Robert Downey Jr. has been a star for a long time – and has been one of the most prominent figures in the industry since 2008, when he took on the founding Marvel Cinematic Universe role for Tony Stark in Iron ManIt’s easy to forget that he’s the son of a movie king. SR. Aiming to right this potential error, this is a loving tribute to Downey’s father Robert Downey Sr., an ardent iconoclastic filmmaker whose work in the late 1960s and 1970s was at the forefront of the independent…
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Anthony Rapp, accused of Kevin Spacey, says confronting him is a struggle
Actor Anthony Rapp told jurors on Tuesday that seeing Kevin Spacey, who he accused of sexually assaulting him as a teenager and testifying against him in a civil trial, is a daily struggle. It’s so bad, Rapp said, that even spotting Spacey in the safety line before Manhattan court proceedings felt “like he’s being shocked by cattle.” “It was hard to breathe,” said the 50-year-old Leasing The actor said on the stage, adding that the mere sight of Spacey made his “palms sweat.” Despite the “somewhat shocking” experience of recounting…
Read MoreVenice Stevenson, golden age screen siren and once ‘world’s most photographic girl’, dies at 84
Her family confirmed Tuesday that Venetia Stevenson, the actress whose advertising machine pushed her on magazine covers, movie screens and theater to accept an award for being “the most amazing girl in the world,” has died. Her brother, actor Jeffrey Byron, shared the news of Stevenson’s death on his Instagram page. “This was not unexpected because she had not been feeling well for some time,” he wrote, adding that she had “lived a charming life.” [sic] and busy life. Byron said The Hollywood Reporter that his sister died in Atlanta…
Read MoreMelissa Etheridge on Helping Celebrities Come Out, Love, Grief, and How Her Wild Parties Inspired ‘The L Word’
Once upon a time, in the ’90s, the rock star Melissa Etheridge had a house above the legendary Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles—and arguably the better parties happened around her pool. Yes, the famous lesbians of that era hung out together, Etheridge recalled to The Daily Beast laughing—her, k.d. lang, Rosie O’Donnell, and Ellen DeGeneres: all famous and out, or on the verge of fame and headline-making comings-out. “A crazy thing happened,” recalled Etheridge. “My partner at the time (Julie Cypher, who she was with from 1990 to 2000), had…
Read MoreAdam Levine denies affair but admits he’s ‘overstepped’
Maroon 5 captain Adam Levine denied his wife’s infidelity on Tuesday, after at least two young women came forward with screenshots of their sweet chats this week. “I have used poor judgment in speaking to anyone other than my wife in any way my flirtatiousness is,” Levine said in a statement to TMZ. The controversy reared its ugly head on Monday, when the now-viral Instagram and OnlyFans model, Sumner Stroh, posted a now-viral TikTok. In the video, Straw says she feels “used” and “manipulated” after she had a year-long affair…
Read MoreMaitland Ward Gave Up Sitcom Stardom on ‘Boy Meets World’ for Porn. And She’s Happier Than Ever.
It is exceedingly rare to see a sitcom actress turn her back on Hollywood and, in her forties, enter the world of porn—only to become one of the top stars in the adult industry. But that is exactly what Maitland Ward has done. In just a few years, the woman formerly known as Rachel, the fun redhead on the seminal ABC sitcom Boy Meets World, has transformed into an award-winning porn star whose mission is to shatter the divide between mainstream and adult films. She chronicles her journey from soap…
Read MoreNetflix’s The Real Bling Ring spotlights teens who robbed Paris Hilton and the Hollywood elite
Few series have made Hollywood and its fame-starved residents look more pathetic, shameful, and gross as Real Episode: Hollywood Robbery, a three-part issue on Netflix (September 21) about a group of Los Angeles teens who commit a series of burglaries — including, famously, the homes of celebrities such as Paris Hilton, Audrina Patridge, Rachel Bilson, Orlando Bloom, and Lindsay Lohan. In the middle of the first decade of the twenty-first century. Driven by interviews with two key gang members, director Miles Blayden-Real’s docuseries is a story about how a nascent…
Read MoreAna de Armas is as inspired as Marilyn Monroe in this dark misogynistic image
Blonde It opens with spherical lights and flashlights that wildly illuminate Marilyn Monroe (Ana de Armas), along with glimpses of the circuits and mechanisms within – a perfect metaphor for this shocking and shocking autobiography – as well as the myth of abuse and performance. Writer/director Andrew Dominic’s adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’ 2000 fantasy novel of the iconic actress’s life is a diverse film about dreams and reality, mind and illusion, authentic and fake, past and present, self and appearances. Constructed to both mask and convey his true nature.…
Read MoreThe Whale Star Brendan Fraser’s Big Hollywood Comeback Comes With Hard Lessons
It’s very rare that we witness a moment in Pop Culture where everyone, regardless of taste, fans or politics, seems to enthusiastically rally behind one person. It’s rare for this to happen to someone who is widely agreed to be legitimately deserving of it. But Brendan Fraser is going through this moment. Fraser is back in the spotlight in style, earning the best reviews for his career (and some of the strongest articles written for any actor in 2022 so far) for his role as Darren Aronofsky. Whale. He plays…
Read MoreHollywood TV tabloid ‘Extra’ cast fears the end is near
These reports appear as one of several scoops featured in this week’s issue of closeNewsletter pulls the curtain off the media. Subscription over here And send your questions, tips and complaints over here. Could one of the longest-running entertainment TV shows be the latest casualty of the Warner Bros. merger? Discovery? Multiple sources have confirmed to Confider that about 15 people have been laid off recently additionaland staff are concerned that this may be the last year of the tabloid show’s existence in Hollywood. Broadcast fixture since 1994, additional I’ve…
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