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Yahoo
4 days ago
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- Yahoo
Pedro Pascal just make every gay & girlie's fantasy come true with three words
Pedro Pascal knows exactly what he's doing. During a recent interview with Fandango promoting Materialists, Celine Song's Past Lives follow-up and unexpected swing into romantic comedy, Pascal sat between fellow stars Dakota Johnson and Chris Evans, serving chaos, charm, and more than a few suggestive glances. At one point, the trio was asked to share their 'unicorn traits,' or the unique qualities that make them relationship material. Evans went the earnest route, calling himself 'very supportive.' Johnson joked that she's selfish. And then Pascal, with a sly smile and dramatic pause, delivered the line we've all been desperate to hear: 'I'm a pleaser.' Cue everyone melting. — (@) The interview, part of Materialists' early promo push, offered a glimpse at the chemistry behind the film's central love triangle, which follows Lucy (Johnson), a Manhattan matchmaker, as she finds herself torn between the broke actor she left behind (Evans) and the rich new man who walks into her life (Pascal). Inspired by classic '80s romcoms like Broadcast News and Terms of Endearment, Materialists seems poised to revive the genre with both elegance and emotional wreckage. But while Pascal may be channeling Harrison Ford in Working Girl onscreen, offscreen, he's doing something even more powerful. This week, he joined over 100 artists, including Ariana Grande, Dua Lipa, and Daniel Radcliffe, in signing an open letter from The Trevor Project opposing the proposed elimination of $50 million in federal funding for LGBTQ+ youth suicide prevention. 'We will not stay silent,' the letter declares. 'Stripping away this lifeline leaves LGBTQ+ youth with the message that their lives are not worth saving. We refuse to accept that message.' So yes, Pascal is a pleaser. But he's also a protector. A unicorn with range, if you will. It's yet another reason in our growing list of why Pascal will forever have a place in our hearts. Check out the full Fandango interview below: - YouTube Materialists hits theaters June 13.
New York Post
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
How Hollywood almost screwed up ‘Die Hard,' ‘Grease' and ‘Saturday Night Fever'
It was 1977, and Barry Diller — just a few years into his tenure as CEO of Paramount Studios ‚ was sitting down for a preview of 'Saturday Night Fever' at the Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles when a publicist leaned in to give him a piece of advice. '[John] Travolta's the problem,' the publicist hissed at him, according to Diller's new memoir, 'Who Knew,' out Tuesday. 'He's a television person. You don't put a television person in a movie. The kid just doesn't put asses in seats.' Diller, who was just 35 at the time and still trying to prove himself in the industry, recalls thinking, 'Well, not old Hollywood asses.' 12 In his new book, 'Who Knew,' Barry Diller shares stories from his decades working in Hollywood. 12 Diller writes of how people told him that John Travolta was wrong for 'Saturday Night Fever.' When the movie was a massive hit, Diller was vindicated. Courtesy Everett Collection The movie opened nationwide just two weeks later, becoming an overnight blockbuster. 'There were vast lines around the block at every theater across America,' Diller writes. Paramount, which had dropped to a distant fifth place among the major studios after Diller took over, jumped to No. 1 again. For Diller, it was sweet vindication, especially given how many former executives from Paramount were 'actively mocking' him 'as a parvenu who was destroying their institution,' Diller writes. But during his 10 years with the studio — from 1974 to 1984 — he championed some of the most beloved films of the last century, like 'Raiders of the Lost Ark,' 'Terms of Endearment' and 'Beverly Hills Cop.' He also, he writes, oversaw his fair share of bombs, including William Friedkin's 'The Sorcerer' — a bloated, over-budget 'nightmare' from 'The French Connection' director that demonstrated 'the sheer perversity of some Hollywood luminaries.' And then there was 'The Last Tycoon,' starring Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Jack Nicholson and Robert Mitchum and directed by Elia Kazan of 'On the Waterfront' fame. 'What could go wrong?' Diller asks. 'Everything. I knew it wasn't going to work when I saw the first assemblage.' 12 Diller championed some of the 20th century's most beloved films, including 'Beverly Hills Cop' with Eddie Murphy and Taylour Paige. ©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection But 'Saturday Night Fever' changed 'how movies got made,' Diller writes. The script wasn't pitched as a project for a pre-established A-lister. 'No stars, no pedigree, no package, no nothing — just a good idea,' Diller writes. Even director John Badham, a mostly unproven TV guy, was a risk. 'All these Frankenstein-like parts came together while all those around us thought we were amateurs,' Diller writes. 'It was heady stuff, and quite a shock to the naysayers.' Before coming to Paramount, Diller had cut his teeth at ABC during the 1960s and early '70s, where he invented the Movie of the Week and the miniseries. 12 Diller was CEO of Paramount when iconic films such as 'Terms of Endearment' were made. ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection But the movie industry offered him a new challenge. Unlike TV, it was a business 'where ego and self-promotion corroded everything,' Diller writes. Even his boss, Charlie Bluhdorn, ran the company 'like an old-time emperor.' Diller remembers that Bluhdorn would call him randomly with ridiculous ideas for new movies that he was certain would become 'the blockbuster of all time,' Diller writes. Like 'the tale of Sitting Bull and Hitler at war with each other.' Diller trusted his instincts, which weren't always correct. The movies he championed at Paramount were often 'just darts thrown at the board,' he admits. 'I had to pitch and roll with whatever came my way. That made me a mark for every promoter and rascal in the film industry.' 12 Not all of Diller's movies were big successes. He writes that 'Lipstick' with Margaux Hemingway was 'the essence of putting lipstick on a pig.' Courtesy Everett Collection Some of his lesser achievements include 'Lipstick' with Margaux Hemingway ('the essence of putting lipstick on a pig,' he writes), 'The Big Bus' ('a parody of disaster movies that ended up just being a disaster'), and Roman Polanski's 'The Tenant' (a 'small film that had an even smaller audience'). Even Diller's successes came with controversy. During an advance screening of 'Marathon Man' in San Francisco in 1976, the audience became irate during the notorious 'Is it safe?' scene, in which the Nazi villain (played by Laurence Olivier) tortures Dustin Hoffman's character with dental instruments. Viewers weren't 'prepared for such invasive violence to sweet Dustin's teeth,' the author writes. 'They shouted and booed at what we were doing to them, and many charged up the aisles, enraged.' Diller claims he had to be evacuated from a movie theater for his own safety. 12 Diller writes of the controversy surrounding a scene in 'Marathon Man' where Dustin Hoffman is tortured with dental instruments. Courtesy Everett Collection Some of his most ambitious projects, like a 1976 remake of 'King Kong,' were almost derailed by bad decisions behind the scenes. It was brought to him by the Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis, who insisted 'he'd acquired the remake rights, but of course, being Dino, he really hadn't,' Diller writes. One day De Laurentiis called him and announced, 'I've found the actress to play [the lead in 'King Kong']. She's right now a model with no acting experience, but I'm sure she'll be a star.' Diller was hesitant but curious, and asked if they should give this up-and-coming model a screen test. 'Yes,' De Laurentiis allegedly told him. 'But first I want to have her breasts augmented.' The model was future Academy Award winner Jessica Lange. 12 Diller gave an up-and-coming young model named Jessica Lange a chance when she was cast in 'King Kong.' ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection Sam Spiegel, the legendary producer of classics like 'On the Waterfront' and 'Lawrence of Arabia,' approached Diller about adapting F. Scott Fitzgerald's unfinished novel, 'The Last Tycoon.' During his meetings with Spiegel, who Diller describes as 'a true satyr,' he learned more than bargained for about the producer's sex life. 'He often said — and it was hard to know if he was joking — he only liked to have sex with virgins and, if he could find them, lesbian virgins,' writes Diller. Run-ins with directors could be hostile, and sometimes costly. After his 1978 epic 'Days of Heaven,' Diller paid auteur Terrence Malick an enormous sum — $500,000 (or $2.5 million in 2025 dollars) — to, in Malick's words, 'just experiment with things.' 12 After director Terrence Malick (above) squandered hundreds of thousands of dollars, Diller cut him off. Penske Media via Getty Images Every four or five months, Diller would call the director for an update, and get little beyond, 'I'm making progress.' Occasionally Malick would give him some vague sense of his next film, like 'I've got this idea to follow a paraplegic in New Mexico in a footrace.' But beyond that, Malick wouldn't give details, declaring that it was a 'secret.' Diller finally cut off Malick's salary. 'It would be twenty years before he directed another movie,' he writes. The author's handling of actors could also be a minefield. He got into hot water with Robert Redford after Paramount used a shirtless photo of the star embracing Faye Dunaway in a full-page ad to promote the political thriller 'Three Days of the Condor' in 1975. Redford called Diller and insisted that 'the ad had 'disrobed him' in front of his kids,' he writes. The actor asked for the ad to be taken down immediately, but Diller declined. 'And that was the last we saw of Robert Redford for five years,' he writes. 12 Diller and Robert Redford (above) clashed after the studio used a shirtless photo of Redford to promote 'Three Days of the Condor.' Courtesy Everett Collection After the huge success of 'Saturday Night Fever,' Princess Margaret requested to meet John Travolta 'for tea' during her visit to Los Angeles. Diller made the request to Travolta, who responded, 'I don't do tea!' He was finally cajoled into meeting the royal at the Beverly Wilshire. 