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Forbes
6 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Did Fan Backlash Push Pedro Pascal To Change Stylists?
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 01: Pedro Pascal attends the 2023 Met Gala Celebrating "Karl Lagerfeld: A ... More Line Of Beauty" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 01, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic) Pedro Pascal didn't become a household name overnight. His decades-long acting career finally exploded with the success of HBO's The Last of Us, which turned him into an award s-season regular and a bona fide 'daddy' to his online fans. And while his onscreen presence was undoubtedly part of his appeal, his red carpet looks became almost as talked about as his leading man roles, thanks to stylist Julie Ragolia. The Pedro Pascal one sees today wasn't an accident. It was a deliberate rebrand, in partnership with Ragolia, focusing on creating a celebrity persona predicated on something rare: a man over 50 who dressed with humor, sensuality and no concern for fitting the traditional mold of a Hollywood leading man. Whether it was a sheer blouse and Valentino cape at the Met Gala or the now-famous Saint Laurent thigh-high boots, Pascal's fashion choices stood out because he never looked like he was trying to please anyone but himself. 'I'm a storyteller,' Ragolia told GQ in an email earlier this month, 'I told a story about how men of a certain age can still be seen as sexy.' She didn't chase trends or try to flatten Pascal into another suit-wearing A-lister; instead, Ragolia worked with Pascal to create a style that was uniquely his own on and off the press junket. 'Stylists are not dictators. We are collaborators,' Ragolia tweeted earlier this year. With this philosophy, Ragolia and Pascal collaborated on looks which both complemented his onscreen persona, while softening the edges, blurring gender lines and showing a confidence in dressing that's often lost for men hitting their middle ages. HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 24: Pedro Pascal attends the Los Angeles Premiere of HBO Original ... More Series "The Last of Us" Season 2 at TCL Chinese Theater on March 24, 2025 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) And, in turn, fans began to take notice—and quickly. Stan accounts dedicated to Pascal's every move dissected his outfits with the fervor usually reserved for pop stars, with more than one of his fashion choices being describes as 'breaking the internet'. His thighs trended. His scarves became talking points. But with that attention came entitlement from the same fans that celebrated Ragolia's stylistic choices in dressing Pascal. Ragolia revealed in April that she had received death threats over one of Pascal's outfits. 'One of you called for my death because you didn't like Pedro's outfit,' she posted. '…I'm just going to let you sit with your obsession.' It's not the first time a stylist has been caught in the crossfire of fan culture. But the Pascal fandom, like many others today, operates at a volume and intensity that's hard to manage. Some fans see themselves as curators of their favorite star's image, and when reality doesn't align with fantasy, the response can turn hostile. Stylists, who are often invisible until something goes 'wrong,' end up as easy targets and take the blame for the perceived mistakes from the fandom. CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 17: Pedro Pascal during the "Eddington" photocall at the 78th annual Cannes ... More Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 17, 2025 in Cannes, France. (Photo by) This has resulted in speculation that the intensity of Pascal's fanbase became too much for Ragolia, The two parted ways after Cannes, and since then, Pascal has begun working with Jamie Mizrahi, whose client list includes Jennifer Lawrence and Jeremy Allen White. Mizrahi is no stranger to high-profile, closely scrutinized figures, and so far, her work with Pascal suggests a clear throughline from Ragolia's original approach. On recent press stops for Eddington and The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Pascal has worn looks that continue to emphasize proportion, softness, and a willingness to blur traditional gender codes. Whether that direction is Mizrahi's choice or Pascal's own preference is hard to say, but the consistency—and the timing—suggests a deliberate effort to keep Pascal's public image unaffected as award season approaches. While it has not been confirmed that the reason behind Pascal's stylist shake-up, there is no doubt that stylists are an easy target when a fan base is riled up. From death threats to constant online criticism, Julie Ragolia's success as a stylist was often overlooked by fans for the perceived 'mistakes' she made in her longtime collaboration with Pedro Pascal. For now, it's too early to tell how Jamie Mizrahi will put her own stamp on Pascal's public image; but one can only hope that the celebrity's fanbase is a little more forgiving to her than, perhaps, it had been to Ragolia. BERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 08: Pedro Pascal attends the "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" blue carpet ... More fan event at Das Center on July 08, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by)
Vancouver Sun
9 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Vancouver Sun
In production: What's filming in Metro Vancouver this summer and fall
