‘Oppenheimer’ Camera Broke During Florence Pugh, Cillian Murphy Sex Scene: “It Was Not Ideal Timing”
Florence Pugh and Cillian Murphy experienced technical difficulties while filming a sex scene on the set of Oppenheimer, the actress shared this week during a Universal panel. “In the middle of our sex scene, the camera broke,” Pugh shared. “No one knows this, but it did. Our camera broke when we were both naked, and […]
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Jeremy Renner on Filming ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ for First Time Since Snowplow Accident: “I Don’t Know If I’m Looking Forward to It”
Jeremy Renner is working to not get ahead of himself amid his return to the Mayor of Kingstown set following his snowplow accident. “I don’t know if I’m looking forward to it,” Renner told People of filming the Paramount+ show’s third season, which began earlier this month. “I try to just do everything kind of […]
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Kevin Merida Disputed With Los Angeles Times Owner Regarding an Unpublished Article One Month Before Resignation
Editor Kevin Merida and Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong apparently disputed over an unpublished article about a California doctor one month before his resignation, per a report from the New York Times published Friday. Soon-Shiong reportedly raised concerns with Merida in December, allegedly attempting to dissuade the editor’s pursuit of a story regarding a […]
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‘The Boys’ Star Erin Moriarty Leaves Instagram Following Megyn Kelly Criticism
The Boys star Erin Moriarty announced she would quit Instagram on Thursday following Megyn Kelly’s accusations that Moriarty underwent plastic surgery. “We’re all subject to levels of bullying throughout our lives but I am horrified, and I felt that I deserved to take a second to address these things,” Moriarty wrote in a lengthy, two-slide […]
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Daisy Ridley Recalls Director J.J. Abrams’ Advice After Star Wars Casting: “This Is a Religion for People”
Daisy Ridley recalled director J.J Abrams’ words of wisdom following her casting in 2015’s The Force Awakens, saying this week that he told her to “understand the scale” of the film franchise before accepting the lead role. Ridley played protagonist Rey in The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi (2017) and The Rise of Skywalker (2019), […]
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Halyna Hutchins’ Family Attorney Criticizes SAG-AFTRA’s Defense of Alec Baldwin: “The Case Will Be Decided on Its Merits”
An attorney for the family of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins said this week that SAG-AFTRA’s defense of Alec Baldwin amid new potential charges flies “in the face of common sense and the law.” Baldwin was indicted in the fatal shooting of Hutchins earlier this month, after a grand jury presented with a new investigation recommended […]
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Pauly Shore Sued for Alleged Violent Assault at Los Angeles’ The Comedy Store
A father and daughter submitted a lawsuit this week claiming that Pauly Shore encouraged security members at Los Angeles’ The Comedy Store to attack the father in 2022. The suit, filed in Los Angeles County’s West District on Thursday, alleges that security members at The Comedy Store “violently grabbed and attacked” plaintiff Sean Kehoe on […]
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Martin Scorsese Says Robert De Niro Improvised ‘Taxi Driver’s “You Talkin’ to Me?”
Robert De Niro improvised his famous “You talkin’ to me?” line from Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, the director shared this week. In the film, De Niro’s character, Travis Bickle, imagines a confrontation in a mirror when he asks, “You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to me? Then who the hell else […]
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SAG-AFTRA and White House Issue Statements on Taylor Swift AI Nudes: “We Have It in Our Power to Control These Technologies”
SAG-AFTRA issued a statement on Friday addressing the sexually explicit AI-generated images of Taylor Swift, which provoked intense backlash online earlier this week. Around the same time, the White House also released a statement on the issue. The actor’s union called the deepfake images “upsetting, harmful, and deeply concerning.” The images portrayed the singer in […]
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Taylor Swift AI Nudes Provoke Fandom Uproar on X: “Disgusting as Hell”
Pornographic, nude images of Taylor Swift that were generated using AI have been circulating on social media, provoking massive outrage among her fans and beyond. The fake images — deepfakes — portrayed Swift in several sexualized positions while partially clad in Kansas City Chiefs garb among hordes of fellow Chiefs fans (a reference to her […]
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Watch the 2024 Oscar Nominations Livestream
Nominations for the 2024 Oscars are being revealed on Tuesday morning. Actors Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid will host the nominations presentation, which begins at 5:30 a.m. PT. The event will stream live from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Oscar.com, Oscars.org and the Academy’s digital platforms — TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook. Nominations will […]
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Colman Domingo Recalls Speaking to Barack Obama About His ‘Rustin’ Character: “Didn’t Even Know This Could Happen”
Colman Domingo shared this week what former President Barack Obama told him about his Rustin character’s influence on modern-day politics. “President Barack Obama told me backstage when we were in D.C., ‘You know Colman, there would be no Barack Obama if there was no Bayard Rustin,'” Domingo recalled during an appearance on Today‘s Sunday Sitdown […]
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