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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Natasha Lyonne talks flirting with the Thing in 'Fantastic Four': 'It's kinky'
The actress reveals things aren't that serious between her and Ben Grimm, adding, "I'm also seeing four other rocks, you should know, at this time." Natasha Lyonne says flirting with Ben Grimm/the Thing in Fantastic Four: The First Steps was anything but a rocky experience. The actress, who stars as the Thing's love interest Rachel Rozman in the Marvel film, tells Entertainment Weekly that sparks were genuinely flying between her and Ebon Moss-Bachrach's craggy character. 'Oh gosh. Really kinda wild,' Lyonne confesses of flirting with the solid superhero while visiting Entertainment Weekly's video studio for The Bad Guys 2. 'Ebon and I have known each other for a long time, but, well, it's kinky. I'll be honest.' She continues, "Yes. Super specific. But I just love him so much, I mean, he's such a good actor. We've known each other for a very long time, too, so it was very special to be a part of that."Rachel, a schoolteacher, and Ben, a cosmically altered rockman, have their own mini meet-cute in The First Steps when she encounters him playing with one of her students. Despite the pair hitting it off, Ben keeps his distance from Rachel out of fear of being rejected, but ultimately seeks her out at a local synagogue in the end. Lyonne, however, insists that the pair isn't that serious. "By the way, I'm also seeing four other rocks, you should know, at this time," she teases. "I won't name names." But, before anyone gets any ideas, Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson is not one of them. "Not the Rock!" she quickly clarifies. "I'm so sorry, I just don't want it to get tangled up." There may still be hope for Rachel and Ben's blooming romance — after all, the Fantastic Four are set to appear in Avengers: Doomsday, and if First Steps taught us anything, it's that the end of the world has a way of bringing people together. Check out more of . Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
6 days ago
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- Yahoo
Natasha Lyonne Gives the Little Black Dress a Lingerie-inspired Spin in Nina Ricci on ‘Jimmy Fallon,' Talks ‘Smurfs' Movie
Natasha Lyonne put a lingerie spin on the little black dress wardrobe staple in a midi look by Nina Ricci for her latest stop on the 'Smurfs' promotional tour. The actress made an appearance on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' on Thursday night in New York City. For her late-night appearance, Lyonne turned to stylist Brad Goreski, who notably worked with Oscar-nominated actress Demi Moore during her 'The Substance' awards season run. Goreski styled Lyonne's 'Tonight Show' ensemble, featuring the 'Poker Face' actress in a black dress with sheer lace elements courtesy of Nina Ricci. More from WWD Tom Brady Debuts $650,000 Signature Jacob & Co. Watch at E1 Monaco Grand Prix Marilyn Monroe's Clear Heels: How the Hollywood Star Kept Reinventing Her 'Cinderella Slippers' With Ribbons Best Beauty Moments at Las Culturistas Culture Awards: Mindy Kaling, Megan Stalter, Remi Wolf and More The sleeveless dress featured an angular V-shaped neckline, along with sheer lace elements on the bodice, hips and bottom-half section of the skirt. The slinky fabric provided Lyonne with a formfitting silhouette. Along with the dress, Lyonne wore a pair of black platform booties courtesy of Christian Louboutin. The actress further accessorized her look with delicate pieces of jewelry, including a necklace, bracelets and rings by Michael Saidian and Harkness Fine Jewelry. Backstage at 'The Tonight Show,' Lyonne also showcased her flame-red Ferragamo handbag, which added a pop of color to her overall sartorial statement, echoing the soles of her shoes. She also added a pair of black sunglasses for a summery spin. During her recent promotional stops for 'Smurfs,' Lyonne and Goreski collaborated on a series of looks evocative of the summertime season with playful elements. On Wednesday, Lyonne joined Nick Offerman and John Goodman to light up the Empire State Building in New York City. Goreski dressed Lyonne in a look courtesy of Shushu/Tong, featuring a minidress with blue florals. Her look also featured jewelry pieces by Dena Kemp and Clara Chehab. Directed by Chris Miller, 'Smurfs,' follows Smurfette, voiced by Rihanna, as she leads the Smurfs in rescuing Papa Smurf from the evil wizards Razamel and Gargamel. The film is based on the popular 1960s cartoon. 'Smurfs' is in theaters now. Natasha Lyonne Photos: Fashion Moments Through the Years View Gallery Launch Gallery: Natasha Lyonne Photos: Fashion Moments Through the Years Best of WWD Amanda Anisimova's On-court Tennis Style Through the Years: From Teen Phenom to Wimbledon Finalist A Look Back at Fourth of July Celebrations at the White House Princess Diana's Birthday Looks Through the Years: Her Sleek Black Jacques Azagury Dress, Vibrant Colors and More Solve the daily Crossword
Daily Mail
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Braless Natasha Lyonne stuns in a sheer sequinned gown as she enjoys Orange Is The New Black reunion with co-star Danielle Brooks at The Bad Guys 2 premiere in LA