Another year, another blast of headwinds in Hollywood North. B.C.'s production professionals have been hit first by COVID lockdowns, then a pair of disruptive strikes among writers and actors in 2023, then a post-strike recalibration in the industry that saw the number and scale of film, TV and streaming productions drop worldwide. This year's tariff threats from Trump, though hardly coherent, are just another headache adding to the uncertainty and general hesitancy to pull the trigger on new ventures in the business. It's been a struggle for those trying to maintain their careers in B.C., but those who have stuck it out are powering along and remain among the world's leaders in terms of skill and professionalism. Get top headlines and gossip from the world of celebrity and entertainment. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Sun Spots will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. Are things turning around? Perhaps slowly, but the local scene could use a few more big announcements like 2024's second season of The Last of Us. Here are some highlights of what's on set and heading into production around Metro Vancouver and B.C., according to Creative B.C. and the Directors Guild of Canada. Julia Garner — who burst on the scene in Ozark and is a superhero this summer in The Fantastic Four: First Steps — takes on the female lead in the story of crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried. She'll play his girlfriend Caroline Ellison, who testified in the case after being nabbed as a co-conspirator. The limited series for Netflix is on set until November. A release date hasn't been set. One of the few feature films in the works this summer, this thriller directed by Takashi Doscher has Isabel May (of the Yellowstone prequel 1883) and Cynthia Erivo (Wicked) in the cast. Shooting is set to wrap up in early August. The reimagining of Sherlock Holmes's sidekick Dr. Watson stars Morris Chestnut back in his medical career after Sherlock's death. While studying rare diseases at a Pittsburgh centre — with Vancouver standing in for everything but the external shots — he finds his old sleuth life intruding. The second season debut is now set for Oct. 13, after CBS originally pushed it to 2026. It airs on Global in Canada. Justin Hartley stars in this hit show about a survivalist and missing persons hunter based on the Jeffrey Deaver novel The Never Game, which had its debut on CBS in 2023. It's been a ratings leader for the network, duelling with Watson for top spot. Shooting for Season 3 just got underway and runs into April 2026. While Hollywood remains a source for many splashy productions here, CBC came to Surrey for its cop drama Allegiance and recently renewed the show for a third season. It will be on set until early November. Joel McHale's good-natured sitcom about human hijinks at an animal control centre is back for a fourth season. The shoot starts in late August and runs into November. The first three seasons aired on Fox and CBC, and can be seen on CBC Gem. Another CBC show coming back for a third season — and fourth — is this comedic procedural in which a detective and con artist team up to solve crimes. Leads Giacomo Gianniotti as the cop and Vanessa Morgan as the con woman return. Shooting is set for late August to early December. Call this saga about wildfire crews timely. It debuted in 2022 after devastating seasons in both B.C. and California and has found an audience on both Global TV and CBS. The third season ran through April and Max Theriot and cast are back on set now through March 2026. The Paramount+ show that blends the supernatural with high school drama, which debuted in 2023, is back for a third season. Production began last week and is set to run into October. It will be released next year. Jason Priestley and Cindy Sampson return as the leads in this spinoff of Global's Private Eyes, which ran from 2016 to 2021 and was set in Toronto. The reboot is shooting in Victoria until early September. Based on the 2022 young-adult novel Every Summer After by Canadian author Carley Fortune, it tells the story of two teens whose summers of puppy love might actually be the real thing. It's being produced for Amazon Prime Video, which had a hit in the same vein with The Summer I Turned Pretty. Shooting is set to run all summer and wrap up in early October. There's no release date or trailer yet. Set to launch next year, this horror series once again follows the awkward, bullied telekinetic teen from the Stephen King novel and classic 1976 movie starring Sissy Spacek (and John Travolta!). Filming is due to wrap in October. Jonathan Glatzer, who's produced prestige television like Succession, Bad Sisters and Better Call Saul, is attached to this Silicon Valley drama. Shooting wraps up in early August, with a 2026 release planned on streamer AMC. This Netflix thriller about a politically compromised naval officer (Gugu Mbatha-Raw of Loki) just went into production and will be on set until November. Richard Madden (Robb Stark on Game of Thrones) and Marcia Gay Harden (So Help Me Todd) are the other leads. The fantasy adventure series based on the grade-schooler novels of the same name by Rick Riordan is already shooting a third season, even as the second is awaiting its December debut on Disney+. Shooting starts in early August and is set to continue into March. A romantic drama based on Elle Kennedy's books about a star college hockey player and his unlikely romance with a music student has been on set since June and shooting continues through September. (There was a local casting call this spring for dudes who can skate.) The show is being developed for Prime Video but there's no release date yet. Like long-running Metro Vancouver-shot shows Smallville and Supernatural, this wholesome romance series set in a small mining town just keeps on ticking. Say what you will about some of the cheesier material, Hallmark Channel is a mainstay and brings lots of work to Hollywood North year after year. When Calls the Heart has established a dedicated fan base and the 13th season will be back on set until late October. jruttle@
