Latest news with #HouseOfCards
Daily Mail
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
What has Kevin Spacey done to his face? Disgraced actor sparks plastic surgery rumors at Cannes
Kevin Spacey has sparked plastic surgery rumors as he made an appearance during the 2025 Cannes Film Festival this week. The disgraced actor, 65 - who sparked outrage for receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award just months after fresh sexual abuse allegations - could be seen posing with an award at the Better World Fund Gala Dinner on Tuesday. He accepted the honor for Excellence in Film and Television, although the gala is not an official part of the annual French film festival. As Spacey walked the red carpet at the event, he looked noticeably different with a taught, plump face. The House Of Cards alum donned a classic black suit as well as a white dress shirt and dark purple bowtie. The last time Kevin stopped by the Cannes Film Festival was nearly 10 years earlier while promoting his 2016 movie The Awakening. It comes two years after the actor was cleared of sexual assault allegations against four men during a U.K. trial in 2023. However, earlier this year in February the star was hit with another sexual abuse claim by Ruari Cannon and also two organizations connected to the Old Vic Theatre in London. Before the gala officially commenced on Tuesday, Spacey expressed: 'I've heard from so many of my friends, colleagues and co-stars in the last week since this award was announced that I feel surrounded by support,' per Reuters. In regards to making a comeback in the industry, he also told reporters, 'I'm glad to be working.' The Oscar winner garnered a Lifetime Achievement Award at Cannes for his 'impact on cinema in the arts.' Kevin was 'recognized not only for his decades of artistic brilliance but also his enduring impact on cinema and the arts,' according to a statement made by the fund. The gala is not an official part of the French film festival but the Carlton Hotel plays host to much of the activities during the prestigious event in Cannes. Since 2017, more than 30 men have accused the two-time Oscar-winning actor of sexual assault or inappropriate behavior, which led to Netflix axing his role on House of Cards. In regards to making a comeback in the industry, he also told reporters, 'I'm glad to be working'; seen above in House Of Cards In July 2023, the American Beauty star was found not guilty of assaulting four men after a four-week trial at Southwark Crown Court, in one of the UK's most high-profile #MeToo trials. The decision to celebrate Spacey by Better World Fund, a charity which aims to make a 'positive impact on the world,' has sparked outrage, with many calling it a 'disgrace' to the MeToo movement. One person on X wrote: 'Abusive men in our society are never "cancelled" - honestly losing my mind Cannes.' Another added: 'Cannes sh**s the bed every year. Their commitment to being the worst festival and a safe haven for men who belong in hell is unmatched.' While one person wrote: 'Kevin Spacey, Ezra Miller, Shia Labeouf and every other Hollywood abuser known to mankind prancing around Cannes but somehow nude and voluminous dresses were the real problem.' It comes months after the actor was hit with another sexual abuse claim, court records show - 18 months after he was cleared of a series of criminal charges. Ruari Cannon is suing Mr Spacey at the High Court, as well as two organizations connected to the Old Vic Theatre in London. Dushal Mehta, of law firm Fieldfisher, confirmed that he had issued a claim on behalf of Mr Cannon, and also said that he had waived his anonymity in the claim. No details of the allegations involved are currently available. Spacey was previously acquitted in criminal proceedings of several sexual offences alleged by four men between 2001 and 2013. One of the men, who cannot be identified, has also sued Mr Spacey over his claims he was sexually assaulted by the actor and suffered 'psychiatric damage', which the actor denies. The actor has denied all allegations of inappropriate behavior and criminal wrongdoing. Spacey's Academy Awards were for best supporting actor for The Usual Suspects in 1996 and best actor in 2000 for American Beauty, which also secured him a Bafta for leading actor. Last April, the actor appeared to dismiss claims of inappropriate behavior in Channel 4's documentary as he praised the men in the show for their 'great acting.' The two-part series came nine months after Spacey was cleared of nine sexual assault charges and looked at fresh claims against him made by several men, 'almost all of whom have never spoken before.' It is said to take a 'forensic look at a man who was once one of the most admired and respected actors in the world.' But Kevin seemed to disregard the show as a work of fiction in a statement given to entertainment magazine Variety. He said: 'I'm honored to be starring in my first film with Warner Brothers in many years. I hope the Academy takes note of some of the great acting by the lesser-known cast.' In May 2024, he thanked his fellow actors for defending him amidst the sexual abuse allegations. A raft of A-listers - including Liam Neeson and Sharon Stone - rallied around the Oscar-winning star to call for an end to his 'seven-year exile.' The American Beauty actor went on NewsNation with Chris Cuomo to express his gratitude for the support he received from colleagues. 