‘Kandahar’ review: Gerard Butler goes to war — against entertainment

told Daily Mail.The Grammy winner’s qualms with living in the City of Angels come just days after it emerged that the singer listed his compound on the market for a cool $70 million.The sprawling European-style property measures some 33,000 square feet with a pool and a soccer field. Citing sales records, the Wall Street Journal notes that the singer bought the property in 1991 for $12.08 million.

Footwear News this week that she’s not a big fan of the hybrid work schedule, a model where employers split up the days when employees are required to come into the office versus working from home.“You can’t possibly get everything done working three days a week in the office and two days remotely,” Stewart told the outlet.“Look at the success of France with their stupid … you know, off for August, blah blah blah,” she continued. “That’s not a very thriving country.

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh have seen their profile continue to rise ever since they were officially included in the late Queen's line-up of senior royals.The couple are both advocates for many charities, with Sophie in particular being a key voice in the fields of gender equality, violence against women and avoidable blindness. While they have always been hard working members of The Firm, this promotion came after Prince Andrew stepped back from his role and after Prince Harry and Meghan relocated to the US.This adjustment, royal expert Jennie Bond feels, is one that they have taken in their stride.

, Chanel presented its Chanel Métiers D’Art collection in Tokyo on June 1. As always, a roster of international stars were in attendance, from actor Park Seo-joon to Blackpink’s Jennie Kim, who performed renditions of “Fly Me to the Moon” and “Killing Me Softly” at the event.Kristen Stewart in Tokyo on June 1. Another standout A-lister on the FROW: long-time brand ambassador Kristen Stewart, who put a contemporary spin on the iconic Chanel suit.

Austin Butler is jumpstarting his Thursday (June 1) with a workout.

Frank Warren has claimed that Anthony Joshua’s team are preventing a fight with Tyson Fury going ahead.

Austin Butler and Kaia Gerber are stepping out for the day.

Family fun. Austin Butler and Kaia Gerber enjoyed a double date with the model’s parents, Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber.

Former Manchester United assistant Rene Meulensteen believes the Reds should avoid bringing Neymar to Old Trafford due to his reputation.

A question comes up part of the way through Ric Roman Waugh’s “Kandahar” that the film can’t find an answer for: Is this a Sad Dad Gerard Butler action picture or a Gritty Dad Gerard Butler action picture? Either way, he’s a dad, but in Sad Dad Butler films, that’s a feature; in Gritty Dad Butler films, it’s window dressing. “Kandahar” isn’t quite one or the other.

Kandahar is the latest from director Rick Roman Waugh (Angel Has Fallen, Greenland), starring frequent collaborator Gerard Butler, along with Travis Fimmel, Navid Negahban, Ali Fazal, and Bahador Foladi in an action drama that lacks imagination. With the script penned by Mitchell LaFortune, these particular types of stories often suffer from narrative sameness: westerner travels to the Middle East, things go boom, westerner saves the day, the end. 

Warwick Thornton is no stranger to La Croisette. His debut feature, “Samson and Delilah,” won the Camera d’Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, where his latest feature, “The New Boy,” just had its premiere.  READ MORE: 2023 Cannes Film Festival: 21 Must-See Movies To Watch “The New Boy” never gives its protagonist, the titular New Boy, a name.

Guy Lodge Film Critic On the mean streets of Casablanca dartingly navigated in “Hounds,” all life is shown to be casually disposable; an actual human body, however, is another matter. Taking place over one sleepless night of mounting misfortune in the Moroccan metropolis, writer-director Kamal Lazraq’s first feature is a trim, unsparing crime tale that pits social desperation against a nagging spiritual conscience. Its gig-economy gangsters may follow almost any grisly orders for a quick buck, but are equally bound to Muslim creeds and customs, glumly shrugging off any disparity between these two authorities. Following an impoverished father-son duo as an ostensibly rote criminal errand goes bloodily awry, the film is briskly told and humidly atmospheric, though a little tonal variation wouldn’t have gone amiss amid an overriding air of hardscrabble, stomach-knotted discomfort. As its central crisis deepens and darkens, Lazraq’s script keeps teasing a gear-shift into mordant farce to which it never quite commits, leaving both the characters and the drama a bit stymied. Still, this is a notably punchy debut, both visceral and confidently cavalier in its depiction of everyday underworld brutality, with a sharp, streetlit sense of place — and just enough genre-film vigor to hook distributor interest after its Un Certain Regard premiere at Cannes.

