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Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Abbott Elementary' Star Chris Perfetti Talks Style Strategy and How Last Season 'Blew the Lid Off'
If Emmy forecasters are correct, Chris Perfetti and the rest of the Abbott Elementary family will be making some red carpet rounds in coming months. And he's ready. 'In our fourth year of being invited to these things, I still feel it's less daunting and way more fun than it was the first time,' the actor told The Hollywood Reporter last week while attending the Mediterrane Film Festival's closing Golden Bee Awards in Malta. 'But I still feel like I have a responsibility to live up to the bigger purpose of what we're all there for, and so I try to pay homage and be polite, but I try to express myself at the same time, and I've always thought that fashion is a way to do just that — to tell a story.' More from The Hollywood Reporter Janelle James Looks Back on Not Getting Role on Netflix's 'GLOW' After She "Nailed" Audition Russell Crowe Returns to Malta, Site of 'Gladiator' Filming, and Recalls Intensity of Ridley Scott Epic: "It Wasn't an Easy Production" 'The Bachelor' Names New Showrunner, Locks in 2025-26 Renewal Perfetti has been doing just that, turning heads for expressing an eye-catching personal style, evidence of which is seen below. The riskier the better, he says. 'I kind of err on the side of more risk taking than not. [The red carpet] feels like a great opportunity for that. I've been blessed with so many talented geniuses, and when you find somebody whose work inspires you like that, you just have to kind of go with them.' While speaking to THR in Malta, who presented at the Golden Bee Awards alongside Anna Camp, Perfetti was nearing the end of his Abbott Elementary hiatus and prepping to head back to work on the series for an upcoming season five. 'I'm so proud of what we did in season four. I really feel like we didn't drop the ball. God bless our writers room, they're really doing so well by us,' explained the actor. 'Our cast, we genuinely love each other, and we're trying to make each other laugh. We really just blew the lid off of it last year.' Best of The Hollywood Reporter Seeing Double? 25 Pairs of Celebrities Who Look Nearly Identical From 'Lady in the Lake' to 'It Ends With Us': 29 New and Upcoming Book Adaptations in 2024 Meet the Superstars Who Glam Up Hollywood's A-List
Yahoo
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Russell Crowe Returns to Malta, Site of ‘Gladiator' Filming, and Recalls Intensity of Ridley Scott Epic: 'It Wasn't an Easy Production'
There's a moment in Ridley Scott's Gladiator when Russell Crowe's enslaved Roman general Maximus, fresh from eviscerating five foes in short order, throws his arms in the air and asks a stunned arena, 'Are you not entertained? Are you not entertained?' It would not be that far from fiction to picture the organizers of Sunday night's Golden Bee Awards repeating the same question after the final spectacle had been presented to close out a nearly three-hour ceremony held inside Gzira's Fort Manoel in Malta. Presented by the Mediterrane Film Festival and hosted by David Walliams, the outdoor show finished shy of midnight and by that point had featured around a dozen musical numbers (complete with props, backup dancers and custom backdrops), a slew of Hollywood presenters (Anna Camp, Chris Perfetti, Jared Harris, Karen Pittman and Thunderbolts* director Jake Schreier), three fireworks displays and even Maximus himself. More from The Hollywood Reporter Why Everyone Is Talking About Malta Right Now Barbie Ferreira to Receive Rising Star Award at Malta's Mediterrane Film Festival 'Pusherman' Director Legs McNeil Reveals the Real Story of 'American Gangster' Frank Lucas Crowe made a triumphant (and surprise) return to Malta to accept a film legend award to mark the 25th anniversary of Gladiator. The film, like its recent sequel, was shot on the islands not far from the historic 18th century fort that hosted the awards and has long been a source of local pride. 'You want to know what I love about Malta? Everything,' Crowe declared, calling the island nation a 'paradise,' one that he has regularly visited over the years on vacation. To prove his point, he said he arrived with his two sons, walked the streets of the capital city of Valletta at sunset, acquired his favorite lasagna and admired his favorite jewelry store Mario Zampa. 'I love coming to Malta and I'm grateful for your welcome every time I'm here.' Crowe accepted his trophy from Johann Grech, Malta film commissioner and CEO of Malta Film Studios. He praised Grech for his commitment and passion for Malta and his 'understanding of the opportunity that Malta has at the center of the Mediterranean film industry.' With that, Crowe urged the local government to further fuel a commitment to the arts and to support education for young Maltese people 'who want to explore film as a career in whatever capacity, because it truly takes a village to make a movie.' Crowe then recounted coming to the country 26 years ago to star in the epic Gladiator. 'You could say, in a funny way, I became a man in Malta,' he said. 