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| | Winona Ryder worries that the youths 'are just not interested in movies' | | Added 109 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some additional photos of Winona Ryder at the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday. She was in town to promote Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, alongside Jenna Ortega, Catherine O?Hara, Michael Keaton and the rest of the cast. Winona has been enjoying a ?second act? to her career for years now, and it might actually be a third act? I don?t know. The point is, between this film and Stranger Things, Winona has been working with a lot of much-younger costars and she has some thoughts about them. Mostly, she has thoughts about how they don?t have the attention spans or the ability to watch real movies. From her interview with the LA Times:
Ryder, however, is concerned about the future. Not about her own career, exactly, but for the continuation of the medium of film, which she holds dear. The nights she spent with [Gena] Rowlands driving around in a cab for [Jim] Jarmusch?s movie represent the kind of art she loves.
?I?m not a religious person,? she says. ?I?m not anti-religion, but I feel like the closest is film and it?s to me a very sacred thing. I feel so protective, but I?m not in any place to be in control. It?s not up to me.?
[Ryder] was immediately impressed with her younger co-star after Ortega mentioned ?I Am Cuba,? the 1964 film by Soviet director Mikhail Kalatozov, during one of their early scenes. They were working in a crypt and Ryder says she almost wept hearing Ortega reference specific shots from the classic.
Ryder appreciates getting to interact with the up-and-coming generation of film lovers who remind her of herself, excitedly telling me how her ?Stranger Things? co-star Finn Wolfhard is obsessed with Elliott Gould. Still, she gets frustrated when there is a lack of curiosity among her more junior colleagues.
?I don?t mean to sound so hopeless,? she says. ?There are a few that are just not interested in movies. Like, the first thing they say is, ?How long is it?? ?
[From The LA Times]
I think Winona is right and wrong. There are many youths who have no attention span for movies and no curiosity about the history of film. We?ve seen that over and over whenever one of the great filmmakers criticizes Marvel or the superhero genre tons of young people screaming about how Avengers: Endgame was the most important film of all time or how Martin Scorsese isn?t important and his opinions don?t matter. So that?s real and that?s what Winona is talking about. But I also think there are many young people who actually do have the attention span and the willingness and they just don?t know where to start. It?s easier to binge-watch seven seasons of a TV show on Netflix than hunt for old Douglas Sirk or John Cassavetes films.
Also: in this LAT piece, Winona says that she still exchanges hand-written letters with Keanu Reeves and Daniel Day-Lewis. OMG.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.
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| | Angelina Jolie wore Tamara Ralph & wept during the 8-minute ovation in Venice | | Added 109 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Hands on your knees, Angelina Jolie! Angelina stole the show and perhaps the hearts of all Italians last night in Venice. Pablo Larrain?s Maria got its splashy Venice Film Festival premiere on the second night, and the reception was rapturous. Every critic who watched the screening has raved about the film and Angelina?s performance. If the critics have their way, she will be guaranteed an Oscar nomination and she?s likely the front-runner to win. They?re calling it a career-best performance from Jolie. They?re saying she?s the only one who could have played Maria Callas. They?re saying Angelina is one of the few movie stars left in the world.
Angelina?s look at the premiere was dramatic? for beige. Truly, the most dramatic beige I?ve ever seen. Angelina?s gown is a custom look from Tamara Ralph, one half of Ralph & Russo. Jolie used to wear a lot of Ralph & Russo back in the day, and I kind of love that she went back to Tamara Ralph. She paired the gown with a faux fur stole and Cartier jewelry. Earlier in the day, she wore a Cartier brooch, a vintage piece which once belonged to Maria Callas. Perhaps her brooch at the premiere also had a Callas connection. I would assume that Angelina?s blood-red lipstick is courtesy of Tom Ford Beauty, since she recently became the face of the beauty company.
