Angelina Jolie calls Middle Eastern ban of Eternals 'ignorant' and is 'proud' Marvel refused to cut scenes featuring gay couple ... after Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar barred film release
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- Published on Saturday, 06 November 2021 10:02
- Written by Daily mail
Angelina Jolie reacted to the news that her new Marvel movie, Etertnals, has been banned by several countries in the Middle East over the portrayal of gay couple.During a press conference, the 46-year-old A-lister said she was 'sad' audiences would miss out and expressed her disbelief over 'ignorant' views regarding the 'beauty of that relationship' in the film, according to news.com.au.On Thursday it was reported that Eternals would not be shown in Saudi Arabia, Qatar or Kuwait over censorship concerns because it features a gay couple and a same-sex kiss. 'I'm sad for [those audiences],' Angelina said during an interview. 'And I'm proud of Marvel for refusing to cut those scenes out.' The movie, which was due for release in the Middle East on November 11, has been quietly removed from websites in several countries advertising upcoming films.No official reason has been given, but homosexuality is still illegal across much of the Middle East and films are frequently banned there for referencing LGBT issues.Eternals features Marvel's first on-screen gay couple - superhero Phastos, played by Brian Tyree Henry, who shares a home with non-hero Ben, played by Haaz Sleiman. 'I still don't understand how we live in a world today where there's still [people who] would not see the family Phastos has and the beauty of that relationship and that love,' Angelina said.Adding: 'How anybody is angry about it, threatened by it, doesn't approve or appreciate it is ignorant.' At one point during the film, the Phastos and his husband share a passionate kiss. It will be Marvel's first same-sex kiss shown in cinemas.Ahead of the release, censors in several Middle Eastern nations had requested edits to remove the gay couple, according to The Hollywood Reporter.But Disney, the company which owns the Marvel franchise, refused and the movie was pulled, according to the site.One Middle Eastern cinema chain confirmed to the site that Eternals had been 'banned', though said they had not been given an explanation.Last year, the Pixar film Onward was pulled from cinemas in Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia over a single line that referenced a lesbian relationship.It is not the first time Eternals has been targeted because of its gay characters.Earlier this week the movie was 'review-bombed' - where people who haven't seen a film target it with malicious reviews - which is thought to have been triggered by its depiction of homosexuality.The Last of Us Part II, the latest installment of a popular Playstation franchise that was released last year, was similarly targeted - thought to be at least in part due to its prominent use of LGBT characters.Meanwhile Eternals was also given an 18 rating in Singapore due to its depiction of homosexuality, the first film in the Marvel franchise not to get a PG13 rating.Eternals is Marvel's 28th film based on a fictional race of humanoid aliens of the same name which first appeared in an American comic book series.The film sees the Eternals, who are immortal, come out of hiding for the first time in thousands of years to protect Earth from their evil counterparts, the Deviants.The movie, which premiered in Los Angeles earlier this month, stars Angelina Jolie as Thena, leader of the Eternals, alongside Gemma Chan as Sersi, Richard Madden as Ikaris, Kumail Nanjiani as Kingo and Lauren Ridloff as Makkari.The film was directed and co-written by Academy Award-winning director Chloé Zhao, who won the Oscar for Best Director and Best Picture last year for Nomadland.
