Sydney Sweeney, known for her breakout roles in Euphoria and The White Lotus, recently set the record straight about her financial independence.
The 27-year-old actress has been the subject of rumours suggesting her fiancé, 40-year-old Jonathan Davino, financially supports her.
Sweeney addressed these assumptions head-on in an interview with Glamour magazine, where she made it clear that she is fully responsible for her own finances.
“I’m a very successful, independent woman who’s worked really hard,” Sweeney declared.
She emphasized that she provides not only for herself but also for her family, saying, “I’ve accomplished and bought everything myself.”
The misconception, likely fueled by the 13-year age gap between her and Davino, led to unfair assumptions about their relationship dynamics, which Sweeney was quick to dismiss.
Sweeney also opened up about how her upbringing shaped her financial mindset.
Coming from a family that “lost everything,” she admitted, “I am terrified of that.”
“That fear will always be instilled in me.”
The Anyone But You star described her relationship with Davino as a partnership, saying, “We’re teammates.”
After her successful turns in Euphoria and Anyone But You, she is gearing up for several major releases.
One of her most anticipated films is Eden, a thriller directed by Ron Howard, which is set to debut in 2024. The film is based on a true story and features an all-star cast, including Vanessa Kirby, Ana de Armas, and Jude Law.
Another project in the pipeline is Echo Valley, a thriller for Apple TV+ where Sweeney stars alongside Julianne Moore and Domhnall Gleeson.
Sweeney is also attached to the highly anticipated remake of Barbarella, a sci-fi classic where she will take on the titular role of the space-travelling heroine.
Hugh Grant, star of the Bridget Jones‘s Diary franchise, has revealed that the upcoming fourth film Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy will take a more somber tone.
The actor, who is reprising his role as Daniel Cleaver, described the movie as “very, very sad” during an appearance on The Graham Norton Show.
The film is based on Helen Fielding’s 2013 novel of the same name and will see the Oscar-winning actress Renée Zellweger return as the iconic Bridget Jones.
In the story, Bridget navigates life as a single mother of two after the tragic death of her husband, Mark Darcy, played by Colin Firth.
Grant said, “She had a sad story. She got married to an American screenwriter, she had children and then he died.”
He explained that Fielding had initially begun writing a novel about a woman raising her children alone before realizing that the character resembled Bridget Jones.
He added, “She made it into a Bridget Jones book, and as well as being extremely funny, it’s very, very sad.”
After not appearing in Bridget Jones’s Baby, Grant admitted that he initially felt there was “absolutely no role” for his character in the new instalment.
However, the production team managed to find a way to include Daniel Cleaver in the story.
Grant, whose character was known for his womanizing ways in the earlier films, shared his thoughts on how Daniel Cleaver’s storyline has evolved.
“I felt that what they proposed was fine, but not great,” he said, expressing concerns about portraying Cleaver in his 60s as unchanged.
“You can’t just have him smoothing his way down King’s Road eyeing up young girls.”
The actor worked with the team to create a more layered narrative for Cleaver.
Grant further explained, “Something needs to have happened to him in the interim. So we invented a rather good – I invented a rather good – interim story.”
“It’s actually a very good and moving script. And I say that as someone who’s horrid about scripts. This was brilliant.”
Hugh Grant’s Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy is set for release on February 14, 2025.
Will Smith and Michael Bay are teaming up again for a new action film Fast and Loose, for Netflix, nearly 30 years after their first collaboration.
According to Variety, Bay is in early talks to helm the Netflix film with Smith playing the lead character.
According to the official description, Fast and Loose “follows a man who wakes up in Tijuana with no memories. As he pieces together his past, he learns he’s been living two lives: one as a crime kingpin and the other as an undercover CIA agent.”
Other details surrounding the cast and release date remain tightly under wraps.
The script for the film is penned by Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber, Chris Bremner, and Eric Pearson.
Producers include Smith, Kelly McCormick, and David Leitch from 87North.
