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| | Denzel Washington: 'I don't watch movies, man' I?m tired of movies' | | Added 50 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Denzel Washington has been doing a lot of promo for Spike Lee?s Highest 2 Lowest, which I still haven?t seen. Sidenote: I find Spike Lee?s late-career work fascinating, but one of two extremes either he?s making one of the best movies in his filmography, or one of the worst. Y?all will have to let me know which one H2L is. In any case, Denzel is doing a lot, and I think that?s out of respect for Spike, because otherwise, he probably wouldn?t bother at this point. In the past year especially, Denzel has sounded ?over it,? to put it politely. He?s over the industry, he?s over the awards seasons, he?s over the hustling. As it turns out, he?s even over watching movies.
Denzel Washington joined GQ for a video interview with his ?Highest 2 Lowest? director Spike Lee and co-star A$AP Rocky and made the surprising revelation that he no longer watches movies. The two-time Oscar winner admitted it may be because he?s just made too many of them. Washington has well over 40 film credits under his belt after starting his career in 1981?s ?Carbon Copy.?
?I don?t watch movies, man. I really don?t,? Washington said. ?I?m just being honest with you! I don?t watch movies! I don?t go to the movies. I don?t watch movies. ? I?m tired of movies. Yeah.?
When Lee asked Washington how many movies he?s made, the actor responded: ?Too many. I think 50!?
[From Variety]
It might be the situation of ?I do this all day, I don?t want to do it during my off-hours.? Which is sort of who I?ve become too, in a much smaller way than Denzel. I write and read about pop culture, royals and celebrities all day for my job on my off-hours, I just want to watch tennis and decompress, not slog my way through a new movie or show every other night. It?s bad, I know. I do watch new stuff, btw, but I?ve become more fickle. In Denzel?s case? he?s been in so many movies, he?s directed and produced, he?s done it all and worked with so many people. I can totally see how he?s reached an age where he just doesn?t care anymore.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images.
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| | Amal Clooney tried to out-dazzle her sick husband at the Venice 'Jay Kelly' premiere | | Added 50 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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George Clooney arrived in Venice earlier this week, where he was set to promote and premiere his new film, Jay Kelly. On Thursday, George was supposed to do the press conference and some individual interviews, but he ended up pulling out of all of it because he was feeling under the weather. They?re saying it?s a sinus infection, but I kind of wonder if he was suffering from the Don?t-Ask-Me-Political-Questions virus. His ratfking with Jake Tapper blew up in his face, and while the international media might not care or ask, the American media might. Still, George ?rallied? in time to walk the red carpet with Amal. He apparently told reporters that he can?t hear anything (convenient) and he was seen clutching his sore throat at times.
Amal looked? okay. While I love this vivid violet shade, I?ve never been into Amal?s love of mullet dresses. The train was very dramatic though, and the whole ensemble photographed very well, even if it?s a dated, button-covered disaster once you look at the details. In George and Amal?s early years, I loved her hair, and she regularly got really great blowouts back in the day. But in recent years, she?s been having a lot of bad hair days. Her hair is too long and it looks damaged and in need of some good conditioning treatments. Her colorist is also doing a terrible job! Update: I just saw the ID for Amal?s dress, it?s a vintage Jean-Louis Scherrer by Erik Mortensen. I honestly thought it was a custom Giambattista Valli.
Meanwhile, I was fully prepared to hate on this movie because of George Clooney, little did I know that my nemesis Laura Dern is also in Jay Kelly! LMAO, I hope this sh-t bombs so hard. Her bangs are trash!! (Her Armani is okay-ish although it looks unfinished.)
Eve Hewson in Schiaparelli I kind of like this, and I usually roll my eyes at Schiaparelli.
Riley Keough in Chlo it looks like something she would wear.
And finally, Greta Gerwig (her husband/partner Noah Baumbach directed Jay Kelly). This is custom Rodarte. Not bad.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images.
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| | Travis Kelce asked Taylor Swift's father for 'permission' to propose a month ago | | Added 51 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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There are twenty million stories about Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift?s engagement and wedding plans, and half of those stories are coming from Travis?s father, Ed Kelce, who must be spamming Tree Paine?s emails marked ?urgent.? Ed Kelce gave yet another interview, this time to an Australian radio station. My God!! He?s just picking up the phone and spilling his guts to anyone, isn?t he?
Travis Kelce kept things traditional when it came to his proposal to fiance Taylor Swift. In an interview with Australian radio?s The Jimmy & Nath Show with Emma, Travis dad Ed Kelce revealed that his son asked Taylor?s dad, Scott Swift, for his blessing to marry his daughter a month ago.
