Jennifer Aniston is thankful for her celebrity girlfriends.
21.04.2023 - 13:25 / etcanada.com
Twitter has entered a whole new era.
After months of threats, on Thursday, the Elon Musk finally made good on his promise to remove the blue verification checkmarks from users who don’t pay for Twitter Blue.
Since taking over the company last year, the owner and CEO has allowed users to get a coveted blue checkmark by simply paying for the $8-per-month subscription service.
The blue checkmark began its life on Twitter as a method of verifying the identity of notable figures like celebrities and politicians, protecting them from impersonation. It eventually expanded to include journalists and others.
Last month, Twitter announced that starting April 1, blue checkmarks would be removed from accounts not subscribed to Twitter Blue. The date was then pushed back to April 20.
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Ahead of the change, a number of celebrities reacted to the fact that they would be losing their blue checks, including Kerry Washington, Mark Hamill and others.
Halle Berry had a joking attitude toward losing her checkmark.
On Thursday, with the checkmark gone, Berry shared a tweet featuring animated character Dexter from “Dexter’s Laboratory” crying over her old blue check.
Ben Stiller seemed at ease with losing his blue check.
As did Lynda Carter.
Ciara didn’t seem too bothered by losing her verification badge.
Jack Quaid tweeted explaining that his “@JackQuad92” Twitter handle had come about because someone had already been impersonating him way back in 2011.
Lauren Juaregui shared her own method of verification.
“The Gilded Age” star Carrie Coon took the opportunity to joke about impersonating fellow actor and lookalike Anna Torv.
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Jennifer Aniston is thankful for her celebrity girlfriends.
When the late Sidney Poitier embarked on a movie career in the early 1950s, he entered an industry with a history of depicting Black people in the most negative fashion. The Birth of a Nation, the seminal 1915 silent film, had set the template – portraying African American characters as sex-crazed and subhuman.
William Earl Variety will return in-person with its TV FYC Fest on June 7 in L.A., featuring HBO/Max Chief Casey Bloys, Kerry Washington, Elle Fanning, Janelle James, Gina Rodriguez and Weird Al Yankovic. Fanning (“The Great”), James (“Abbott Elementary”), Rodriguez (“Not Dead Yet”) and Washington (“UnPrisoned”) will participate in a roundtable celebrating Disney’s TV female comedy standouts. Bloys, chairman and CEO of HBO and Max Content will offer his vision for TV storytelling with Cynthia Littleton, co-editor-in-chief of Variety, in what will be his first interview following the series finale episode of “Succession.”
Angelina Jolie and her son Maddox attended a special dinner this week. The pair made their way to Washington D.C. to join a dinner hosted by President Biden and the First Lady, where Yoon Suk Yeoul, the president of South Korea, was also in attendance.
Gone too soon. Celebrities are mourning the loss of talk show host Jerry Springer after his death at age 79.
2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards, featuring a mix of celebrities from the worlds of film, television, and music. Among the presenters are Ariana Madix from , Gal Gadot from Heart of Stone, Tiffany Haddish fromHaunted Mansion, and Anthony Ramos from Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.Other stars who will be presenting at the show include Riley Keough and Sam Claflin from Daisy Jones & The Six, and Dominique Fishback from Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. Television stars will also be well-represented at the awards show, with Chelsea Lazkani and Chrishell Stause from Selling Sunset andKatie Maloney, Scheana Shay, and Lala Kentall from Vanderpump Rules on the presenter lineup. Also set to present are Halle Bailey and Jonah Hauer-King from the upcoming live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid, as well as several cast members from the hit show Yellowjackets, including Jasmin Savoy Brown and Sophie Nélisse.
With Elon Musk’s purge of Twitter’s blue verification checkmarks in full swing, numerous celebrities have watched their “verified” status vanish; under new guidelines instituted by Musk, the coveted blue checks will now only be available for those who pay for them.
franchise and Mr & Mrs. Smith, while the other played deadly assassins in Die Another Day and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, and now, and are joining forces for an explosive new action thriller.