'I'm enormously gratified that friends of mine who reached out to me and that I've been speaking to for your years now have been motivated by this documentary that was put out.' Fresh allegations were made against him in the Channel 4 bombshell documentary - and Spacey accused the broadcaster of ' having an agenda' in deciding to go ahead with airing its two-part film, Spacey Unmasked. The documentary featured previously unheard testimonies about the actor's alleged inappropriate behavior. In an interview with former GB News presenter Dan Wootton, he commented on claims made in the Channel 4 documentary. While accepting he may at times have behaved inappropriately in the past, he denied his behavior was illegal. Spacey has been
Straits Times
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Straits Times
James Foley, director of Fifty Shades Of Grey sequels and House Of Cards, dies at 71
James Foley, director of Fifty Shades Of Grey sequels and House Of Cards, dies at 71 LOS ANGELES - American veteran director James Foley, whose films included Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) and the Fifty Shades Of Grey sequels (2017 and 2018), and who also worked on the hit television series House Of Cards (2013 to 2018), died this week at his home in Los Angeles. He was 71. His death came after a year-long battle with brain cancer, according to Mr Taylor Lomax of ID, the firm that represents Foley. Foley made his directorial debut with the film Reckless (1984), a drama about a high school romance between a rebellious, motorcycle-driving football player and a cheerleader. In the decades that followed, he built a career directing movies, television shows and music videos, working with some of Hollywood's biggest stars. Among his most celebrated works is the film adaptation of Glengarry Glen Ross, the play by American playwright David Mamet that won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1984. The movie, about real estate salesmen trying to make ends meet in a tough economy, starred Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris and Alan Arkin. Foley also directed Fifty Shades Darker (2017) and Fifty Shades Freed (2018), the final two instalments of the Fifty Shades Of Grey franchise (2015 to 2018). Those films were adapted from the second and third books of the Fifty Shades trilogy by British author E. L. James. James Foley's directorial credits include Fifty Shades Freed, which starred Dakota Johnson (right) and Jamie Dornan. PHOTO: UIP Foley told the The Hollywood Reporter in 2017 that he was pleased that his career had not been pigeonholed. 'I think in terms of what fascinates me and what intrigues me and what I feel is engaging for the year that you spend making the movie, what's personally engaging, not adhering to any kind of conventions,' he said. Foley was born on Dec 28, 1953, in New York City and grew up on Staten Island. He studied psychology and graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1974. He planned to attend medical school, but he decided instead to pursue directing after taking a six-week film production course at New York University. He went on to earn a Master of Fine Arts at the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts in 1979. Foley recalled screening the short film he made during the six-week course in New York while speaking to film and media studies students at Johns Hopkins University in 2013. 'That was the first time that something I had done got a reaction out of a lot of people,' Foley said. 'From that moment on, I decided I wanted to do that again.' Foley directed At Close Range (1986), the crime drama starring Sean Penn and Christopher Walken. Several years later, he directed and co-wrote the film adaptation of After Dark, My Sweet (1990), the crime novel by late American novelist Jim Thompson. Foley's directorial credits also include Fear (1996), starring Mark Wahlberg and Reese Witherspoon; The Chamber (1996), with Chris O'Donnell and Gene Hackman; and Perfect Stranger (2007), with Halle Berry and Bruce Willis. Foley also directed several music videos for American pop diva Madonna, including Live To Tell (1986), True Blue (1986) and Papa Don't Preach (1986). Foley made his foray into television directing an episode of Twin Peaks in 1991. He later directed 12 episodes across Seasons 1, 2 and 3 of House Of Cards, the hit Netflix series about the underbelly of American government that was adapted from a BBC series of the same name. He also directed episodes of Wayward Pines (2015 to 2016) and Billions (2016 to 2023). Foley is survived by a brother, Kevin Foley; two sisters, Eileen and Jo Ann Foley; and a nephew, Quinn Foley. He was predeceased by his brother, Gerard Foley. 