I was talking to Scott Swift and Travis went to ask him for permission, and this was probably a month ago, and Scott said, Well come on, when are you going to get this done? Ed, 73 recalled. Ed said, like Scott, he?d been pressing Travis, 35, to propose to Taylor, also 35, and is happy his son finally popped the question.
?He didnt come to me for advice so much as I went to him to tell him, you know, ?To get this done,? ? the proud father recalled. ?Travis had these plans to do it the next weekend before flying out to Brazil [for a Kansas City Chiefs game against the Los Angeles Chargers on Sept. 5]. He was going to make a big production out of it some place, wanted to make it a bit special,? Ed continued. ?I told him the same thing Scott told him, ?Asking her is whats going to make it special.? It?s not where you do it. You know what I mean? You could do it on the side of the road. Scott adds, ?Just get it done. Don?t worry about any special date. Just, you?re ready, you got the ring, go do it.
Travis ended up listening to the advice of his dad and future father-in-law and proposed to Taylor in his garden, Ed shared, after revealing in an earlier interview with News 5s John Kosich that Travis had popped the question at home two weeks ago.
?They were going out to dinner and she was ready to go and he said, ?Let?s go out in the garden on the patio and have a glass of wine before we go,? ? he recalled on The Jimmy & Nath Show with Emma. ?I think she knew something was up because as they walked out there, she could see, suddenly, there were a lot more flowers out there.?
Sharing some further excitement about his sons engagement, Ed noted that hes never seen him quite so happy.?
?I think its wonderful,? Ed continued. ?These are two young people madly in love with each other and I think this is great.?
[From People]
Scott Swift telling Travis to ?get it done? is so funny. The fathers were like ?are you crazy, JUST DO IT ALREADY.? At least both fathers understand that Taylor is a catch and Travis needed to lock it down ASAP. I also like that Travis did it in his own backyard, but he upgraded it with the flowers. I want to know Travis?s thought process there, because it was excellent. He really understands Taylor?s love languages.
What else? Page Six says that TNT are already planning their wedding and that it will likely be a ?private? ceremony with just close friends and family, and ?it will be more casual than people think.? They?re trying to dial down the ?America?s royal wedding? chatter. It?s also very likely that Taylor?s team will put together a prenup, but that?s just good business (for both of them, honestly). One of the reasons why I?ve always felt that Travis is good for Taylor isn?t just that has his own money, it?s that he?s incredibly established in his own career. While he?s had more offers because of his association with Taylor, he was already making millions. Page Six also says that Taylor and Travis are ?eyeing? a $18 million Ohio mansion for their next real estate purchase.
Photos courtesy of Taylors IG and Backgrid.
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| | George & Amal Clooney arrived in Venice, Amal wore Balmain (update) | | Added 52 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I have this weird thing where I always think the Venice Film Festival starts in early August, and I?m like ?why aren?t celebrities in Italy yet??? And then by the time Venice starts in late August, it catches me off guard. So, obviously, the Venice Film Festival started today. A bunch of American stars have films premiering in Italy this year. Including George Clooney, who arrived in Venice on Tuesday with his wife in tow. He?s going to premiere Jay Kelly, which is supposedly some Oscar-bait whatever. I doubt it will turn out to be a contender, mostly because I believe George is still getting a lot of well-deserved sh-t from his activities and statements last year. But hey, Amal looked nice in a butter yellow (which is straight out of the 80s, and yet it suits her) and Prada shoes. Update: This dress is a customized Balmain!
What else? Julia Roberts is in town for the premiere of Luca Guadagnino?s After the Hunt. Apparently, she had a cardigan sweater made with Guadagnino?s face printed all over. It?s sort of cute, but I wouldn?t have known that it was supposed to be Luca unless someone else pointed it out. I thought, ?Is that Curly from the Three Stooges??? I?m also including a photo of Cate Blanchett?s arrival she will premiere Jim Jarmusch?s Father Mother Sister Brother. She?s also there (I?m assuming) as part of her Armani Beauty contract, since Armani is one of the big sponsors of this festival.
Between Amal, Cate and Julia, I certainly hope we get some interesting fashion to talk about in the coming days.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
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| | Katy Perry testified in her long-running legal drama over a Montecito home | | Added 52 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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In the 2010s, Katy Perry was involved in a pretty significant real estate dispute over a former convent in Los Angeles. I won?t get into the years-long saga of it all, but the basic gist was that the LA archdiocese sold the property to Katy, much to the dismay of a couple of elderly nuns who lived in the convent and didn?t like Katy?s provocative music and vibe. One of the nuns literally collapsed and died in court during the lawsuit. Some believe those nuns put a curse on Katy. I sort of believe that, because Katy?s real estate woes continue to this day. Years ago, Katy and Orlando moved full time to Montecito, where Katy began investing in several properties. In 2020, she bought a $15 million home from Carl Westcott, who then tried to rescind the contract. So they?re in court still, and Katy testified in the years-long legal issue this week.
