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18 hours ago
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Dakota Johnson Delivers Damning Diagnosis On Hollywood's Risk-Aversion: 'It's All A Bit Of A Mess'
Dakota Johnson appeared on Hot Ones this week — and offered up a spicy take on risk-aversion in Hollywood. The 50 Shades of Gray star, who is currently promoting A24's romantic drama Materialists, lamented groupthink and the flock to IP franchises during her appearance on the YouTube show. More from Deadline Late-Night Talk Emmy Category Reduced To Three Nominations 'Materialists' Filmmaker Celine Song Knows Something About Love - Crew Call Podcast Renate Reinsve Joins Chiwetel Ejiofor In A24 Sci-Fi Horror Pic 'The Backrooms' Host Sean Evans asked if Johnson had a diagnosis for why Hollywood is 'so risk-adverse.' She replied: 'It's hard when creative decisions are made by committee and it's hard when creative decisions are made by people who don't even really watch movies or know anything about them, and that tends to be what's occurring a lot.' She continued: 'When something does well, studios want to keep that going so they remake the same things, but humans don't want that. They want fresh, they want to feel new things, experience new things, see new things.' Concluding her answer, Johnson shrugged her shoulders and sighed: 'So I don't know, I guess it's all just a bit of a mess right now, isn't it?' Johnson is no stranger to franchises, having played Anastasia Steele in three 50 Shades films, based on E. L. James' bestselling novels. Johnson also recently appeared in the Spider-Man universe flop Madame Web. The actress joked about the latter. Evans said he was 'no superhero' after a bite of one spicy wing made him watery-eyed. 'I'm also not a superhero,' Johnson said, before flashing the camera a knowing look, and adding: 'Tried. Failed.' Materialists is an original movie from Celine Song, the woman behind Past Lives. Co-starring Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal, it follows a young, ambitious New York City matchmaker who finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex. Best of Deadline 2025-26 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Tonys, Emmys, Oscars & More Use The Schwartz!: 'Spaceballs' Movie Photos & Posters 'Stick' Release Guide: When Do New Episodes Come Out?
Toronto Sun
18-05-2025
- Toronto Sun
CRIME HUNTER: 50 Shades inspired kinky cop accused of killing underling
Get the latest from Brad Hunter straight to your inbox BDSM: Young cop Sofia Stefani was in a BDSM relationship with her boss. FACEBOOK Giampiero Gualandi was a fan of the BDSM kink-o-rama 50 Shades of Gray . This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. 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Create Account He was so inspired that the Police Commander urged his lover and underling Sofia Stefani, 33, to sign a 'sexual submission contract' as in the steamy bestseller and cinematic bonkbuster. Now, he's on trial for murdering the ambitious young cop. Or, in Italian, aggravated manslaughter. In the sex slave contract, which was introduced as evidence at his trial, the 63-year-old Gualandii 'defined himself as master, the one who can do everything on his slave.' In one passage, he declared: 'I, lord and master, undertake to dominate the soul of my submissive.' Dakota Johnson in 50 Shades of Gray. This was not slap and tickle after a few drinks on a Friday night. His defence lawyers told the court in Bologna, Italy that the contract 'comes from the book '50 Shades of Grey', one of the editorial successes of 2011. It was a game, it has no validity, no legal effectiveness, no possibility of conditioning behaviour. In sexual life, adults can do what they want.' Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Unless, of course, someone ends up dead. *** Stefani was shot to death on May 16, 2024, with a shot fired from Gualandi's service weapon in his office at police headquarters in Anzola. The bullet hit her in the head. He told detectives that the Beretta went off accidentally during a spat with his mistress. Detectives learned that in the days before the murder, the aspiring slave master was allegedly 'a prisoner in a castle of lies that he himself had built.' Sofia Stefani and her slightly used version of Christian Gray, Giampiero Gualandi. Stefani's prints were not on the weapon. However, a deep dive into the background of the top cop and Stefani revealed a twisted, 'tormented relationship.' Stefani was young, vulnerable and suffered from the 'cyclical alternation of moments of calm and tension, up until the tragic epilogue.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. As with most infidelities, the two cops' BDSM hijinks were soon discovered by Gualandi's none-too-pleased wife near the end of April 2024. 'Instead of admitting the facts and taking responsibility, Gualandi invented the idea that the relationship had ended some time ago and that it was Stefani who continued to stalk him,' the prosecution said. But getting caught in the act by his wife didn't seem to slow down Gualandi's ardour. Soon, the pair resumed their hormone-charged hijinks. TRAGIC: Sofia Stefani. The prosecution said: 'His wife was completely unaware of it. In the phase preceding the murder, Gualandi took on behaviours of absolute duplicity, sending Stefani messages confirming the emotional and sexual relationship while, in the same minutes, he wrote to his wife that he was tormented by Stefani.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. *** BDSM is about power dynamics in the bedroom and the relationship. For Gualandi, it seemed to be about violence. 'They had a toxic relationship; he broke her teeth and left her bruised,' Stefani's boyfriend Stefano Guidotti testified, adding violence appeared to be the cornerstone of the relationship. 'She went to the dentist, she told me, to have a tooth reattached that was fractured during a scuffle with him. The tooth had already broken before, twice, while skating and due to a dog's headbutt,' Guidotti added. WAS THIS WHAT HE WAS AFTER? Eva Oh — AKA Mistress Eva —claims her BDSM business is booming during the lockdown. INSTAGRAM 'Once she returned home with bruises on her body, she told me there had been a heated argument with Gualandi due to a character incompatibility. Then, another time, I noticed bruises on her legs and arms, as if there had been strong finger pressure.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The aggrieved beau said he suspected a sexual affair between the pair. Stefani said that her secret paramour made professional promises to her. He explained that Stefani had bipolar disorder and their relationship was a roller coaster of emotions, which she struggled to manage. Read More 'I had advised her to go to the mental health center,' he said, adding she sometimes hit him. 'Then she would apologize and tell me it was because of her illness.' Stefani's close girlfriend, Antonella Gasparini, was troubled when she met the older cop. 'I said there was a toxic relationship between Sofia and Gualandi because it seemed to me that in some way he was using her,' Gasparini told the court. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'There was a sexual relationship between Sofia and Gualandi, and he had also made her many promises, job-related, and from a superior, this is very peculiar,' she said. 'There were work advantages.' Gasparini added: 'They often argued. I knew that the relations were very tense, and there were sudden arguments, during which he once told her, 'Look, I have a gun.' I told her 'be careful,' and she replied, 'he's joking.' Sofia also told me that Gualandi had once broken a tooth. 'We argued,' she told me, 'and that's how it happened.' She told me she had slapped him.' 'She venerated and admired him.' The trial in Bologna, Italy, continues. bhunter@ @HUnterTOSun Toronto & GTA Sports Sunshine Girls Toronto Maple Leafs Sports
