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Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Vatican Unveils Pope Funeral Details & Images Of Pontiff Lying In Open Casket; First Confirmed Guests Include Trump, Zelensky & Prince William
The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis's funeral will be held on Saturday (April 26) and released images of the pontiff lying in a simple wooden open casket in the chapel of the Santa Marta guesthouse as well as his last words. The images show Cardinal Kevin Farrell presiding over the rite of certification of death of the pope following his death at the age of 88 from a stroke and heart failure on Monday (April 21). More from Deadline Pope Francis The Film Buff: Pontiff Cited Federico Fellini's 'La Strada' As Favorite Movie Pope Francis Cause Of Death Disclosed And Place Of Rest Revealed Pope Francis Remembered By Martin Scorsese, Antonio Banderas, Eva Longoria, Whoopi Goldberg, Russell Crowe, JD Vance, GLAAD And Others In his last words, Pope Francis is reported to have expressed gratitude to his aides who facilitated his final appearance in Saint Peter's Square on Easter Sunday, saying 'Thank you for taking me into the square.' The funeral mass will begin at 10am CET (1am PT) and take place on the parvis of Saint Peter's Basilica, or the space in front of the basilica. Pope Francis's coffin will be transferred from the chapel of the Santa Marta guesthouse to Saint Peter's Basilica on Wednesday morning (April 23), where it will be placed by the main alter for the public to visit and pay their final respects. Queues are already forming in Saint Peter's Square. When Pope Francis's retired predecessor Pope Benedict XVI died on December 31, 2022, some 35,000 people a day filed past his coffin. Given that Pope Francis was still in office at the time of his death and that Rome is already full of Catholic pilgrims to celebrate the 2025 Jubilee Year, numbers are expected to be even higher over the coming days. Hundreds of TV news crews have also joined the crowds in St Peter's Square, with their numbers set to swell even further in the lead up to Saturday. Vatican Media will be running a multi-camera live signal of the funeral but news agencies and networks are also setting up on balconies and terraces overlooking St Peter's Square, many of which were secured by monthly retainers years ago for substantial amounts of money. The funeral liturgy will be presided over by Italian Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, who is the Dean of the College of Cardinals. At the end of funeral ceremony, Pope Francis' coffin will be taken into Saint Peter's Basilica and from there to the Basilica of Saint Mary Major (Santa Maria Maggiore) for burial. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend the open-air ceremony and line the streets of Rome as the coffin is transferred across the city. The entire ceremony is expected to last around three to four hours. Heads of state and other dignitaries already confirmed to attend include U.S. President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Prince William, who is standing in for his father King Charles, who met with Pope Francis in Rome just days before his death. The Basilica of Saint Mary Major is one of four major papal basilicas, but Pope Francis has broken with tradition in his request to be laid to rest there, rather than in one of the crypts of St Peter's Basilica inside the Vatican City. The start date for Conclave at which 135 cardinals from across the world will vote on the next pope has yet to be announced. Traditionally, it begins 15 to 20 days after the death of the last pope, but this timeframe was conditioned by the length of time it would take cardinals to get to Rome prior to widespread air travel. There are suggestions that the process which takes place in absolute secrecy in the Sistine Chapel could be brought forward if all 135 cardinals gather in Rome before the 15-day deadline. Frontrunners to become the next pope include Italy's Pietro Parolin, the Philippines' Luis Antonio Tagle, Ghana's Peter Turkson and Portugal's José Tolentino Calaça de Mendonça and for the U.S., Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan and Cardinal Robert Prevost, who is already in Rome after a stin in Latin America. Best of Deadline 'The Last Of Us': Differences Between HBO Series & Video Game Across Seasons 1 And 2 'Ransom Canyon' Book Vs. Show Differences: From Quinn & Staten's Love Story To Yancy Grey's Plot Everything We Know About Netflix's 'Ransom Canyon' So Far
National Geographic
21-04-2025
- National Geographic
An intimate look at Pope Francis's life at the Vatican
Each morning Pope Francis awoke before dawn in his modest accommodation at Casa Santa Marta, the Vatican guesthouse. As day broke, Pope Francis prayed and meditated before delivering a homily at morning Mass. By midday the pope had undertaken any number of duties, preferring to manage his schedule personally. Phone calls to colleagues and friends, meetings, and other appointments preceded lunch, after which he took a siesta. His afternoons were often spent visiting prisons and juvenile detention centers, consulting with ambassadors to the papacy, or making appointments. Once a week he received a soccer update from a member of the Swiss Guard, a necessity since the pope stopped watching television in 1990. Though Pope Francis may have given up television, he was an active lover of the arts. He enjoyed opera, classical music, and baroque artwork, and he identified Federico Fellini's La Strada as his favorite film. A few times a month, the pope led Papal Mass and hosted regular audiences in St. Peter's Square or the Basilica (and sometimes both on busy days), which allowed tens of thousands of people to be in the pope's presence. Often these individuals were from all over the world and wept and cheered when they caught a glimpse of the head of the Roman Catholic Church. His evening meal was again taken among his fellow residents at the Casa Santa Marta. True to form, he never dined alone. Once back in his austere domicile, Pope Francis ended his day as it began—quietly. Each night, the pontiff read before drifting off to sleep.
