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Pink Villa
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
Denzel Washington Snaps at Photographer at 2025 Cannes Film Festival: Here's All About Their Heated Argument
Denzel Washington happens to be one of the most prominent names in the Hollywood film industry. And while a lot of big names are known to attend the highly acclaimed film festival, Cannes, the actor from Man on Fire was seen to be involved in a heated argument, that too with a photographer. As per reports, Denzel Washington had had enough of a pushy photographer on the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival. This was during Spike Lee's outing, Highest 2 Lowest. In case you might not know, Denzel Washington happens to lead the movie. Interestingly, the outing is a fifth feature that the Remember the Titans actor has done with Spike Lee. Also, this was the first time Denzel Washington had attended the Cannes Film Festival since 1993's Much Ado About Nothing. A video posted by the New York Post showed the actor from The Magnificent Seven pointing a finger at the photographer while also shouting 'stop' at him. Further in the footage, the photographer is seen trying to laugh off the confrontation when Denzel Washington approaches him. The photographer can be even seen putting his hand around the actor's arm, as Washington was seen pulling his arm away and again screaming to stop. It is crucial to know that the photographers at the Cannes Film Festival are known to be shouty as they wish to grab the attention of stars present at the highly acclaimed event. Meanwhile, the actor was awarded a surprise Honorary Palme d'Or by Lee before the screening of Highest 2 Lowest, during its premiere. Not only that, but the director of Cannes, Thierry Fremaux, also introduced a montage of Washington's films that included Malcolm X, as well as Mo' Better Blues, which happens to be some other works by Lee.
Axios
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
Weekender: 34 things to do in Charlotte this Mother's Day weekend
This Mother's Day weekend, there are plenty of sweet events, from brunch to bouquet building. Friday, May 9 👩🍳 Learn how to make laminated dough for classic croissants, pain au chocolate and almond croissants at Sweet Spot Studios. | $75 | 6pm | Details 🏃♂️ Meet at Rally Pickleball every Friday for a 3.5-mile run and stick around for post-run outdoor games, followed by an outdoor screening of "Remember the Titans." | Free | 6pm | Details 🛍️ Buy a limited-edition "Unstoppable Vibes" t-shirt from 704 Shop. Proceeds benefit nonprofit Girls on the Run. | Free | Time | Details 👯♀️ Watch a cabaret show at the Old Courthouse Theatre in Concord. | $18-$23 | 7:30pm | Details 🎤 Step up to an open mic night, with poetry, live music and wine at Dupp & Swatt in Camp North End. | $19.14 | 6pm | Details 🐐 Practice yoga with a goat and enjoy a post-flow beer at Triple C Brewing. | $36.37 | 6:30-7:30pm | Details 🧠 Test your knowledge of romantic comedy movies with trivia at Suffolk Punch Brewing South End. | Free | 7-9pm | Details 🏒 Cheer on the Charlotte Checkers as they take on the Providence Bruins at Bojangles Coliseum. | $34.20+ | 7pm | Details ⚽️ Watch Crown Legacy FC play against Inter Miami CF II at Sportsplex in Matthews. | $14+ | 7pm | Details 🎪 Take the entire family to see the UniverSoul Circus at the Route 29 Pavilion in Concord. | $41+ | 7pm | Details ⚾️ Grab a beer and hot dog while you watch the Charlotte Knights knock it out of the park when they play against the Memphis Redbirds at Truist Field. | $36.97+ | 7:04pm | Details 🎵 Vibe to singer Victor Manuelle live in concert at Ovens Auditorium. | $65.40+ | 8pm | Details 🩰 Watch a ballet performance at Knight Theater accompanied by the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra. | Runs through Sunday | Details Saturday, May 10 🫖 Have a mother-daughter afternoon tea at The Ballantyne Hotel with seasonal treats and a glass of sparkling wine. | $35-$70 | 1pm | Details 🐶 Meet adoptable dogs at Vaulted Oak Brewing's dog adoption event. | Free | 3-7pm | Details 🍷 Sip unlimited samples of wine and craft beer at Pop N Pour Wine Festival in Charlotte with 20+ drink stations, live music and local vendors. | $25-50 | 1pm | Details 🎨 Paint a vinyl and sip wine with your mom at Southern Lion in Pineville. | $42.50 - $50 | 2pm | Details 🗝️ Grab your friend and try to solve puzzles in an escape room in Concord. | $35.99+ | 8:20am | Details 🛍️ Shop for craft goods from an artisan alley at Fonta Flora