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Express Tribune
25-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Pedro Pascal defends activism while promoting Fantastic Four and calls out media fear culture
Pedro Pascal is everywhere right now. From the latest Marvel reboot The Fantastic Four: First Steps to indie films like Eddington and The Uninvited, the 50-year-old Chilean-American actor has become one of Hollywood's most visible stars. But while many celebrities retreat behind carefully curated images, Pascal remains outspoken — and intentional. Amid a packed press run for The Fantastic Four: First Steps, now playing in UK cinemas, Pascal told Sky News that using his platform to advocate for causes is essential, even when public backlash looms. Known for wearing "Protect The Dolls" T-shirts in support of the trans community and linking to nonprofits like Doctors Without Borders and The Trevor Project, Pascal is deliberate in his activism on Instagram, where he has over 11 million followers. 'I think it's very easy to get scared no matter what you sort of talk about,' he told Sky News. 'There's so many different ways that things can get kind of fractured… but I'll never shut up.' That defiance resonates in a media environment where one misstep can derail a career. Pascal understands the risks — but speaks up anyway. In a time of studio spin and influencer-dominated narratives, his transparency is rare. In The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Pascal plays Dr. Richard Reeds, a man burdened by the weight of the world yet hopeful about the future. It's a fitting parallel. While the film, directed by WandaVision's Matt Shakman, stands alone in its MCU universe, it's Pascal's own unfiltered voice that may be his most heroic act. It's a role that makes him 'fantastic' on-screen — but it's his fearless voice off-screen that truly defines him.
Sky News
25-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Sky News
'I'll never shut up': Fantastic Four's Pedro Pascal on using fame to highlight issues he cares about
Pedro Pascal is everywhere right now. You walk into the cinema and he's on most of the film posters there: Fantastic Four: First Steps, Eddington, The Materialists and The Uninvited. With that level of public attention, you wouldn't be shocked to see the actor become closed off. Shielded by a sea of publicists maintaining a studio's desired image and an influx of influencers replacing film reporters, public figures speaking their mind in Hollywood have become somewhat of a rarity. Perhaps this is why the delayed yet meteoric rise to fame for Pedro Pascal feels refreshing for his fans. In between self-promotion for his latest projects, the Chilean-American uses his fame to highlight causes he cares about by wearing "Protect The Dolls" T-shirts in public settings, posting about food blockades into Gaza and linking non-profit organisations, Doctors Without Borders and The Trevor Project, on his Instagram account where he has over 11 million followers. In a time where a single sentence can be taken out of context in a TikTok post or altered to suit a narrative driven by a headline (and yes, the irony of writing this does not go unnoticed), speaking candidly can feel like you're walking into a trap. "I think it's very easy to get scared no matter what you sort of talk about," the actor tells Sky News. "There's so many different ways that things can get kind of fractured and have a life of itself really." He adds: "It's sort of a business part of the way media can work really. There's one thing that you can say and no matter what your intention behind it, it is absolutely lost in all of these different headlines, I suppose, but I'll never shut up." It's the last line, "I'll never shut up", that echoes after our four minute and two second conversation in the midst of a days-long "press run" in London for the release of The Fantastic Four: First Steps. The 50-year-old knows one misstep in an increasingly reactive media industry can shatter the careers of many. Pascal is aware of the dangers but uses his voice anyway. It's that decision that makes him "fantastic", maybe more so than his role as Dr Richard Reeds in The Fantastic Four: First Steps - a character quite literally weighed down with the worries of the world on his shoulders whilst simultaneously welcoming new life with his wife Sue Storm. The film, directed by WandaVision's Matt Shakman, stands alone in its own universe within the MCU and also features Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss Bachrach and Joseph Quinn.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Internet Roundup: Tariff Talk, Behind the Scenes At The Uninvited, and More
