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Wales Online
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Wales Online
Kylie Jenner is 'learning to keep personal life private'
Kylie Jenner is 'learning to keep personal life private' 'The Kardashians' star grew up in the spotlight as a regular on her family's reality show 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' American socialite Kylie Jenner and American-French actor Timothe Chalamet (Image: Getty Images ) Kylie Jenner is "learning" to keep her personal life private and has found a "balance" with how much she shares with fans. 'The Kardashians' star grew up in the spotlight as a regular on her family's reality show 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' and has almost 400 million followers on Instagram, but she's been keeping some aspects of her life - including her romance with actor Timothee Chalamet - quiet and she thinks she's finally found the right "balance". She told Dazed magazine: " I think I've found a good balance with sharing the things that I want to share. Keeping parts of my personal life private. I'm just learning as I go, I think." Kylie went on to admit she's never truly experienced total privacy because she can barely remember a time before being famous. She added: "I don't really remember a time when that wasn't the case for me. It would have probably been hard for me if I didn't have a family who understood completely what I was going through." Article continues below The reality star previously explained her reluctance to talk about her boyfriend during an interview with the New York Times newspaper last year. When she was asked if her changing fashion sense was linked to a certain new person in her life, she said: "I don't know how I feel about that. I just don't want to talk about personal things." Kylie also previously admitted she finds it "hard to keep up with the internet" and she actually enjoys being offline these days. Article continues below The star - who is mother to two kids Stormi and Aire with her ex-partner Travis Scott - told the November 2024 issue of ELLE magazine: "My friends and I laugh because it's hard to keep up with the internet now. It's exhausting. "When I was posting 24/7 - waking up, what I'm eating for breakfast, what I'm wearing for the day, the colour of my nails, what car I'm driving, where I'm driving to - I didn't have an intense schedule. I wasn't working as much; I didn't have kids and just had more time. "If you're not posting three times a day on TikTok, you fall behind."
Straits Times
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Straits Times
American prop house that supplies Hollywood may get the chop
A guillotine prop (left) at History For Hire's warehouse in North Hollywood, California. The company is run by Mrs Pam Elyea and her husband Jim. PHOTOS: JAKE MICHAELS/NYTIMES LOS ANGELES – When the Netflix series Wednesday (2022 to present) needed a guillotine recently, it did not have to venture far. A North Hollywood prop house called History For Hire had one available, standing taller than 2.4m with a suitably menacing blade. The company's 33,000 sq ft warehouse is like the film and television industry's treasure-filled attic, crammed with hundreds of thousands of items that help bring the past to life. It has a guitar American-French actor Timothee Chalamet used in A Complete Unknown (2024) and luggage from Titanic (1997). Looking for period detail? You can find different iterations of Wheaties boxes going back to the 1940s, enormous television cameras with rotating lenses from the 1950s, a hairdryer with a long hose that connects to a plastic bonnet from the 1960s, a pay phone from the 1970s and a yellow waterproof Sony Walkman from the 1980s. Old baby carriages that have been used in Addams Family Values (1993) and Bride Of Chucky (1998) at History For Hire. PHOTO: JAKE MICHAELS/NYTIMES History For Hire, which married couple Jim and Pam Elyea have owned for almost four decades, is part of the crucial but often unseen infrastructure that keeps Hollywood churning, and helps make it one of the best places in the world to make film and television. 'People just don't realise how valuable a business like that is to help support the look of a film,' said set decorator Nancy Haigh, who found everything from a retro can of pork-and-beans to a one-tonne studio crane there for Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2019), for which she won an Oscar. 'But it's because people like them exist that your movie-going experience has such life to it.' When Good Night, And Good Luck (2005) was being filmed in town on a tight US$7 million (S$9 million) budget, its set decorator Jan Pascale persuaded the Elyeas to rent the team vintage cameras, microphones and monitors at a discount. Vintage cameras at History For Hire. PHOTO: JAKE MICHAELS/NYTIMES When director George Clooney wanted an old Moviola editing machine, Pascale recalled, the Elyeas found her one at a local school. And they had not only the telex machines that the production needed, but also workers who knew how to get them to work. 'I don't know what we would do without them,' said Pascale, who has won an Oscar for Mank (2020). No one likes entertaining that idea. But with fewer movies and television shows being shot in Los Angeles these days, and History For Hire getting less business, the Elyeas fear they may not be able to afford to renew their lease for five more years. If they close, Los Angeles will lose another piece of the vibrant ecosystem that has kept it attractive to film-makers, even as states such as Georgia and New Mexico lure productions with lucrative tax credits. Some Angelenos fear a vicious circle: If the city continues to lose local talent and resources, even more productions will flee. The Elyeas were making enough before the Covid-19 pandemic to employ 25 people. Now, they employ 11, and have been drawing down savings to stay open. The rent is expected to go up 25 per cent in July, when their lease is up. Now, they face a difficult choice. 