'Whatever films I'd done before then, nothing had the majesty, ambition, budget and ultimately reach of Gladiator. I say 'became a man' because it wasn't an easy production. I had to fight every day for the integrity of the character I was playing, just like the journey of the character himself in a movie. Sometimes you get lucky enough to make something that resonates with people.' It's still resonating. Crowe detailed an encounter he had with a man a week ago while visiting Monterosso in Italy's Cinque Terre. 'I was leaving a restaurant at nighttime. As I came out in the street, this young man, he saw me, he recognized me, and he asked me for a photo,' Crowe recalled. 'I shook his hand and he started to cry. His friends told me later that he's the head lifeguard at the local beach — he's got muscles on muscles and lots of responsibility and authority — and they'd never seen him like that.' Crowe said the 'crying got more intense' and the man couldn't wipe the tears from his eyes, so he ended up hugging him. 'When he got himself together, he said, 'You don't understand. When I was 8 years old, my mother sat me in front of TV and put on a video cassette of Gladiator. She told me that if you are ever wondering what type of man your mother expects you to be, it's this type of man — the honor, the integrity, the faith, this type of man.' A man made in Malta.' The anecdote drew cheers and applause from the crowd, estimated at close to 2,000 guests. Prior to Crowe's remarks, Grech delivered a lengthy address that resonated much like a campaign speech. He paid particular attention to the milestone anniversary — 2025 marks 100 years of filming in Malta — while also noting the strides that have been made under his administration. Malta has long been a magnet for Hollywood, as it has welcomed such films as Munich, Troy, Jurassic World Rebirth, Captain Phillips, World War Z, Murder on the Orient Express, Assassin's Creed, By the Sea, The Da Vinci Code, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Last Breath and dozens of others. Grech called out the skeptics that doubted Malta's place as an international hub for filmmaking and said that they've come from 'yes we can' to 'yes we have' over the past nearly eight years (thanks in large part to a lucrative 40 percent tax rebate). 'The film industry is bigger than it's ever been,' Grech said. 'The next 100 years will be better than the first. Let us never stop believing because we are Malta. We are film.' The last sentence repeated the theme of this year's Mediterrane Film Festival, established on the islands of Malta in 2023 as a showcase for films from the area and beyond. This year's edition wrapped Sunday after running from June 21-29, and featured 55 films from more than 20 countries. Sunday night's Golden Bee Awards saw the official festival prizes doled out as chosen by the juries in addition to one people's choice award. Amel Guellaty's Where the Wind Comes From picked up steam by claiming two awards including best feature film and best performance for Eya Bellagha's starring turn in the drama that follows rebellious 19-year-old Alyssa (Bellagha) and shy 23-year-old Mehdi (Slim Baccar), who dream of escaping their reality. Upon discovering a contest offering a chance to flee, they set out on a road trip to southern Tunisia. Julio Medem's 8 also picked up two prizes including best screenwriting for its writer-director Medem as well as a jury's choice award. The film covers 90 years and follows the eight encounters between a man, Octavio (Javier Rey), and a woman, Adela (Ana Rujas), that happen to mirror pivotal moments in Spain's history. The Mare Nostrum award went to Miyazaki: Spirit of Nature, which was 'recognized for its lyrical exploration of nature and spirit,' per the jury, while the people's choice award went to Polly Steele's Four Letters of Love. Serving the Mediterrane Film Festival jury this year were Catherine Hardwicke, Elli Griff, Rick Carter, Charlese Antoinette, James Price, Mario Philip Azzopardi and Joseph Vassallo. A special Mare Nostrum jury, composed of Grainne Humphreys, Ania Trzebiatowska and Melisa Sözen, selected from a roster of films curated around themes of climate and environmentalism. Crowe was far from the only notable name honored Sunday. Fellow Oscar winner Jeremy Thomas, a veteran producer who landed gold for Bernardo Bertolucci's best picture winner The Last Emperor from 1988, was presented with a lifetime achievement award, while veteran location manager Pierre Agius snagged a career achievement honor. As previously announced, Euphoria breakout Barbie Ferreira touched down in Malta to pick up a rising star award for her screen accomplishments. The black-tie gala also hosted bold-faced names like Jon Watts, Edmund Donovan, Joaquim de Almeida, Bailey Bass and Kerry Ingram. See below for scenes from inside Sunday's celebration. Best of The Hollywood Reporter The 40 Best Films About the Immigrant Experience Wes Anderson's Movies Ranked From Worst to Best 13 of Tom Cruise's Most Jaw-Dropping Stunts
Yahoo
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Abbott Elementary' Star Chris Perfetti Talks Style Strategy and How Last Season 'Blew the Lid Off'