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'I've always been careful': Angelina Jolie weighs in on Alec Baldwin's fatal shooting accident as she says she follows 'serious procedures' on films where she is the director
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- Published on Friday, 05 November 2021 06:16
- Written by Daily mail
Angelina Jolie has revealed she is 'always careful' and follows gun procedure on set following Alec Baldwin's fatal shooting accident on the set of his film Rust.The actress, 46, weighed in on the tragic incident after the actor, 63, was given a loaded gun, which he shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins with, as well as injuring director Joel Souza.Angelina, who has worked with guns on set on many occassions both as an actor and director, said that 'certain procedures' have to be taken 'very seriously', when asked about the accident during a recent interview with The Times.The Eternals star, said: 'I can't imagine what these families are going through. At this moment, the grief and the tragedy of that accident is quite overwhelming. 'I've always been very careful because I've had to work with guns a lot. The way I've worked or checked when I'm directing, there are certain procedures. You have to take it very seriously.'Angelina's many action parts have seen her handling guns on countless occassions, including her roles in Tomb Raider, Mr & Mrs Smith and Salt.The A-lister previously revealed her pro-gun stance in 2008 when she admitted she kept a gun in the house during her marriage to Brad Pitt, 57. She said: 'Brad and I are not against having a gun in the house, and we do have one. And yes, I'd be able to use it if I had to… If anybody comes into my home and tries to hurt my kids, I have no problem shooting them.'The latest update in the Baldwin case is that lawyers representing the armorer who loaded his gun claimed the weapon was left unattended for two hours on set, before backtracking and saying it was only ten minutes.Jason Bowles, speaking on behalf of Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, suggested the gun may have been tampered with before it fired the fatal shot during the filming of Rust.The .45 Long Colt was not supposed to contain live rounds and was one of three on a tray given to assistant director David Halls who then passed it on to Baldwin.Gutierrez-Reed, 24, who says she gave the actor gun training and told him to never point a firearm at someone, had loaded the gun on the prop cart with six dummy rounds which she took from a prop ammunition box labeled 'dummies', Bowles claims.These rounds do not contain any gunpowder and are used on film sets to mimic real bullets.Bowles claimed the guns were left unattended for two hours including the crew's lunch break during a TV interview on Wednesday.But later he backtracked after consulting Gutierrez-Reed, saying the guns had been locked in a safe during lunch and were only left unattended for five to 10 minutes, he told the New York Times. Bowles said his client had asked her colleagues to watch the gun cart when she was not there and she remembered seeing it left unattended at points throughout the day.
Gutierrez-Reed loaded the three firearms at 11am, including the .45 Long Colt, which were to be used during filming on the fateful day, fellow lawyer Robert Gorence said.He said: 'Was there a duty to safeguard them 24/7? The answer is no, because there were no live rounds.'The gun was declared 'cold' meaning it was safe to use and it remains unclear how a live round was used. Gutierrez-Reed said in a statement issued by her lawyers: 'Who put those in there and why is the central question. 'Hannah kept guns locked up, including throughout lunch on the day in question, and she instructed her department to watch the cart containing the guns when she was pulled away for her other duties or on a lunch break.'The statement goes on to say that 'Hannah did everything in her power to ensure a safe set. She inspected the rounds that she loaded into the firearms that day. She always inspected the rounds.'The statement adds that she inspected the rounds before handing the firearm to assistant director David Halls 'by spinning the cylinder and showing him all of the rounds and then handing him the firearm.''No one could have anticipated or thought that someone would introduce live rounds into this set,' Gutierrez Reed's statement said.The statement also noted that 'she did firearms training for the actors as well as Mr. Baldwin, she fought for more training days and she regularly emphasized to never point a firearm at a person.'It comes as Halyna's husband Matthew hired the firm Panish, Shea, Boyle and Ravipudi in Los Angeles and is set to file a wrongful death lawsuit.Sources told TMZ there will be multiple defendants in the suit and it will be filed on behalf of Matthew and their son Andros, nine, following her death on October 21. Gutierrez Reed's attorneys floated the theory that a 'disgruntled' crew member may have planted the live round on set as an act of revenge, during an interview with the Today show's Savannah Guthrie on Wednesday. In the wake of the fatal shooting that also wounded director Joel Souza, several crew members have come out claiming that they were overworked and denied hotel rooms in the vicinity of the New Mexico set. 'I believe that somebody who would do that, would want to sabotage the set, would want to prove a point, want to say they're disgruntled, they're unhappy,' Jason Bowles said. 'And we know that people had already walked off the set the day before... and the reason they are unhappy is they're working 12 to 14 hour days, they are not given hotel rooms in and around the area, so they had to drive back and forth an hour to Albuquerque, and they're unhappy.'
