Leonardo DiCaprio made the rare move of posting on social media to voice his support for the people of war-torn Ukraine. DONATE NOW: What can you do to help Ukraine?The Titanic star took to his Instagram on Thursday to share several photos from various humanitarian organizations that are helping Ukrainian people affected by Russia's military invasion – they included Save the Children, CARE, Rescue.org, and UNICEF.WATCH: How you can help the people of Ukraine "The victims of warfare in Ukraine have lost everything from their loved ones to basic materials for survival," he wrote."Humanitarian organizations like @SavetheChildren @careorg @IRC and @refugees are on the ground, dedicating their personnel and resources to support families and innocent people."READ: 5 ways to cope with news induced anxiety right nowPARENTING ADVICE: How to talk to your children about the Ukraine/Russia conflictFans rushed to share their thanks to the actor for showing his support and raising awareness of such important organizations.
Adam McKay Made ‘Don’t Look Up’ Because Climate Crisis Is Not Years Away, “It’s Right Now” – Contenders Film: The Nominees
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Adam McKay is known for, among other things, his blistering satires, Vice and The Big Short among them. His latest, the four-time Oscar-nominated Don’t Look Up, takes aim at our ignorance of climate change, our politics and our obsession with tech.
Speaking on a panel during Deadline’s Contenders Film: The Nominees event, McKay explained how the idea for Don’t Look Up germinated for him.
“It came about from the dawning awareness that the climate crisis, which I think a lot of us always thought was 50, 80, 100 years away,” he said. “And in the last four or five years it started to hit me that it’s right now. And that a lot of the modelling that we’ve seen has been incredibly optimistic. And in fairness the scientists were telling us that all along. And so, I started to get this bad feeling in my stomach. And as someone who writes and directs and produces, you get that kind of feeling and you want to make a movie.”
A conversation with journalist David Sirota really ignited the idea for the film though, he said. “He made a joke about how ignoring the climate crisis is like the asteroid’s going to hit in Armageddon and no one cares. And I just thought it was such a great, simple, emotional idea. That was it. We dove in.”
Don’t Look Up follows a pair of low-level astronomers, played by Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio, as they discover a meteorite is going to render the planet extinct and try to explain the situation to a self-interested president played by Meryl Streep.
With McKay on the panel were his frequent collaborators, producer Kevin Messick and composer Nicholas Britell.
Messick said his working relationship with McKay is “really fun,” adding, “I am in the luxurious position of being one of the first to read great
Doug Liman Set To Direct Series Adaptation Of Bill Browder’s Russian Corruption Book ‘Red Notice’
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‘Gilded Age’s Louisa Jacobson Had to Take ‘Corset Breaks’ On Set: ‘My Ribs Were So Sore’
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Fleming returns to Met in new opera based on 'The Hours'
NEW YORK -- It’s been nearly five years since Renee Fleming sang her last Metropolitan Opera performance of Richard Strauss’s “Der Rosenkavalier,” a work that culminates in a sublime trio for women’s voices.Now Fleming is planning her return to the Met in a new opera that also has three major roles for women, with plenty of opportunities for harmonizing.She’ll star as Clarissa Vaughn in an adaptation by composer Kevin Puts and librettist Greg Pierce of “The Hours,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Michael Cunningham and then a movie starring Meryl Streep as Clarissa.“I haven’t been singing ‘Rosenkavalier’ in a long time, and the idea of a trio with three women wasn’t lost on me,” Fleming, 63, said of the new venture.Fleming and Puts had first worked together when he wrote a song cycle for her based on letters by Georgia O’Keeffe, which premiered in 2016. As they discussed the idea for “The Hours,” Fleming agreed to see if Peter Gelb, the Met’s general manager, might be interested.
2022 BAFTA Awards: The Complete Winners List
EE British Academy Film Awards.The annual ceremony was held at the Royal Albert Hall and British and international stars alike went glam for the special occasion. Rebel Wilson hosted this year's event, and the night was full of laughs and golden statues as the annual awards show crowned its winners.See the complete list below: Aleem Khan : James Cummings, Hester Ruoff : Jeymes Samuel : Posy Dixon, Liv Proctor : Rebecca Hall, Aleem Khan , Ryûsuke Hamaguchi , Audrey Diwan , Paul Thomas Anderson , Jane Campion , Julia DucournauLADY GAGA, ALANA HAIM, EMILIA JONES, RENATE REINSVE, JOANNA SCANLAN, TESSA THOMPSON, ADEEL AKHTAR , MAHERSHALA ALI, BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, LEONARDO DICAPRIO, STEPHEN GRAHAM, WILL SMITH, CAITRÍONA BALFE, JESSIE BUCKLEY, ARIANA DEBOSE, ANN DOWD, AUNJANUE ELLIS, RUTH NEGGA, MIKE FAIST, CIARÁN HINDS, TROY KOTSUR, WOODY NORMAN, JESSE PLEMONS, KODI SMIT-MCPHEE, Ariana DeBose Harris Dickinson Lashana Lynch Millicent Simmonds Kodi Smit-McPhee 2022 BAFTA Nominations: The Complete List 2021 BAFTA Awards: The Complete List of Winners Prince Philip Honored With Heartfelt Tribute at 2021 BAFTAs
The Standard Hotel Property Sold, New Name Venue Will Be Resurrected In Its Sunset Strip Location
UPDATE: One of the Sunset Strip’s landmark hotel locations has been sold and plans to reopen under a new name.