'I've had a very fluid career of ups and downs and lefts and rights, and I always just responded to what I was interested in at the moment,' James Foley said in the 2017 interview with The Hollywood Reporter. 'I've always just followed my nose, for better or for worse, sometimes for worse.' NYTIMES Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
New York Times
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
James Foley, Who Directed ‘Glengarry Glen Ross,' Dies at 71
James Foley, a veteran director whose films included 'Glengarry Glen Ross' and the 'Fifty Shades of Grey' sequels, and who also worked on the hit television series 'House of Cards,' died this week at his home in Los Angeles. He was 71. His death came after a yearlong battle with brain cancer, according to Taylor Lomax of ID, the firm that represents Mr. Foley. Mr. Foley made his directorial debut with the 1984 film 'Reckless,' a drama about a high school romance between a rebellious, motorcycle-driving football player and a cheerleader. In the decades that followed, he built a career directing movies, television shows and music videos, working with some of Hollywood's biggest stars. Among his most celebrated works is the 1992 film adaptation of 'Glengarry Glen Ross,' the play by David Mamet that won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1984. The movie, about real estate salesmen trying to make ends meet in a tough economy, starred Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris and Alan Arkin. Mr. Foley also directed 'Fifty Shades Darker' (2017) and 'Fifty Shades Freed' (2018), the final two installments of the 'Fifty Shades of Grey' franchise. Those films were adapted from the second and third books of the E.L. James trilogy. Mr. Foley told the The Hollywood Reporter in 2017 that he was pleased that his career had not been pigeonholed. 'I think in terms of what fascinates me and what intrigues me and what I feel is engaging for the year that you spend making the movie, what's personally engaging, not adhering to any kind of conventions,' Mr. Foley said. James Foley was born on Dec. 28, 1953, in New York City and grew up on Staten Island. He studied psychology and graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1974. He planned to attend medical school, but he decided instead to pursue directing after taking a six-week film production course at New York University. He went on to earn an M.F.A. at the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts in 1979. Mr. Foley recalled screening the short film he made during the six-week course in New York while speaking to film and media studies students at Johns Hopkins University in 2013. 'That was the first time that something I had done got a reaction out of a lot of people,' Mr. Foley said. 'From that moment on, I decided I wanted to do that again.' Mr. Foley directed 'At Close Range,' the 1986 crime drama starring Sean Penn and Christopher Walken. Several years later, he directed and co-wrote the 1990 film adaptation of 'After Dark, My Sweet,' the crime novel by Jim Thompson. His directorial credits also include 'Fear'(1996), starring Mark Wahlberg and Reese Witherspoon; 'The Chamber' (1996), with Chris O'Donnell and Gene Hackman; and 'Perfect Stranger' (2007), with Halle Berry and Bruce Willis. Mr. Foley also directed several music videos for Madonna, including 'Live to Tell,' 'True Blue' and 'Papa Don't Preach.' Mr. Foley made his foray into television directing an episode of 'Twin Peaks' in 1991. He later directed 12 episodes across Seasons 1, 2 and 3 of 'House of Cards,' the hit Netflix series about the underbelly of American government that was adapted from a BBC series of the same name. He also directed episodes of 'Wayward Pines' and 'Billions.' Mr. Foley is survived by a brother, Kevin Foley; two sisters, Eileen and Jo Ann Foley; and a nephew, Quinn Foley. He was predeceased by his brother, Gerard Foley. 'I've had a very fluid career of ups and downs and lefts and rights, and I always just responded to what I was interested in at the moment,' Mr. Foley said in the 2017 interview with The Hollywood Reporter. 'I've always just followed my nose, for better or for worse, sometimes for worse.' A complete obituary will follow.