Brewery in Optimist Hall. | Free | Times vary | Details 🤣 Laugh at jokes from local comedians at Monarch Market in Uptown. | Free | 7pm | Details 🏺 Shop for handmade goods from 100 local artists at Camp North End's pottery festival. | Free | 10am-5pm | Details 🎷 Listen to saxophonist Kim Waters at Middle C Jazz. | $49.65-$60.65 | 6:30pm | Details 🏃♂️ Run, walk, skip, or dance your way through Memorial Stadium as part of the Meck Mile. | $35+ | 2pm | Details 🎤 See R&B artists Joe, Musiq Soulchild and Eric Benét perform at Bojangles Coliseum. | $83.40+ | 8pm | Details 🎶 Hear rapper and producer G-Eazy perform during his tour stop at The Underground. | $48 | 8pm | Details 🎵 Listen to sounds from Charlotte-based indie rock band Evening Elephants at The Music Yard. | $21.54 | 6pm | Details Sunday, May 11 🛍️ Treat your mom to a shopping spree at Birkdale Village Commons Market with local vendors and don't leave without taking a professional photo for memories. | Free | 11am | Details ☕️ Celebrate Mother's Day over a latte, a list of local vendors and snag a bouquet while supplies last at Night Swim Coffee. | Free | 10am | Details 🍩 Enjoy a Mother's Day brunch at The Chamber by Wooden Robot with gluten-free donuts, espresso martinis, coffee, mimosas and beer. | Free | 10am | Details 🧘♀️ Start your day with a yoga session followed by brunch at Whitewater Center. | $50 | 9:30am | Details 👗 Shop for vintage finds from Thrift Pony's outdoor market in front of the Ford Building. | Free | 11am-5pm | Details 🍽️ Indulge in an all-you-can-eat variety of hot and cold Spanish-style tapas at Catalú in South End. | $29-$68 | 11am-3pm | Details 🕯️ Take your mom to make a custom candle while you sip on a complimentary glass of champagne at Paddywax. | $50 | 11am-5pm | Details 🌸 Stroll through Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden with live music, build bouquets and grab a meal from local food trucks onsite. | $8-$20 | 10am-5pm | Details
Daily Mirror
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
'I was huge star in 2000s now no one recognises me after massive transformation'
Ethan Suplee was a regular fixture in TV shows and films during the 90s and early 2000s but the actor was often type-cast in roles that were dictated by his weight Hollywood stars are often typecast in certain roles based on their physical appearance, but one well-known sitcom actor decided he'd had enough of being stereotyped as the "fat guy". He subsequently embarked on an incredible transformation, shedding nearly 20 stone in the process. Ethan Suplee, a familiar face in popular sitcoms from the early 2000s such as Boy Meets World, My Name Is Earl, and Remember the Titans, made the bold decision to turn his life around. Back in 2001, Suplee struggled with a damaging relationship with food, leading to a constant weight gain. At the age of 24, he checked into a rehab centre for addiction, only to discover that the facility's standard scales couldn't accommodate his size. Instead, he had to use a freight scale at a shipping centre, which revealed a startling weight of around 536 pounds (approximately 37 stone). This excessive weight put him at risk of congestive heart failure. Ironically, Suplee gained another 14 pounds during his recovery from substance addiction. In an interview with Today, he admitted: "I'd eat and eat. It's what I'd always done.", reports the Irish Star. Reflecting on the root of his unhealthy habits, Suplee attributed it to his grandparents' well-intentioned but restrictive diet: "It was coming from a place of love and concern, but it had this terrible reverse effect where I was like, 'OK. I'm just gonna sneak food whenever I possibly can.' And that became my habit. I would binge when nobody was looking." This quickly became a problem with the vast catering of film and TV sets: "I'd fill my pockets and go back to my trailer. Then I'd hit a drive-thru and buy enough food to feed a small family and sit in my house alone and eat it." But following an extraordinary transformation, the actor has revamped his eating habits and lifestyle, dropping an astonishing 300 pounds along the way. Despite having experimented with various restrictive diets in the past and observing some success, he always found himself regaining the weight. His turning point came in 2018 when he stumbled upon a TED Talk by Mike Isratel, which suggested that carbs might not be the culprit but rather his overall relationship with food. Starting with calorie counting, he adjusted his intake to create a slight caloric deficit tailored