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Travel + Leisure
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Travel + Leisure
Exclusive: Ben Stiller Says People Who Do This on an Airplane Drive Him ‘Crazy'
Perhaps you thought Ben Stiller's biggest airplane pet peeve would be someone saying 'bomb' like his character did in 'Meet the Parents' or maybe a fellow passenger asking him to do his Blue Steel face from 'Zoolander.' But his real airplane pet peeve is something we have all unfortunately experienced at one time or another: someone taking their socks off and going barefoot during the flight. 'I definitely have experienced that a few times, and look, the reality of it is, you just have to shut it out. But yeah, it really drives me crazy.' Despite a barefooted neighbor or two, Stiller is still in awe of the travel experience after seeing the world as an actor, director, and producer. He remembers the landscapes of Iceland when he was on location for the 2013 film 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' as being particularly incredible. He also recalls traveling to Lagos to scout a film location and just basking in the energy of the Nigerian city. 'It can really take you out of the mindset of when you're in your own world, in terms of giving you perspective on just how many people are living on this planet, living together, and having to interact with each other and make it work. So that always affects me when I go somewhere else, where you see that kind of scope of what's going on.' Scenic mountain road near Seydisfjordur, Iceland, similar to the road Stiller skateboards down in The Secret Life of Walter your go-to drink on an airplane? I will order a diet soda or something on a plane. I remember back in the old days—I grew up in the 70s and 80s—they'd have a bar, like the whole bar, in my parents' generation. What's your travel nightmare? It's really tough, as we all know, when you're traveling in airports because you're at the mercy of these flights changing. My wife [actress Christine Taylor] had a nightmare trying to get back from Hawaii once, where the flight kept on getting canceled, and she was trying to get back to New York. She made friends with this woman from St Louis, and they ended up getting a room together. What's your go-to flight activity? I'll bring a book or a movie, and by 30 minutes into either the book or the movie, I fall asleep. I want to have the security of knowing that I have two books, four movies, three shows that I could watch…and I never watch any of it. Best jet lag tip? The tip that I've heard that works is a cold plunge. Ice-cold plunge when you get somewhere, and I actually like to do that at my house when I come back from traveling. But honestly, with jet lag, the way that I sort of deal with it is I just pretend it doesn't exist. I just try to power through. More recently, he swapped far-flung filming locations for action a little closer to home. This spring, Stiller was a fixture at New York Knicks games at Madison Square Garden. Viewers at home and in the stadium loved seeing the lifelong fan sitting in the front row, passionately cheering his team on, usually right next to a very emphatic Timothée Chalamet and a rotation of other celebrity fans. He admits that when he traveled for away games in Detroit and Indianapolis, he didn't get quite the same fanfare that he got at home. Ben Stiller and Timothee Chalamet react court-side during the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2025 NBA Playoffs between the Indiana Pacers and the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on May 23, 2025. 'It's pretty crazy. I had never really done that before, when you go into the heart of enemy territory. At Madison Square Garden, they are nice enough to give you court seats sometimes, but when I went to Indianapolis, that was not the case,' he told T+L, laughing. 'It was pretty intense. We got booed. But it was really fun, and I would do it again because I love the Knicks, and they had such a great run the last couple of weeks.' And to purchase those seats in 'enemy territory,' he said he likely used his Chase Sapphire Reserve credit card. Stiller has joined Chase in a campaign to help launch their updated Chase Sapphire Reserve card and introduce the Chase Sapphire Reserve for Business card, along with Erin and Sara Foster, David Chang, and Lionel Boyce. The Chase Sapphire Reserve card is already a favorite among frequent travelers, loved for luxe perks like access to over 1,300 airport lounges and annual credits for hotel stays, dining, and entertainment. 'I think at the end of the day, it's an opportunity to really get more bang for your buck, but also, to have experiences that are helpful with traveling,' Stiller said. As the director and producer of Apple TV's hit show Severance, he said he especially loves that the card comes with a complimentary subscription to Apple TV+.