Elle
12 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Elle
Trying To Make Sense Of The Convoluted Ending Of ‘Untamed'
Spoilers below. As Untamed makes clear, as often as it can, the wildlife are far from the most violent creatures in Yosemite National Park. Humans are always the most dangerous beasts. The new Netflix limited series shares this thesis with any number of contemporary dramas, post-apocalyptic, crime-focused, or otherwise. (Yellowstone and The Last of Us—the latter of which, like Untamed, also concerns the consequences of grief—spring immediately to mind.) Thus, there's a level to which Untamed is predictable by default. Despite the show's gorgeous visuals, solid performances, and compelling opening, we know the kind of lesson we're in for. Still, Untamed is ultimately less successful than its Hollywood brethren, in part because the threads of its various crimes fail to coalesce in a satisfying manner. The big twists don't land as pulse-pounding revelations. Instead, they manage to be rote, frustrating, and convoluted all at once. By the time National Park Service Investigative Services Branch agent Kyle Turner (Eric Bana) leaves Yosemite behind in the final episode, we're left wondering what, exactly, we're supposed to have learned from his experience. Untamed primarily addresses three main mysteries within the national park, each involving a death or disappearance: the death of Jane Doe/Lucy Cooke, the death of Caleb Turner, and the disappearance of Sean Sanderson. Over the course of the series' six episodes, Kyle digs deeper into the Cooke case, but it isn't until the finale that all the secrets are laid out for the audience. These details are revealed in such a whirlwind (and yet anticlimactic) manner that it's easy to confuse them. If you're left squinting at your screen by the time the credits roll, let's retrace our steps. Here's what we learn by the end of Untamed. At the beginning of the series, a woman tumbles to her death off the edge of El Capitan, an infamous vertical rock formation in Yosemite. (The New York Times accurately referred to this inciting incident as 'a deceptively high-adrenaline start' to the series. What comes next is, generally, much less thrilling.) Slowly, Kyle begins to work with ranger Naya Vasquez (Lily Santiago) to uncover Jane Doe's identity: She is a half-Indigenous woman named Lucy Cooke, formerly known as Grace McCray, and she went missing for the first time many years ago. Back then, Kyle assumed that her father, an abusive man named Rory Cooke, killed her. But when her adult body shows up off El Capitan, Kyle is forced to reexamine the facts of her case. A DNA test soon reveals that Rory Cooke was not, in fact, Lucy's biological father. And when a random boy shows up at the park ranger headquarters with a photograph of 'Grace McCray' (a.k.a. Lucy) as a child, Kyle begins to understand a much more convoluted story is at play. Still, he's initially convinced that wildlife management officer Shane Maguire (Wilson Bethel) had a role in her death. Kyle has good reason to despise (and suspect) Shane, as we later learn, and his theories are all but confirmed when he discovers video footage of Shane on Lucy's phone. The two of them were indeed involved in an illegal drug operation from within Yosemite, but, as it turns out, Shane didn't kill Lucy. Her father did. In the finale, Kyle finally travels to Nevada to locate the abandoned church seen in the boy's photograph of young 'Grace'. Next to the church, he finds a crumbling home occupied by a senile woman named Mrs. Gibbs. Further inspection confirms Kyle's worse suspicions: Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs kept a group of foster children locked in their basement, barely fed, in order to secure continued government funding. When Kyle finds Native American etchings carved into one of the walls, he understands that Grace was one of these children. Kyle then meets with a casino employee named Faith Gibbs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs, who confirms that Grace is Lucy Cooke, and that Lucy ran away at some point after realizing her 'dad', a cop, was never coming back to get her. So, who's the cop? And did he kill Lucy? Next—though I'll admit it's not clear to me exactly how—Kyle draws the investigation directly back to his own park rangers. Paul Souter (Sam Neill) is Yosemite's chief park ranger, and as such, he's Kyle's boss and close friend. (He was also, once, godfather to Kyle's now-deceased son, Caleb.) After reexamining Lucy's DNA test results, Kyle realizes that Paul's daughter, Kate, was scrubbed from the list (despite being in the park's system thanks to her prior arrest). He thus surmises that Paul is the 'cop' Lucy once claimed would rescue her. Perhaps Kyle puts the pieces together thanks, in part, to Paul's own suspicious behavior. After Naya kills Shane in the penultimate episode (after Shane