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The Sun
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Nepo baby with A-list dad and Hollywood star mum walks red carpet at new superhero movie – can you guess his parents?
A NEPO baby with super-famous Hollywood parents has stepped out on the Red Carpet for a new superhero movie. The former sports star-turned-actor, 38, features in the new Marvel flick, Thunderbolts. 6 6 The Los Angeles-born screen star cut a suave figure as he stepped out in a black suit and crisp white shirt for the London premiere of the action flick. Yet fans might not have sussed how Wyatt Russell is the son of Academy Award-winning actress Goldie Hawn, 79, and American actor Kurt Russell, 74. The Hollywood icons have been together since the early 1980s - but have not gotten married. When they got together, Goldie was already mom to Kate and Oliver Hudson from her relationship with their dad Bill Hudson. Kurt, meanwhile, had a son called Boston from his marriage to Season Hubley. The couple then went on to welcome son Wyatt three years after they began dating. He is of Hungarian, Jewish, German, English, Scottish and Irish descent. Wyatt is a former ice hockey player turned actor. He had a promising career as a goaltender, playing for professional teams in America and Europe, before injuries curtailed his sports journey. He has previously appeared in the Marvel series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier as well as Julius Avery's Overlord and Lodge 49. Goldie Hawn, 78, and partner Kurt Russell, 73, still look so young as they live it up on a yacht while on Greece getaway In Thunderbolts, he plays enhanced super soldier John Walker, a US agent who is a member of the Thunderbolts, after being a former decorated captain of the US Army Rangers. FAMILY LIFE Wyatt previously spoke out on the advice his famous parents had passed down. 'Be on time, don't be an a** and remember your lines,' Wyatt previously told PEOPLE. He also told how Kurt was embracing the role of grandfather to his two kids, who call him Gogi. Wyatt told the publication: "He's awesome, cause he can do all of the hard sort of lessons that sometimes I don't want to have to do." The screen star has also revealed how his dad's nickname was tweaked when he started dating Cactus Flower star Goldie. Gogi Wines founder Kurt said: "One day, when I was very early on with Goldie, my dad, who called me Goge, said, 'Hey, Goge,' and we both turned around and she looked, and she said, 'How did you know my nickname?'' After his moniker was tweaked to Gogi he said: 'Gogi was the sort of what I became to all the grandkids and to all my family." 6 6 6
Yahoo
10-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Netflix adds engrossing documentary telling real story behind Oscar-winning movie
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Netflix has added Surviving Black Hawk Down, an absorbing three-part documentary series that tells the true story of the events that inspired Ridley Scott's blockbuster movie. Black Hawk Down, released in 2001, followed US soldiers as they were sent into Somalia's capital Mogadishu, to capture a warlord. But things quickly went wrong as a Black Hawk helicopter was shot down and the mission degenerated into a series of shambolic battles with nothing going to plan. The movie, which boasted an all-star cast including Josh Hartnett and Ewan McGregor, was acclaimed, winning two Oscars. We commented that Scott "brilliantly captured a sense of terrifying chaos". Now, this documentary aims to tell the complete story by interviewing those on both sides of The Battle of Mogadishu. As Netflix puts it the series blends "raw, immersive storytelling", with first-person interviews. In October 1993, elite American troops launched a raid on the capital of Somalia. At the time, the US was leading a UN mission to end the civil war and famine in the African country. President Bill Clinton tasked them with capturing the allies of a powerful Somalia warlord, General Mohamed Farrah Aidid, and his allies. However, the raid went disastrously wrong with two US Black Hawk helicopters shot down. In the battle 18 Americans and hundreds of Somalis [the exact number is unknown] were killed. Countless people involved from both sides. It makes the documentary more interesting that you get both sides as obviously, they have very different perspectives on events. Among those interviewed are three US Army Rangers, who give an insight into how they got into the elite force and how they didn't know what to expect. US Army Rangers' Randy Ramaglia says in the opening episode: "You know the funny thing when I look back is I was shot in combat before I had my first legal beer." Recalling the events that led up to the battle he remembers playing the board game Risk with some of his fellow troops while enjoying a day off at their base at Mogadishu airport. Suddenly it was yelled out that they had a mission. "I was excited," he says. "I was confident we were the most proficient fighting force in the world. I did think I was invincible. But the reality was you're just kids." Also interviewed are US Army Rangers David Diemer US Army Rangers 'Brad Thomas, who talk about their feelings about arriving in Mogadishu. Also involved in the operation was Delta Force, a unit specializing in taking high-value targets. Tom Satterly from Delta Force explains: "Nobody really references its Delta Force to keep its secrecy". He added: "Our strategy was to generally go in at night. We had the technology that they didn't have [like night vision devices]. We had the Black Hawks or little birds, we used the helicopters to look down on the whole battlefield to have the advantage above. I thought this is going to be easy. You guys aren't trained, you have old broken AK-47s if you're lucky… I was itching and raring to go.' Yes, absolutely. The fact that so many people involved are interviewed gives you a real sense of what happened. It also uses archive footage well. Also if you enjoyed the movie, it's fascinating to get a fuller picture of The Battle of Mogadishu. Surviving Black Hawk Down is on Netflix now globally.