Katy Perry appeared in court to testify in the ongoing legal battle over the purchase of her $15 million mansion in Montecito, Calif. The singer appeared in Los Angeles court via Zoom on Tuesday, Aug. 26, and was questioned about the 2020 purchase of the California estate.
Perry, 40, and Orlando Bloom purchased the 1930s Montecito mansion from entrepreneur Carl Westcott for $15 million, according to court documents previously obtained by PEOPLE. However, Westcott ? who was diagnosed with Huntington?s Disease, a genetic brain disorder, in 2015 ? sought to rescind the contract after claiming he lacked capacity to sign the transaction. In the years since, Westcott, who is the founder of 1-800-Flowers, filed suit against Perry?s business manager Bernie Gudvi in August 2020.
After a years-long legal battle, Perry prevailed at a prior trial on the issue of liability, and in May 2024, Perry gained ownership of the Santa Barbara County property under the LLC DDoveB, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing property records. A judge ruled that ?Westcott presented no persuasive evidence that he lacked capacity to enter into a real estate contract?? He also ruled that there was significant evidence to demonstrate Westcott knowingly signed the contract, noting he seemed to be ?coherent, engaged, lucid, and rational.?
The judge has since bifurcated the case. The singer is now seeking more than $5 million in damages, alleging $3 million will cover her loss of rental income. On Tuesday, Westcott?s attorney, Andrew J. Thomas, questioned Perry about what she has to gain from the litigation.
?Justice,? she simply replied. But Thomas asked, ?How about money??
?I stand to lose money if it doesn?t work in my favor,? she said.
She was also asked if she has ?a financial stake of any kind in the outcome of this lawsuit.? Perry confirmed she does, explaining that the financial stake for her, could be lost money, lawyers fees, lost income for rental.?
[From People]
You guys know I?m loath to give Katy the benefit of the doubt on most things, but I?m actually fine with all of this? Katy has every right to sue this guy, and she entered into the contract in good faith. I don?t think it?s weird or bad for her to acknowledge that Carl Westcott tried to screw her over and break a legal contract, and that the years of legal wrangling cost her. Yes, she?s a millionaire and she doesn?t ?need? the money, but it?s the principle of the thing. I honestly felt sorry for her with the nuns too Katy believed she was purchasing that LA property in good faith as well.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Backgrid.
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| | George & Amal Clooney arrived in Venice, Amal wore an '80s-looking dress | | Added 52 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I have this weird thing where I always think the Venice Film Festival starts in early August, and I?m like ?why aren?t celebrities in Italy yet??? And then by the time Venice starts in late August, it catches me off guard. So, obviously, the Venice Film Festival started today. A bunch of American stars have films premiering in Italy this year. Including George Clooney, who arrived in Venice on Tuesday with his wife in tow. He?s going to premiere Jay Kelly, which is supposedly some Oscar-bait whatever. I doubt it will turn out to be a contender, mostly because I believe George is still getting a lot of well-deserved sh-t from his activities and statements last year. But hey, Amal looked nice in a butter yellow (which is straight out of the 80s, and yet it suits her) and Prada shoes. They got married in Venice in 2014.
What else? Julia Roberts is in town for the premiere of Luca Guadagnino?s After the Hunt. Apparently, she had a cardigan sweater made with Guadagnino?s face printed all over. It?s sort of cute, but I wouldn?t have known that it was supposed to be Luca unless someone else pointed it out. I thought, ?Is that Curly from the Three Stooges??? I?m also including a photo of Cate Blanchett?s arrival she will premiere Jim Jarmusch?s Father Mother Sister Brother. She?s also there (I?m assuming) as part of her Armani Beauty contract, since Armani is one of the big sponsors of this festival.
Between Amal, Cate and Julia, I certainly hope we get some interesting fashion to talk about in the coming days.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
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| | Zoe Kravitz & Harry Styles were seen making out at a London bistro last week | | Added 53 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Over the weekend, Zoe Kravitz and Harry Styles were seen walking arm-in-arm in Rome. They weren?t spotted by a paparazzo, but by a fan who took a furtive video. As it turns out, Zoe and Harry?s early-stages relationship has been an open secret for weeks? Well, it sounds more like people have been seeing them together, out and about, for a week or two. Keep in mind, Zoe is promoting Caught Stealing internationally, and it looks like Harry has been traveling to the same cities to hang out. Deuxmoi said they were seen at Rita?s restaurant in London last week, and People Mag?s source said: ?He?s been spending time with her while she?s been on her press run.? Here?s more about their London dates:
Harry Styles has been on a string of dates with Zoe Kravitz, The Sun can reveal. The pair were seen kissing in Rita?s bistro in London?s Soho last Tuesday. And on Sunday Harry, 31, and Zoe, 36, were filmed walking together arm-in-arm in Rome, Italy. Harry and Zoe?s London date took place after the premiere of her new film, Caught Stealing, in Leicester Square.
