Angelina Jolie and Dua Lipa express support for Iranian protesters

Lily Moayeri “Protest art arises when the society is full of anger and the artist is part of the angry society.” That’s a statement made by Justina, an Iranian rapper, singer and songwriter, on the Oct. 15 episode of BBC program “The Cultural Frontline.” Justina and Iranian singer-songwriter and activist FarAvaz Farvardin were guests on the show, speaking about protest songs in Iran. Experts of sorts, their 2020 song, “Fatva,” was a protest song ahead of its time. Perhaps the most notable of the recent Iran protest songs is Shervin Hajipour’s “Baraye,” which was written in the wake of Mahsa Amini’s death after being arrested and beaten by Iran’s notorious morality police for not wearing a proper head covering. After receiving nearly 100,000 submissions, it is now the frontrunner for the Recording Academy’s new song for social change Grammy award.

Iranian filmmaker Mani Haghighi will no longer attend the London Film Festival premiere of his latest film Subtraction after authorities stopped him from boarding a flight to London. 

London is calling! Stars like Lady Gaga, Angelina Jolie and Selena Gomez have all called The Langham London home when venturing across the pond — and it’s easy to see why.

An email that Angelina Jolie once sent to Brad Pitt has resurfaced after a TikTok went viral.

Brad Pitt is maintaining his innocence after his ex-wife, Angelina Jolie, alleged that he was abusive toward her and their children during a September 2016 flight from France to California.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Japanese director Kawase Naomi will lead the international competition jury of the 44th Cairo International Film Festival (Nov. 13-22). Kawase won the Caméra d’Or for best debut feature film at Cannes for “Moe no Suzaku” (1997) and also won awards there for “Mogari no Mori” (2007) and “Hikari” (2017). In 2000, her film “Hotaru” won the FIPRESCI award at Locarno. Cairo festival president Hussein Fahmy said that Kawase has had a distinguished career and possesses great experience that qualified her to obtain prestigious awards from various international festivals.

dragged into all this, with Pitt arguing that the Russian ties hurt the winery’s brand. Meanwhile, Jolie has filed a cross-complaint that accuses Pitt of domestic abuse on a 2016 flight. Court documents filed last week allege that “Pitt choked one of the children and struck another in the face” and “grabbed Jolie by the head and shook her”.

Dua Lipa has shared her support for women in Iran following a number of recent protests in the country.The musician posted on Instagram yesterday (October 8) to share a post about the recent deaths of young women in Iran as protests continue following the death of Masha Amini, 22.Amini died in Tehran earlier last month (September 16) after being arrested for not wearing her hijab in accordance with government standards. Police claimed she suffered heart failure at the station, although witnesses have claimed Amini was severely beaten by the authorities.Lipa shared a number of photos of women who have also since died on Instagram.

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Maane Khatchatourian News Editor, Variety.com Popular stand-up comic Judy Tenuta, known to her fans as “The Love Goddess” and “Aphrodite of the Accordion,” died of ovarian cancer on Thursday afternoon in Los Angeles. She was 72.

Angelina Jolie was spotted spending time with her daughter Vivienne on Wednesday in Los Angeles. The mother-daughter duo were photographed loading groceries into their car, amid reports that Brad Pitt’s time with their kids remain “limited.”The 47-year-old actress was spending quality time with her 14-year-old daughter, following the latest document in the ongoing legal battle between the former couple, which details an alleged incident that took place in 2016 and involved emotional and physical abuse.Angelina and Vivienne had a casual look while running errands in Los Angeles, with the actress wearing a white dress with a gray shawl, accessorized with big sunglasses and minimal jewelry, while her daughter wore gray sweatpants and a Ben Platt concert T-shirt.The actress recently filed a countersuit against her ex-husband, claiming that in order to sell her share of their winery, Pitt demanded that she sign a nondisclosure agreement that would contractually prohibited her “from speaking outside of court about Pitt’s physical and emotional abuse of her and their children.”The document detailed the alleged incident: “When one of the children verbally defended Jolie, Pitt lunged at his own child and Jolie grabbed him from behind to stop him.

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Angelina Jolie has claimed that her ex-husband Brad Pitt "choked" one of their children and "struck another in the face" during the alleged heated argument on a private plane in 2016, in a bombshell new countersuit.

On Tuesday (October 4), court documents filed by Angelina Jolie‘s lawyers brought to light new abuse allegations against Brad Pitt, including abuse allegations involving their six children: Maddox, 21, Pax, 18, Zahara, 17, Shiloh, 16, Vivienne, 14, and Knox, 14.

Angelina Jolie recently detailed new abuse allegations against ex-husband Brad Pitt in court documents obtained by Us Weekly on Tuesday, October 4.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor Douglas Kirkland, the celebrity photographer known for his photos of Marilyn Monroe and numerous other stars, died Sunday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 88. His 1961 Monroe portraits showed the superstar reclining on a bed surrounded by white satin sheets. In addition to his portraits of Hollywood notables including he was a special photographer for films including “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “The Sound of Music,” “Sophie’s Choice,” “The Great Gatsby,” “Out of Africa,” “Titanic” and “Moulin Rouge!” His photos appeared in hundreds of magazines, and among the celebrities he photographed were Brigitte Bardot, Coco Chanel, Audrey Hepburn, Marlene Dietrich, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Garland, Elizabeth Taylor, Ann-Margret, Natalie Wood, Catherine Deneuve, Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, Charlie Chaplin, Peter O’Toole, Paul Newman, Marcello Mastroianni, Michael Caine, Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Frank Sinatra, Mick Jagger, Bjork and Michael Jackson.

Angelina Jolie has filed a countersuit against ex Brad Pitt.