Jon Mone, co-president and head of motion pictures, and Ryan Shimazaki are in talks to produce on behalf of Westbrook Studios, along with James Lassiter.
Bay and Smith first teamed up in 1995 for “Bad Boys,” which was Bay’s debut as a feature film director.
Despite the widely publicized Oscars incident a few years ago, Will Smith has managed to maintain his place near the top of Hollywood’s ranks.
The fourth Bad Boys film, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, which reunited him with Martin Lawrence, grossed over $400 million at the box office this year. Talks are already underway for a fifth instalment in the franchise.
Fast and Loose does not have a release date yet.
Debuting in 2022, the action-crime series starring Alan Ritchson has already amounted to a large fan base.
With season 3 set to premiere sometime in 2025, Prime Video is already renewing the series for 4th season.
The series is based on the novels by Lee Child, where the character Jack Reacher faces criminals as a former U.S. Army military policeman.
The head of Amazon MGM Studios discussed the global impact of Reacher and how it has no plans to slow down anytime soon.
“Reacher has become a phenomenon that continues to resonate with our global customers beyond our wildest expectations and we are thrilled to bring the series back for an additional season.”
“We are looking forward to more action and adventure from the immensely talented team behind the series including [showrunner] Nick Santora, Alan Ritchson, Lee Child, Skydance, and CBS Studios.”
Season 3 is based on the seventh book of Child’s series, “Persuader”, which follows Reacher as he goes undercover to rescue an informant, captured by a haunted foe of his past.
The 41-year-old actor has also starred in Fast X, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, and The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.
Earlier this year Ritchson expressed how eager he was to be the new Batman in James Gunn‘s DCU.
“I wanna be Batman!”
He went into depth about how much he would love to play the role, with many Reacher fans agreeing that he has what it takes.
Inspector Gadget star Matthew Broderick has said he would have absolutely loved to of been a part of Sex and the City.
His wife of nearly 30 years Sarah Jessica Parker who was the main star in the HBO series played Carrie Bradshaw, who lived for fashion and was a sex columnist.
When Broderick looked back on all his acting roles over the years, he said, in SiriusXM’s podcast This Life of Mine with James Corden, he would have been “delighted” to have taken part in the series.
“I wish that I had done it or been in it.”
“You know, that was her, her thing… I don’t know.”
“It just never worked out,” he added.
“I loved that show and I would have been delighted to be in it, but it just never lined up right.”
Revealing to James Corden that he had in fact declined multiple roles over the 6 seasons that the show ran for.
“It’s a little bit true, You know, I don’t even know that I remember that well.”
“Whenever there was a part that I could do, I couldn’t do it – is really all that happened.”
“But also sometimes it was like, ‘Do you want to do two days as the premature ejaculator?’ And I’d be, you know, well, I don’t know,” he joked ass Corden laughed.
He thought that those kinds of roles were “embarrassing.”
Scarface actor Al Pacino has revealed he had an extremely difficult time while dealing with COVID-19, and as a result of it, had a terrible health scare.
“I was sitting there in my house, and I was gone… I didn’t have a pulse,” he revealed.
“In a matter of minutes, there was the ambulance in front of my house,” he said.
Although he didn’t reveal when this terrifying incident happened, he remembers that the doctor’s outfits looked like they weren’t from Earth.
“They had these outfits on that looked like they were from outer space or something.”
The Godfather star said he fell unconscious after telling his staff member he was feeling “unusually not good.”
During what he thought was his final moments he recalled not seeing a “light” that others had proclaimed.
“I didn’t see the white light or anything,” he added.
“There’s nothing there.”
“I’d never thought about it in my life,” he said.
“But you know actors, it sounds good to say I died once.”
“What is it when there’s no more?”
Al Pacino also spoke of how he has a new outlook on death as he has gotten older.
“It’s just the way it is,” he bluntly said.
“I didn’t ask for it, it just comes, like a lot of things just come.”
Netflix has cancelled Kaos, a Greek mythology-inspired comedy series just after one season, according to Variety.
The show, which debuted on Netflix this August, featured a fresh take on the classical mythological gods, with Jeff Goldblum playing a whimsical and insecure version of Zeus.
Set in a modern-day world, Kaos followed the story of Prometheus, who is imprisoned by Zeus for interfering with his rule over humanity. Determined to overthrow the god of gods, Prometheus teams up with three human allies—Eurydice, Ariadne, and Caeneus—in a plot to challenge Zeus’s dominance.
The eight-episode series was penned by Charlie Covell, the writer behind the acclaimed series The End of the F***ing World.
Season 1 of Kaos received generally positive reviews, earning a 76% critic score and an 83% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Many critics commended the strong performances, with particular praise for Jeff Goldblum’s portrayal of Zeus, as well as the show’s dark comedy.
However, the series was axed after failing to meet Netflix’s viewership targets in the weeks following its premiere on August 29.
The cast of Kaos featured an ensemble of well-known actors, including Janet McTeer as Hera, Aurora Perrineau as Eurydice, Cliff Curtis as Poseidon, and David Thewlis as Hades.
Other notable cast members included Rakie Ayola as Persephone, Killian Scott as Orpheus, Leila Farzad as Ariadne, Nabhaan Rizwan as Dionysus, and Debi Mazar as Medusa.
Stephen Dillane portrayed Prometheus, with Misia Butler as Caeneus, Mat Fraser as Daedalus, Stanley Townsend as Minos, Billie Piper as Cassandra, Suzy Eddie Izzard as Lachesis, Cathy Tyson as Alecto, and many more.
Kaos season 1 is currently available to stream on Netflix.
The legendary metal singer Ozzy Osbourne has always been honest about his struggles with alcohol and drugs throughout his career.
The musician has now revealed that while ‘struggling’ with recent health battles, he has resorted back to smoking marijuana.
Ozzy was diagnosed with a health condition called Parkinsons in 2020, which can affect at least 1% of people over the age of 60.
Speaking on the Madhouse Chronicles Podcast he admitted, “I am happier, but I am not completely sober.”
“I use a bit of marijuana from time to time.”
He continued that his wife, Sharon, keeps getting rid of his drugs, “Even with marijuana she will f**king find it and get rid of it.”
“I went to a doctor recently and started to have this ketamine,” the Black Sabbath singer revealed.
“He put a tiny bit in me, but that was enough to spark me.”
“That thing came back and weighted my brain.”
“If you are out there and you are using dope [marijuana] and you want to get off, there is plenty of help.”
He went on to say that he doesn’t need to attend “Alcoholics Anonymous” anymore, but perhaps he “should” because they got him “sorted out to a certain degree.”
Parkinson’s disease is a condition caused by a loss of nerve cells in a certain part of the brain, which can cause tremors, stiffness and slow movements.
Joker 2 director Todd Phillips finally explains cutting out Lady Gaga ‘kissing a woman’ scene
Potential spoilers inside.
Joker: Folie à Deux set photos earlier this year revealed Lady Gaga kissing another woman in character as Lee Quinzel, however, the scene was revealed on the big screen to have been cut out of the movie.
This left fans wondering why the scene was cut following the movie’s theatrical release.
Director Todd Phillips spoke to Entertainment Weekly in a recent interview to explain.
The kissing scene was supposed to appear before one of Arthur Fleck’s court appearances in the newly released Joker sequel, the titular character played by Joaquin Phoenix.
Gaga’s Lee Quinzel is released from Arkham and then goes to support Arthur in the courthouse.
As she walks up the stairs, she dances and sings before entering the building, however, in the original version – she passes a group of protestors on the steps before kissing a woman from the crowd.
“It had dialogue in it, and, all of a sudden, I wanted it to be more of a music and vibe moment,” Phillips told Entertainment Weekly.