A source said: ?Harry and Zoe were tucked away in a corner in Rita?s and were snogging like teenagers. They seemed really into each other and didn?t seem to care if anyone saw them kissing. She had been at the Caught Stealing premiere which is a ten-minute walk away from the bar. They walked in together, it was definitely a date. They make a gorgeous couple.?
On Sunday, former One Direction singer Harry was filmed by a fan in Rome with Zoe. The pair were seen walking arm-in-arm along a cobbled street. Zoe, who is the daughter of rock star Lenny and actress Lisa Bonet, was in France on Thursday for the Caught Stealing premiere in Paris.
A second source said: ?Zoe flew to Italy to join Harry after she?d finished working. He spends a lot of time in Rome so they decided to meet up there. This is very early days, there are no labels. They?re having a lot of fun together.?
Zoe and her Caught Stealing co-star Austin Butler, 34, were seen partying together in trendy bar Dragon in Paris after the premiere, but a source said they were ?just good friends.?
Harry has been single since he split from Canadian actress Taylor Russell last May.
[From The Sun]
Yesterday, I remarked that Harry is really Zoe?s type, and several commenters noted that Zoe is HIS type as well. It?s true! The more I think about this coupling, the more it makes sense, although I do sort of feel sorry for Austin Butler? While we don?t really know the deal there, it does feel like he was into her and she friendzoned him and went off with Harry. In my opinion, Harry and Zoe have the potential to be really good for each other. But I still give this three months, tops.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid, Cover Images.
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| | Kirsten Dunst doesn't care that everyone pronounces her first name wrong | | Added 53 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I was in high school when the first Tobey Maguire Spider-Man movie came out. At the time, I was already a big fan of Kirsten Dunst. Up until that point, however, my brain had always read her name as ?Kris-ten? not ?Keer-sten.? I distinctly remember the moment I heard a TV reporter call her by her name out loud. It prompted a moment of epiphany. I felt badly for never reading it properly, but I?ve said it the ?right? way ever since.
Kirsten is now decades into being famous, and people are still mispronouncing her name. At this point, she has made peace with this fact and decided that people calling her the wrong name does not bother her at all. During a recent interview, she was asked about how she handles correcting someone when they mispronounce her name. Keer-sten laughed and reiterated the correct way to say her name, then stressed how much she no longer cares if you say it the right way or not.
Kirsten Dunst is well aware of the power of a name. But even still, the Bring It On star isn?t bothered when people mispronounce hers?something they?ve apparently been doing for years.
?I mean, everyone messes up my name, so I give up,? Kirsten shared with Town & Country in an Aug. 20 TikTok. ?I dont care.?
The 43-year-old confessed that she?ll answer to anything from criss-ten to ker-stin to keer-sten?with the latter being how she actually pronounces it.
?I dont blame people,? she explained. ?Like in England, they dont really say my name right.?
But it?s not just those in the United Kingdom who have issues with the pronunciation.
?The last set, everyone was saying my name wrong,? the Power of the Dog star recalled. ?There was like Swedish people and people from Hungary. You just give up.?
But she clarified the one and only way to correctly say her name is ?Keer-sten.?
?But again, who cares?? she quipped. ?Its fine.?
[From E! Online]
Poor Kirsten! I feel badly that she?s accepted the fact that there will always be people who pronounce her first name wrong. I know this is not an uncommon situation, but I just figured that after 30+ years, the correct way to say it would be common knowledge. (Accents aside, of course.) She?s so funny and gracious about it, though. Her comments got me thinking about other commonly mispronounced celebrity names. Off the top of my head, we?ve got Alicia Silverstone, who pronounces her name as ?Ali-See-yuh? and Ralph Fiennes, who pronounces his first name as ?Rafe.? This next example is not the same thing, but I was stoked when I finally learned the correct, Irish pronunciation of Saorise Ronan?s name, which is ?Ser-sha.? I don?t know how I?d feel if people kept mispronouncing my first name, but I imagine I?d also get to a point where as long as the checks cashed, I?d also just sigh and not care anymore.
