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India Gazette
6 days ago
- Politics
- India Gazette
Indian envoy to China pays tribute to Indian soldiers who defended Hong Kong in World War I
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): Indian Ambassador to China, Pradeep Kumar Rawat on Wednesday laid a wreath at the Indian Soldiers' War Memorial in Hong Kong, paying tribute to the Indian soldiers who defended the territory during World War I (1914-1919). The ceremony was held to honor the bravery and sacrifice of the soldiers who served in the British Indian Army. The Indian Soldiers' War Memorial, built in 1928, stands as a lasting symbol of their courage, sacrifice, and unwavering commitment. Erected by public subscription, the memorial honours the memory of Indian soldiers who served in Hong Kong during WWI, many of whom made the ultimate sacrifice. Over the years, it has been a place of solemn remembrance and has welcomed distinguished Indian dignitaries, including Vice President Dr S Radhakrishnan (1957) and President Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma (1991), reaffirming the deep historical ties and shared respect between India and Hong Kong. This year's ceremony also marked the successful completion of enhancement works at the memorial, ensuring the site is preserved with the dignity it deserves. In a post on social media X, the Consulate General of India in Hong Kong wrote 'Ambassador of India to the People's Republic of China H.E. Mr. Pradeep Kumar Rawat laid a wreath at the renovated Indian Soldiers' War Memorial in Hong Kong, joined by Consul General @SatwantKhanalia & members of the Indian Diaspora at a solemn commemoration event organized on 25 May, 2025. A tribute funded by @DefenceMinIndia & executed by the Consulate General of India in Hong Kong with the Hindu Association Hong Kong - honouring Indian soldiers & inspiring future generations.' Meanwhile, earlier today Consul General Satwant Khanalia met local Indian artist Biren Kapadia. Kapadia presented an evocative acrylic canvas to Khanalia which would find a place of honour Consulate Visitors Reception area. 'Consul General @SatwantKhanalia was happy to meet talented local Indian artist Mr. Biren Kapadia who presented an evocative watercolour/acrylic on canvas titled 'Into the Wild' which will shortly find a place of honour in the Consulate Visitors' Reception area. Mr. Kapadia likes to paint giant, gentle creatures such as whales & elephants & said that the process of painting gives him a sense of peace, with constructive feedback from his wife & grandson. Let's all find our own unique way of connecting with nature & path to inner peace,' the post on the official account of Consulate General of India in Hong Kong read. (ANI)
Forbes
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Eight Jewelry Exhibitions To See This Spring
Fern earrings from the Wild Botany collection which accompanies the jeweler's Into the Wild ... More exhibition, currently at the Garden Museum, London. From Cartier in London to Melanie Eddy in Bermuda, via Hannah Martin at Sotheby's Hong Kong and the Diane Venet collection in Florida, these are the jewelry shows to see right now. Hazel, Briar Rose, Chestnut in Silver, Alex Monroe for the Garden Museum The jeweler Alex Monroe presents his first solo show of art and objects at this hidden gem of a London museum, exploring the connection between Nature and creativity. Silver buttercups, cow parsley and strawberry leaves fill a vase, while branches of apple blossom and Scots pine shed petals and pines, like a Dutch still life in precious metal. Through five floral sculptures, each representing an endangered UK natural habitats created with the designer Hazel Gardiner, Monroe explores the life cycle of death and renewal, and encourages viewers to reflect on how they interact with nature and the role they themselves can play in conservation. From sketches and drawings, to hand-thrown vases and a 20-piece capsule collection inspired by the theme of the exhibition, the pieces showcase the creative talent that underpins his work as a jeweler inspired by the fields and forests of his childhood. Alex Monroe: Into the Wild is at The Garden Museum, London; May 1 - June 1. Three silver bangles by Melanie Eddy, on show at the Bermuda National Gallery There's still time to catch Melanie Eddy's first retrospective, and it's on home soil for the native Bermudan, at Hamilton's Bermuda National Gallery. Now based in London, Eddy's distinctive geometric jewels have a cult collectorship, and with two shows at Sotheby's and a commission from the V&A Museum under her belt, and the show demonstrates how deeply inspired the goldsmith still is by her homeland after 20 years living abroad. The exhibition explores the island's influences on her work, including the vernacular architecture, the triangular sails of the Bermuda rig, and the stark shadows produced by bright sunlight, through key collections that chart the development of her sculptural style over 20 years from geometry in silver through to the high jewelry she created for the Brilliant & Black exhibition in 2022. New for the show, is the Breakers collection, which uses gentler, more rounded forms to capture a period of personal grief through an exploration of the swirling currents around her island home. 