to his body's needs. Moreover, he switched to more nutritious options such as vegetables, chicken, and salmon, ensuring he could satiate his hunger without consuming excessive calories. He explained: "As I became more calorie conscious, I started to binge less and fill up on healthier foods. After a few months of this, calories stopped being calories. They started being food." Currently a grandfather and father to four daughters, the prospect of a long future with his family was a key motivator for his weight loss journey. In a heart-to-heart with Mail Online, Suplee said: "I wanted to have this long life with my girlfriend that I knew was impossible if I didn't do something about my weight. "She liked to go to the beach, and I did not like to go to the beach. She liked to go to museums, she liked to go hiking. She liked to go on walks just to enjoy the walk, and I couldn't do any of that stuff with her. "Now she never asked me to [lose weight], but I knew that in the long term, our relationship would not survive if I didn't confront this."
Daily Record
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
Huge noughties TV star's incredible transformation after shedding almost 20stone
Ethan Suplee has been a familiar face on TV screens for decades, but the actor was sick of always being type-cast as the 'fat guy' and knew he needed to make a change Actors often get pigeonholed into roles based on their physical appearance. However, a renowned sitcom star, tired of being referred to as the "fat one," underwent a dramatic transformation, losing nearly 20 stone. During the early 2000s, Ethan Suplee became a familiar face in several classic sitcoms, including Boy Meets World, My Name Is Earl, and Remember the Titans. However, in 2001, at 24, Suplee struggled with an unhealthy relationship with food, which caused a sharp weight increase. That same year, after enrolling in a rehab centre for his substance addictions, Suplee could not be weighed on a standard scale, so he used a shipping facility's freight scale. This indicated his weight to be around 536 pounds or about 37 stone. At the time, his weight was causing congestive heart failure. Despite his rehabilitation, Suplee put on another 14 pounds initially. Discussing his habits with Today, he confessed: "I'd eat and eat. It's what I'd always done.", reports the Irish Star. He attributed his eating habits to the strict diet regimen enforced by his grandparents while growing up. It had the opposite effect: "It was coming from a place of love and concern, but it had this terrible reverse effect where I was like, 'OK. I'm just gonna sneak food whenever I possibly can.' And that became my habit. I would binge when nobody was looking. "This quickly became an issue with the extensive catering on film and TV sets: "I'd fill my pockets and go back to my trailer. Then I'd hit a drive-thru and buy enough food to feed a small family and sit in my house alone and eat it." However, following an extraordinary transformation, the actor has radically altered his lifestyle and dietary habits, managing to lose 300 pounds along the way. He had experimented with various restrictive diets in the past, achieving some success, but inevitably, the weight would always return. It was in 2018 when he stumbled upon a TED Talk by Mike Isratel, which suggested that carbs might not be the culprit, but rather his relationship with food. Starting his new regimen, he concentrated on calorie counting and consuming just the right amount of calories for his body to sustain a slight deficit. Additionally, he switched to nutrient-rich foods like leafy greens, chicken, and salmon, which were satisfying without contributing to excessive calorie intake. He explained: "As I became more calorie conscious, I started to binge less and fill up on healthier foods. After a few months of this, calories stopped being calories. They started being food." Now a grandfather and father to four daughters, the desire for a lasting future became a driving force behind his journey. In a conversation with Mail Online, Suplee shared: "I wanted to have this long life with my girlfriend that I knew was impossible if I didn't do something about my weight. "She liked to go to the beach, and I did not like to go to the beach. She liked to go to museums, she liked to go hiking. She liked to go on walks just to enjoy the walk, and I couldn't do any of that stuff with her. "Now she never asked me to [lose weight], but I knew that in the long term, our relationship would not survive if I didn't confront this."