Gutierrez Reed has not been named a suspect, or charged with any crime in connection with Hutchins' killing, but she retained legal representation. 'There was a box of dummy rounds, and the box is labeled 'dummy,'' Bowles said. '[Gutierrez Reed] loaded rounds from that box into the handgun, only later to find out - she had no idea - that there was a live round.'The armorer then handed the vintage Colt pistol to assistant director David Halls, who, in turn, passed it on to Baldwin and announced 'cold gun,' indicating that the weapon was safe to use, according to authorities investigating the deadly October 21 shooting near Santa Fe, New Mexico. 'We're assuming somebody put the live round in that box,' Bowles told Guthrie. 'The person who put the live round in the box of dummy rounds had to have the purpose of sabotaging the set. There is no other reason you would do that: that you would mix that live round in with the dummy rounds.' Gorence said the box of dummy ammunition was in a prop truck, which was 'completely unattended at all times, giving someone access and opportunity.' Gutierrez Reed's lawyers defended her actions that day, saying that the loaded gun was not in her care for the entire duration of the filming because she was expected to perform two jobs on set: as an armorer and a props assistant. Bowels said that after lunch, Gutierrez Reed handed the gun she had loaded earlier to Halls and then went about performing her other duties as a props assistant.As she handed over the Colt, the lawyer said Gutierrez Reed spun the chamber to show Halls the rounds inside.'She did spin the cylinder for him,' Bowles said. 'She did show him each and every round in that chamber, which there were six.'He added: 'The problem is, when you look at a dummy round and you look at their appearance, they have the same projectile tip; some of these do not have a hole in the side. They mimic and look like a real round.'The armorer's legal team admitted that she did not inspect the gun to ascertain that the rounds inside the chamber were not live ammunition.Gorence explained that Gutierrez Reed was not inside the church set at the time of the shooting because it took place while cameras were being set up, and not during filming,'She wasn't there,' the lawyer stressed.The armorer's attorneys said they are cooperating with the investigation, and are hoping that the FBI would be able to determine who had planted the live round. The attorneys for Gutierrez Reed she is 'absolutely devastated.' 'She remains very emotional about everything that's happened,' Bowles said. 'Coming on the scene and everything that she saw, she is heartbroken and she is just devastated by what's happened.' Meanwhile, 'Rust' camera assistant Lane Luper, who quit on the eve of the shooting, told Good Morning America that there were only two safety meetings on set and said production did not take gun safety seriously.'I think with Rust, it was the perfect storm of the armorer, the assistant director, the culture that was on set, the rushing. It was everything,' he said.Luper claimed the crew were overworked and exhausted from commuting to and from the set, and he also cited poor gun safety, which he said resulted in two accidental weapon discharges and one accidental sound-effects explosion. Baldwin has been largely silent about what happened on the set of 'Rust,' but on Tuesday he shared a social media post from one crew member slamming her coworkers for painting a 'blatantly false' picture of the set as 'chaotic and unsafe'. Baldwin issued a public statement the day after Hutchins' death in which he indicated that he was cooperating with authorities and offered his condolences to her family. Halls released a statement to the New York Post on Monday, saying he hopes the tragedy prompts the film industry to 'reevaluate its values and practices' to ensure no one is harmed again. Concerns have been raised about Halls' safety record by colleagues on two previous productions. Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said last week there was 'some complacency' in how weapons were handled on the set. Investigators found around 500 rounds of ammunition — a mix of blanks, dummy rounds and suspected live rounds — even though the set's armorer, Gutierrez Reed, said real ammo should never have been present.