'And when he came back, he said, 'She hit on me!'' Diller writes. He admits that has hasn't always had the best movie judgment. Diller thought 'Grease' was a terrible follow-up project for Travolta — even producer Robert Evans agreed, imploring Diller to 'burn it' before the footage ruined the actor's career — and pushed Travolta to star in 'American Gigolo' instead. Travolta resisted because he was wary of the 'somewhat gay subtext.' (The role eventually went to Richard Gere, and 'Grease' was a huge hit.) 12 Diller (third from left) has long run in powerful circles. In 1983, he mingled with Bill Sheinberg (from left), Sid Sheinberg, Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson and David Geffen. Berliner Studio Inc/Shutterstock Cocaine was rampant in the movie industry during the '70s and, Diller writes, Paramount's sets were no exception. During his visit to Robert Altman's production of 'Popeye,' starring Robin Williams, Diller realized that 'everyone in our made-up village — and I mean everyone! — was completely coked out.' He eventually discovered that his own driver, an affable New Yorker named Mario, was also a major cocaine dealer, 'particularly to all my friends,' Diller writes. 'I always wondered why they insisted that Mario drop me off first after our nights out. Once I left, Mario would open his trunk and deal out the drugs.' 12 After joining 20th Century Fox as CEO, Diller objected to Bruce Willis being cast in 'Die Hard.' ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection In 1984, Diller joined 20th Century Fox, where he served as CEO until 1992. One of his first projects was 'Die Hard' — and he immediately objected to the casting of Bruce Willis. 'Who cares about Bruce Willis?' he scolded the casting director. 'No one really likes Bruce Willis!' But Willis would soon prove to be the least of his worries. Producers Joel Silver and Larry Gordon asked to use an office tower owned by Fox for a pivotal final 'blowout' scene. 'We won't hurt anything,' they assured Diller. 'It'll only be one night.' Later that evening, Diller received a call from the studio's real estate division, screaming that the filmmakers were 'destroying our building!' He drove to the shoot and realized it wasn't an exaggeration. Diller confronted Silver, who just shrugged and said the scene had been 'more complicated' than they anticipated, and they'd need 'about two weeks' to finish their cinematic destruction. 12 Diller is married to fashion designer Diane Von Furstenberg. Bloomberg via Getty Images Diller changed his tune after seeing a rough cut of the film, telling the director, 'Don't touch a f–king thing. This is not a good movie. This is a great movie.' But he still wasn't enthusiastic about Willis, insisting the star's face not appear in any of the advertising. 'No one likes him,' Diller continued to declare. 'After they see this movie, they're gonna love him, but coming in, they don't like him.'
Scottish Sun
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Hollywood legend, 90, unrecognizable on boozy lunch with Stephen Dorff – can you guess who she is?
This actress has enjoyed an incredible career which includes starring in a VERY famous movie with Jack Nicholson LUNCH WITH AN ICON Hollywood legend, 90, unrecognizable on boozy lunch with Stephen Dorff – can you guess who she is? Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A HOLLYWOOD legend looked like she was having a great time as she dined on tacos and wine with Stephen Dorff. The unrecognizable star, 90, and actor Stephen, 51, were spotted enjoying a boozy lunch in Malibu - but can you guess who she is? Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 7 This Hollywood actress was seen enjoying a lunch in Malibu with Stephen Dorff Credit: Coleman-Rayner 7 The movie icon was seen enjoying a chilled glass of rose Credit: Coleman-Rayner 7 The actress was seen leaving the restaurant after her boozy lunch with Stephen Credit: Coleman-Rayner 7 The actress starred alongside Julia Roberts, Sally Field, Dolly Parton, and Daryl Hannah in the much-loved 1989's Steel Magnolias Credit: Getty 7 Did you guess the star was Shirley MacLaine? Credit: Alamy The actress in question is legendary star Shirley MacLaine. The movie star was seen with her People Not Places co-star Stephen. The pair became friends after they teamed up for an indie film in which she plays a woman in her twilight years who becomes friends with a local homeless man, played by Stephen. Shirley, who will celebrate her 91st birthday tomorrow, was spotted enjoying a glass of wine and fish tacos at The Sunset, a trendy beach bar and grill in Malibu. The Steel Magnolias actress cut a casual figure in plaid trousers and a blue sweater. While her co-star Stephen, looked cool in his black t-shirt and jeans. The pair looked deep in conversation as they enjoyed a laid back lunch on the beach. As they went to leave, ever the gentleman, Stephen helped Shirley out to her waiting car. GLITTERING CAREER Born Shirley MacLean Beaty, the AFI Life Achievement Award recipient is the older sister of fellow Hollywood legend, Warren Beatty, 88. The actress is considered Hollywood royalty and has starred in several critically acclaimed and commercially successful films. Stephen Dorff - Exclusive Film fans know her from roles in huge movies like The Turning Point, Being There, Steel Magnolias, and Postcards from the Edge. The six-time Academy Award nominee won an Oscar for playing the role of Aurora Greenway in 1983's Terms of Endearment. Shirley has also won two BAFTAs, seven Golden Globes, one Emmy, and was nominated for a Screen Actor's Guild Award. 7 Stephen was seen helping Shirley to her car Credit: Coleman-Rayner 7 Shirley, Debra Winger, and Jack Nicholson in Terms of Endearment Credit: Alamy MARRIED LIFE Actress Shirley was married to businessman Steve Parker from 1954 to 1982. The pair famously had an open marriage at a time when the Free Love moment was blossoming and non-conformal relationships were becoming more in fashion. The couple had one child, actress Sachi Parker, 68,.