'The work references the crest of rolling waves, the breaker reefs, breaking waves and ocean swells. It's about the things that threaten to break us, the rules we break and the things that crash and break upon us. Like rocks, or shards of glass worn smooth by water over time, we're still made of the same stuff, but visibly altered, the same but also different somehow and softer.' Meditations on Form: Jewellery by Melanie Eddy is at Bermuda National Gallery, City Hall & Arts Centre in Hamilton, Bermuda; until May 31. FEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Pinpoint By Linkedin Guess The Category Queens By Linkedin Crown Each Region Crossclimb By Linkedin Unlock A Trivia Ladder Bandeau in Tutti Frutti style, English Art Works for Cartier London, 1928. Emeralds, rubies, ... More sapphires, diamonds and platinum, currently on show at the Cartier exhibition at the V&A Museum, London. Curated by Helen Molesworth and Rachel Garrahan, this comprehensive exhibition shows how the Cartier founder's grandsons set out to make the Place Vendôme jewelry house and household name. They succeeded, and more; and the show features over 350 items going back to the turn of the 20th century including the Williamson Diamond brooch commissioned by Queen Elizabeth, Grace Kelly's engagement ring and a broad selection of Cartier's emblematic panther jewels. 'Cartier is one of the most famous jewelry houses in the world. This exhibition will explore how Louis, Pierre and Jacques Cartier, together with their father Alfred, adopted a strategy of original design, exceptional craftsmanship and international expansion that transformed the Parisian family jeweler into a household name,' say the curators. 'With its world-class jewelry collection, the V&A is the perfect stage to celebrate the pioneering achievements of Cartier and its transformational ability to remain at the centre of culture and creativity for more than a century.' Move fast, as it's selling out quickly. Cartier is at the V&A South Kensington, April 12th - November 16th. Rings by Jilian Maddin, on show at the LOVE Ring exhibition, at Tomfoolery London London's Tomfoolery gallery is one of the city's stand-out jewelry destinations. In leafy Muswell Hill, it's currently showing the annual Love Ring exhibition, a curation of contemporary commitment rings by gallery owner Laura Kay, which this year, comes with a focus on genderless ring designs. 'There's a clear contrast coming through this year between bold, expressive maximalism and more refined minimalism—both are strong in their own right. Green sapphires remain popular, and we're also seeing a rise in bright whites, particularly lab-grown stones, which are becoming a standard choice, especially in larger pieces,' she says. 'It's been great to see such a strong focus on colour and some really thoughtful work from new designers.' With new designers this year including Jilian Maddin and her exquisite engraved portrait rings, plus an exclusive lab-grown diamond ring capsule collection from Ellis Mhairi Cameron and a preloved curation, it's a must-see if you're in the city. A snapshot of the current landscape for modern wedding, engagement and union bands from some of the hottest international designers around. Love Ring will be on at Tomfoolery, 109 Fortis Green Road, Muswell Hill, London, N10 3HP, England; until June 28. Razor ring, gold and sapphire, by Hannah Martin and Guy Berryman, currently on show at Sotheby's ... More Hong Kong. Sotheby's Maison exhibition space is hosting an exhibitions of the work of London-based goldsmith Hannah Martin this month, including A Vanitas Stoned, a new stream in her collaboration with Coldplay bassist Guy Berryman. Alongside other emblematic Hannah Martin pieces like the gold mesh Liquid Harness Chain and the Delirium Trance Amulet, the new pieces include gold razor blade rings and dog tag necklaces studded with sapphires, in a meditation on the fleeting beauty and fragility of life inspired by the Dutch vanitas tradition. The pair met on a flight to Los Angeles, when Martin spotted Berryman wearing an earring she had designed years previously and combined forces on the original line, released in 2023. 'With a vision to infuse heirlooms with defiance, I aim to craft pieces that are historically rooted yet rebellious - fresh and charged with contemporary spirit. When Guy and I began this creative journey, we sought to create objects that not only adorn but also ignite conversations about the beauty of seizing the moment,' says Martin. A Vanitas Stoned Collection by Hannah Martin, is the The Salon, Sotheby's Maison, &/F, Landmark Chater, 8, Connaught Road Central, Central, Hong Kong; April — May. A pearl necklace on show in the Exhibition Pearls in Paris, at L'Ecole des Arts Joailliers, Paris. Art and fashion meet history at this exhibition at the new L'Ecole School of Jewellery Arts in Paris, supported by Van Cleef & Arpels. Paris, City of Pearls explores a mainstay of luxury jewellery that became emblematic of parisian style itself, thanks to trade in pearls between the Gulf region and France between the 1860s and 1930s. Their arrival on Place Vendôme would spark a craze for layering long strings of pearls known as sautoirs, à la Coco Chanel, and the gemstone from the sea is still seen as having a quintessentially Paris look today. Don't miss L'Ecole's library and reading rooms while you're there. Paris, City of Pearls is at L'Ecole des Arts Joailliers, Hôtel de Mercy-Argenteau, 16 bis boulevard Montmartre, 75009 Paris, France; until June 1, 2025. PABLO PICASSO (Spanish, 1881 – 1973) Le Grand Faune , 1973 Pendant 23 - k arat gold Edition 3 of 20 ... More 3 3/8 x 4 3/4 in. (8.5 x 12 cm) Diane Venet Collection For 40 years, Diane Venet has had an all-access pass to the art world, born into a family of collectors, then traveling the world with her artist husband Bernard Venet for shows and exhibitions. During that time, she has amassed an impressive collection of artist jewelry, described as 'second to none' by Ghislain d'Humières, Kenneth C. Griffin Director and CEO of the Norton Collection, which is currently hosting an exhibition of over 150 of her jewels. Many of which are displayed alongside paintings and sculptures by the same artists from the Norton archive, and some were commissioned especially for the show. 