looked nothing short of sensational at The Bad Guys 2 premiere in L os Angeles on Wednesday. The actress, 46, appeared in great spirits and posed up a storm as she enjoyed a red carpet reunion with Orange Is The New Black co-star Danielle Brooks, 35. Braless Natasha, who played Nicky Nichols in the Netflix prison drama, ensured all eyes were on her in a daring sheer sequinned gown for the screening. Her eye-catching outfit boasted a see through bejewelled corset, which left little to the imagination, along with a chic black satin maxi skirt. The actress accessorised with bejewelled heels and sparkling diomand jewellery, including chandelier earrings and a statement cuff. Meanwhile Oscar nominee Danielle, who played Tasha 'Taystee' Jefferson and also appears alongside Natasha in the Bad Guys sequel, cut an equally stylish figure. The stunner wore silk scarf top which she teamed with wide-legged floral trousers while adding extra height to her frame with quirky platforms. It comes after Natasha took an epic swipe at Hollywood's view of women ageing as she revealed film bosses compared her to her latest character. Her new voiceover role in the 2025 Smurfs movie that left her questioning Hollywood's viewpoint on women ageing in the industry. Appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, she revealed how she jumped at the chance to voice a character in the animation, not knowing who she would play. Though she thought she would play a character similar to 37-year-old Rihanna's glamorous Smurfette, Natasha admitted the bosses had another idea in store. Natasha explained: 'So, they said, ''You wanna be a Smurf in a picture?'' 'It's an email, I say, reply all, ''Sure, who doesn't?'' I mean, it's not Strawberry Shortcake, but I'll take it.' Natasha revealed she then discovered she had been cast as Mamma Poot, who is much less glamorous than she expected and boasts just one bottom tooth. Taking a cheeky swipe at Hollywood, Natasha joked: ''I'm a character called Mama Poot. Well, it's okay. I'm older now, and that's what they mean. 'Women, don't age in Hollywood or you'll become Mama Poot. The character they showed me is a hairball with one bottom snaggle tooth, not even a top (tooth). 'They're looking at me like, ''Isn't this charming that you guys seem so similar?'' I said, ''Yeah, no, it's definitely going to help me get dates, I'm sure''.' Natasha then reminded fans that she has a 'full set of real teeth', quipping: 'I'm really proud of that. Not Mama Poot, though!' Based on the iconic animated 80s series, the latest Smurf film in the franchise also stars James Corden, John Goodman, Xolo Mariduena, Octavia Spencer and Kurt Russell. It hit cinemas on Friday and is directed by Chris Miller, the creative mind behind Shrek, Puss in Boots, and Madagascar. At the heart of the new story lies a rescue mission with universal consequences and some very tiny heroes. When the wise and beloved Papa Smurf (John Goodman) is kidnapped by the sinister duo of wizards Razamel and Gargamel, the peaceful Smurf Village is thrown into chaos. Their only hope is none other than the fearless and fabulous Smurfette, played with dazzling flair by Rihanna.
Daily Mail
22-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Julia Garner, Pedro Pascal, and Natasha Lyonne lead the stars at The Fantastic Four premiere
Julia Garner, Pedro Pascal, and Natasha Lyonne lead the stars attending the LA premiere of The Fantastic Four: First Steps, which was held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on Monday. Julia looked leggy in a strapless blue metallic Gucci gown, featuring a thigh-high slit, with black stilettos heels selected by stylist Elizabeth Saltzman. Hairstylist Bobby Eliot straightened out the 31-year-old Wolf Man actress' platinum-blonde curls into a sleek side-parted updo, and make-up artist Zoë Taylor applied her white highlighter and neutral pout. Garner won the gender-swapped role of Silver Surfer over Get Out alum LaKeith Stanfield, and she studied comic books and surfing to prepare to play the Marvel baddie. When asked about the backlash by the BBC on July 11, the three-time Emmy winner scoffed: 'Oh, well, you know. I said, "I'm just going to still do my job." Also, it's Shalla-Bal [not the male Norrin Radd], so it's different.' Pedro donned a white blazer over a matching tank top with a b&w cravat around his neck, a red carnation in his lapel, black wide-leg trousers, and Oxfords selected by his brand new stylist Jamie Mizrahi. The Chilean 50-year-old studied an octopus to get an idea of how to convincingly play the flexible Fantastic Four leader Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic. As usual, Pascal was joined on the blue carpet by his transgender sister Lux Pascal. The 33-year-old Miss Carbón actress - whose gender affirmation was in 2021 - appeared amused as her famous brother helped shift and arrange the black gown selected by stylist Freddy Alonso. When asked about the backlash by the BBC on July 11, the three-time Emmy winner scoffed: 'Oh, well, you know. I said, "I'm just going to still do my job." Also, it's Shalla-Bal [not the male Norrin Radd], so it's different' Pedro donned a white blazer over a matching tank top with a b&w cravat around his neck, a red carnation in his lapel, black wide-leg trousers, and Oxfords selected by his brand new stylist Jamie Mizrahi The Chilean 50-year-old studied an octopus to get an idea of how to convincingly play the flexible Fantastic Four leader Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic The 33-year-old Miss Carbón actress - whose gender affirmation was in 2021 - appeared amused as her famous brother helped shift and arrange the black gown selected by stylist Freddy Alonso
Spectator
22-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Spectator
Will AI kill off Captchas?