After the premiere, Angelina and Pablo Larrain received an eight-minute standing ovation. Angelina cried, she was so moved by the reception. The critics have been moved as well I?ve seen a couple of critics admit to weeping at parts of the movie. Basically, Angelina has fully achieved goddess status this year. Italians camped out overnight for a glimpse of her. One man sang in Italian to her at the photocall. Journalists were asking for her autograph. One of her fans has brittle-bone disease and he asked to be transported by gurney to the premiere so he could possibly meet Jolie. She dutifully stopped, knelt down and spoke to him. She really is Saint Angelina now.
Angelina Jolie weeps through an 8-minute #Venezia81 standing ovation for ?Maria,? which will be a major Oscars contender. pic.twitter.com/PMiu4RWJ09
Ramin Setoodeh (@RaminSetoodeh) August 29, 2024
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| | CIA: Terrorist plot at Taylor Swift's Vienna concerts was serious and advanced | | Added 109 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Taylor Swift had three concerts scheduled in Vienna in early August that had to be canceled last minute when Austrian authorities uncovered a planned terrorist attack. Taylor did not make any public statements at the time, which was the safe and soundest thing to do while law enforcement worked to apprehend the suspect. Taylor ended up not commenting on what happened until a few weeks later, after she?d completed the European leg of the Eras Tour with her second stop in London. Now the CIA is confirming just how serious the situation was. While speaking at a security summit this week, the deputy director characterized the terrorist plot as ?serious? and ?quite advanced,? and that it had the potential to kill tens of thousands of people. Thank goodness everyone took the right steps to ensure that it didn?t.
The planned terrorist plot at Taylor Swift?s shows in Vienna earlier this month was intended to kill ?tens of thousands? of fans, according to the deputy director of the CIA.
?They were plotting to kill a huge number, tens of thousands of people at this concert, I am sure many Americans,? CIA Deputy Director David S. Cohen said on Wednesday after revealing at the Intelligence and National Security Summit that the information Austrian authorities used to stop the terror plot was given to the CIA.
He also noted at the summit held in Maryland that those who planned the attack ?were quite advanced in this.?
On Aug. 7, Austrian authorities arrested two people accused of plotting a terror attack, with additional arrests made in subsequent days. Some of the individuals arrested were found with bomb-making materials and had access to the concert venue, where several shows were scheduled to take place in the days following the arrests.
Austrian officials said the main suspect, a 19-year-old Austrian man, was inspired by the Islamic State group. He allegedly planned to attack outside the stadium, where upwards of 30,000 fans were expected to gather, with another 65,000 likely to be inside the venue. Investigators discovered chemical substances and technical devices during a raid of the suspect?s home.
Austria?s interior minister, Gerhard Karner, previously stated that help from other intelligence agencies was necessary because Austrian investigators, unlike some foreign services, cannot legally monitor text messages.
The main suspect?s lawyer claimed the allegations were ?overacting at its best,? arguing that Austrian authorities were ?presenting this exaggeratedly? to push for new surveillance powers.
Swift had been planning to hold three concerts in Vienna beginning Aug. 8, with 200,000 people expected to attend. Last week, in a social media post, the singer broke her silence about the cancellations after concluding her London shows at Wembley Stadium.
?Having our Vienna shows cancelled was devastating,? she wrote in a statement posted to Instagram. ?The reason for the cancellations filled me with a new sense of fear, and a tremendous amount of guilt because so many people had planned on coming to those shows.?
?But I was also so grateful to the authorities because thanks to them, we were grieving concerts and not lives.?
[From Hollywood Life]
Further on in Taylor?s Instagram post she made it very clear that her silence had been intentional. ?My priority was finishing our European tour safely, and it is with great relief that I can say we did that.? That?s absolutely right. Canceling the shows, cooperating with law enforcement, and not commenting until the entire tour leg was over protected the lives of her fans and everyone who works on the tour. And it sounds like the CIA stepped in fairly quickly to assist the Austrian authorities. This is a whole other conversation, but I find that detail on Austrians not being allowed to monitor their citizens? text messages rather fascinating.
