Eva Mendes Clears Up False Reports About Her Acting Career, Reveals Her 'Dream Project'

Talk about a throwback! Ryan Gosling debuted his new ‘80s style on the first day of filming his new movie, The Fall Guy — and it’s a far cry from the bleach-blond look he sported as Barbie’s beau.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Rome’s MIA, a market dedicated to international TV series, feature films, animation and documentaries, wrapped its eighth edition on Saturday on a positive note boasting a 20% rise in attendance compared with 2021, having attracted more than 2,400 registered industry execs from 60 countries, more than half of which from Italy. However, the pandemic was still limiting travel last year, which makes comparisons difficult. The mood was undoubtedly upbeat in the halls and terraces of central Rome’s Palazzo Barberini – which besides being Italy’s national ancient art gallery is also the market’s main hub – and in the adjacent state-of-the-art Cinema Barberini movie theater during five days of curated dealmaking and dozens of panels and project pitching sessions involving 70 TV, film, doc and animation projects.

Ella Kemp Guest Contributor Janelle Monáe reflected on her multifaceted career at a Screen Talk hosted by BFI London Film Festival programmer Grace Barber-Plentie. The conversation, which took place ahead of the European premiere of “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” included the musician-actor citing Johnny Depp’s career as one she’d like to emulate given the “transformative” characters he has played. Monáe stressed that it was only Depp’s acting career that she admired, and not Depp as a person. “When I think about careers, this person’s life as an actor, only… Johnny Depp has a very badass career,” Monae said, citing Willy Wonka and Sweeney Todd as “dramatic roles” she aspires to play in her own work. “Whatever the Janelle Monáe version of them is, maybe it’s something even better, I want to be able to do those transformative characters that people are dressing up as for Halloween.”

Janelle Monáe was fashionably late as she strolled onstage at the BFI Southbank, where she headlined the London Film Festival’s final major keynote ‘screen talk’ Friday afternoon. 

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in a post that has clocked up more than 55,000 likes. “I wanted to be home with my babies and fortunately my other business ventures allowed me to do that more than acting would,” she added. Mendes began dating Ryan Gosling, 41, back in 2011, before the couple welcomed two children together: Esmerelda in 2014 and Amada in 2016.

Eva Mendes claimed that she "never quit acting." Mendes, 48, shared a video of screenshots showing various media outlets saying the actress quit Hollywood. "I never quit acting," she wrote Friday on Instagram.

It’s been nearly a decade since Eva Mendes starred in a feature film. That film, “Lost River,” debuted in 2014 and suffered a bit from mixed reviews.

Eva Mendes wants people to know that she “never quit acting.”

Julia Roberts has "never" been consumed by her acting career. The 54-year-old star - who has been married to cinematographer Daniel Moder since 2002 and has 17-year-old twins Phinnaeus and Hazel as well as son Henry, 15 with him - admitted that while her career in showbusiness has been a "dream come true", it is her domestic life that brings her a lot of "joy. " She said: "It’s just never consumed me being an actor.

Eva Mendes is denying she has quit acting. Despite her last role being seven-and-a-half years ago, the mother-of-two took to Instagram on Friday (07. 10.

Eva Mendes hasn’t been in a movie in over seven years! After a diverse career starring in everything from rom coms like Hitch to serious dramas like The Place Beyond The Pines, she just… stopped.

Eva Mendes has insisted that she never "quit" the acting business. The Hitch actress took a step back from Hollywood after welcoming her daughters Esmeralda, eight, and Amada, six, with her partner Ryan Gosling. Taking to Instagram on Friday, Eva rejected online speculation claiming she had left Hollywood for good.

Eva Mendes is certainly on board with Gucci's new ad campaign — or at least with her handsome beau Ryan Gosling's stylish involvement.The star is the face of the new Gucci Valigeria campaign — a retro-inspired print and video ad campaign promoting the company's Savoy collection of luggage.Steeped in vintage aesthetic, the campaign included a pic of Gosling sitting beside a pile of old-school suitcases and valises, rocking an expertly fitted brown pinstriped suit — as well as pushing a cart full of suitcases through the sand on a beach, and lying among suitcases, reading a trashy vintage tabloid.Mendes posted the striking photos of her husband in a slideshow post on Thursday, with the very direct (and relatable) caption, «Ummm…… YES PLEASE.»A post shared by Eva Mendes (@evamendes)She also shared one of Gucci's short films which featured Gosling as a traveling man with a talent for magic and a mystical suitcase that acts as a supernatural doorway.Mendes shared that video as well, back on Monday, captioning it simply, «My Magic Man.»A post shared by Eva Mendes (@evamendes)For more on the loving, notoriously private couple, check out the video below.

Eva Mendes is a proud wife and Ryan Gosling’s number-one fan. The Cuban actress took to Instagram to praise the father of her daughters after his new Gucci campaign. “Ummm……YES PLEASE,” she captioned her Instagram post.

The actress playing Maxine Carr in a drama about the Soham murders says Beyonce’s music helped her shrug off the criminal’s persona after tough days of filming.

Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling may have over a decade together under their belt, but the actor still sure does make his wife swoon!MORE: Eva Mendes shares rare glimpse of life with daughters with Ryan GoslingHe was recently debuted as the face of a new Gucci campaign, and the mother-of-two couldn't help but gush over the pictures.Eva took her compliments over to Instagram, where she rightfully showed off how good her husband looks in the campaign photographs.WATCH: Eva Mendes' daughter takes photos of famous momMORE: Eva Mendes shares sweet selfie with mom as she gives family updateOne of the snapshots see Ryan looking like the epitome of a gentleman, sporting a striped camel colored suit, sitting on the back of a vintage car that has its trunk filled to the brim with classic Gucci monogram luggage.Others see him in a more relaxed, but still very swoon worthy state, lying on the beach among more Gucci bags, wearing a retro look consisting of a green button down and pastel yellow pants as he reads a magazine.Eva shared not one but two posts praising her husband, the other one being a video in which the Crazy Stupid Love lead looks like an absolute stud in a variety of sharp looks from the Italian brand's "Gucci Savoy" collection.A post shared by Eva Mendes (@evamendes)Fans totally agreed with Eva"My Magic Man," she captioned the video, a nod to the video's background song, 1975's Magic Man by Heart. MORE: Eva Mendes shares incredibly rare family photo after surprising summer with her childrenMORE: Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling enjoy sweet dinner-date with their two daughters - detailsShe was even cheekier about her feelings over the campaign images and what a heartthrob her husband is in the subsequent post, writing in the