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| | Zoe Kravitz & Harry Styles were seen walking arm-in-arm in Rome?? | | Added 54 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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For months, I?ve believed the gossip about Zoe Kravitz and Austin Butler. Last year, Austin and Zoe worked together on Darren Aronofsky?s Caught Stealing, which was just released. Austin and Zoe didn?t look seriously ?coupled up? at the premiere, but they did look very friendly. Plus, they?ve been seen out together at least a half-dozen times this year. So, I had every reason to believe they were dating, however casually. But now it looks like Zoe has another slender white guy on the side: HARRY STYLES!!!
Zo Kravitz and Harry Styles were filmed walking arm-in-arm through the streets of Rome.
In a fan video of the stroll, shared via X on Sunday, August 24, Kravitz, 36, was seen dressed in dark sunglasses and a baseball cap as she held onto the arm of Styles, 31, who also donned dark sunglasses.
Visibly comfortable in one another?s company, the pair were not seen speaking in the clip as they took in the sights around them, which included a group of people posing for photos against a wall. Us Weekly has reached out to representatives for both Kravitz and Styles for comment.
[From Us Weekly]
I?m really surprised! While Styles is 100% Zoe?s type, I just thought? you know, Austin is right there, he seems into her, etc. Harry Styles seems so? love ?em and leave ?em. Of course, Zoe moves that way too. Perhaps they?ve met their match in one another. Something else though? Zoe is good friends with Taylor Swift, who dated Styles thirteen years ago (what a time it was). Taylor was still referencing Harry in her music years later he really got under her skin, and she wasn?t pleased with the way he ended things. Is Zoe breaking the girl code? Does the girl code have an expiration date on dating a friends ex?
Harry Styles and Zo Kravitz spotted together in Rome. pic.twitter.com/8lMEcIOIPW
Pop Crave (@PopCrave) August 25, 2025
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| | Dean Cain, 59, could barely limp his way through the ICE training obstacle course | | Added 54 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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It?s a big competition to find the most chilling or infuriating piece of news about the Trump administration. For my money, one of the biggest candidates for ?the worst thing about this whole sh-tshow? is that Congress gave ICE $76.5 BILLION in ?new money,? with $30 billion for new staff. Taxpayers are now paying for a ramped-up, mercenary-lite faux-police force with little training and broad authority to arrest, abuse and detain people at will. With this new funding, ICE has loosened their restrictions on who can join. They?re now accepting applications from 18-year-olds with no experience and wingnut actors in their 50s. Speaking of, Dean Cain made a big deal, several weeks ago, about how he applied to be an ICE agent. Someone published Cain trying to go through an ICE-training obstacle course and? well? it did not go well for the 59-year-old.
First of all, if this was just some random 59-year-old guy doing a random obstacle course, I would not judge this. I wouldn?t care at all! It?s specific to this guy and this obstacle course. Dude thought he was signing up to be a big SS officer with a gun, rounding up minorities, and he can barely crawl through a pipe.
It?s been more than a quarter-century since Dean Cain played the Man of Steel?and it shows. The 59-year-old actor has begun his training to become an ?honorary? ICE officer after signing up earlier this month as part of the agency?s massive recruitment drive, and Fox News was there to witness his efforts. In a Saturday morning segment on Fox & Friends, correspondent Alexis McAdams interviewed Cain at an ICE training facility in Brunswick, Georgia, about his decision to join ICE. Cain explained to McAdams that he joined because he ?stand[s] with our law enforcement.?
?People don?t realize, they think that ICE is this horrible, nefarious group and they?re not?they?re phenomenal people,? he said.
The segment then cut to footage of Cain struggling to make his way through an obstacle course that took him over a wall, through a tunnel and required him to drag a dummy around. He was also filmed firing guns at a shooting range alongside acting ICE director Todd Lyons, who previously expressed a desire for turning the deportation process into something ?like [Amazon] Prime, but with human beings.?
Commenters on social media were quick to highlight Cain?s lack of prowess on the course, with one person noting, ?So they can literally just easily run from this dude and not get caught. Cool.? Another asked if the video was slowed down, while someone else said that the footage proved Cain never did his own stunts. ?It?s kinda like watching a dog agility show but with a senior dog near death that attempts the course to the sympathetic applause from the audience,? one X user said.
[From The Daily Beast]
The Fox News banner is like ?look, Superman joined ICE!? And it?s just some out-of-shape has-been who desperately needs a knee brace, a couple of anti-inflammatory pills and some Icy Hot. About the whole Superman thing? again, Superman is an immigrant. He ?came? to America illegally, in a spaceship or whatever. The ?actual? Superman would not join ICE.
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