Daily Mail
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Southern town's economy booming thanks to long-forgotten tween drama
A small Georgia town that served as the backdrop to a 2000s tween drama is still living off the fanfare years later. Covington is home for only 14,700 people and is not even 14 square miles long, but the tiny town located 35 miles outside of Atlanta has had plenty of shows filmed there, including The Vampire Diaries, featuring Canadian actress Nina Dobrev. One of the most recognizable spots on the show was clocktower downtown, which appeared in all eight seasons of the CW show, which ran from 2009 to 2017. In one scene, Ian Somerhalder and Dobrev's characters leap from the cornice of the tower hand-in-hand in the second season. The show, although set in a fake town called Mystic Falls, was primarily shot in the Georgia town and its fans keep coming to explore the filming locations even years later, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Other shows, such as Dukes of Hazzard, Remember the Titans, and Sweet Magnolias, have all called parts of Covington home while filming. 'I tell people I see gold all over the ground throughout the state, and all we have to do is grab it,' Lynda Lee Smith, the founder of Entertainment Tourism Alliance of Georgia, told The Journal-Constitution. She sees the small town continue to grow as long as its entertainment business does, as film crews often hire local talent, shop and eat in town, and fill hotels during shoot days. Nina Dobrev in character at the Mystic Grill. The show's success is such a big win for the town that they see people as far as Australia coming to check out the filming locations And now fans want to experience these places for real. In 2014, the Mystic Grill gutted the inside to make it look just like the show, which later prompted its owner, Angi Beszborn, to hope Mystic Mercantile, which sells The Vampire Diaries merchandise, the outlet said. Beszborn even tracked down some of the set's original builders to recreate Salvatore's living room in the show, where brothers Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Damon (Somerhalder) talked about Dobrov's character, the outlet said. 'I probably had a million dollar's worth of stuff I could have sold that I just put in the dump,' Carpenter, James Wheeler, who worked on the original set, told The Journal-Constitution. The show's success is such a big win for the town that they see people as far as Australia coming to check out the filming locations. 'Fans come from all over the world. Brazil and Europe. We had some just here from Australia,' Mystic Mercantile Manager, Carin Rutledge, told The Journal-Constitution. 'When I ask them why they came here, they say: "For this."' Other places, like Ace's Used Cars and Hazzard's Square in Dukes of Hazzard were filmed at First Baptist Church and the town's square, respectively. Mystic Grill also served as Brooke's restaurant and the Lee-Porter House was The Corner Spa in Sweet Magnolias, among other locations. Despite several successful shows filming in the town, film productions in Georgia overall are on the decline, according to The Journal-Constitution. Productions spent 37 percent less in the 2024 fiscal years as they did in the year prior, the outlet reported. The Peach State also dropped from 412 productions to 273. So the state is looking to continue to capitalize on entertainment tourism and the fans dying to step foot inside their favorite film sets - or at least as close as possible. Different hangouts and events surrounding the productions that had previously filmed there are popping up and new souvenir shops too. Epic conventions brought in more than 15,000 visitors to Covington in 2023, The Journal-Constitution said. Despite the shows ending years ago, some fans aren't ready to let it go and Covington is making a bunch on that demand.