'The story of this collection is largely that of my friendships in the art world over the past forty years,' said Venet. 'In my rather itinerant life, this collection of jewelry is thus an intimate museum that I can take everywhere with me and the treasure trove which I can find on my return home.' Make sure you see Man Ray's Optic Topic (1974), and Picasso's Le Grand Faune necklace (1973). Artists' Jewelry: from Cubism to Pop, the Diane Venet Collection opens April 12th – October 5th at the Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida. A drawing of an Egyptian scarab brooch, Pierre-Georges Deraisme, (c. 1905). Graphite pencil, ink and ... More gouaché on paper currently on show at the Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris. A donation of Monsieur and Madame Martin L'Ébranly, 2001. Often overlooked by its famous counterpart over the road — the Grand Palais, home of Chanel runway shows and blockbuster exhibitions — the Petit Palais is a delightful art museum with a substantial house collection. This season, its shining the spotlight on the art of jewelry drawing with a comprehensive curation of drawings and jewels from the museum's 5,500-strong collection. With a focus on the mid-19th to mid-20th centuries, the show bears witness to the evolution of styles and progress in technique through graphic art, lifting the lid on the design process and celebrating the precise art of gouaché. Don't miss the Art Nouveau and Art Deco drawings, plus the final room, which shows jewels like George Fouquet's Sycamore pendant (1910), next to their exquisite drawings. Jewelry Drawing, Secrets of Creation is at the Petit Palais, Avenue Winston Churchill, 75008 Paris, France; until July 20.
Yahoo
07-04-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Toyota's All-New 2025 4Runner Campaign Ventures 'Into the Wild'
A Magical Journey Inspired by an Awe-Filled Adventure PLANO, Texas, April 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Toyota is inviting drivers to rediscover adventure with its latest marketing campaign, "Your Window to the Wild," celebrating the all-new 2025 Toyota 4Runner. Staying true to its legendary heritage while integrating premium comfort and cutting-edge technology, the redesigned 4Runner is built for those who seek the thrill of exploration – whether navigating city streets or connecting to the awe of the great outdoors. Experience the full interactive Multichannel News Release here: "This campaign captures the essence of adventure that has defined the Toyota 4Runner for over 40 years," said Mike Tripp, Group Vice President of Toyota Marketing. "The 2025 4Runner blends rugged capability with modern innovation, inspiring drivers to embrace the magic of the outdoors." Created by Saatchi & Saatchi, the campaign features a 30-second and 15-second CTV spot "Into the Wild," as well as a variety of 6-second and 15-second NLV spots including "Full Screen," "Jam Session," and "Unsteady Ground," directed by Peter Thwaites. Each spot captures the spirit of the 4Runner, showcasing its ability to inspire confidence and find adventure at every turn. In "Into the Wild," a father and daughter explore the mountains in their all-new 2025 Toyota 4Runner set to the tune of Lord Huron's La Belle Fleur Sauvage. Noticing his daughter glued to her tablet, the father decides to change direction, igniting her sense of awe-filled adventure. As the 4Runner conquers rugged terrain, playful forest creatures mirror its spirit of exploration. The daughter is captivated with wide-eyes and engaged with the world around her. The spot closes with them setting up camp under the open sky, fully present and immersed in the wild. In more feature focused content, the creative continues in that same world, catching these physical manifestations of the awe experienced in the 4Runner while interacting with the vehicle. From a mischievous group of stick and acorn creatures admiring the legendary power rear window and available JBL FLEX portable Bluetooth speaker, to an ancient rock colossus rising from centuries long slumber to catch a glimpse as the 4Runner makes its way over the rocky terrain. The Hispanic creative campaign, "4Runner Landia," takes the all-new 2025 4Runner launch to unexpected territory. Blending the excitement of off-road adventure with the dream of land ownership, the campaign invites adventure seeking Latinos to enter a contest for a chance to win an all-new 2025 Toyota 4Runner and a piece of land of their choice to create their ultimate playground. The campaign features a 30-second video, directed by Eric Maldin, starring a charismatic realtor who showcases the stunning views both inside and outside the all-new 4Runner. In addition, a custom real estate listing on places the all-new 4Runner in a space where car campaigns rarely venture. Created by Conill, the campaign includes additional digital and