Buzz Feed
09-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
21 Shows That Started Out Great, But Became So Unwatchable People Couldn't Even Finish Them
The influx of TV makes it incredibly easy to come across a bad show, and increasingly difficult to commit to a full series Unfortunately, even those that start out great fail to maintain that momentum in their subsequent seasons. Personally, I never made it past the first season of Prison Break and will likely never get around to finishing the series as a whole. While on my daily Reddit scour, I came across a post in the r/AskReddit sub by u/MochaMadness_ that asked, Naturally, it led to some hot takes but many that I couldn't really disagree with. I mean, some shows just don't know when to end, am I right? Below are 21 shows that people just couldn't finish because they got that bad. 1. "I thought House Of Cards was brilliant!" Netflix "But even when Spacey was in the show, it just lost steam the further it went. And when Claire became the VP, my interest was gone. I tried to watch it when it was just her, but I was so done with it. It wasn't worth my time." – u/Western-Time5310 Powered By 2. " American Horror Story had an incredible first season. The following seasons have been kind of up and down but nowhere near as good as the first." FX – u/Mysterious_Bug_3601 Powered By 3. "I'm rewatching The 100 right now and I was struggling to get through episode 9 of Season 6. It's so badm but I was like, 'it's okay, it's almost over. Only like four more episodes left!'" The CW "And then I was looking something up and found out there's a SEVENTH season?! I was obsessed with The 100 when it first came out, but it declined to the point that when it came to Season 6. I just never watched the final episode out of spite (or denial that it got that bad, IDK). Honestly, the only things that kept me watching after Season 3 were the fleeting moments where Clarke would admit she loved Lexa. Can't help it, I'm a sucker for Clexa..." – u/juniper-mint Powered By 4. " Weeds was so much fun until the pattern emerged: Nancy has every opportunity to walk away, doesn't walk away, gets in trouble, rats everyone out, people die, Nancy f*cks her way back to the top." Showtime "It also played really fast and loose with cliffhangers. The big end to Season 1 was the cop being like, 'Nancy, I know you're a drug dealer…' and then Season 2 starts, and he's like, '…but I don't care that you're a drug dealer.'" – u/JeffersonFriendship 5. " Shameless (US) is a show where I've honed in on a fantastic stopping point: When Lip gets with Amanda at college and stops before he meets her parents." Showtime "There's a little window there, where every character really gets their just desserts all at once. Makes for a lovely personal series finale. Obviously, everyone will have their own preferred stopping point, and that's cool too. But this is mine! I think it's somewhere in Season 4 or 5." – u/Clay_Puppington Powered By 6. " Pretty Little Liars. I watched it for years and just stopped. I couldn't continue and never finished." Powered By 7. " Outlander. The first season was amazing, and halfway through Season 2, it started to decline. And then it was no longer worth watching, although I kept up with it until Season 5. I feel like the scene where Jaime was violated ruined it for me. It was a difficult scene to watch." Powered By 8. " Orange Is The New Black. Just like any Jenji Kohan series." Powered By 9. "I loved the first three seasons of You, but Season 4 was brutal! So cringey and there was no chemistry between Joe and Kate. Plus, he was supposedly in love with Marianne but then nothing happened with that storyline?? Season 5 is coming out soon and it's going to be the last one, so hopefully they bring back the OG writers." Powered By 10. " True Blood — loved the gritty Hillbilly take on vampires at first, but then it became just another boring, cheesy love story with more and more BS." Powered By 11. "BBC's Sherlock. I was obsessed and absolutely HOOKED for the first three seasons. I loved that show. The fandom was a lot of fun and very engaging to me. I was always so excited to see a new episode come out. It was a fun, happy time, and I still have great memories from my friends and the fandom years later." BBC "But then Season 4 came along and I don't quite understand what happened. Suddenly, this show that could get so many people engaged and fired up all at