himself almost kills Kyle), Kyle wants to continue to pursue Lucy Cooke's case. Paul discourages him from doing so, claiming Kyle should move on with his life. In refusing to do just that, Kyle finally turns on wheedles the full story out of him. Paul was indeed the father of Lucy Cooke. After having an affair with Lucy's mother, an Indigenous woman named Maggie who later died of cancer, Paul refused to acknowledge Lucy's existence. (He was afraid it would destroy his marriage and ruin his reputation.) Maggie raised Lucy with her abusive husband, Rory, until she died. Her last wish was for Paul to 'get Lucy away from Rory'. Paul did so by giving Lucy the name 'Grace McCray' and placing her under the Gibbs' foster care in Nevada. ('I thought Lucy would be safe there,' Paul tells Kyle in the finale. I have a hard time buying this coming from a cop, but it doesn't seem Paul is the most thorough investigator on the planet.) Kyle tells Paul he'll need to run ballistics on Paul's hunting rifles, and Paul panics. He initially tries to pretend he's lent his rifles to friends, and so one of them might have killed Lucy. But he can't lie to Kyle, and he soon admits that he chased Lucy throughout Yosemite after Lucy started extorting him for money. When that extortion turned into kidnapping—Lucy kidnapped Sadie, Paul's granddaughter, as a bargaining chip—Paul became desperate. He managed to get Sadie back home after she was abandoned on a ridge inside Yosemite, but he continued to pursue Lucy, wanting to 'make her listen somehow'. After firing a warning shot in her direction, Paul accidentally hit Lucy in the leg with a bullet. Believing she was being hunted, Lucy fled—but was soon attacked by coyotes. Tired, injured, and ready to stop her running, she decided to let herself fall off El Capitan. Upon learning this, a horrified Kyle demands that Paul 'make this right' by owning up to his crime. But Paul claims he can't, and when he realizes Kyle will try and 'make it right' for him, he pulls his pistol on his old friend. Kyle calls his bluff and continues walking away. At last, Paul instead turns the gun on himself, pulling the trigger and falling, dead, into the river below. But wait! Lucy and Paul's aren't the only awful, preventable deaths to have taken place in Untamed's Yosemite National Park. Five years before the series' events, Kyle suffered his own loss: the death of Caleb, the young son he shared with his now ex-wife, Jill Bodwin (Rosemarie DeWitt). We learn midway through the show that Kyle discovered Caleb dead in the park after he went missing from camp. But it isn't until the finale that we learn who killed Caleb: a missing person named Sean Sanderson, whose case Kyle never solved. Jill killed him! Or, rather, she had him killed. Alas, here's where Shane finally factors into the story, beyond the red-herring drug operation he ran with Lucy: In one of the finale's more shocking revelations, Jill reveals to her husband, Scott (John Randall), that she hired Shane to kill Sean Sanderson. Who is Sean, exactly? Apparently just some random, horrible man who sought to prey on children. Some important backstory: After Caleb's death, Shane surveyed footage from motion-capture cameras he had placed throughout the park in order to track wildlife migration. It was from one of these cameras that he first spotted Sean stalking Caleb. Shane then brought this footage to Kyle and Jill, telling them they should 'let him kill' Sean in retaliation for his crime. Kyle refused this offer, in part because he wanted 100-percent confirmation that Sean had killed Caleb—and he could only be certain after he'd arrested Sean and brought him to trial. But Jill couldn't live with the unpredictability of a courtroom. So she hired Shane to blackmail and kill Sean behind Kyle's back. Kyle only discovered Jill's secret after Sanderson was reported missing, Jill tells Scott. 'More than anything, more than losing Caleb, it was me betraying Kyle that ended us,' she says of their consequent divorce. Nevertheless, Kyle agreed to lie on Jill's why he never 'solved' Sanderson's missing-persons case. As he later tells the lawyer pursuing a wrongful death suit for the Sanderson family: 'Sometimes things happen that just don't make sense.' Finally, the series ends with Kyle escaping Yosemite National Park. After being placed on suspension thanks to his earlier fight with Shane, Kyle decides to give up his park ranger job together and leave Yosemite in the dust—at last moving on from the place of Caleb's death. In giving up his vigil, Kyle promises the apparition of his son that he'll always take a piece of Caleb wherever he goes. He turns over his horse (and, by extension, his trust) to Naya, who seems eager to take up Kyle's mantle. It's a touching moment, seeing Kyle take ownership of his grief and choose to move forward with his life. But it's unclear how exactly he plans to do so, nor how the destruction wrought within his inner circle—Caleb's death, Jill's betrayal, Paul's corruption, Shane's violence—has shaped him now. Has he decided that the best path forward is to leave it all behind? Or, like Lucy, will he realize that there's no escaping the past? Maybe he's simply driving out of the park to find a good therapist. That, dear reader, should be every viewer's earnest hope. ELLE Collective is a new community of fashion, beauty and culture lovers. For access to exclusive content, events, inspiring advice from our Editors and industry experts, as well the opportunity to meet designers, thought-leaders and stylists, become a member today HERE.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Simu Liu Calls Pedro Pascal Online Hate Campaign ‘F—— Boring'