social content promising to inspire those who crave awe-inspiring adventure. The contest runs from April 14 to May 26. Media PlacementsThe all-new Toyota 4Runner campaign is a fully integrated campaign extending across CTV, digital content, digital video, paid social, programmatic, streaming audio, and experiential. Digital content/video includes partners such as Amazon Music Live, Canela Media, Discovery Channel en Espanol, Gear Patrol, Google Maps, Google TV, Huckberry, Hulu Latino, National Geographic, NBA, Netflix, NWSL, Outside, Outside TV, Paramount+, Peacock, Preakness, Premier League, Prime Video, ROKU, Sphere, Stagecoach Music Festival, Telemundo, The Dyrt, Univision, ViX, WMBA, Wunderking, YouTube, and more. Partnerships/programming highlights include Magnite, OpenX, Outside TV, Samba TV, YouTube, among others. Paid Social runs across Meta, Pinterest, Reddit, and Snap. The campaign spots are available for viewing here. For images and credits, please click here. About the 2025 4RunnerThe 2025 Toyota 4Runner is built for adventure, combining legendary capability with modern innovation in an all-new design that stays true to its rugged heritage. With a bold, athletic stance and refined details, the all-new 4Runner is ready for any terrain. Its chiseled exterior features the signature power rear window and a reinforced body-on-body frame construction, ensuring durability and versatility for every journey. Available in a range of grades, including SR5, TRD Pro, TRD Sport, TRD Sport Premium, TRD Off-Road, TRD Off-Road Premium, Limited, all-new Platinum, and the all-new Trailhunter, the 2025 4Runner offers a choice of two powerful and efficient i-FORCE powertrains. The standard i-FORCE engine delivers 278 horsepower and 317 lb-ft of torque, while the i-FORCE MAX hybrid system ups the ante with 326 combined net horsepower and an impressive 465 lb-ft of torque. Both powertrains are paired with an advanced 8-speed automatic transmission for smooth performance on and off the road. Designed for exploration, the 2025 4Runner offers advanced off-road capabilities, including available Multi-Terrain Select, Crawl Control, and an electronically locking rear differential. The all-new Trailhunter grade is purpose-built for overlanding, featuring suspension enhancements and off-road accessories straight from the factory. The 2025 Toyota 4Runner has a starting MSRP of $40,770 for the SR5 grade, excluding the Delivery Processing and Handling fee. All prices are subject to change. About ToyotaToyota (NYSE: TM) has been a part of the cultural fabric in North America for nearly 70 years, and is committed to advancing sustainable, next-generation mobility through our Toyota and Lexus brands, plus our more than 1,800 dealerships. Toyota directly employs more than 64,000 people in North America who have contributed to the design, engineering, and assembly of nearly 49 million cars and trucks at our 14 manufacturing plants. By spring 2025, Toyota's plant in North Carolina will begin to manufacture automotive batteries for electrified vehicles. With more electrified vehicles on the road than any other automaker, Toyota currently offers 31 electrified options. For more information about Toyota, visit Media Contacts:Adam LoveladyToyota Motor North Kimberly HarmsSaatchi for View original content: SOURCE Toyota
Buzz Feed
28-01-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
19 Actors Whose Careers Were Destroyed Just As They Were About To Make It Big
You see it all the time — an actor seems set up to be the next big thing. Maybe they're already an established star, but they're on the precipice of becoming a major leading actor. Maybe they're transitioning from teen films or rom-coms to Oscar bait, or transitioning from TV to film. Or maybe they're in their very first major role, with Hollywood just starting to take notice of them. Everything they want seems at their fingertips — and then they fall. Here are 19 stars that fell fast, and fell hard — going from having the world as their oyster, to no prospects at all, at least for a while. 1. Percy Hynes White seemed poised to become a new Hollywood It Boy after his role in the über-popular Wednesday alongside Jenna Ortega. However, in January, Hynes White was accused of sexual assault in Toronto by a woman who claimed he'd throw parties with his friends where he gave drugs and alcohol to minors to get them to have sex with him. 'He would pursue, have sex with, abuse and get my friend high who was 13/14 at the time. Last time I knew they had sex she was 16 and he was 20. He assaulted me at one of those parties awhile I was too drunk, and he had cornered and pressured and assaulted multiple of my friends,' the user wrote in a now-deleted tweet. While White has strongly denied the allegations, he has reportedly been written out of Wednesday despite it looking like he'd have a major role in Season 2 as Wednesday's love interest. 