?We?ve both had experiences where we walked on set and done the headcount and you wonder why you sort of slightly feel alienated and annoyed somedays,? Blanchett said. ?I realize that I?m the only woman in the cast?there at 62 men, and yep, I?m the only woman. This ratio is bad?it?s really disproportionate. And it means you?re always laughing at the same jokes. I do have a really good sense of humor, but it?s like, let?s change it up.?
[From Variety]
I?ve already seen some right-wing sites try to make it sound like she?s dictating that all productions must be woke as hell, but? like, saying that you?re only required to INTERVIEW a handful of people of color and women is really bare-bones wokeism. It?s barely even woke?? Like, ?let?s make sure that we interview some women of color for this job? is no guarantee that those people will be hired, it?s just that you?re expanding who gets interviewed. I?m glad Cate is producing now though, she has such funky art-house taste, I bet she?ll help get some really cool films made.
Photos courtesy of Cover Images.
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| | Kesha: 'I?m constantly working on myself because selfishly, I?d like to be happy' | | Added 540 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Being a woman in the public eye while the legal system says ?No, this person didn?t abuse you, and you really need to fulfill your contract with him,? must be completely soul-crushing. We?ve watched Kesha work to come back into her own, and it?s been in turns heartfelt and kooky. Well, all I can say is her work has paid off. On the heels of releasing her fifth studio album, Gag Order, Kesha sat down with Zane Lowe from Apple Music, and in their nearly-one-hour conversation Kesha laid bare how leaning in more to her psychedelic breaks was her way forward:
Anxiety can often feel like one?s brain is playing a trick on them, and Kesha?s opening up about feeling that to the utmost degree.
In a new interview with Apple Music?s Zane Lowe, the singer-songwriter revealed she once had such intense anxiety that she mistook it for a ?psychotic break,? noting that she?s since turned to ?spirituality? in order to heal.
?I went through this crazy psychedelic spiritual experience in the midst of the anxiety? it was pure anxiety,? said Kesha, 36. ?My brain felt like? I thought maybe it was the process of having a psychotic break or something. But then once I just started leaning into it, I was like, ?Well, it?s happening, so what am I going to do about it?? ?
She explained that a song from her new album Gag Order was inspired by the experience: ?I had this full psychedelic kind of trip sober, and that?s what ?Eat the Acid? is written about.?
Released last week, Gag Order finds the ?Tik Tok? performer in an especially introspective space, as she sings about mental health and past romantic relationships. Throughout the record, she also seems to allude to her ongoing legal battle with ex-collaborator Lukasz ?Dr. Luke? Gottwald.
?I have people that I trust implicitly so much in my life, so I?m very lucky for that. But I have a harder time in romantic relationships fully trusting,? explained Kesha. ?I?m going to be honest with you. And yeah, it?s something I work on. That?s why I?m constantly working on myself is because [] selfishly, I?d like to be happy.?
She then detailed another Gag Order track, an emotional ballad titled ?Happy,? that discusses her search for peace in its lyrics: ?It?s about just that I want to be happy, I want to let go. I want to be free. I want to trust the process, trust the universe, all of those things.?
?And I do feel like I cannot just remain in my childlike self. So there?s an element of having to grow up,? added the Grammy nominee. ?And I feel like this album completely documents the time where I was like, ?OK, I have to deal with some s? and I just need to walk through it, and it?s going to be really uncomfortable. And I feel like it?s really helped me grow into a woman, and you know, you hear it all on the album.?
[From People]
?Selfishly, I?d like to be happy,? is one of the most emotionally honest things I?ve ever heard. And it?s not a bad thing to want! I highly recommend watching the full interview with Zane Lowe. For one thing, I have never seen her look so good. She?s clear-eyed and fresh-faced. I mean, she also seems like at any moment she could start crying, but she wears it as more of a strength than a weakness, and their conversation touches on how overwhelming it can be to take in the world when you?re a sensitive person. It can so easily feel like too much?that?s written all over her face. But she?s still showing up, and she?s investigating anything (spirituality, horoscopes, traditional therapy) that might make it easier. It sounds like making Gag Order (is that a freakin? brilliant title for her or what?) was cathartic.
