Eva Longoria put Hollywood on notice during her Kering Women in Motion talk at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. The “Desperate Housewives” alum, who was joined by University of Southern California Annenberg professor and researcher Dr. Stacy L. Smith, is making her feature directorial debut with “Flamin’ Hot,” an inspirational story about a Frito-Lay janitor who invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. The film won an audience award at the SXSW Film Festival. As a female director, a first-time director and a Latina director, Longoria said she “felt the weight of my community” and “the weight of every female director” when production started on “Flamin’ Hot.” Speaking with Variety chief correspondent Elizabeth Wagmeister, Longoria noted that Hollywood does not play fair when it comes to films directed by women flopping versus male directors. There can be no margin of error for a director like Longoria, as one flop could cost her another directorial gig, she says.
Ari Melber Calls Out Clarence Thomas for ‘Lying to Everyone’ About ‘Billionaire Lifestyle’: ‘You Think You’re Above the Law?’ (Video)
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Propublica reported that for more than 20 years, Thomas was treated to expensive luxury vacations by Texas billionaire Harlan Crow. The issue is, Thomas never once reported said gifts on his financial disclosures.
Then, a few weeks later, it was revealed that, in 2014, Thomas made more than $130,000 when he sold several properties to Crow — an amount far in excess of their value. This included the house Thomas’ mother currently lives in.The story has continued developing though, as it has now been revealed that Crow has also apparently been paying the tuition of Thomas’ nephew, which is more than $60,000 a year.
“There’s no functional difference between handing someone a million dollars in cash and giving them a million dollars worth of stuff that they would want to buy anyway,” Melber said on Thursday night.But, what the host took larger issue with is how Thomas has failed to report these things while simultaneously claiming he’s more comfortable with modest living.“This isn’t the most important part, but boy is it telling Clarence Thomas — who oversees lower courts that literally decide whether people live or die on death row and a host of other important issues — went around knowing all this and lying to everyone to pass himself off as some kind of everyman,” Melber sniped.To back up his assertion, Melber played a clip of Thomas from the 2020 documentary about himself, in which the Supreme Court justice said, “I come from regular stock, and I prefer that. I prefer being around them.” That’s when Melber addressed Thomas through the camera directly.
“No, you don’t,” Melber said. “Why were you lying about it? Were you feeling guilty? Were you also lying to your colleagues on the Supreme Court? Do you think you’re above
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Come on, Harrison.”Ford was in a reflective mood throughout the press conference, talking about a lengthy career that allowed him “to learn from my experience a little bit of craft … and not get my ass kicked out when I didn’t do as well as I wanted to.” Harrison Ford addresses the de-aging technology in the new Indiana Jones movie – he looks decades younger in first 20 minutes: “it has to serve the story” #cannes @thewrap pic.twitter.com/qwl5rY9jkqThe film premiered on Thursday night in Cannes’ Grand Theatre Lumiere, where it drew the usual extended standing ovation from an audience of more than 2,000 in the huge theater. Prior to the screening, Ford was surprised by a film reel showing footage from throughout his career, and then by the presentation of an Honorary Palme d’Or for his body of work.“The warmth is unimaginable,” he said of his reception in Cannes.
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Prince Harry, Meghan Markle called out by Princess Diana's former bodyguard over alleged car chase
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Without Sin on ITV: What it's about, full cast list and where you've seen them before
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Australian DJ dies suddenly in Paris while en route to Eurovision in Liverpool
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Chris Hayes Asks ‘Just How Much Money has Secretly Flowed’ to Clarence Thomas (Video)
The Washington Post reported on Thursday that right wing judicial activist Leonard Leo, former vice president of the conservative Federalist Society, had paid Ginni Thomas, Clarence Thomas’ wife, tens of thousands of dollars for unspecified consulting back in 2012. What’s worse, Leo directed that Ginni Thomas’ name be omitted from any records.
‘Morning Joe’ Says Clarence Thomas Would Be Impeached at Lower Court for Billionaire’s Gifts: ‘What Is Going On?’ (Video)
Clarence Thomas‘ many financial scandals. On the heels of the revelation that billionaire GOP donor Harlan Crow paid potentially in excess of $150,000 to send Thomas’ grandnephew, whom he was raising himself, to a private school, the MSNBC hosts made their skepticism of the justice clear.
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Dana Bash Calls Out LA Times for Describing Her as John King’s ‘Ex-Wife’
were married from 2008 to 2012.King, who’s 59, has anchored “Inside Politics” for nine year, dating back to 2014. He’s transitioning to a new role more focused on voters in key battleground states ahead of the upcoming 2024 Presidential Election.“This is my ‘back to the future’ dream assignment,” King said.
Kim Kardashian Breaks Down in Tears While Calling Out Kanye West’s ‘Lies’ in ‘The Kardashians’ Season 3 Trailer
McKinley Franklin editor It looks like everything might not be so sunny in Calabasas for reality television’s royal family. Hulu has dropped the official trailer for Season 3 of “The Kardashians,” which is set to premiere on May 25. “The Kardashians” stars the Kar-Jenner family, headed by matriarch Kris Jenner and her five daughters, Kourtney Kardashian Barker, Kim Kardashian, Khloé Kardashian, Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner — a family with no shortage of drama. The trailer opens up with a noticeably distressed Kim talking about her tumultuous divorce from Kanye West. In the opening scenes of the trailer, Khloe asks Kim if she’s okay, to which she replies, “No, [I’m] not okay.”
Meyers Bets Fox Lied to Hannity About Tucker Carlson’s Firing Like ‘You Lie to a 5-Year-Old When Their Goldfish Dies’ (Video)
he doesn’t “have a clue” about what led to the dismissal of his colleague — but “Late Night” host Seth Meyers suspects that that was an intentional move on Fox’s part.The news of Carlson’s split from the network came on Monday morning and, in the days following, many have been trying to piece together what went down. During his radio show on Tuesday, Hannity said, “I guess people think that because I’ve been there the longest that I’d have some knowledge or understanding of what’s going on, but … I just don’t.”During his show on Fox on Monday night, Hannity barely mentioned Carlson, except to claim that he was better than Don Lemon (who was also fired this week) because “he had a massive audience and has a huge following.”“Yeah, Tucker has a huge following among racist lunatics and people who also want to f— the green M&M,” Meyers mocked on Wednesday.During his show, Hannity also noted that he didn’t have “any details” on Carlson’s ouster, which Meyers found a bit hard to believe.“You don’t have any details on it? His show was on right before yours,” Meyers said.
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