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The South African
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The South African
Brad Pitt breaks silence on Angelina Jolie divorce settlement
After nearly a decade of legal wrangling, Hollywood star Brad Pitt has finally opened up about his long-standing divorce from Angelina Jolie. The 61-year-old actor spoke candidly to GQ magazine on 28 May, offering a rare glimpse into the closure of one of Tinseltown's most high-profile splits. When asked if the December 2024 divorce settlement brought him any relief, Pitt kept it cool and understated. 'No, I don't think it was that major of a thing,' he told GQ. 'Just something coming to fruition. Legally.' Brad Pitt's words suggest that the conclusion of the divorce was more a formality than an emotional milestone, according to USA Today. This comes after an eight-year court battle that captivated fans worldwide. Jolie filed for divorce in September 2016, ending a relationship that began over a decade earlier on the set of Mr. and Mrs. Smith . The legal saga included disputes over their shared properties, custody of their six children, and the finances of their winery, Château Miraval. Angelina's lawyer described the settlement as a relief for the actress. 'Frankly, Angelina is exhausted, but she is relieved this one part is over,' said James Simon. 'She and the children left all of the properties they had shared with Mr. Pitt, and since that time she has focused on finding peace and healing for their family.' Brad Pitt also addressed his new relationship with Ines de Ramon, which became public at the 2024 British Grand Prix. He dismissed any suggestion that the appearance was a calculated move. 'No, dude, it's not that calculated,' he said. 'If you're living — oh my God, how exhausting would that be? Life just evolves. Relationships evolve.' Brad Pitt's recent work on the film F1 has reignited his passion for acting. Filmed in front of real Formula 1 crowds worldwide, the movie promises to be a thrilling ride. 'It just reinvigorated the whole thing again for me,' Pitt shared. The film, set for release on 27 June, has been hailed by GQ as 'the greatest racing movie of all time.' Co-stars and director Joseph Kosinski praised Pitt's dedication and energy throughout the shoot. The children of Pitt and Jolie are also making headlines. Their daughter Shiloh legally dropped 'Pitt' from her name in May 2024, becoming Shiloh Nouvel Jolie. Vivienne followed suit, removing 'Pitt' from her Playbill credit for the Broadway musical The Outsiders . This shift reflects the ongoing personal changes within the family, even as the legal battles fade into the past. Let us know by leaving a comment below, or send a WhatsApp to 060 011 021 1. Subscribe to The South African website's newsletters and follow us on WhatsApp, Facebook, X and Bluesky for the latest news.
7NEWS
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- 7NEWS
Edwina Bartholomew: Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness could take a leaf out of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin's divorce playbook
There is 'conscious uncoupling' and then there is whatever is playing out between Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness. A brutal divorce statement from her. A back-handed Instagram post from him. The marriage of one of Australia's most high-profile couples is officially over in a very public manner. After famously meeting on the set of Coreli, Jackman and Furness married in 1996 and adopted two children before going their separate ways in 2023. At the time, they released a joint statement saying they had been 'blessed to share almost three decades together as husband and wife'. 'Our journey now is shifting and we have decided to separate to pursue our individual growth,' the statement continued. 'Our family has been and always will be our highest priority. We undertake this next chapter with gratitude, love, and kindness.' That was September 2023. Fast forward to this week, Deborra-Lee officially filed for divorce accompanied by some very different sentiments. 'My heart and compassion goes out to everyone who has traversed the traumatic journey of betrayal', she said in a statement. 'It's a profound wound that cuts deep.' Ouch. No prizes for guessing the subtext there. The many, many paparazzi shots of Jackman and his new flame, Sutton Forest strolling hand-in-hand in New York and Los Angeles paint the picture. We saw the first photos of the couple in January this year but reportedly the two became close while performing together on the Broadway revival of The Music Man in 2021. As the dust settled on Deb's statement, Hugh took to Instagram to post a video of him… skipping to NSYNC's Bye Bye Bye at the Radio City Music Hall with the caption, 'FINALLY'. Was it a statement on his divorce or finally landing a routine he had been working on for weeks? No one is quite sure but the internet has some thoughts. 'The undertone is poor form, not so Mr Nice Guy,' wrote one follower. There is no one way to divorce in Hollywood but plenty of people have given it a good crack. Strangely, one of the most successful splits started off as a global laughing stock. When Gywneth Paltrow and Chris Martin announced their divorce in 2014 with the phrase, 'Conscious Uncoupling' they were laughed out of Tinseltown. Reflecting on the split in Vogue Magazine in 2022, Paltrow admitted she was shocked by the reaction. 'The public's surprise gave way quickly to ire and derision,' she said. 'A strange combination of mockery and anger that I had never seen. I was already pretty tattered from what had been a tough year. Frankly, the intensity of the response saw me bury my head in the sand deeper than I ever had in my very public life'. Now, there's been a shift. 'Conscious uncoupling/separation/divorce, whatever you want to call it, has now permeated the break-up culture. Instead of people approaching me with, 'Why did you say that?', they now approach me with, 'How do you do that?', Gwyneth told Vogue. Reportedly, the divorce settlement between Deborra-Lee and Hugh is amicable with their $250 million fortune split between them and their kids well supported for life. Hugh might just consider archiving that post to keep the uncoupling cordial.
Pink Villa
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
Final Destination Bloodlines Day 12 India Box Office: Hit horror-fantasy nets impressive Rs 1.5 crore on 2nd Monday
Final Destination: Bloodlines is showing strong staying power at the Indian box office. On day 12, it's second Monday, the supernatural horror film earned an estimated Rs 1.5 crore net, maintaining a steady trend despite both local and Hollywood competition (Mission: Impossible 8) and weekday slowdown. This brings the film's total collection in India to Rs 43.75 crore, an impressive feat given its limited brand recognition and lack of a major Tinseltown star. Here's a breakdown of the film's India box office performance so far: Day Collection (Rs net) Day 1 Rs 4.25 crore Day 2 Rs 5.00 crore Day 3 Rs 5.75 crore Day 4 Rs 6.75 crore Day 5 Rs 2.75 crore Day 6 Rs 2.90 crore Day 7 Rs 2.60 crore Day 8 Rs 2.25 crore Day 9 Rs 2.20 crore Day 10 Rs 3.80 crore Day 11 Rs 4.00 crore Day 12 Rs 1.50 crore Total Rs 43.75 crore Directed by Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein, Final Destination: Bloodlines serves as the sixth installment in the long-running horror franchise. The film acts as both a reboot and a continuation of the saga, focusing on a college student played by Kaitlyn Santa Juana, who inherits the ability to foresee death from her dying grandmother. Her first premonition shows death closing in on her family. She must now race against time to prevent the misfortune. The movie also features Teo Briones, Richard Harmon, Owen Patrick Joyner, Anna Lore, Breck Badinger, and Tony Todd. After facing delays due to the Hollywood strikes, the film, originally meant to be an HBO series, hit theaters on May 16 and has since done extremely well, grossing USD 187.1 million globally so far. With this figure, Bloodlines is both the highest-grossing and highest-reviewed movie in the franchise. Audiences worldwide have embraced the film for its suspenseful pacing, eerie death sequences, and fresh narrative twist.
Daily Mail
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
AMBER DUKE: Violet Affleck's woke tantrum against her mom shows how deranged Gen Z has become...but here's the harsh truth this nepo baby CAN'T handle
A Hollywood nepo baby strikes again! Desperate to ditch the silver spoons from their veneer-filled mouths, these Tinseltown toddlers somehow end up being even more insufferable than their parents.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Will Smith, Johnny Depp and Alec Baldwin hope for comebacks. Can they succeed?
Hollywood loves a good comeback story. But what about real-life rebounds? That, it turns out, is an iffier proposition and one that's about to be tested by three bold-faced names: Alec Baldwin, Johnny Depp and Will Smith. All three were at different points lead players in the cultural zeitgeist. And all three lost that role, admittedly for vastly different offenses that nonetheless had the same career-dinging effect. Baldwin after Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot with a gun he held on the set of 'Rust' in 2021, Depp after a protracted and tawdry 2022 lawsuit with his ex Amber Heard and Smith after slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars. Can this trio win back the hearts and wallets of fans with their new projects? Will Hollywood's gatekeepers stand ready with open arms? Not surprisingly, the latter is highly dependent on the former, industry experts say. If you can still turn a buck with your talents, watch your Tinseltown dance card fill up. 'If people have a loyal fan base, they'll always get a second and even third shot,' says Stacy Jones, CEO of pop culture marketing firm Hollywood Branded. 'Look at Robert Downey, Jr. His drug addiction crashed his career more than 20 years ago. And now..?' Well, now the 'Ironman' star's movies have grossed more than $14 billion and he has a best supporting actor Oscar for 'Oppenheimer.' Point taken. So is that sort of about-face a possibility for Baldwin, Depp and Smith? Experts say the calculus for rebounding from scandal involves factors such as what you did, who you did it to, and to what degree people still care. 'If you think about MeToo and cancel culture and people being publicly shamed, while that was strong in recent years, for me the question is, is that sentiment as strong today?' says Todd Boyd, who holds the Katherine and Frank Price Endowed Chair for the Study of Race and Popular Culture at the University of Southern California. For Michael Schulman, author of 'Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat and Tears,' fans are the critical factor. 'Stars come back to the extent that they're profitable,' he says. He laughs, adding, 'I hope you can hear the cynicism.' One thing that could help a comeback is playing to your scandalous side, Schulman says. His examples include Rob Lowe, who, after an '80s sex tape scandal, won back fans by playing a sleazy villain in the comedy "Wayne's World." Even Baldwin himself, who was in the tabloids for his raucous 2002 divorce from Kim Basinger and then scored a hit by playing a hilariously morals-free executive in the NBC comedy, "30 Rock." Schulman, who keeps a keen eye on Hollywood for The New Yorker, did a 2021 piece for the magazine called 'Fatty Arbuckle and the Birth of the Celebrity Scandal,' about the silent movie star who was acquitted of rape and murder in the 1920s and never regained his popularity. Today, more than a century later, Schulman says social media connects fans more intensely to celebrities, creating a bond that can help launch a comeback. 