2. Emile Hirsch seemed like he was going to be the next big thing after starring in Into the Wild. Afterwards, his career was a bit more shaky — he had several starring roles, but not all were successes. Still, there seemed no reason he would not continue to become an even bigger star until he assaulted a female Paramount executive at Sundance in 2015. The executive told police Hirsch "choked me up, threw me across the table, and I felt the front of my throat hit the back of my throat," calling the attack "insanely painful and absolutely terrifying." Hirsch pled guilty to assault charges and was sentenced to 15 days in jail. He later revealed he didn't remember what had happened and had been binge drinking. In the years following, Hirsch participated almost entirely in voiceover projects and small indie films, as well as a Chinese film. However, things took a turn when he appeared in a small role in Tarantino's Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, which provoked controversy, including from Jameela Jamil. While the role seemed to indicate a comeback for Hirsch, this never came to fruition. He's worked steadily since, but besides his voice work, his films have almost entirely been small indies premiering at film festivals or in select theaters and VOD, and many have poor ratings, including one with a 0% Rotten Tomatoes score. 3. As the star of Lost, Matthew Fox became a major Hollywood player in the late 2000s. After the show ended in 2010, Fox said he was "done with television," and started appearing in more film roles — including being cast in World War Z with Brad Pitt in 2011. It seemed like he might successfully make the switch from TV star to movie in that same year, his career hit a setback when he was accused of assaulting a bus driver (the lawsuit was later dropped). The next year, he was arrested for driving under the influence, and Lost costar Dominic Monaghan also claimed in a tweet, "He beats women. Not isolated incidents. Often." Fox denied all claims but the DUI, saying, 'It's been a long, trying year of sitting on my hands on a lot of negative sh-t said about me, when they're the furthest things from who I am. That I beat a woman in Cleveland when in fact I was assaulted by a man and did nothing but retaliate against him?" Fox continued — he had previously claimed a fellow passenger punched him and he fought back, and that the bus driver tried to extort him. "The 46 years I've been breathing on this planet, I have never hit a woman before. Never have, never will.' After the controversy, Fox took a long break from acting. He hasn't appeared in a film since 2015's Bone Tomahawk, though he returned to TV in 2022's Last Light, which he executive produced. An interview promoting the show with E! did not address the reasons for Fox's "retirement" except for "I had completed a bucket list of projects that I wanted to do in 2014 and I felt like I had accomplished what I set out to accomplish and was gonna focus my energies on other things." The Hollywood Reporter called the Peacock miniseries "inept" and "bizarrely anticlimactic." Fox has only appeared in one project since, the Australian series C*A*U*G*H*T. 4. Gina Carano's career change from pro wrestler to actor initially seemed to be a huge success following a starring role in the much-lauded Star Wars series The Mandalorian. But then in early 2021, Gina Carano posted a photo to social media comparing being a Republican to being a Jew during the Holocaust, which caused fans to dig up some other past problematic social media posts by the actor, in which she denounced wearing face masks and claimed voter fraud in 2020. She was quickly asked not to return to the Lucasfilm and Disney show, and plans were scrapped for her character to have her own show. "Her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable," a representative for Lucasfilm said in a statement. She was also dropped by her agency. Shortly after, Carano announced that she would develop, produce, and star in the film White Knuckle with conservative media company the Daily Wire. However, Carano later canceled the film because she refused to adhere to Hollywood's masking policies. She decided to quit her union (presumably the Screen Actors Guild) and make a different movie in Montana. The film was released in 2022 to little fanfare, and it's clear that Carano doesn't have the budding career she once had. Carano also had a role in My Son Hunter, the far-right fictionalized portrayal of Hunter Biden's foreign business deals. 5. Jussie Smollett was one of the breakout stars of Empire, and when he made headlines in early 2019 for experiencing a hate crime in Chicago, his support seemed at an all-time high. Except then police investigators determined Smollett had actually staged the attack, releasing the two men accused of attacking Smollett. He was then fired from Empire, which was in its fifth season. Charges were filed against Smolett for making a false police report and wasting police resources. A 2021 trial found him guilty of five out of the six counts he'd been charged with, and he was sentenced to 150 days in county jail. He was released on bond after just six days and later made a return to Hollywood in B-Boy Blues, this time behind the camera. He has no acting projects lined up. It looks like Smollett will have to complete the 150 days after his conviction was upheld last month. 6. Making the jump from soap operas to other TV isn't easy, but Hartley Sawyer seemed in the clear after becoming a fan favorite on The Flash. However, he was fired from the show in 2020 after his old racist, misogynistic, and homophobic tweets surfaced on social media. More than one tweet referred to assaulting women, with one reading, 'Date rape myself so I don't have to masturbate.' Sawyer apologized on Instagram: 'My words, irrelevant of being meant with an intent of humor, were hurtful, and unacceptable. I am ashamed I was capable of these really horrible attempts to get attention at that time. I regret them deeply. This was not acceptable behavior. These were words I threw out at the time with no thought or recognition of the harm my words could do, and now have done today.' However, the damage was done, and he has no upcoming projects. 