It was a line on Poker Face (the excellent US detective drama currently streaming on Now TV) that piqued my interest. Hunched over a laptop, Natasha Lyonne's heroine, Charlie Cale, claimed to be working as a 'Captcha technician' – someone who solves those fiddly, occasionally infuriating internet puzzles for money. You know – the ones that ask you to 'Select all the squares with traffic lights', 'Select all the squares with bridges' or simply tick a box to say you're human before you can log into a website. Given the series has satirised everything from New York City rent controls to multi-level marketing schemes, I originally assumed it must be a joke. But not for the first time the writers had wrong-footed me: it's actually perfectly possible to earn money (around $1 per 1,000) by solving batches of Captchas from the comfort of your own home. Who pays for these services in the first place? Like many things involving the underlying plumbing of the internet, the answer isn't particularly pleasant. It turns out that the legions of hackers, bot networks and web-scrapers who make money from our data, sometimes with malicious intent, are often willing to pay remote workers in order to help them force entry to websites. So there you have it. But just one more thing, as Cale's predecessor Columbo used to say: why are Captchas still such a big deal in 2025 anyway, given that artificial intelligence is surely capable of differentiating between photos of motorbikes and fire hydrants? As much as we might find them annoying, Captchas, which were developed in the early 2000s, still play a vital role in keeping the internet safe, says Matt Bliss, technical director at agency This is Embrace. Though they have got less annoying over the years (apparently), with much of the work happening behind the scenes. 'We think that Captchas are about solving puzzles, but most of the time it's just computers talking to computers,' he tells me over Zoom. When you try to enter a website, things like your IP address, your browser version, your time zone and even your internet history can help verify that you're a genuine user. Even crossing that ubiquitous tick-box to say you're not a robot isn't without purpose, given that the Captcha can track the way that you moved the mouse. For example, if your clicker travelled in perfectly straight lines at a constant pace, it's more likely you're a bot. By the time you're asked to complete a puzzle, you've already been flagged as a risky prospect, at which point the system flips the burden of proof on to you to prove your innocence. In theory, the tests it gives you are meant to separate robots from humans (hence the full name for Captchas: 'Completely Automated Public Turing Tests to Tell Computers and Humans Apart'), but is that really the case? Not quite. Last year, a Zurich-based PhD researcher, Andreas Plesner, developed an AI model to solve the ubiquitous Google Captchas (the ones that use images from Google Maps) with 100 per cent accuracy. 'It was actually just a side project,' he tells me over Zoom from California, estimating that the entire endeavour took him and his colleague around ten hours a week over a single semester. So will AI mean the end of Captchas? Not necessarily, say cyber security experts. Ironically, some have even suggested that the age of AI could actually make it easier for websites to detect bots on the basis that they will be the ones who solve Captchas the quickest. By contrast, those users who pause or even make small mistakes are much more likely to be genuine (as Alexander Pope put it, 'to err is human'). If Captchas are here to stay, can they at least be improved, so we no longer end up in a loop of repetitive traffic light-based tasks? There are plenty of bright sparks working on that exact question. Researchers at the University of Genoa have devised an alternative test for smartphone users involving simple physical challenges (such as tilting your phone in a certain direction) which bots will find impossible. Meanwhile, programmers at the University of Alberta have suggested 'contextual Captchas' which ask intuitive questions (i.e. 'What do you think happened next?') based on Dilbert-style comic strips. In theory, sussing these kinds of human narratives will be harder for AI-driven bots to crack – at least for now. In the meantime, it isn't just the writers of Poker Face who are having fun with Captchas. On Reddit, a small community of devotees post screenshots of particularly surreal examples of Captcha. Meanwhile the website World's Hardest Captcha has turned some of the most recognisable formats into a nightmare vortex of endless puzzles, each more difficult than the last. As for Charlie Cale's side-hustle solving Captchas for beer money, it looks like it's safe for now. So perhaps those poor souls in less prosperous countries making their living toiling away on platforms like 2Captcha and CapSolver can also provide some welcome perspective to the rest of us. After all, if you think having to identify images of tractors when you use a new wifi network is a pain in the neck, then imagine having to do it all day for a job. Forget 'I am not a robot': after eight hours of Captchas, you may feel like you might as well be.
