Spike Lee has always been a filmmaker who is willing to critique other people’s art. And when you’re Christopher Nolan and you released one of the biggest films of 2023, you can expect everyone to have an opinion.
26.09.2023 - 14:25 / perezhilton.com
Kerry Washington is opening up even more.
With the release of her book Thicker Than Water, out on Tuesday, the Scandal star has revealed a TON about her personal life — including the fact she just learned her father isn’t her biological father. Wow! Now, she’s getting even more candid about something very timely.
In the memoir, the 46-year-old shared with the world that she had an abortion in her 20s — just as she was starting to make a name for herself in Hollywood.
The unplanned pregnancy occurred after the success of 2001’s Save the Last Dance and her landing the lead role in Spike Lee‘s 2003 film She Hate Me. With so much looking up for her, she wasn’t ready to become a mother, so she went to a doctor’s office – where she gave them a fake name to protect her privacy so her career wouldn’t be affected.
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While she was making the right decision for herself at the time, she sadly felt shame and a bit of hypocrisy as she chatted with nurses and underwent the procedure. Why? Because she had spent years as a sexual health educator in her teens. Whoa.
While speaking to People about why it was so important for her to finally be upfront about this, she shared:
The Django Unchained alum added:
But she also thinks the reasoning goes beyond just her — she wants everyone to be more open about their “reproductive choices” as women’s rights get taken away:
The actress added:
So powerful! We’re sure there’s lots more to come in the full memoir…
For what it’s worth, the Little Fires Everywhere star has gone on to become a mother. She shares three children, a teenage stepdaughter, a daughter Isabelle, 9, and a son Caleb, 6, with her husband Nnamdi Asomugha. We’re glad she
Spike Lee has always been a filmmaker who is willing to critique other people’s art. And when you’re Christopher Nolan and you released one of the biggest films of 2023, you can expect everyone to have an opinion.
Spike Lee has commented on Oppenheimer, suggesting it should have shown “what happened to the Japanese people”.The recent Christopher Nolan historical drama follows the story of the Manhattan Project during World War 2, which developed the first nuclear weapons. These were ultimately dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and are estimated to have killed up to 226,000 people.The film focuses solely on the US side of the events, and in a recent interview Lee – who has directed films such as Do The Right Thing and BlacKkKlansman – praised Nolan, though suggested a “comment” regarding the historical depiction of events.“Chris Nolan with Oppenheimer, you know, he’s a massive filmmaker.
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, you're incorrect. If you don't believe me, just watch this 20-second clip of the two of them interacting, which is going viral on social media for, ahem, obvious reasons.In the clip, which Washington posted to Twitter and Instagram, , dressed in a sultry red ensemble of sheer lace top and matching trousers, walks down a hotel hallway and knocks on a door.
Quentin Tarantino‘s Django Unchained in her new memoir.The actor, who starred alongside Jamie Foxx in the 2012 movie which focused on slavery in the American South, claims in excerpts from her book Thicker Than Water via The Daily Beast that the original script included a scene where she “escaped abuse running naked down the street” and a “terrifyingly brutal rape scene” which she had reservations about being part of.In the end neither scene was filmed and Washington says she still doesn’t know exactly why the latter in particular never went ahead.She wrote: “Jamie and Quentin stood in the corner. Both men were looking down at the dirt floor, and as I walked toward them, Tarantino announced that we were all going home.”Washington went on: “The scene would be cut from the script.
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