If Emmy forecasters are correct, Chris Perfetti and the rest of the Abbott Elementary family will be making some red carpet rounds in coming months. And he's ready. 'In our fourth year of being invited to these things, I still feel it's less daunting and way more fun than it was the first time,' the actor told The Hollywood Reporter last week while attending the Mediterrane Film Festival's closing Golden Bee Awards in Malta. 'But I still feel like I have a responsibility to live up to the bigger purpose of what we're all there for, and so I try to pay homage and be polite, but I try to express myself at the same time, and I've always thought that fashion is a way to do just that — to tell a story.' More from The Hollywood Reporter Janelle James Looks Back on Not Getting Role on Netflix's 'GLOW' After She "Nailed" Audition Russell Crowe Returns to Malta, Site of 'Gladiator' Filming, and Recalls Intensity of Ridley Scott Epic: "It Wasn't an Easy Production" 'The Bachelor' Names New Showrunner, Locks in 2025-26 Renewal Perfetti has been doing just that, turning heads for expressing an eye-catching personal style, evidence of which is seen below. The riskier the better, he says. 'I kind of err on the side of more risk taking than not. [The red carpet] feels like a great opportunity for that. I've been blessed with so many talented geniuses, and when you find somebody whose work inspires you like that, you just have to kind of go with them.' While speaking to THR in Malta, who presented at the Golden Bee Awards alongside Anna Camp, Perfetti was nearing the end of his Abbott Elementary hiatus and prepping to head back to work on the series for an upcoming season five. 'I'm so proud of what we did in season four. I really feel like we didn't drop the ball. God bless our writer's room, they're really doing so well by us,' explained the actor. 'Our cast, we genuinely love each other, and we're trying to make each other laugh. We really just blew the lid off of it last year.' Best of The Hollywood Reporter Seeing Double? 25 Pairs of Celebrities Who Look Nearly Identical From 'Lady in the Lake' to 'It Ends With Us': 29 New and Upcoming Book Adaptations in 2024 Meet the Superstars Who Glam Up Hollywood's A-List
Mint
06-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Mint
'This one is going to be great': Anna Camp gets candid about upcoming filmScream 7
Washington DC [US], July 6 (ANI): Actress Anna Camp talked about the upcoming film 'Scream 7' and said that it is going to be entertaining for audiences, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film is set to be released on February 27, 2026. 'Scream 7' is an upcoming slasher film directed by Kevin Williamson and written by Guy Busick, from a story by James Vanderbilt and Busick. It is a sequel to Scream VI (2023) and the seventh instalment in the Scream film series. The film stars Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Mason Gooding, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Roger L. Jackson, and David Arquette reprising their roles from previous films, along with Isabel May and Joel McHale. "I hadn't seen the newest ones, but I remember the first one, which I've seen four times already," said Camp while standing on the blue carpet at the Mediterrane Film Festival's Golden Bee Awards in Malta, The Hollywood Reporter "The other ones I had to sit down and watch. It's just fun. This one is going to be great because it's Sidney Prescott, an iconic character, and Neve Campbell, an iconic actress. It's a coming home story for her. It's returning to the original cast and the original format," she shared. While sharing what she learned from Campbell, Camp shared that she noticed her instincts and natural communication with Kevin Williamson. "This character is so close to home [for her]," Camp said, adding,"Obviously, she's grown up playing this role that she knows when the script is not right or if something doesn't feel like what Sidney would say." Camp continued, "Kevin Williamson directed this one, and he's the mastermind behind the entire story. To watch their dialogue together and their shorthand, I was like, 'I want that. I want a relationship like that with the director,'" according to The Hollywood Reporter. Speaking of relationships, Camp came to Malta with her new girlfriend, Jade Whipkey, after debuting their relationship on the red carpet at the recent Bride Hard premiere, as per the outlet. Camp shared that she and Whipkey have been dating for nearly seven months, and their trip to Malta marked their first major vacation together. "We've been having the best time," she said. On the work front, Camp said she is eager to get back on stage and find a play or musical to star in. She also has several films in her kitty, "I opted to book a while ago, and that's in the middle of being written," she said. "I have Scream 7 out in February, and I have a couple of little indie movies coming out, but I'm just kind of waiting for the right job while I'm producing about three scripts right now on my own. I'm not sitting around waiting for the phone to ring. I'm working and doing it on my own, which is really exciting," according to The Hollywood Reporter. (ANI)
Daily Mail
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Hollywood A-lister's son cuddles up to blonde bombshell at star-studded event... can you guess who?