'Each of these three stars has a fan base on their side,' he says. 'Will's slap for many was just a man standing up for his wife. With Alec, there's a widespread sense he shouldn't even have been charged. And Johnny had wide online support during that trial. Studios will take the temperature, and when needed can reintroduce people with the help of marketing and publicity.' Let's open our inquiry into these three comeback cases by looking at what each is working on and whether these roles could prove enough to reignite their personal spotlights. For Baldwin, whose Western "Rust" debuted in theaters and video on demand May 2 to poor sales, his new output consists of playing himself in the TLC reality series 'The Baldwins.' Although it's an attempt to showcase the actor as a loveable dad to his brood of seven, the series hasn't made a mark. In fact, unless Baldwin, whose standout movies include 'Glengarry Glen Ross' and 'The Hunt for Red October,' returns with a dramatic flourish, his relaunch could be on permanent hold, experts say. 'Ironically, if Alec is guilty of anything it's coming back as a cringeworthy dad,' says Schulman. 'It's a naked attempt at rebranding. Why not come back as an actor?' Baldwin is starring in "Hollywood Heist" with Nick Cannon, with Deadline reporting the film is being introduced to buyers in Cannes. But USC's Boyd argues that Baldwin's name was never as lofty in the culture as Depp or Smith, and that could hurt his chances of a comeback. 'He's just not as relevant anymore,' he says. The public seems to agree, says Jones. 'Even if 'The Baldwins' is atrocious, you should have had a lot of haters tuning in,' she says. 'But the public response was indifferent.' Depp's offense was not an on-set tragedy but rather an incendiary 2022 court battle with his actress ex wife, who had accused him of being abusive during their relationship. He sued her for damaging his reputation, and won. Depp is currently filming 'Day Drinker,' a thriller with Penelope Cruz. It's his first movie since appearing in the little seen 2023 French-language film 'Jeanne du Barry,' in which he played King Louis XV. Recently released photos from the new production show a gray-haired and bearded Depp who appears to be acting his age, 61. That pivot could be a smart way to reinvent himself. 'Depp won the court of public opinion (in his case against Heard), but the bigger issue is simply whether he is still the big star he once was," Boyd says of 'Pirates of the Caribbean' icon. "Does he mean the same to audiences now that he did in the past?' Depp has said before he wasn't interested in doing a sixth installment in Disney's lucrative "Pirates" franchise, but 'he's still the face of that ride at Disney, and I bet he would totally do another if offered,' says Jones. The response to 'Day Drinker' could sink or revive those piratical conversations. And then there's Smith. The talented rapper-turned-TV-star-turned-Oscar-winner (a title he earned on the very night he struck Chris Rock for making a joke about his wife's shaved head, a result of her alopecia) is planning to bombard his fans with fare soon. Upcoming Smith films in various phases of development are a remake of the 1987 John Candy and Steve Martin comedy 'Planes, Trains, and Automobiles,' co-starring Kevin Hart; a post-apocalyptic action thriller sequel 'I Am Legend 2' with Michael B. Jordan; and a super hero redemption sequel "Hancock 2.' With these movies, Smith has a chance to recement his bond with audiences, which didn't happen with two post-Slap movies, 'Emancipation,' about a runaway slave, and the popular but critically panned 'Bad Boys 4,' as well as a new album, 'Based on a True Story.' But for those reading Hollywood tea leaves, Smith has the greatest chance of mounting a strong industry comeback. 'He was a gigantic star and people really aren't that angry about that slap and some saw it as noble even,' says Schulman. 'Plus, we all saw it happen, it was no secret. There was no mystery.' For Boyd, 'it comes down to who he slapped, which was Chris Rock, a comedian, and comedians often say things that people don't like.' Jones agrees on Smith's good odds, adding what was most shocking about the slap was that it was done 'by someone who comes across to us as such a nice guy" through roles such as TV's "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air." For her, what Smith did was more a direct result of the pressure-cooker spotlight and "all-out mania' of Hollywood's awards season. Smith is "fundamentally a kingmaker who can likely still make billions in profits for someone," she says. "Plus, let's remember, he slapped someone across the face, he didn't kill someone.' We'll give Boyd the final word here. And the final word is: cash. 'In any performance based industry, and this comes up in sports a lot, if someone is very good at what they do and they have a strong following and someone can profit off those talents, those things will be factored into consideration when it comes to giving people another chance,' he says. 'Anyone looking at talent that is trying to come back from something is thinking: 'Is the risk of taking on this person bigger than the profit we stand to make?' You figure that out, and go from there.' This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Can Will Smith, Johnny Depp and Alec Baldwin get a Hollywood comeback?