7. Blake Jenner's career began as a bit of a Cinderella story, winning The Glee Project and starring in the latter seasons of Glee. His career continued to grow from there, appearing in the critically acclaimed The Edge of Seventeen as well as Supergirl and a few other indie films, along with the Netflix series What/If. But then his ex-wife (and Glee and Supergirl costar) Melissa Benoist accused him of abuse (which Jenner admitted to, though he also accused Benoist of abuse). His career largely ended in the wake of the allegations — he was replaced in Merrily We Roll Along with Paul Mescal, and in the last few years he has only appeared in a TV movie, as a video game voice, and in the panned Bruce Willis/John Travolta film Paradise City, which was only released in select theaters and mostly available on streaming platforms. Jenner was also arrested on a DUI last year, to which he pled no contest. 8. As stated on his website, Cas Anvar's career "skyrocketed" when he began starring on the series The Expanse. This success led to a recurring role on How to Get Away With Murder, setting up Anvar for continued Hollywood he was accused of harassment and sexual misconduct in 2020, and fired from The Expanse (Anvar has denied the claims). His website shows no updates since then, and his only roles have been in a single episode of FBI: International and in a Lifetime movie. 9. While this example has nothing to do with bad behavior, it still stands out as one where a budding star's career was ruined overnight. Elizabeth Berkley became a teenage heartthrob as "girl next door" Jessie in Saved by the Bell, but her first big movie role after the series basically singlehandedly sank her career. The film was Showgirls, which garnered a Rotten Tomatoes Score of 23 percent. Not only did the NC-17 film tank, but Berkley's performance was panned, causing Berkley's career to flounder just as soon as it had begun. Berkley continued to work in film for the next decade or so, but her career never quite recovered. United Artists/ Courtesy: Everett Collection 10. Another sad career dive happened to Jennifer Grey. After filming Dirty Dancing and not getting any more movie role offers, Grey decided to get a nose job, hoping to widen her casting options. Dirty Dancing ended up catapulting her into fame, and her initial nose job seemed a success. However, halfway into shooting Wind, she decided to go under the knife again when she saw white cartilage poking through at her nose tip. Her nose looked vastly different after this second surgery, and as Grey herself said,"Overnight I lost my identity and my career." Vestron Pictures / courtesy Everett Collection At a movie premiere soon after her cast was removed, she said Michael Douglas didn't recognize her. "That was the first time I had gone out in public," she said. "And it became the thing, the idea of being completely invisible, from one day to the next. In the world's eyes, I was no longer me." She would not appear in another wide-scale theatrical release until a small role in 2000's Bounce and does not appear to have had one since, which is shocking considering the career one may have expected post- Dirty Dancing. Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic, Inc via Getty Images 11. Grey's Anatomy's early seasons were filled with breakout stars, and there was no reason Isaiah Washington shouldn't have been one of he was fired after using an anti-gay slur on set. He'd later claim it wasn't directed at anyone, though some sources claim he used it in connection with his costar T.R. Knight, who is gay. The word was apparently uttered after a physical and verbal altercation between Washington and male lead Patrick Dempsey. Ron Tom / ABC / Courtesy Everett Collection Washington's projects post- Grey's included mostly one-episode stints, foreign films, low-budget films, straight-to-DVD and VOD projects, and one short-lived series. His only large project in the following decade was The 100, which he appeared in 60 of 100 episodes, but he still never quite regained the career he'd had before. Diyah Pera / The CW Network / courtesy Everett Collection 12. His Grey's costar Katherine Heigl also largely caused her own career to stall after a series of publicized remarks that seemed to disparage her projects and their writers. First, while starring on Grey's, she subtly shaded the writing decisions for her character, and notably withdrew herself from Emmy consideration in 2008, saying,"I did not feel I was given the material this season to warrant a nomination." Scott Garfield / ABC / Courtesy: Everett Collection She's since expressed regret over this comment, saying that it was between her and the writers, and a lot of it was about her own performance. "There was a part of me that thought, because I had won the year before, that I needed juicy, dramatic, emotional material and I just didn't have that that season," Heigl later said."I shouldn't have said anything publicly, but at the time, I didn't think anybody would notice. I didn't know that journalists would see who submitted and who didn't. I just quietly didn't submit and then it became a story and then I felt I was obligated to make my statement and 'shut up, Katie.' ' And after starring in Knocked Up — her first major movie role — she called her character "a little sexist," adding, 'It paints the women as shrews, as humorless and uptight, and it