Welcome back to another internet roundup. I'm fresh off a trip to Europe, where I was able to drop by the London Snowboard Asylum shop, and chat with some locals. The season over there is winding down, just like ours, but thanks to four indoor snow domes throughout the United Kingdom, a full selection of boards, boots, and bindings is still on display. It makes you scratch your head and wonder why the only place to shred indoors in the U.S. is in New snow is melting, but the writers are still writing. Here's some of the best stories you might have missed around the internet. There's a lot of uncertainty in the world right now surrounding tariffs, but we do know one thing for certain: outdoor gear is going to cost more least a lot of it is, anyway. Don't just take my word for it. Black Diamond Equipment Co. has already come forward and said that products will increase between 10-25% in price thanks to the global tariffs. Burton sources two-thirds of its products from far-east Asia, and is now scrambling to explore other methods of manufacturing. J Skis will cut 70% of its marketing budget to try and keep costs low, and perhaps the biggest bummer of them all, Goon Gear – the family-owned board company run by Lucas Magoon and his wife Tonya – recently announced that it will not produce boards for the 2025-26 The Magazine's Norm Schoff has been talking tariffs since before the U.S. presidential election even commenced in November. He followed that reporting up with a opinion piece that dropped last week that talked to people like Brad Alband, the founder of Autumn Headwear, and Jeff Richards, the brand manager for Nitro roller coaster of implementation has made it impossible for brands to plan ahead. Schoff does a fantastic job breaking down the challenges that brands are facing, and the differences that are attached to different brands whose boards are made in different countries. 'Price increases are coming,' Schoff writes. 'By how much depends on the politics of an administration that has already proven itself unable to stick to specific policy. There is no long-term planning, only speculation and potential contingency plans.' If you haven't heard about The Uninvited by now, where have you been?The third year of the street snowboarding contest by women, for women went down at Woodward Park City in April. Young gun Jess Perlmutter won it, and took home $15,000 in prize money. It was her third contest win of the season, and it was a beautiful site to see. Torment Magazine's Sadie Maeda broke down the entire contest. She shed some light on the women behind the scenes that might not get the shine they deserve, like the marketing team's Nirvana Ortanez and Abby Furrer, and announcers Kelsey Boyer and Darrah Reid. Then she brought us straight to the scene of it all. The way she writes about confetti cannons and cowbells help tell the story just as much as her description of Taylor Elliot's handplant, and Jill Perkins champagne popping lesson to Perlmutter. Speaking of The Uninvited, head over to Snowboard Mag's website to read Mark Clavin's 1-on-1 interview with the 29-year-old. She's ridden at every Uninvited event that's taken place thus far. Clavin caught her while shooting with the Herschel crew in Riksgränsen. A small ski area at the border of New Hampshire and Vermont needs help. The Beast of the East is giving it Resort has donated $10,000 to Whaleback Mountain in hopes of repairing its chairlift. The ski area's only double lift had suffered a gearbox bearing failure back in February, and shortly after, learned it would cost $250,000 to fix it. Killington's donation helped Whaleback get across the finish have come in from people in 34 different states and provinces, demonstrating that an international contingent chipped in. POWDER Magazine's Ian Greenwood has more on that story.