once became this thing we don't talk about anymore, and the show itself is just kind of a distant memory to me. I don't even go back and re-watch it. I was so disappointed." – u/Square-Raspberry560 12. " The Man In The High Castle." Amazon Prime "Phenomenal start. But it kept getting weirder and weirder to the point of nonsensical. I went from not being able to wait for the final season, to never bothering to finish the show." – u/WhiskeyAM_CoffeePM Powered By 13. " Stranger Things started great. In particular, Season 1 and Season 2 to some extent. I don't remember which season ended with the shootout in a mall with that monster, but that was so ridiculously over the top and completely unbelievable. What once was special and different than anything else became the most generic Hollywood garbage I have ever seen." Powered By 14. " Once Upon A Time. My mom and I fell behind in the second-to-last season and just never picked it back up. It got so boring and frustrating." Powered By 15. "When The Walking Dead was announced, my friends and I were already reading the comics. The whole first season of the show is maybe half of the first comic. The show moves so painfully slow that if you've read the source material, the show is unwatchable. I wanted to like it, but it's just so goddamn boring." 16. "I can't get over how truly beautiful Grey's Anatomy started. And now it's just a silly trash soap opera. For me, the plane crash ruined it. I tried watching it a little bit longer, and then I was really done after April and Jackson split. It's just stupid that nobody can have a happy relationship on that show without death or cheating." Powered By 17. " Outer Banks. I couldn't finish the most recent season." Powered By 18. "Charmed. I hung around for a couple of seasons after they killed Prue but that, combined with the original creator leaving, meant it went downhill fast. I think I made it to Season 6 before throwing in the towel." The WB Powered By 19. "I felt like the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel evolved into constant screaming (I didn't watch the most current season)." 20. " The Following." Fox "Unlike other TV shows, this had a great pilot, and everything went down from there. The villain seemed to have followers infiltrated everywhere. The FBI operates with such inefficiency as if in a slapstick comedy. I stopped after the fifth episode when a female cop in some lonely town accompanied the Iceman actor and then shot him and revealed him as a follower." Powered By 21. " How I Met Your Mother. By the last season, there was something about an umbrella and I just didn't care anymore.
Yahoo
12-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Further sexual abuse claim filed against Kevin Spacey at the High Court
A further sexual abuse claim has been lodged against Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey at the High Court, according to filings. Ruari Cannon is suing Mr Spacey as well as two organisations connected to the Old Vic Theatre in London, with court records showing the claim was filed on Wednesday. Dushal Mehta, of law firm Fieldfisher, confirmed to the PA news agency that he had issued a claim on behalf of Mr Cannon, and also said that he had waived his anonymity in the claim. No details of the allegations involved are currently available. Mr Spacey was previously acquitted in criminal proceedings of several sexual offences alleged by four men between 2001 and 2013. One of the men, who cannot be identified, has also sued Mr Spacey over his claims he was sexually assaulted by the actor and suffered 'psychiatric damage', which the actor denies. Mr Spacey's law firm in the civil claim, Carter-Ruck, stated last May the allegations in that claim are the same as those from the criminal trial. The actor has previously denied allegations of inappropriate behaviour and criminal wrongdoing. In an interview with former GB News presenter Dan Wootton last year, he said: 'I take full responsibility for my past behaviour and my actions, but I cannot and will not take responsibility or apologise to anyone who's made up stuff about me or exaggerated stories about me.' Mr Spacey, a two-time Oscar winner, is known for the US adaptation of House Of Cards along with American Beauty. His Academy Awards were for best supporting actor for The Usual Suspects in 1996 and best actor in 2000 for American Beauty, which also secured him a Bafta for leading actor.