Marvel star Simu Liu has defended Pedro Pascal amid the ongoing criticism of the actor. The Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings took to social media to praise Pascal's latest film, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, after attending the premiere. In a separate post, he also talked about the 'online hate,' seemingly referring to the actor. Simu Liu shows support to Pedro Pascal amid hate campaign Barbie star Simu Liu loved everything about the new Marvel film, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, including its cast, which includes Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn. The 36-year-old recently gushed over the movie on Threads while also backing up The Last of Us star, who has been the center of rampant online flak. Liu shared a glimpse of his red carpet moment at the premiere of The Fantastic Four with the caption, 'Love this movie, love pedro, love vanessa, love joe, love ebon…' In another thread, he seemed to refer to the alleged hate that Pascal is getting, writing, 'manufactured hate for someone simply because they're experiencing a moment of extreme visibility (ie a press tour they contractually obligated to do) is really f——- boring.' For the unversed, the criticism against Pascal started from several online troll accounts claiming that the Materialists star is 'touchy' around his co-actors. Fans mostly pointed out the close relationship between Pascal and Kirby. While both the actors have been transparent about their friendship, some netizens described Pascal's behavior as 'weird' around female co-stars. Recently, fans also found videos of Pascal's playful interactions with Willem Dafoe's wife, Giada Colagrande, during Dafoe's Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony in January 2024. The clip shows Pascal touching Colagrande's chin for a few seconds while standing next to Dafoe. While the short video lacks any context, some social media users claimed that Dafoe's expression might have appeared to change after Pascal touched Colagrande's chin. While some netizens are trolling Pascal's behavior, many have also come to the actor's defense, condemning the unnecessary backlash. One fan noted under Liu's post, 'It's truly pathetic, and so are both the men and the women that are turning this into a debacle OVER TWO CONSENTING ADULTS. When consent has ALWAYS been the key factor, suddenly doesn't matter because one is married, like? Make it make sense.' The post Simu Liu Calls Pedro Pascal Online Hate Campaign 'F—— Boring' appeared first on - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More. Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Simu Liu Supports Pedro Pascal Amid Online Hate Campaign
Marvel star Simu Liu has defended Pedro Pascal amid the ongoing criticism of the actor. The Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings took to social media to praise Pascal's latest film, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, after attending the premiere. In a separate post, he also talked about the 'online hate,' seemingly referring to the actor. Simu Liu slams online hate campaign against Pedro Pascal Barbie star Simu Liu loved everything about the new Marvel film, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, including its cast, which includes Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn. The 36-year-old recently gushed over the movie on Threads while also backing up The Last of Us star, who has been the center of rampant online flak. Liu shared a glimpse of his red carpet moment at the premiere of The Fantastic Four with the caption, 'Love this movie, love pedro, love vanessa, love joe, love ebon…' In another thread, he seemed to refer to the alleged hate that Pascal is getting, writing, 'manufactured hate for someone simply because they're experiencing a moment of extreme visibility (ie a press tour they contractually obligated to do) is really f——- boring.' For the unversed, the criticism against Pascal started from several online troll accounts claiming that the Materialists star is 'touchy' around his co-actors. Fans mostly pointed out the close relationship between Pascal and Kirby. While both the actors have been transparent about their friendship, some netizens described Pascal's behavior as 'weird' around female co-stars. Recently, fans also found videos of Pascal's playful interactions with Willem Dafoe's wife, Giada Colagrande, during Dafoe's Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony in January 2024. The clip shows Pascal touching Colagrande's chin for a few seconds while standing next to Dafoe. While the short video lacks any context, some social media users claimed that Dafoe's expression might have appeared to change after Pascal touched Colagrande's chin. While some netizens are trolling Pascal's behavior, many have also come to the actor's defense, condemning the unnecessary backlash. One fan noted under Liu's post, 'It's truly pathetic, and so are both the men and the women that are turning this into a debacle OVER TWO CONSENTING ADULTS. When consent has ALWAYS been the key factor, suddenly doesn't matter because one is married, like? Make it make sense.' Originally reported by Arpita Adhya on ComingSoon. The post Simu Liu Supports Pedro Pascal Amid Online Hate Campaign appeared first on Mandatory. Solve the daily Crossword