paints the men as lovable, goofy, fun-loving guys. ... I had a hard time with it, on some days. ... Ninety-eight percent of the time it was an amazing experience, but it was hard for me to love the movie.' Universal / courtesy Everett Collection After backlash, Heigl clarified, 'I liked the movie a lot. I just didn't like me. She was kind of like, she was so judgmental and kind of uptight and controlling and all these things and I really went with it while we were doing it, and a lot of it, Judd allows everyone to be very free and improvise and whatever and afterwards, I was like, 'Why is that where I went with this? What an a–hole she is!' ' She also said she loved working with Seth Rogen and Judd Apatow, and "did not mean to s— on them at all. I've thought about like, writing a note. I feel embarrassed. I don't want it to feel insincere on any level.' As a result, Heigl was blacklisted from Hollywood for many years, her once-promising career floundering as she had a reputation for being "difficult." In recent years, she's spoken about this unfair reputation. "I may have said a couple of things you didn't like, but then that escalated to 'she's ungrateful,' then that escalated to 'she's difficult,' and that escalated to 'she's unprofessional,'" she said. "What is your definition of difficult? Somebody with an opinion that you don't like? Now, I'm 42, and that shit pisses me off." Nathan Congleton / NBC via Getty Images 13. Shannen Doherty became a major TV star in the '90s, but persistent drama on her projects led to a bad reputation and a career that fizzled out. First, she was fired from the hit series Beverly Hills, 90210 after being "difficult" during filming and having issues with her costars, notably Tori Spelling. Spelling, who also said Doherty got into a physical fight with costar Jennie Garth, admitted in 2015 that she'd called her father, producer Aaron Spelling, to get Doherty fired after rising tensions on set. Aaron Rapoport/ Fox Network / Courtesy Everett Collection Though Doherty did return as the character in reboot/sequel 90210 and as herself alongside her costars in BH 90210. Then on Charmed, Doherty chose to leave due to friction between her and her castmates. She said, "There was too much drama on the set and not enough passion for the work" (which many assumed was referring to costar Alyssa Milano, with whom there'd been rumors of drama). Afterward, her projects were mostly TV movies, along with trying her hand at hosting, and a reality show. Richard Cartwright / The WB Television Network / Courtesy Everett Collection 14. T.J. Miller was already a successful comedian when he was cast in his breakout role in Silicon Valley*, and roles in the Deadpool and How to Train Your Dragon films catapulted him into even more widespread success. This success likely would've parlayed into starring roles if he hadn't been accused of sexual assault during the #MeToo movement — allegations he denied and even joked about onstage while performing stand-up comedy. Michael Loccisano / Getty Images for Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights *Miller did exit Silicon Valley on somewhat shaky/unclear terms but given he was cast in the movie series mentioned above, that didn't seem to affect his career greatly. Miller also made waves for calling in a fake bomb threat on an Amtrak train in 2018. Miller allegedly called 911 to report a female passenger had a bomb, but no evidence was found, and his memory of the woman changed. According to the US Attorney's office in Connecticut, the officer he spoke to and other passengers indicated he appeared drunk, with one saying he'd been 'involved in hostile exchanges' with a female passenger.* Miller was indicted for 'intentionally conveying to law enforcement false information about an explosive device on a train," but the charge was later dropped. Slaven Vlasic / Getty Images *The female passenger, however, did not match Miller's description of the woman he claimed had a bomb in her bag. After all the controversy, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World recast Miller and overdubbed all of his lines, and Miller has only appeared in two films since (and no TV shows), neither of which were well-received or starring roles. He has, however, continued his stand-up career. Paramount Pictures / courtesy Everett Collection 15. Ansel Elgort was already an established movie star, but Baby Driver catapulted him to the Hollywood A-List, making him one to watch to see what came next. When he was cast in Steven Speilberg's West Side Story, it felt like Elgort's moment — until he was accused in 2020 of a sexual assault of a 17-year-old that had allegedly occurred in 2014, when Elgort was 20. Wilson Webb / TriStar /Courtesy Everett Collection More women soon came forward to share their stories of troubling behavior from Elgort, including a woman that went on two dates with him at 16 and a woman who said he sent her a dick picture when she was in eighth grade. Elgort responded with claims that "I have never and would never assault anyone' and said his relationship with the first accuser was consensual. He largely retreated from the public eye after this, and notably did very little press for West Side Story, the highly anticipated Steven Spielberg remake in which he had starred. Even the original trailer barely featured him, despite his casting as one of the two starring roles. 