Yahoo
17-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘The Actor' Costume Designer on Gemma Chan's Clown Costume and André Holland's James Dean-Inspired Red Jacket
When director Duke Johnson sat down and watched Federico Fellini's 1954 classic 'La Strada,' he was immediately drawn to the iconic clown costume worn by Giulietta Masina. Now in his newest film, 'The Actor,' a similar outfit is adorned by Edna (Gemma Chan) while out on an intimate date with Paul (André Holland). 'It's these two people that feel like maybe they don't fit into the world,' Johnson tells Variety. 'With these two oddballs finding each other, the possibility of connection was the driving force. They've really hit it off.' More from Variety 'The Actor' Director Duke Johnson on Embracing the Film's 'Theater Troupe Energy' and Why André Holland Is 'Such an Intuitive Actor' 'The Actor' Review: 'Anomalisa' Co-Director's Muddled Donald E. Westlake Adaptation Loses the Plot 'Love, Brooklyn' Review: André Holland, Nicole Beharie and DeWanda Wise Carry a Simmering Romantic Drama The moment takes place on Halloween night when Paul, still trying to piece together who he is after waking up with amnesia, goes out with Edna after the two meet at the cinema. Despite it being Halloween, you'd hardly be able to tell by looking at the men's synonymous coats, making Edna's hand-stitched blue clown costume immediately stand out. After Johnson pitched the idea, costume designer Suzie Harman ('The Death of Stalin,' 'The Personal History of David Copperfield') knew it was important for the design to look like something Edna herself had created. Harman collaborated closely with Chan to figure out how a 'sweet' person like Edna would make herself up, including the pink hat and red dots on her face. 'We didn't want it to look like it's come out of a couture house, instead something she would have made and hand-crafted,' Harman says. 'She's a crafty kind of character. For reference, we were looking at '50s patterns that our grandparents would have had.' While the film is steeped in old noir aesthetics, including trench jackets and a detective narrative, Harman was actually more inspired by the 'simplicity' of Japanese films from the '50s rather than Old Hollywood films. 'I mean yes, there were certainly references with the femme fatale, but it was more inspired by Ozu Yasujiro,' Harman says. 'Since noir was mostly black-and-white, we're actually injecting color into a noir-esque movie, so we had to be really strong with the palette.' In juxtaposition to Edna's blue clown costume, Paul wears a red-plaid jacket, one of the first visual choices Harman landed on. To make Paul's red pop even more, Harman, Johnson and the rest of the crew knew that red couldn't appear anywhere else in the film. 'It is a nod to 'On the Waterfront' and James Dean, and those iconic red jackets of the '50s,' Harman says. 'The question was then: When's he going to wear it? We wanted to bring in the soft turquoises and the cool raspberries with Edna because they would work really well with the red or whatever suit he was wearing in the scene. It all started with the red.' With 'The Actor' being an independently-produced project, an additional consideration for Harman and her team was making the most of a low budget. As Johnson previously told Variety, the decision to have the ensemble cast of Tracey Ullman, May Calamawy and Joe Cole play multiple parts came out of creative problem-solving. Harman admits that she got 'told off' for being too loud during the fittings with the actors because of how much fun they were having. 'It's only when the actor comes in that magic either happens, or you have to move in a different way,' Harman says. 'When actors come into a fitting, it's oftentimes their first point-of-contact. And sometimes it's one little fix, like for Tracey the glasses or the jewelry. But we had to move pretty fast with it. It was slightly bonkers.' Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Oscars 2026: First Blind Predictions Including Timothée Chalamet, Emma Stone, 'Wicked: For Good' and More What's Coming to Disney+ in March 2025