Aussie filmmaker Warwick Thornton joked that Cate Blanchett “elbowed” her way into his crafty sixth feature, The New Boy, as he introduced the pic at Deadline’s Cannes Studio shortly before its festival premiere.

Lady Louise Windsor has taken after her late grandfather, Prince Philip, with her love of carriage driving and is frequently seen riding in Windsor Great Park, taking part in competitions or appearing in shows, such as the recently held Royal Windsor Horse Show.The sport was taken up by the late Duke of Edinburgh after he retired from polo and sees one person drive a carriage that is hitched to one, two, or four horses. Lady Louise's parents are frequently seen cheering their daughter on at events and have spoken about her being a "natural." This supporting and loving family environment which has been created by Prince Edward and Sophie has been praised by former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond.

Warwick Thornton is a master maker of images. The first frames of The New Boy – a sweep of dusty ground; a flash of a small boy on a policeman’s back, strangling him; a pre-war telegraph pole, all drenched in the searing white midday light of the desert – create a collage of inland Australia, a world of open spaces. The boy is duly pulled off of the policeman, put in a sack and delivered in the dark to a mission; a nun opens the door to receive the delivery. At that point, the gallery of Thornton’s frame becomes a series of golden brown interiors that could have come from Rembrandt, except that they are peopled with Indigenous boys – Lost Boys, as Sister Eileen (Cate Blanchett) describes them to God – and the trio of adults who look after them. 

have in common? Aside from the obvious—fame, fortune, a —the unlikely duo appear to share a favorite eveningwear designer, Jenny Packham. Stewart celebrated her on Thursday, May 18 at the launch event in New York City. The 81-year-old, understanding that she was the star of the evening, wore a long-sleeve beaded Jenny Packham gown in a look-at-me shade: gold. She kept the rest of her look simple and on-brand, sporting her unfussy shoulder-length blonde bob and a glowy, sun-kissed beat. Martha Stewart in Jenny Packham.To keen observer of all things royal fashion like myself, the look was instantly recognizable—back in 2021, the Princess of Wales sported a version of the same dress to the world premiere of the James Bond film No Time to Die. Middleton's dress featured a cape rather than long bell sleeves, with sheets of gold beads cascading down the back, but the V-neckline and gathered waist are unmistakably the same Jenny Packham design.Prince William and Kate Middleton in 2021.Inside the Sports Illustrated celebration, Stewart was giving queen vibes, posing with fans (well, Kim Petras and Megan Fox were also cover stars, but it's probably not a stretch to call them fans) and copies of her history-making cover. Cover girls Martha and Kim Petras.Martha and Megan Fox. And then there's this photo of the homemaking maven/ex-con and Machine Gun Kelly, which is essentially the same photo I have of myself and my grandma at my college graduation.

McKinley Franklin editor The Alliance for Women in Media will award Marlo Thomas with the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s 48th Anniversary Gracies Awards, Variety can exclusively reveal. On May 23, Thomas will be presented with the award at the Four Seasons Hotel in L.A., an honor bestowed upon women in media who embody the essence of the late Gracie Allen for whom the awards ceremony is named. Additionally, Sofia Carson and Diane Warren will be performing at the event.  Thomas is an Emmy, Peabody, Golden Globe and Grammy award-winning actress, author and activist. She is a Broadcasting Hall of Fame inductee, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama in 2014. She rose to acclaim after leading the sitcom “That Girl” and has gone on to star in numerous films and TV shows including “It Happened One Christmas,” “Ocean’s 8,” “Nobody’s Child” and “Friends.”

EXCLUSIVE: Briarcliff Entertainment has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Christian Gudegast’s action thriller sequel, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera which stars Gerard Butler and O’Shea Jackson Jr. reprising their respective roles of “Big Nick” and “Donnie”. A wide theatrical release is planned for Q4 of 2024.

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