'What do we do?' asked Mrs Elyea, 71. 'Do we say yes – we think there's going to be a going business here? Or do we say, 'We had a good run'?' From field radios to vintage boxes of Froot Loops Buckets, cups, boxes and bags of familiar brands from different eras at History For Hire. PHOTO: JAKE MICHAELS/NYTIMES The Elyeas met at design school. Mr Elyea , now 74, became a courtroom artist, but a sex-abuse trial he worked on in the 1980s soured him on that career. His parents owned an antique store, and he had always been a collector. So, when a friend who was a production designer asked him to come work on sets, he was sold. 'He loved it,' said Mrs Elyea . It was what he wanted to do. The couple opened their prop-rental business out of their apartment. Their first big break came when they got the gig to rent flak vests, field radios and medic equipment to Oliver Stone's 1986 film Platoon . They soon opened a 4,000 sq ft store , a fraction of their current size . Using his eye for antiques, Mr Elyea bought many items over the years. Artisans reproduced others. The work called for creativity and flexibility. A 3,600kg camera crane from the 1930s – shown in movies such as Hail, Caesar! (2016) and Babylon (2022) – had to be modified to comply with modern federal safety laws. Budweiser bottles at History For Hire. Getting the right Budweiser bottle can mean measuring down to the centimetre. PHOTO: JAKE MICHAELS/NYTIMES No detail is too small, said Mr Richard Adkins, the business' graphics director, who recreated eye-catching vintage cereal boxes of Cheerios, Froot Loops and bygone brands such as Sugar Jets for the prop house. He squinted at a ruler as he measured the height of a glass bottle. A film set in the 1980s was seeking a Budweiser bottle in a size that is no longer made, so Mr Adkins pulled two candidates from his vintage stock. 'There's a lot of research that one can do on the internet, but there's also a natural advantage of being a person my age who remembers,' said Mr Adkins, 76, who has been doing this work for 51 years and has worked at History For Hire for 27. Perhaps the most fulfilling part of the job, said Mrs Elyea , is diving into the history itself. There is an entire library in the warehouse devoted to that work, filled with books and reference guides that could be props themselves. Each prop has its own filmography Carts filled with props at History For Hire. Shoppers collect their items on carts and place orange tags on things they want to rent. PHOTO: JAKE MICHAELS/NYTIMES Scan a bar code, and History For Hire's inventory system will reveal a prop's past lives. One much-loved vintage camera – used in the 1992 film Chaplin starring Robert Downey Jr – has been to Antarctica and Mexico. A weather-beaten brown satchel appeared in The Patriot (2000) and Pirates Of The Caribbean (2003 to 2017). For 10 per cent of the price of the prop, it can be yours for a week. Want a wooden drumstick from the 1970s? That is US$2. Want an actual Vistalite drum set? That is closer to US$495. The Elyeas would have to rent many drum sets and many, many, many drumsticks to cover the US$500,000 they pay annually to rent the building where they store them all. Mrs Elyea is fine with some work going other places, and noted that it made sense to film, say, Oppenheimer (2023) in New Mexico. She has shipped her props all over the world for years. But she would need more local production in Los Angeles to keep her doors open. Aisles of items grouped together by topic or theme at History For Hire. PHOTO: JAKE MICHAELS/NYTIMES Set decorators say they have already lost several local prop houses, one as recently as in 2025. Faux Library had specialised in providing lightweight books that designers could use to fill a study. Modern Props, which had been a go-to for futuristic items, sh uttered awhile back. Mrs Elyea intends to keep the doors open as long as she can for herself, her husband, who has Parkinson's disease, and her staff. 'Neither Jim nor I are really ready to throw in the towel yet,' she said. Maybe, she added, they will sign a two-year lease, rather than a five-year one. And then they will see how it goes. One thought she is entertaining is that if the business were still viable, the couple may hand it over to the next generation that has learnt the trade – perhaps some of their long-time staff. But at this moment, it is a little unclear whether taking over the business would be a boon or a burden. But she knows one thing for sure. 'I don't want to be the last prop house in Los Angeles.' NYTIMES Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
News18
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- News18
Timothee Chalamet And Kylie Jenner Make Romance Official In Rome