Buzz Feed
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Walton Goggins' Wife On Aimee Lou Wood Romance Rumors
It's no secret that Season 3 of The White Lotus was partially overshadowed by whispers of off-screen drama between the cast members — particularly Aimee Lou Wood and Walton Goggins, who played couple Chelsea and Rick on the show. If you need reminding, the two initially appeared to be incredibly close during the promo cycle for the series, and posted cute tributes to one another on Instagram. However, eagle-eyed fans later noticed that Aimee and Walton had unfollowed each other, with some going so far as to theorize that Walton had blocked Aimee when they saw that her comments no longer showed up under his posts, but his were still visible on hers. Their co-star Jason Isaacs then added fuel to the fire when he reflected on 'tensions and difficulties' during filming in a candid interview with the Guardian. He notably added at the time: 'There were alliances that formed and broke, romances that formed and broke, friendships that formed and broke.' 'It's a long period of time for people to be away from their family with an open bar and all the wildness being in Thailand allows,' Jason went on. 'Within a couple of weeks, my wife [who was with him on set and used to be an actor] went: 'Some of these people are fucking mad.' I said: 'No, it's just a bunch of actors away on location, love. You've forgotten what it's like.'' It didn't take long for people to speculate that something had gone down between 31-year-old Aimee and 53-year-old Walton, and while neither star has publicly commented on the speculation surrounding their relationship, Walton did repeatedly shut down a journalist's attempt to get him to comment in an interview with the Times UK. In the article's intro, reporter Ed Potton warns that 'the interview will go off the rails' when he asks Walton about Aimee, and this proves to be true, with Ed asking Walton if he and Aimee had 'fallen out' partway through the interview. 'I'm not gonna have that conversation,' Walton said in response, with both of his publicists who were in the room at the time telling Ed to move on to the next question, with one of them adding: 'We're not going there, thank you.'But after a dutiful chat about Walton's latest movie, The Uninvited, Ed broached the topic again — this time hinged on the fact that Walton was set to host Saturday Night Live, which CNN journalist Elizabeth Wagmeister previously suggested that Aimee might make a special appearance on. When asked if he and Aimee are set for a reconciliation, Walton apparently said nothing. One of the publicists is said to have suggested: 'Shall we talk about The Uninvited a bit more?' Ed writes: 'I splutter for a few seconds. Goggins laughs sarcastically. 'Thinly veiled, my friend. The thing you're least interested in.'' Despite this, Ed still attempted to bring up Aimee for a third and fourth time in the interview, which is when Walton seemingly ran out of patience. First of all, Walton told the journalist: 'There is no conversation to be had about that. Sharing politics on social media — it's in a vacuum,' and when Ed still refused to back down, Walton is said to have gasped: 'What the fuck, Ed! Come on, buddy. Wow.' Meanwhile, one of his publicists said: 'We're going to end it there,' stopping the interview in its tracks. But while Walton wouldn't discuss the drama, his wife, Nadia Connors, did in a new interview with Hello! magazine, where she breezily brushed off the romance rumors. For reference, Nadia is a writer and director, and she and Walton began dating in 2005 before getting married in 2011. They share a 14-year-old son called Augustus. Referencing the speculation between her husband and his much younger costar, Nadia said: 'It's odd to see it, but it's an indication of how much people were invested in the fictional characters. I take it as a sign that he's quite popular.' You can't deny that that's an impressively measured response to the drama! What do you make of Nadia's comment? Let me know down below.
Elle
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Elle
Walton Goggins's Wife Nadia Conners Comments on His Relationship With Aimee Lou Wood
On season 3 of The White Lotus, Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood played a couple with an age-gap relationship who also dealt with a host of other romantic issues. Unsurprisingly, for the HBO hit, their pairing ended tragically. On set, they seemed to have had a friendly relationship, but some eagle-eyed fans noted they no longer followed one another on social media after the season's premiere. Rumors swirled that the actors had some sort of falling out. Goggins is married to director Nadia Conners and in an interview with HELLO! this week, Conners talked about the persistent interest in what might have gone on behind the camera. 'It's odd to see it, but it's an indication of how much people were invested in the fictional characters. I take it as a sign that he's become quite popular,' she said. Conners explained how her 2024 film The Uninvited, which starred Goggins, was sometimes interpreted as autobiographical, giving her perspective on how fans can project. As the character Sammy, Goggins is a drug addict and unsupportive partner. Conners says that Sammy and Goggins have nothing in common. 'I wrote it about a marriage, but not my marriage, which concerned him,' she shared. 'He was like, 'But I'm not this guy.' It was really important for him to say that he was not this guy. I said, 'I know, but you're a great actor, so you can pretend.'' She also talked about motherhood. Goggins and Conners share one child, their 14-year-old Augustus. After he was born, Conners dealt with post-partum depression. 'It's still a taboo subject, and the truth is, I did find it hard. I had post-partum, my husband was working long hours and I volunteered to look after our child without us realising what the long-term effects on me would be,' she said. 'Los Angeles is very spread out and you spend a lot of time in your car, so it's easy to spend days at home alone with your child. I'm half-Egyptian and you don't see that there. The mothers are never alone; there are always aunts and uncles, grandparents and cousins around to help and support. We were never meant to do it alone.'