Angelina Jolie and Halle Berry are returning to a genre that they’re both seasoned with — action thrillers. The actresses will star and produce “Maude vs Maude,” a film that was the subject of a bidding war between some of the leading studios in Hollywood. Angelia Jolie was all smiles with billionaire David Mayer de Rothschild: Who is he?Angelina Jolie and her kids cut their hair to support Iranian womenA post shared by Halle Berry (@halleberry)Deadline was the first to break the news, sharing that the film would be directed by Roseanne Liang from a script by Scott Mosier.
vastly overpaid) $44 billion purchase of the site. But at least when it comes to some of Twitter’s most notable celebrity users, he’s sadly (or, if you prefer, hilariously) mistaken.
EXCLUSIVE: Percy Daggs IV (The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey) and Anthony B. Jenkins (Florida Man) have been set to join Halle Berry in Lionsgate‘s thriller Never Let Go (fka Mother Land) from 21 Laps.
Deadline first reported.While the film’s plot details are being kept under wraps, the sources said the feature is a “Bond vs. Bourne” brand of international action thriller.“Maude v Maude” only hit the market last week and was nailed down over the weekend, with Warner Bros “getting aggressive and putting in the winning bid,” according to Deadline.
Warner Bros. has landed a package deal that features two Oscar-winning actresses attached to a brand new action project that will be helmed by Kiwi director Roseanne Liang (“Shadow In The Cloud“) with Halle Berry and Angelina Jolie set for “Maude v Maude.” READ MORE: ‘Maria’: Angelina Jolie Will Play Opera Singer Maria Callas In Pablo Larraín’s Upcoming Biopic Deadline reports that the film is a “Bond vs.
Angelina Jolie and Halle Berry will be teaming up for an upcoming action thriller movie!
EXCLUSIVE: Following an intense multi-studio bidding war that went into the weekend, Warner Bros. has landed the package Maude v Maude that has Angelina Jolie and Halle Berry attached to star. Roseanne Liang is on board to direct from Scott Mosier’s script. Berry and Jolie will produce along with Berry’s producing partner Holly Jeter, producing through their banner HalleHolly, along with Jeff Kirschenbaum and Joe Roth who will produce through RK Films. Mosier and Liang will exec produce.
Hollywood celebrities are calling for justice.
BreAnna Bell Onyx Collective’s “Reasonable Doubt” has been renewed for Season 2 and will be bringing in Morris Chestnut (“The Best Man”) as a series regular, Variety has confirmed. Chestnut will play charming, media-savvy defense attorney Corey Cash, whose client roster is typically full of underdogs. After bringing Corey in to help on a high-profile case, Jax learns he could threaten her standing at the firm. The series follows Los Angeles-based criminal defense attorney, Jax Stewart (Emayatzy Corinealdi) as she faces untapped trauma from her past, her struggling marriage, motherhood, and how she manages to juggle it all while maintaining her polished career. In addition to Corinealdi, Angela Grovey, Tim Jo, McKinley Freeman, Aderinsola Olabode and Thaddeus J. Mixson also star.
EXCLUSIVE: The Onyx Collective and Hulu original drama Reasonable Doubt has been renewed for a second season with Morris Chestnut (The Best Man) joining the ABC Signature-produced project as a series regular.
Jamie Foxx's friends are sending the actor all their love and support amid the actor's health scare.On Wednesday, the actor's daughter, Corinne, shared a statement on Instagram about her father's health on behalf of the Foxx family. «We wanted to share that, my father, Jamie Foxx, experienced a medical complication yesterday,» Corinne began the message. «Luckily, due to quick action and great care, his is already on his way to recovery.»The 29-year-old actress continued, «We know how beloved he is and appreciate your prayers. The family asks for your privacy at this time.