Here is the lyric video for Happy:
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| | Princess Kate faced a small republican protest outside her event yesterday | | Added 540 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Many have theorized correctly, I believe that the Windsors are doing so many ?secret? and ?unannounced? events these days because they?re terrified of being protested. In the lead-up to the coronation, every single time King Charles stepped outside, Republic staged a protest near his events, and those protests kept getting bigger and louder. Even the so-called ?most popular royals,? Prince William and Kate, have gotten heckled by protesters, although it?s nowhere near the level directed at Charles and Camilla. Well, during her events yesterday, the Princess of Wales had to dodge some protesters. By my count, fewer than a dozen people were out, holding signs and yelling. But it?s a significant shift has Kate ever been protested by republicans while doing solo events?
A protestor couldn?t shake Kate Middleton?s focus during her latest royal duty.
The Princess of Wales, 41, stepped out at the Foundling Museum in London on Thursday morning, the first of two early childhood-
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| | Princess Kate joins the Foundling Museum's 'urgent fundraising appeal' | | Added 541 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos from January 2022, when Prince William and Kate visited the Foundling Museum. Kate has another visit to the museum scheduled for today, and we?ll post those photos when we get them. Her visit today will coincide with a statement made to encourage people to donate to the museum?s latest fundraising drive. While Kate should absolutely do stuff like this more often attach her name to a fundraiser so that a cause or group gets more attention wait until you pick up on the fact that Kate and William supposedly have a huge foundation and it doesn?t sound like they?re donating anything.
Kate Middleton is appealing for help for a favorite charity dedicated to young people. The Princess of Wales, 41, says she wants to help secure the ?long-term future? of the Foundling Museum, which supports people who have been in care and develops groundbreaking work in the early years sector.
The organization wants to secure the museum?s home and custodianship of the Foundling Hospital Collection for the next 999 years and needs around $1.2 million. Princess Kate, who is patron of the center, said in a statement released Wednesday that the Foundling Museum has delivered pioneering creative ?programs and life-changing support to families and young people for over twenty years.?
?Their ground-breaking work to support each care-experienced young person to fundamentally change the future direction of their lives is one that means the world to me. Importantly, it shows that it is never too late to make a difference, and that by providing the right support, we can enable those who have faced real difficulties to overcome their challenges and achieve their goals,? the royal mom said.
?The Museum?s work opens the door to new opportunities for vulnerable children and young people, connecting them with artists and developing skills which they can take into their adult lives. By helping them to undertake this journey, we can create positive, lasting change that benefits our society as a whole,? she added.
?Just as the Museum has helped so many people, I hope that we can come together to do what we can to help protect the long-term future of this wonderful organization. I am grateful to all those who have already shown their support for the Foundling Museum and I sincerely wish that its vital work can continue for decades to come,? Kate concluded.
The Foundling Museum needs $1.2 million (1 million) to reach its target of $5.7 million (4.6 million) in its fundraising effort. Organizers have closed in on the goal via donations from 20 foundations and are now turning to the public element of the pitch.
The patronage unites two of Princess Kate?s passions ? working to help young people and their carers while also highlighting the role that art can play in therapy and support. The Foundling Hospital Collection includes masterpieces donated by the leading artists of the 18th century, like Hogarth, Gainsborough and Reynolds.
[From People]
For years now, we?ve heard that the Royal Foundation is raising all of this money from big donors, that they got their hands on various charities? donor lists and they?re using those lists to build their own charitable war chest. While I understand that the Royal Foundation can?t single-handed fund all of the causes near and dear to W&K, it does look extraordinarily cheap that Kate is making this ?urgent appeal? for funds? all while sitting on all of that foundation money. Nevermind the fact that she?s constantly blowing thousands of pounds on ugly couture, busted wiglets and copykeening whatever Meghan wore.
Photos courtesy of Instar, Backgrid.
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