Last Updated: In several glimpses from the event, the couple looked affectionate and slightly blushing as they held hands and posed closely on the red carpet. It's Official! Kylie Jenner and Timothee Chalamet have now decided to no longer keep their romance away from the public. After keeping their relationship under wraps for more than two years, the lovebirds have officially debuted their romance on the red carpet. On Wednesday, May 7, the couple walked hand-in-hand at the 70th David di Donatello Awards in Rome, Italy. Although Kylie and Timothee have been spotted together, packing on PDAs on various occasions, this was the first time the couple decided to walk in together at an event since they started dating in early 2023. In various glimpses from the event, the couple appeared affectionate and blushing as they held hands and posed cosily on the red carpet. At one point, Timothee was also seen affectionately embracing his girlfriend. For their debut red carpet together, the couple twinned in black outfits. Kylie wore a sleek bodycon dress featuring intricate embroidery and a plunging neckline. Given the opulence of her gown, the beauty mogul kept her accessories simple and opted for statement golden earrings to accentuate her look further. With her hair tied into a neat bun and subtle makeup, Kylie looked gorgeous on the red carpet. As for her boyfriend, the actor complemented her in a black velvet double-breasted blazer and matching trousers paired with a crisp shirt and black shoes. He added a pop of colour to his monochrome fit by adding a white flower in his blazer pocket. The couple attended the David di Donatello Awards ceremony as the American-French actor was to receive the Cinematic Excellence Award, meant to acknowledge his contribution to cinema. This award ceremony is equivalent to the Oscars, but it is limited to celebrating everything within just the Italian cinema. Kylie and Timothee's red carpet appearance comes just days after a source told the Daily Mail that Timothee has set some boundaries in their relationship. As per the insider, the Duner actor had 'made his intentions clear early that he didn't ever want to be a prop. That is why he doesn't want to be on the Kardashians' show and is only seen with Kylie at events." The source also revealed that the 29-year-old actor wanted to be known for his work and not for who he was dating. Moreover, Timothee also made it very clear to Kylie that he wanted to be 'off" her social media account. First Published:
Al Bawaba
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Al Bawaba
Chanel signs Kendrick Lamar as new brand ambassador
ALBAWABA - One of the most renowned American rappers of the present time, Kendrick Lamar, has been signed as Chanel's newest brand ambassador, sparking excitement on social media. According to Business of Fashion, the rapper was recently featured in Chanel's new eyewear campaign, set to release tomorrow. Lamar's relationship with the French luxury company started in 2023, when the American rapper attended the Met Gala wearing a custom leather jacket by Chanel's former creative director, Virginie Viard. It's known that Chanel takes a more traditional route when it comes to signing brand ambassadors to its name and strays away from problematic celebrities. This move marks a new chapter in Lamar's life, as it seems the rapper has moved on from past controversies such as his recent rap beef with Drake. The French fashion company also signed other male celebrities under its wing, including Korean star G-Dragon, American-French actor Timothée Chalamet, and many more. In a statement launched by Chanel, Kendrick Lamar said, "Chanel has a timeless legacy, and that is always something I can get behind. Since they don't make clothes for men, I knew it would have to be glasses." NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - FEBRUARY 09: Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on February 09, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana./AFP (Photo by Gregory Shamus / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) Kendrick Lamar became a staple in the rap community after releasing his debut album "good kid, m.A.A.d city" back in 2012, and later went on to make viral songs such as Swimming Pools, Humble, and his recently critically acclaimed song, Not Like Us, a disstrack aimed at fellow Canadian rapper, Drake. During his career, the 37-year-old rapper received a wide variety of awards, including 22 Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, 37 BET Hip Hop Awards, and many more.
Yahoo
17-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
White House says it will not return the Statue of Liberty to France
The Trump administration will not entertain a French politician's request to return the Statue of Liberty to France. 'Absolutely not. My advice to that unnamed low-level French politician would be to remind them that it's only because of the United States of America that the French are not speaking German right now,' said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt in a press briefing Monday, likely referencing an American-French allyship during World War II that snuffed out Nazi Germany. 'They should be grateful.' The statement comes a day after a French member of the European Parliament, Raphaël Glucksmann, said at a party convention that America under the Trump administration no longer embodied the spirit of the monument, which France gifted the U.S. in the 1880s to formalize diplomatic ties and enshrine the concept of American independence from Great Britain and the end of slavery. 'We're going to say to the Americans who have chosen to side with the tyrants, to the Americans who fired researchers for demanding scientific freedom: 'Give us back the Statue of Liberty,'' Glucksmann said. The Department of Health and Human Services has purged thousands of scientists and public health leaders since the beginning of the second Trump administration. It has also slashed research grants across the country, and industry experts warn these moves could hollow out research institutes that rely on these funds for maintenance and daily operations. If the United States doesn't intend to restore these positions and funds, France, Glucksmann said, would gladly absorb the United States' research sector. It's unclear how France would force the Trump administration's hand. The country cannot take the statue back at its whim because it is the property of the U.S. government. Such a move could also strain diplomatic tensions that French President Emmanuel Macron is trying to soothe with President Donald Trump by brokering a peace deal to end a yearslong war between Russia and Ukraine.