20th Century Studios Other cast members were frequently asked about the allegations against Elgort in his absence. Since then, Elgort has only appeared in Tokyo Vice — one reviewer noted,"His presence makes a good show hard to bear." He appears to have no other upcoming projects. Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images 16. Similarly, Armie Hammer had a pretty successful career that truly skyrocketed with Call My By Your Name. He had a whole number of new projects lined up, and then he was fired from just about every one of them (including Billion Dollar Spy, Shotgun Wedding, and the TV series The Offer) after sexual assault allegations and alleged messages in which he called himself a cannibal became public. He was also dropped by his agency and publicist. Sony Pictures Classics / courtesy Everett Collection He retreated from Hollywood and wasn't spotted for a long time until he was discovered to be seemingly working as a timeshare salesperson in the Cayman Islands. He has no projects lined up. He did finally publicly speak on the allegations last year, denying criminal wrongdoing but admitting to an "imbalance of power" with the woman he had relationships with, as well as to having been emotionally abusive. 'I'm here to own my mistakes, take accountability for the fact that I was an asshole, that I was selfish, that I used people to make me feel better, and when I was done, moved on," he said. Todd Williamson/E! Entertainment / NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images 17. Finally, we'll end on three instances where the results have yet to be seen. First, Ezra Miller, who became the subject of numerous controversies just as they were becoming an A-Lister. After appearing in Justice League as The Flash, there was a lot of hype for the character's solo movie. At the same time, Miller, who had previously found plenty of movie success but fallen short of leading a film, was gaining growing notoriety for their role in the Fantastic Beasts films. Axelle/Bauer-Griffin / FilmMagic via Getty Images But then Miller was accused, among other things, of grooming, assault, burglary, and abuse. They have also been arrested multiple times. The Flash was still released, but it failed to reach expectations. Fantastic Beasts seems to have no plans to continue, and Miller does not appear to have any projects in production. Warner Bros. / courtesy Everett Collection 18. Jason Mitchell rose to prominence in the 2010s with roles in films like Straight Outta Compton, Keanu, and Kong: Skull Island. His career continued to build momentum with a starring role in The Chi and an upcoming role in the Netflix movie Desperados — until he was fired after allegations of misconduct on the set of both (including, according to the Hollywood Reporter, making "highly inappropriate remarks" to two female costars while "lingering close to their quarters"). He was then dropped by his agency. Mitchell has denied the allegations. Parrish Lewis / Showtime / Courtesy Everett Collection Mitchell later said he wasn't sure what all the allegations were, but explained what happened on Desperados from his point of view, saying he made sure a female costar got home safe. He did, however, apologize: 'If I did do anything, say anything, make anybody feel any kind of way, you have my deepest apologies, like honestly, my deepest apologies because that was never my intention to make anybody feel any sort of way,' he said. 'I definitely never put my hands on somebody or anything like that.' As for allegations from the set of The Chi, Mitchell denied harassing costar Tiffany Boone, who had reportedly complained about his on-set conduct: 'Had me and Tiffany ever had a situation where, I don't know, if she might have felt sexually harassed, I can bet my bottom dollar that she would have told me about myself in that moment," Mitchell said. Mitchell's career stagnated, and then, in 2020, he was arrested after being found with firearms and drugs (a representative for Mitchell called it a "misunderstanding," and Mitchell later claimed he had "jumped in the car with the wrong people" and that the charges had been dropped). However, in 2021, he appeared in one small film, and it was announced that he would executive-produce and star in two new projects, one of which (Everything is Both) has since been released to little fanfare. He has some additional projects in development, so time will tell if he's able to make a comeback. Paras Griffin / Getty Images 19. And lastly, Jonathan Majors' career seems to be in limbo after he initially appeared to be Marvel's (and Hollywood's) new darling. Majors had his breakout role in Lovecraft Country, and Marvel generated buzz by casting the up-and-comer as the post-Thanos villain of the MCU. Majors appeared in Loki and the newest Ant-Man, but his time with Marvel seemed to be only getting started. Despite plans for many future films, Majors was fired by Marvel after he was arrested and later convicted of reckless assault and harassment in his ensuing domestic violence trial. Marvel / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection Majors continues to deny the allegations. He was dropped by his manager and publicist (along with a number of projects and brand deals), but his agency, WME, appears to continue to represent him. Majors appeared in his first post-conviction interview just this week, maintaining his innocence, so we will see if his career is permanently damaged, but it certainly seems so right now. John Nacion / Getty Images What other stars fell from grace just as they were poised to make it big? Let us know in the comments.