Russell Crowe 's sons made a rare public appearance this week, stepping out with their A-lister dad for an awards ceremony. The Gladiator star was joined by fiancée Britany Theriot and sons Charles, 21, and Tennyson, 18, at the Golden Bee Awards in Malta on Sunday. Russell turned more than a few heads, looking trim and terrific in an all-black look that consisted of an immaculately tailored suit paired with a crisp black dress shirt and vest. It appears that Russell's eldest son chose the occasion to debut a new relationship, with the ' nepo baby ' standing close to a blonde bombshell on the red carpet. The mystery blonde appeared chuffed to be in the company of Charles and his famous family, beaming broadly as she posed for photographers. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. She looked smart in a dark blue dress that featured brass buttons and a frilled hem, and accessorised with a similarly coloured leather clutch and a pair of pearl pendant earrings. She finished her look with a light rose shade on her lips and a manicured brow. Russell's youngest son, Tennyson, was also in attendance and brought his partner Jess Renshaw, who looked stylish in a classic black gown. While little is known about Charles' mystery blonde, Tennyson sparked concerns about how fast his relationship with Jess was moving. Then 17 years old, Tennyson shared a loved-up photo of the pair together in January 2024, coupled with a diamond ring and white and pink heart emojis. A source claimed to New Idea at the time that while Russell was fond of Jess, he was concerned the couple were too young to say 'I do'. 'She is a sweetheart and it's pretty clear that she has swept Tennyson off his feet,' an insider told the publication. Russell turned more than a few heads, looking trim and terrific in an all-black look that consisted of an immaculately tailored suit paired with a crisp black dress shirt and vest Russell's youngest son, Tennyson, was also in attendance, and brought his partner Jess Renshaw, who looked stylish in a classic black gown 'But Russell will certainly be a little surprised if it's true that his 17-year-old son is getting engaged. It's nothing to do with Jess, but just that Tennyson is just a kid.' Russell shares Tennyson and Charles with ex-wife Danielle Spencer. After tying the knot in April 2003 during a ceremony at his farm in Nana Glen, the couple went their separate ways in 2012 and finalised their divorce six years later. It comes after Russell ignited rumours he is set to tie the knot with Britany in Rome. The pair sparked speculation they are engaged when Britany was seen sporting a diamond ring. Claims are circulating they are eyeing up an Italian wedding after reportedly visiting a church during their latest visit to the city. The couple, who started dating in 2020, visited Rome last year when Russell performed with his band The Gentlemen Barbers at the Forum Theatre. They were spotted sightseeing during their lavish getaway and reportedly visited a church in the city. 'Italy was always going to be their wedding destination. Every time they go there, they come back more in love,' an insider told Woman's Day. 'It's always been their dream to get married there.' Russell and Britany frequently visit Italy together and first sparked engagement rumours during a trip to the European country last year. The pair then confirmed their long-rumoured romance with a kiss on a tennis court in November 2020. The couple are regularly seen jetting between Sydney and Coffs Harbour, where Russell is building a $400 million film studio dubbed 'Aussiewood '. The Beautiful Mind star owns a 400 hectare farm in nearby Nana Glen, and divides his time between this rural estate and his home in Sydney.