Photos credit: Mike Gray / Avalon, Justin Ng / Avalon. Photos of fans are from Wembley Stadium in London in June
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| | Jenna Ortega & Winona Ryder went full goth-girl at the Venice 'Beetlejuice' premiere | | Added 110 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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You might think, ?why did a commercial sequel to Beetlejuice get a world premiere at the Venice Film Festival?? At least that?s what I thought at first. But seeing the photos from Venice, I get it. This was a MOMENT. The cast really delivered too. Venice believed in Tim Burton so much that Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was the opening night premiere. I?m splitting up the photos. This post is just for the cast of B2, as I?m calling it now so I won?t have to type it out every time.
Winona Ryder wore Chanel and she walked the carpet with her longtime partner Scott Mackinlay Hahn. He?s a smokeshow in a quiet way! They look lovely together. Winona is absolutely theme dressing for B2, but I feel pretty confident that she would have worn Chanel or something like this regardless. She?s supposed to look like Lydia Deetz! And that makes my goth-girl heart sing.
Jenna Ortega who plays Lydia?s daughter in B2 wore Dior. This is supposed to be a sartorial callback to the ?wedding dress? worn by Lydia in B1. It?s cool! I like the look more knowing the backstory, and I like that Jenna did a vampy makeup look.
Other fashion notes: Catherine O?Hara wore a spectacular, on-theme Oscar de la Renta. And Monica Belluci wore Vivienne Westwood Monica is in the film, and she?s also dating the director, Tim Burton. They held hands on the carpet.
Also coupled up on the carpet: Justin Theroux and his girlfriend Nicole Brydon Bloom. I think this is their red-carpet couple debut, actually (scratch that they went to the Vanity Fair Oscar party this year). She?s pretty? but she looks very young. Let me look it up? oh, she?s only 30 years old. He?s 53. Yeah? that?s what I would expect from him.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.
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| | Angelina Jolie looks radiant in Saint Laurent at the Venice photocall for 'Maria' | | Added 110 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some new photos of Angelina Jolie today at the Venice Film Festival. This is from the photocall and daytime promotion for Pablo Larrain?s Maria, which stars Angelina as Maria Callas. The world premiere is this evening and I hope Angelina brings the drama! I don?t have an ID on this dress, but she wore Tom Ford to an event last night. Meaning, she?s not just wearing pieces from Atelier Jolie for this promotion, and mama?s got a new Tom Ford Beauty contract, so who knows. This doesn?t look like Tom Ford to me, but I wonder if she?ll wear that label at the premiere. Update: this dress is Saint Laurent.
Meanwhile, there was some concern that Angelina might run into Brad Pitt, who is also scheduled to appear in Venice to promote Wolfs with George Clooney. Venice organizers have arranged it so that the two exes who are currently suing each other will not come into contact:
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie will avoid any awkward run-in this week while promoting their movies at the Venice International Film Festival ? as programmers have taken extra precaution to keep the embattled exes apart. In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Venice artistic director Alberto Barbera said the fest took special care to keep the famous exes? films from overlapping on its schedule.
?Angelina will be on the first day, on Thursday [Aug. 29], and she will leave right after with [?Maria? director] Pablo Larran? for the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado, Barbera said. ?So Brad will arrive only on Saturday, to Venice. There is no way that they can cross each other at the Lido,? the famed island on which the fest takes place.
A source tells us the Hollywood stars did not request that the fest space out their films.
?Neither asked for that, they were wise enough to realize,? said our source.
[From Page Six]
Good. I wouldn?t blame Angelina if she did ask for a special arrangement to be made, but that probably didn?t happen. Once the festival realized that Angelina would show up (her first time in years), they did all they could to make sure that she?s being treated appropriately.
Meanwhile, at the beginning of the week, Maria did not have an American distributor and there were some concerns that no one wanted to invest in a smaller-budget Oscar-bait drama. Well, Netflix has now picked up Maria! I hope they do a theatrical release, but I?ll be fine if this goes straight to streaming too. I feel like Netflix is perfectly willing to put some money behind Angelina?s Oscar campaign. Speaking of, we don?t have a trailer for Maria yet but they did release a clip. I?m already obsessed.
#angelinajolie seen at #venicefilmfestival2024 wearing #tomford silk candy kaftan pic.twitter.com/7LICft1n8c
R.B.N (@rbnjo) August 28, 2024
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