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Danny DeVito Recalls Crushing on Co-star Michelle Pfeiffer During Batman Returns: 'She Was a Goddess'
Danny DeVito recently shared how he felt working alongside Michelle Pfeiffer on Tim Burton's 1992 film Batman Returns. In an interview for Variety's Actors on Actors series, DeVito described Pfeiffer as a 'goddess' and admitted, 'I lusted after her.' Playing the Penguin to Pfeiffer's Catwoman, he confessed that her presence made him self-conscious. 'If I knew she was going to be in a scene that day…I got all flushed. Put extra makeup on, 'Give me another pound of makeup.' It was very difficult,' DeVito recalled. DeVito clarified that it was his character, Oswald Cobblepot, not him personally, who was 'lustful.' He laughed when co-star Colin Farrell asked if Pfeiffer ever called security on him. DeVito replied, 'I kind of feel like she liked it. She liked Oswald.' His remark suggests that Pfeiffer appreciated the energy he brought as a Penguin. Despite playing a despicable character, DeVito made it clear he never carried that role home. Asked whether he ever took the character home, Danny DeVito firmly replied that he went home to Rhea Perlman and the kids. DeVito and Perlman have been married since 1982 and share three children: Lucy, Gracie, and Jack. Though the couple separated in 2017, they remain married. DeVito shared that regardless of the brutal or despicable roles he plays, he always sheds that persona once he leaves the set. Meanwhile, Michelle Pfeiffer continues to impress fans with stunning, makeup-free selfies that showcase her ageless looks. In April, she was honored with a hand and footprints ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, appearing in a chic black suit and satin blouse. Pfeiffer has been married to TV writer and producer David E. Kelley since 1993. The couple shares two children: Claudia, 32, and John, 30. DeVito and Farrell also discussed their views on alcohol. Farrell, sober since 2005, influenced DeVito to cut back. DeVito admitted he still enjoys just a sip of wine and likes gin martinis with cigars. However, when he's on the health kick, he avoids alcohol altogether. Both actors agreed they feel much better without heavy drinking.
Al-Ahram Weekly
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Al-Ahram Weekly
Tamer Hosny collaborates with Al-Shami in new song
Egyptian star Tamer Hosny and Syrian artist Al-Shami released a new song titled Maleket Gamal El-Kon (Miss Universe) on Saturday, which is currently number 1 on Trending for Music on YouTube. Written and composed by the duo, the track has garnered over 3.4 million views on the platform in just one day. The romantic song and its accompanying music video mark the first collaboration between the two artists. In the music video, each artist charmingly flirts with a girl while singing romantic lyrics. The Egyptian pop singer, songwriter, and actor began his career in 2002. He first gained recognition through his mixtape collaborations with Egyptian star Sherine. Since then, Hosny has become one of the biggest pop stars in Egypt and the wider Arab world, releasing over 13 top-selling albums. His music has been featured in several television series and is performed extensively across the region. Hosny has collaborated with international artists, including Snoop Dogg and Shaggy. He also collaborated with Arab musicians, such as Rim Banna, Latifa, Souad Massi, and Ramy Sabry. In 2017, he became the first Arab artist to have his handprint and footprint immortalised at Hollywood's iconic TCL Chinese Theatre. Al-Shami, 22, released his debut song One Day in 2021. He then rose to fame in 2023 with his track Ya Leil W Yal Ein, which amassed 257 million views on YouTube. Despite his young age, the Syrian artist has several other tracks that exceeded 100 million views on the platform, including Sametek Sama, Befdiki, Sabran, Wein, Dwali, and Doctor. Al-Shami won the Best Song award at the 2024 Joy Awards for Ya Leil W Yal Ein. At the end of 2024, Al-Shami received four trophies from the Billboard Arabia Music Awards: Top Levantine Song, Top Indie Arab Song for his track Sabra, Best Levantine Artist, and Artist of the Year – Levantine Dialect -- making him one of the most celebrated artists. Follow us on: Facebook Instagram Whatsapp Short link:
Forbes
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
How A Fake Decapitation Landed Directors ‘Final Destination Bloodlines'