The Irish Sun
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Hollywood legend, 90, unrecognizable on boozy lunch with Stephen Dorff – can you guess who she is?
A HOLLYWOOD legend looked like she was having a great time as she dined on tacos and wine with Stephen Dorff. The unrecognizable star, 90, and actor Stephen, 51, were spotted enjoying a boozy lunch in Malibu - but can you guess who she is? Advertisement 7 This Hollywood actress was seen enjoying a lunch in Malibu with Stephen Dorff Credit: Coleman-Rayner 7 The movie icon was seen enjoying a chilled glass of rose Credit: Coleman-Rayner 7 The actress was seen leaving the restaurant after her boozy lunch with Stephen Credit: Coleman-Rayner 7 The actress starred alongside Julia Roberts, Sally Field, Dolly Parton, and Daryl Hannah in the much-loved 1989's Steel Magnolias Credit: Getty 7 Did you guess the star was Shirley MacLaine? Credit: Alamy The actress in question is legendary star Shirley MacLaine. The movie star was seen with her People Not Places co-star Stephen. The pair became friends after they teamed up for an indie film in which she plays a woman in her twilight years who becomes friends with a local homeless man, played by Stephen. Shirley, who will celebrate her 91st birthday tomorrow, was spotted enjoying a glass of wine and fish tacos at The Sunset, a trendy beach bar and grill in Malibu. Advertisement The Steel Magnolias actress cut a casual figure in plaid trousers and a blue sweater. While her co-star Stephen, looked cool in his black t-shirt and jeans. The pair looked deep in conversation as they enjoyed a laid back lunch on the beach. As they went to leave, ever the gentleman, Stephen helped Shirley out to her waiting car. Advertisement Most read in Celebrity GLITTERING CAREER Born Shirley MacLean Beaty, the AFI Life Achievement Award recipient is the older sister of fellow Hollywood legend, Warren Beatty, 88. The actress is considered Hollywood royalty and has starred in several critically acclaimed and commercially successful films. Stephen Dorff - Exclusive Film fans know her from roles in huge movies like The Turning Point, Being There, Steel Magnolias, and Postcards from the Edge. The six-time Academy Award nominee won an Oscar for playing the role of Aurora Greenway in 1983's Terms of Endearment. Advertisement Shirley has also won two BAFTAs, seven Golden Globes, one Emmy, and was nominated for a Screen Actor's Guild Award. 7 Stephen was seen helping Shirley to her car Credit: Coleman-Rayner 7 Shirley, Debra Winger, and Jack Nicholson in Terms of Endearment Credit: Alamy MARRIED LIFE Actress Shirley was married to businessman Steve Parker from 1954 to 1982. Advertisement The pair famously had an open marriage at a time when the Free Love moment was blossoming and non-conformal relationships were becoming more in fashion. The couple had one child, actress Sachi Parker, 68,. SHIRLEY'S OSCAR NODS Shirley MacLaine was nominated for an Academy Award five times before finally nabbing the Oscar with her sixth and final nominataion Shirley was nominated for Best Actress for the first time for her portrayal of Ginny Moorehead in the Vincente Minnelli-helmed 1958 drama, Some Came Running. She was again nominated for Best Actress for playing Fran Kubelik in the 1960 romantic-comedy, The Apartment. Her role in 1963's Irma la Dolce garnered the actress her third nomination. In 1976, The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir, directed by Shirley was nominated for Best Documentary Feature but failed to bring home the gold statuette. Shirley's portrayal of DeeDee Rodgers in The Turning Point got her a fifth Oscar nod. The character, a former ballerina, hit close to home for Shirley, who had once considered a career as a ballet dancer before breaking ankle as a teenager. Shirley finally brought home the Oscar for Best Actress for her part in 1984's Terms of Endearment. In the film, she plays Aurora Greenway, a widower who is overly protective of her daughter Emma, played by Debra Winger.
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Legendary star Jack Nicholson turns 88: a look back
Oscar-winning actor Jack Nicholson, known for "The Shining," "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," "Chinatown," "Terms of Endearment," "Batman" and "As Good as It Gets" -- and for his love of the Los Angeles Lakers -- turns 88 on Tuesday. Here is a look back at the star's career.