Irish Examiner
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Examiner
City-break-worthy ensembles — an elevated take on old favourites
And just like that, Carrie and co are back on our screens, serving a fresh dose of sartorial inspiration. Brimming with city-break-worthy ensembles, this next style chapter offers an elevated take on old favourites. Whether you're a tailoring-loving Miranda or prefer to bend the rules with a dash of Carrie's panache, being stylish in the city has never looked so fabulous. Get The Look: Fashion Style And The City from M&S. Bring the sartorial heat to your city escape with a smoking hot co-ord, as seen at M&S. Blue Steel: Fashion Shirt Dress with Bow Detail, €238, Kate Cooper available nationwide. Steal Charlotte's signature prim style with a classic shirt dress, €238, Kate Cooper. #ieloves: Candy Crush: Fashion Bon Bon Platform Neon Pink with Red Stud,€280, Nicki Hoyne. A night on the town deserves a showstopping, Carrie-coded platform heel, €280, Nicki Hoyne. Cloud Cover: Fashion Freya Cloud Bag, €160, Somas. Soft as a fluffy cloud this supple leather bag is effortlessly city chic, €160, Sómas. Pocket Friendly: Ring Me: Fashion Green Onyx Maldives Ring, €69, Juvi. An enviable statement ring instantly elevates any outfit, €69, Juvi. Power Balance: Fashion Printed Tailored Trousers, €38, Michelle Keegan x Very. Effortless yet tailored, these wide-leg trousers perfectly capture Miranda's new era vibe, €38, Michelle Keegan X Very. Flower Show: Fashion Floral midi skirt, €49.99, Mango. Made for city breaks, the trusty midi skirt will keep you in style from day to night, €49.99, Mango. City Lights: Fashion Oversized Sequin Blazer, €69.95, Zara. Sparkle under the bright city lights in summer sequins, €69.95, Zara. Zebra Crossing: Fashion Puff sleeved zebra print blouse, €34.99, H&M. Keep to the wild side of the Upper East Side in this puff sleeved blouse, €34.99, H&M. Top Hat: Fashion Knit hat, €29.99, Parfois. And just like Carrie, top off your city style with a fedora-style hat, €29.99, Parfois. Read More Desire Lines: A capsule collection, body makeup, and a Spice Girl gúna
The Guardian
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Woman in uniform: Jamie Lee Curtis plays a troubled, morally murky cop in Blue Steel
When Kathryn Bigelow's Point Break was released in 1991, it marked the arrival of a radical new voice in action cinema. Here was an adrenalised film about cops and robbers, centred on the intensely emotional bond between two men on either side of the law, that so happened to be directed by a woman. 'It's not just about breaking gender roles,' the film-maker said in a 2009 interview. 'It's to explore and push the medium.' Throughout her career, Bigelow has routinely operated in genres primarily occupied by men – perhaps most famously with her Iraq war film The Hurt Locker, which made her the first woman to win a directing Oscar. But just a few years before the macho melodrama of Point Break, Bigelow had already taken a scalpel to the action film in her wonderfully sleazy Blue Steel, a deceptively subversive, female-fronted thriller that investigates the thorny conflation of power and gender in the male-dominated cop genre. Jamie Lee Curtis stars as Megan Turner, a rookie NYPD officer fresh out of the academy who miraculously thwarts an armed robbery on her first night out on patrol. When the suspect's weapon mysteriously vanishes from the crime scene, however, she's shunned by her colleagues and suspended by the force for allegedly killing an unarmed man. To make matters worse, one of the hostages she rescues that evening, Wall Street money man Eugene (a perfectly slimy Ron Silver), becomes dangerously obsessed with his saviour and starts to commit his own murders, with Megan soon trapped in a cat-and-mouse game against a psychotic killer. Against the grimy surfaces of New York City, the film tracks the frustrating ways that Megan's efforts to apprehend Eugene are hindered by the very same systems she's taken an oath to uphold and protect. Her male superiors and fellow officers dismiss her claims of both personal abuse and professional innocence at every turn. It's not until she takes advantage of the liberties afforded her by her badge – much like Dirty Harry did back in 1971 – that Megan wrests justice into her own hands. The film's gaze is thrillingly romantic: its opening credits, for example, are overlaid on top of slow-motion footage of a service revolver being cleaned and reloaded, ingeniously shot with all the hazy festishisation of a softcore porno that transforms the barrel of a gun into a phallic object. The same principle applies to the many scenes of Megan donning her deep-blue police attire; Bigelow's camera leers at every buckle fastened, every button done, as if its subject were a masked vigilante triumphantly suiting up for a night of extrajudicial vengeance. All these images form Blue Steel's central concern: the disruption of a woman dressed in a uniform that so frequently signifies masculine authority. When we first meet Megan's parents, it's clear that her brutish father, Frank (Phillip Bosco), detests the profession his daughter has chosen. But what initially seems like a baby boomer-era misalignment of gender expectations soon reveals itself to be the result of something much more sinister, as an abusive misogynist now realises there's one fewer person in his life he can victimise. The point is only further accentuated by the savvy casting of Curtis: cinema's most recognisable final girl once again forced to rely on no one but herself in order to survive. Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning What could have easily been a simplistic 'girls can be cops too' tale is instead complicated by Bigelow's clever manipulation of genre cliches. In its blaring climax, her protagonist engages in a reckless and chaotic gunfight across crowded streets and subway platforms, bending the troubling politics of state-sanctioned power to her own personal interests regardless of how morally justified they may be. 'Why would you want to become a cop?' one of Megan's male partners bluntly asks her early in the film. 'You're a good looking woman – beautiful, in fact.' She turns to him and drily responds. 'I wanted to shoot people.' Blue Steel is streaming on Stan in Australia, Starz in the US, and available to rent in the UK. For more recommendations of what to stream in Australia, click here