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MAY 12: Directors Adam B. Stein (L) and Zach Lipovsky seen at New Line ... More Cinema's "Final Destination: Bloodlines" World Premiere at TCL Chinese Theatre on May 12, 2025 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Warner Bros. via Getty Images) When it came to getting the chance to direct Final Destination Bloodlines, Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein knew that it was a job to die for — or at least give the impression they were willing to die for it. Lipovsky and Stein — a directing team who met on Steven Spielberg's FOX TV reality competition On the Lot in 2007 and went on to co-direct their first feature, Freaks, in 2018 — were among the 200 filmmakers in contention to direct what was then known as Final Destination 6 in 2022. Looking to set themselves apart from their competitors for the coveted filmmaking gig, Lipovsky and Stein decided to take a Final Destination-like approach to getting the attention of executives at Warner Bros. subsidiary New Line Cinema. In a recent Zoom conversation to discuss what is now known as Final Destination Bloodlines, the directors recalled how they pulled off the movie magic that landed them the job. Stein said the trickery began while he and Lipovsky were showing studio representatives images during a Zoom presentation. 'We were in a small square off to the side and while screen sharing the images, we switched to a virtual background, which allows you to put a video in the background of your shot,' Stein recalled. 'Zach is a VFX whiz, so he was able to create a virtual background that came to life and we stepped out of the Zoom and to allow our virtual selves to come into the background in a way that felt seamless.' What followed was a fake fire they was extinguished and a ceiling fan was put on to clear the smoke. If that wasn't surprising enough to the studio reps, the fan went haywire and one of its blades caused Stein's shocking faux death. 'I got my head cut off and fell out of the frame and Zach jumped backward and then switched off the virtual background very quickly so that our live selves could come back into the real background.' However, Stein's decapitation scene lasted long enough to frighten the studio reps. 'The room was on fire and then they realized, 'Oh, they planned this,' and they kind of applauded thinking it was over,' Lipovsky recalled. 'Then they were incredibly surprised when the ceiling fan fell down and chopped Adam's head off and Tarantino-level blood was spurting all over the place.' Essentially, Lipovsky said, he and Stein wanted to create an experience for studio executives on the call that was akin to the feeling of watching a Final Destination movie. 'One of the really tricky things about pitching when you're trying to get a job is pitching what the tone of the movie was going to feel like,' Lipovsky explained. 'You can say it's going to be scary, surprising or funny, but by [creating the fire and the fake death] we were able to give them the experience and having the delight of showing that we understood the tone of Final Destination.' The only downside of the experience was that Lipovsky and Stein's creative Zoom meeting won't ever make it to their highlight reel. 'They didn't record the Zoom and they've been kicking themselves ever since,' Stein said, laughing. Playing in Thursday previews and opening in theaters everywhere on Friday, Final Destination Bloodlines begins with the torment a college student named Stefanie (Kaitlyn Santa Juana) suffers as she keeps having recurring nightmares about woman who turns out to be her grandmother Iris (Brec Bassinger). The nightmare takes place in 1968 atop a Seattle Space Needle-like tower called the Skyview, which houses a posh restaurant and lounge with a clear glass floor that gives a breathtaking view of the hundreds of feet below them. However, in a series of events that unfolds like the machinations of a Rube Goldberg device, the tower soon explodes into flames and glass windows and floor shatter, sending patrons falling to their grisly deaths. Eventually, Stefanie comes to discover that her nightmare was actually a premonition that Iris had and she was able to warn everybody in the club before all hell broke loose. But as anyone whose seen a Final Destination movie knows, if you escape what is supposed to be your death, death will come looking for you to finish the job. In the case of Final Destination Bloodlines, however, death is not only coming for the people who escaped the Skyview disaster, but all of their blood relatives who came after them, including Stefanie. The Skyview scene in "Final Destination Bloodlines.' True, while the odds of falling from a skyscraper are astronomical in real life, Lipovsky and Stein also made sure to weave some deaths into Final Destination Bloodlines that were completely plausible — like the backyard barbecue mishap in the film's wildly unnerving trailer. 'Everyone has that feeling all day of, 'Oh, this is a little off, but it'll be fine,' like every time you get on a plane to every time you walk across the street to every time you take a subway,' Lipovsky said. 'There are small things in your everyday life where there's this voice that's like, 'Eh? It'll be all right.' So, every time we had that feeling we went, "You know what? What if it wasn't, right? Let's put that in the movie, so you constantly have this awareness.'' As such, Lipovsky said Final Destination Bloodlines — as fantastical as it may seem — will also inspire a feeling of relatability with its audiences. 'What makes this movie work is that there are these very relatable, everyday things that everyone experiences,' Lipovsky said. 'Everyone's tried to light a barbecue that's not quite lighting, you know?' Rated R, Final Destination Bloodlines plays in Thursday previews before opening in theaters everywhere on Friday.
Newsweek
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
Fox News Panelist Camryn Kinsey Shares Update After Collapsing on Air
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Former White House official and political commentator Camryn Kinsey said she will be returning to Fox News this week after collapsing live on air during an appearance on the network on Thursday night. "You think about it, you're like, 'Do I wanna go back on TV?'" Kinsey said to the New York Post. "But knowing that I have so many people in my corner, who are genuinely concerned for my well-being and want to see me keep going…that's anything that I could ever want." Newsweek has contacted Kinsey for comment via messages on social media. Camryn Kinsey attends the Los Angeles premiere of "Reagan" at TCL Chinese Theatre on August 20, 2024, in Hollywood, California. Camryn Kinsey attends the Los Angeles premiere of "Reagan" at TCL Chinese Theatre on August 20, 2024, in Hollywood, Context Kinsey had been on Fox News @ Night to comment on former President Joe Biden's recent media appearances. "So this is about incompetency, it's not about uh, uh, ideology or uh, it's not about," she said, before falling from her seat. "We're just going to get some help her for Camryn," Jonathan Hunt, the show's host, said before trying to hand the show to another presenter. What To Know Kinsey told the Post that she had never fainted before and the episode was likely due to "severe dehydration." She said her shoulder broke her fall so "there's no concussion or bruising." Kinsey was the external relations director at the presidential personnel office from August 2020 until President Donald Trump's first term ended in January 2021, according to her LinkedIn account. "Only in Trump's America could I go from working in a gym to working in the White House, because that's the American dream," she said in an interview with The Conservateur website. "President Trump takes chances on hiring young people to deliver innovative ideas and policy prescriptions." She later worked at the conservative One America News Network before setting up her own public relations company last year. What People Are Saying Camryn Kinsey thanked the Fox News team and EMTs for responding quickly in a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Friday morning, writing: "It was an unexpected and frightening moment, but thanks to their professionalism and kindness, I'm doing well." She added: "I'm taking it slow, staying hydrated, letting my body rest, and thanking the Lord that everything is okay. It may not have been how I planned to end the segment, but I'll be back on your TV soon. Hopefully long enough to finally finish my point about Kamala!" Fox News said in a statement provided to Newsweek on Thursday: "After Fox News @ Night guest Camryn Kinsey fainted during a live on-air appearance last night in our Los Angeles bureau, paramedics were called and she was treated and cleared. We are happy to hear she is now feeling much better and wish her a speedy recovery." What's Next Kinsey said she is set to return to Fox News @ Night next week.
Forbes
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Marilyn Manson Charts Another No. 1 — And Several New Top 10s
Marilyn Manson's cover of "In the Air Tonight" debuts at No. 1 on Billboard's Hard Rock Digital Song ... More Sales chart and hits five rankings in its first week. HOLLYWOOD, CA - MAY 08: Marilyn Manson attends the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' "King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword" at TCL Chinese Theatre on May 8, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by) Despite serious controversies and legal issues, Marilyn Manson's fanbase has remained loyal. The rocker returns to the Billboard charts this week with brand new music, and he scores another immediate No. 1 right out of the gate with his latest tune. It seems that those who have followed his work for years are still intent on snapping up anything he delivers — especially the moment it becomes available. Manson and his band recently covered "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins. The track has become a surprise bestseller in several nations, especially in the United States. This frame, the tune launches on five Billboard charts, most of which are dedicated to pure purchases. It opens inside the top 10 on all but one of them, and even gives Manson another ruler to his credit. "In the Air Tonight" opens at No. 1 on the Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart. Despite his longstanding success in that genre, Manson has now collected just three No. 1s on this list, and he only began earning them fairly recently after Billboard introduced the tally, which focuses solely on the bestselling hard rock cuts throughout the U.S., just a few years ago. Manson first hit No. 1 on the Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart in August 2020 with "We Are Chaos." He doubled his sum in August of the following year — which is becoming a special month for the musician — when "Sick of the Secrets Within" launched in first place. Both tunes held the top spot for just one frame. Throughout his career, Manson has scored a lucky 13 top 10s on the Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart. A few of those tracks — such as his cover of "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)," as well as "Deep Six" and "Raise the Red Flag" — missed out on the summit by just one space. He has pushed a total of 16 tracks onto the tally, with only three failing to reach the uppermost region. "In the Air Tonight" just misses out on becoming a No. 1 on two other rankings at the same time. It starts at No. 2 on both the Alternative Digital Song Sales and Rock Digital Song Sales charts. It marks Manson's fifth top 10 on the alternative list and sixth on the rock-only ranking. Manson also collects his fifth top 10 on the Hot Hard Rock Songs ranking this time around. "In the Air Tonight" debuts at No. 10, just barely managing to sneak into that uppermost region on the roster, which measures the most consumed and most popular hard rock-only smashes in the nation. In its first full tracking frame of availability, Manson's cover of "In the Air Tonight" sold just under 2,200 copies, according to Luminate. That sum is just enough to bring it to the Digital Song Sales chart, where it launches at No. 22. That position now marks a new all-time high for Manson on the list of the bestselling songs in America. His previous best (and only other hit), "God's Gonna Cut You Down," spent one week at No. 37 half a decade ago. The ranking now only features 25 spots, so "God's Gonna Cut You Down" wouldn't have even reached the roster this time around.