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source : Daily Mail
Cosplayer Simply Becomes Angelina Jolie
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- Published on Saturday, 06 November 2021 10:14
- Written by Kotaku
I’ve featured the work of Alyson Tabbitha a bunch of times here on Kotaku, because she’s just the best. Her make-up work is transformative, and in the past she has shape-shifted into everyone from Wonder Woman to Jack Sparrow to Leeloo Dallas.Her latest effort is Angelina Jolie’s Thena, from Marvel’s Eternals. Note that this isn’t full cosplay; this is “just” a make-up test, with the full suit for a full-body cosplay shoot a work in progress.But still, holy shit! Every time I think it’s funny and entirely implausible that Agent 47 can just walk into a bathroom, change his outfit and have the whole world think he’s a new man, I should remember that some people genuinely have this power, even if it takes a little longer to apply the finishing touches than Hitman might have us believe.You can see more of Alyson’s cosplay work at her Facebook page, and for a detailed rundown of just how she works her make-up magic, here’s a recent video showing how she cosplayed as Emma Stone’s Cruella.
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source : Kotaku
Maya Henry and fiancé Liam Payne don bulletproof vests and goggles as they transform into Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's Mr and Mrs Smith for Halloween
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- Published on Sunday, 31 October 2021 05:26
- Written by Daily mail
Maya Henry and fiancé Liam Payne dressed up as Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's Mr and Mrs Smith for Halloween on Sunday. The Texan model, 21, and the singer, 28, bore an uncanny resemblance to the Oscar winning actress and future husband Brad in the 2005 film - where they played married assassins.For the occasion she donned the classic outfit of protective glasses, an army style waistcoat, with a grey long sleeved T-shirt and pants. Liam wore a matching outfit which was almost identical to the one Brad wore in the film.The couple were all smiles in the image that she posted on Instagram and she captioned the shot 'Mr and Mrs Smith Unfortunately this was the only pic we got. She then posted a picture of the original Mr and Mrs Smith Brad and Angelina to her 1m followers to remind them of who they were supposed to be.She captioned the image 'For everyone confused.' Celebrity friends and fans flocked to her page to add comments with former TOWIE star Vas Morgan posting the laughing face emoji and commenting 'I love you both.' According to Wonderland magazine, the model turned actress has starred in numerous fashion and beauty shoots.She plans on becoming a personal injury lawyer once she finishes university.The Halloween pictures come after it was revealed that the couple had spilt up earlier this year. While they were dating the couple announced their engagement but by June of this year they had called it quits.However the romance seems to be back on with the couple picture out and about and packing on the PDA at social events. Maya however has yet to put her engagement ring back on since their reconciliation.It is rumoured that Liam was determined to win back his fiancée and wooed her back with romantic gestures just two months after they split.The former singer has a son, Bear, who was born in 2017, with former Girls Aloud member Cheryl.
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source : Daily Mail
Chloe Bailey’s Sultry Halloween Costume Pays Homage To Angelina Jolie’s “Shark Tale” Character
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- Published on Monday, 01 November 2021 11:07
- Written by Hot new hiphop
Halloween is finally upon us, which means that tons of our favourite stars have begun pulling out their costumes, letting their creativity shine through. So far we’ve seen Latto give us her take on Mariah Carey, Saweetie and Halle Berry team up for a cute Catwoman clip, and now, we’ve got Chloe Bailey paying tribute to an iconic Angelina Jolie character from 2004.The 46-year-old actress had a role in six films that premiered that year, but the one Bailey chose to recreate was Lola from the Dreamworks animated film, Shark Tale. The “Have Mercy” singer put together a teensy tiny pink sequin tube top to emulate the fish’s scales with a coverup, hung low across her hips.Bold pink and purple hair paired with matching eyeshadow and lipstick bring the whole look together. “She’s dangerous, supa bad. Better watch out she’ll take your cash,” the Atlanta native captioned the sultry snapshots, which has earned her praise from the likes of Megan Thee Stallion, Cardi B, and her little sister, Halle Bailey.”Soo gooddd!!!!!!” Halle said about the costume “Omgggg,” Thee Stallion gassed her friend up. “Wow,” chimed in Cardi B. Hundreds of fans also sang Chloe’s praises when they laid eyes on her creative costume.Speaking of Coach Meg, her Halloween costume has been making waves across the internet this week as well. The 26-year-old showed off a provocative Pinhead look earlier this week, and last night, she donned a black and white ensemble to portray Cruella DeVille.Have any other celebrity costumes caught your eye this weekend?
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