Dwayne Johnson Addresses Maui Wildfire Fund Backlash: “I Could’ve Been Better”

Colin Jost and Michael Che were back at it again on Saturday Night Live‘s “Weekend Update” to joke about politics and pop culture.

become a TV punchline. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex — who are now 39 and 42, respectively, and share children Archie, 4, and Lilibet, 2 – have provided lots of fodder for jokes.

Dwayne Johnson, after the actor called them out over its appearance.The actor’s wax sculpture at the Grévin Museum faced widespread criticism online when it was unveiled last week (October 16), with many highlighting its light skin tone.Johnson himself later shared a clip on Instagram of comedian James Andre Jefferson Jr. roasting the statue, adding that he plans to ask the museum to update the figure with “some important details and improvements – starting with my skin colour”.On Wednesday (October 25), the Grévin Museum showcased the updated waxwork in a video on Instagram, detailing how updating the figure had been a “major task” for the sculptor.A post shared by Grévin Paris (@grevin_paris)“A week ago, we unveiled Dwayne Johnson’s waxwork,” Yves Delhommeau, the museum’s managing director, said in the clip.

The Rock‘s French waxwork has had a makeover.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent France’s Musée Grévin took Dwayne Johnson‘s comments and social media outcry over the star’s botched wax figure to heart. Within 24 hours, his figure was updated by artists who gave it a slightly darker skin tone with meticulous strokes of oil painting.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is having a laugh over his wax figure. But like… it’ sa little serious, too.

Angelique Jackson Tyler Perry has formalized a new creative partnership with Netflix to write, direct and produce feature films under a multi-year, first-look deal. The pact spans eight pictures over four years. Perry already has five films under his belt at the streamer: “A Fall From Grace,” “A Madea Homecoming,” the period drama “A Jazzman’s Blues” (his longtime passion project produced from his first screenplay, written 27 years prior), the upcoming World War II-set drama “Six Triple Eight” and the thriller “Mea Culpa.” Endeavor and TKO CEO Ari Emanuel teased the new pact at Bloomberg Media’s Screentime conference on Oct.

Dwayne Johnson has requested changes to his waxwork at a museum in Paris after it was widely mocked online.The actor’s waxwork was unveiled at the Grévin Museum in Paris, France last week (October 16), and soon faced criticism over its quality.In an Instagram post on Sunday (October 22), Johnson shared a clip of comedian James Andre Jefferson Jr. roasting the statue, with the caption: “I knew my boy @jamesjeffersonj had this Rock wax statue in his roasting crosshairs.”“For the record, I’m going to have my team reach out to our friends at Grevin Museum, in Paris France so we can work at ‘updating’ my wax figure here with some important details and improvements – starting with my skin colour,” he added, with a laughing emoji.“And next time I’m in Paris, I’ll stop in and have a drink with myself.”A post shared by Dwayne Johnson (@therock)In the video roasting the waxwork, Jefferson Jr.

on Instagram Saturday that he has requested “improvements” to his wax figure that was recently unveiled at the Grevin Museum in Paris.“I knew my boy [Jefferson Jr.] had this Rock wax statue in his roasting crosshairs,” Johnson, 51, captioned a reposted video from “The Circle” alum James Andre Jefferson Jr. making fun of the figure.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Dwayne Johnson announced on Instagram that he is reaching out to the Musée Grévin in Paris after it unveiled a botched wax figure of the A-list Hollywood star. Fans reacted in horror earlier this month at the museum’s light-skinned wax figure of Johnson, complete with a suburban dad kind of outfit that Johnson is almost never seen in. The wax figure drew instant comparisons to Mr.

EXCLUSIVE: Jaume Collet-Serra is back in business with Seven Bucks after Black Adam and Jungle Cruise, with the filmmaker set to direct Kate Warne for Amazon Studios and Dwayne Johnson’s Seven Bucks. Emily Blunt is also producing, but with an eye to star. There is currently no acting deal in place, Deadline hears. Those conversations are expected to resume post-strike.

Dwayne Johnson‘s new waxwork located in Paris after feeling like something was missing from it.The actor and former professional wrestler’s wax figure was unveiled at the Grevin Museum in Paris, France on Monday, October 16. The sculpture resembles the actor with its muscular physique, tattoos and shaved head.Fans lined up to take photos with the waxwork which is posed with its arms crossed and dressed in a blue collared shirt and navy blue trousers.

Refresh for updates…Taylor Swift: Eras Tour may have missed the century mark in regards to a domestic opening, but the 12x Grammy winner was always guaranteed that number worldwide, with AMC reporting this AM that the Sam Wrench directed concert pic has racked up $126M-$130M. Overseas opening is $31M-$33M. AMC is reporting a range ala domestic; this the first time the circuit has handled a global theatrical-day-and-date release of this magnitude. Note, we never saw this hitting $200M WW; overseas was always going to be light and at this point remains at the lower-end of expectations.

BreAnna Bell Ebony Media Group, the company behind Ebony Magazine, has teamed up with Lionsgate to announce the launch of their joint venture, Ebony TV by Lionsgate. With access to Lionsgate’s expansive library of titles, the FAST channel will be available on Samsung TV Plus starting on Oct.

Dwayne Johnson after he previously criticised his career transition from the WWE into acting.During a press conference for WWE Fastlane on Saturday (October 7), Cena was asked about the hypocrisy in his feud with Johnson between 2011 and 2013 when he returned to WWE after leaving to pursue an acting career.Since then, Cena has made the same career switch, with roles in the Fast & Furious franchise and 2021’s The Suicide Squad.“I went about it the wrong way,” Cena said at the conference in regards to the feud. “I violated his trust and I made allegations about his perspective that I knew nothing about.“And deep down, I was a fan.

press conference for WWE Fastlane when a reporter questioned him about taking the exact same career step as Johnson, 51.“If you’ve been following what I’ve tried to do, especially as of late, publicly and personally to Dwayne Johnson, I’ve stated that although I thought I was trying to do what’s best for business, I went about it the wrong way,” Cena said.“I didn’t do it the respectful way, so I had to eat a little bit of crow. I had to say ‘I’m sorry and I was wrong,’ because I am sorry and I was wrong, and that’s a very humbling experience,” he added. “Dwayne is a hell of a guy… I became who I despised.

John Cena is opening up about his former feud with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

Dwayne Johnson is speaking out amid backlash.

affected by the Maui wildfires — despite having a combined net worth of more than $2.8 billion.The Hollywood pair collectively chipped in $10 million to kickstart the People’s Fund of Maui, but then, they also put out a call asking their fans on Instagram and TikTok to donate the rest.Fans didn’t react to this with enthusiasm. Many complained they were already living “paycheck-to-paycheck,” and that the uber-rich celebrities should dole out more of their own money toward relief efforts.“I would but I’m broke…you two got this though!” Carolina Moreno wrote in the comment section on TikTok under the August 31 video.“Billionaire asking for money from the poor, what a joke,” Cary Jacobs added on Winfrey’s follow-up video on Instagram.In a new Instagram video posted on Sunday, Johnson broke his silence to his 392 million followers, and said that he “understood” why fans were angry.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director John Cena was asked at the press conference for WWE Fastlane about his own hypocrisy in his former feud with fellow wrestler-turned-Hollywood-actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Cena has said that his beef with Johnson was fueled by his anger over Johnson abandoning WWE in order to become an A-list Hollywood actor, which is exactly the career move Cena would take himself. Cena admitted in May that he was “short-sighted and selfish” in feuding with Johnson, and now he told press that “I 100% see and understand” how people could consider him a hypocrite for calling out Johnson and then following in his footsteps.