The Gilded Age's Louisa Jacobson Makes L.A. Stage Debut in 'Trayf' at the Geffen
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Paul Thomas Anderson Says Leonardo DiCaprio Was Offered ‘Boogie Nights’ But Turned It Down To Make ‘Titanic’
At The Playlist, we sure do love a good “What if?” casting situation. Every now and then they pop up and always get our imagination going.
Samuel L. Jackson Found Out Jonah Hill Holds the Movie Curse Word Record: ‘That’s Bulls—!’
Zack Sharf Samuel L. Jackson found out on “The Tonight Show” (via Uproxx) this week that he does not hold the record for most curse words said by an actor on screen.
Actress Zoe Kravitz Talks About Rejection And How Its Impacted Her Career; “Usually A Few Years Later, You’re like, OK, This Is Why This Didn’t Happen.”
Actress, singer, and director Zoe Kravitz is speaking candidly about her experiences in Hollywood and the harsh reality of rejection.
Louisa Jacobson On The ‘Really Embarrassing Thing’ Mom Meryl Streep Does
Even if your mom is Meryl Streep, she is still bound to get on your nerves.
Louisa Jacobson shares the one thing mom Meryl Streep does to annoy her
“The Gilded Age” star — who plays the penniless blue-blood Marian Brook — discussed some of the three-time Oscar winner’s most annoying habits a recent late-night appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!“Host Jimmy Kimmel asked the 30-year-old if Streep, 72, irks the young starlet from time to time.“Of course,” Jacobson replied. She also divulged the cute nickname the “Don’t Look Up” star has for her youngest child: “Pickle!”Jacobson recalled a moment when her mom was worried about her.
Zoë Kravitz’s Net Worth Reveals How Much She Makes Compared to Other Catwomen
From Big Little Lies to The Batman, it’s understandable why fans want to know about Zoë Kravitz‘s net worth and how much she’s made from her hit shows and movies over the years.
Joni Mitchell, Amy Tan, N. Scott Momaday join arts academy
NEW YORK -- Joni Mitchell's latest honor finds her in company with some giants from other fields.The celebrated singer-songwriter and musician has received honorary membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the venerable institution based in Upper Manhattan where general inductees have ranged from Henry James and Hannah Arendt to Dizzy Gillespie and Jasper Johns. She now shares honorary status with a peer she knows well, Bob Dylan, along with Meryl Streep, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Martin Scorsese among others.“It’s fun to be part of such a historic roll call along with all of the talented and interesting people who have received this honor," Mitchell said in a statement.
Leonardo DiCaprio, Ray Liotta, Peyton Manning, Robin Roberts & Pierce Brosnan Set Docuseries At History Channel
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'Squid Game' Stars Reacts to Their Big SAG Awards Win and the One Celeb They Didn't Get to Meet! (Exclusive)
pulled off some surprising upsets with some well-deserved big wins at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, and their excitement couldn't have been greater.HoYeon Jung — who took home the award for Female Actor in a Drama Series — and Lee Jung-jae, who earned the award for Male Actor in a Drama Series, spoke with ET's Nischelle Turner backstage and reflected on the momentous victories.When asked if the wins had sunk in yet, Lee said with a laugh, «Not yet.»«I think its gonna take a while,» HoYeon added.«The award itself was given to me by so many amazing and talented actors and I felt that was very special,» she continued, via translator.When her name was first announced as the winner of the category, HoYeon was visibly stunned and was emotional while accepting the award.«I really wanted to express my gratitude as a fan everyone there, but also just as someone who's just starting out in this path,» she explained to ET. «I especially wanted to express all my love and thanks for all the love and support I got from the actors who were a part of the cast.»By winning, HoYeon beat out Jennifer Aniston, Elisabeth Moss, Sarah Snook and Reese Witherspoon — the latter of whom she said she'd hope to meet at the event.Unfortunately, due to timing and other factors she admitted that she'd not yet meet Witherspoon at the event.
SAG Awards 2022 - See Every Red Carpet Look & Full Celeb Guest List!
The 2022 SAG Awards just ended and we rounded up all of the red carpet photos for you to see in one place!
'Don't Look Up' Stars Cate Blanchett & Tyler Perry Hit the Red Carpet at the SAG Awards 2022
Cate Blanchett and Tyler Perry step out for the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday (February 27) at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif.