Ukrainian Gunman Held People Hostage Until President Endorsed Joaquin Phoenix Doc

Despite winning an Oscar for acting and earning a second, honorary award for promoting gender parity in Hollywood, that didn't help Geena Davis avoid one of the industry's most notorious obstacles. Like many of her female contemporaries, Davis, now 64, had a hard time finding work after she turned 40.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorLorenzo Soria, who was in his third nonconsecutive term as president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which presents the Golden Globe Awards, died today at his home in Los Angeles, He was 68.The Argentina-born, Italy-raised Soria was elected HFPA president in June 2019, following stints in the top post from 2003-05 and 2015-17.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaLorenzo Soria, president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the organization behind the Golden Globe Awards, died Friday at his home in Los Angeles, a member of his family told the HFPA. He was 68.“Lorenzo was a beloved member of the entertainment industry and the Hollywood community and will be sorely missed,” the HFPA said in a statement.

Jason Momoa has been turning heads with his killer bod from the moment he broke onto the acting scene in 1999 with a role on Baywatch.His handsome face, however, got him noticed well before that, during his modeling days.The Aquaman star even earned the titled of Us Weekly’s Hottest Hunk in Hollywood in 2019.

EXCLUSIVE: Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix have teamed up with “Cowspiracy” filmmaker Keegan Kuhn and BAFTA Award-winning director Alex Lockwood, to executive produce, “The End of Medicine,” a new feature-length documentary about zoonotic diseases, which threaten the health and lives of the entire human population.The doc began production in October 2019, months before Covid-19 was making headlines around the world and touches on the disease, which is when germs and viruses that spread between

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix have teamed up with Cowspiracy filmmaker Keegan Kuhn and BAFTA Award-winning director Alex Lockwood, to executive produce, The End of Medicine, a new feature-length documentary about zoonotic diseases, which threaten the health and lives of the entire human population.The doc began production in October 2019, months before Covid-19 was making headlines around the world and touches on the disease, which is when germs and

Joaquin Phoenix was at the heart of a hostage situation in Ukraine today, Deadline reports.

Hostages in Ukraine have been released safely after kidnapper’s demand involving a Joaquin Phoenix was met.

Manori Ravindran International EditorThe director of a 15-year-old animal rights documentary at the center of a baffling hostage situation in Ukraine has condemned the incident, saying, “We do not cause terror to awaken people to terror.”Director Shaun Monson’s comments came after an armed man in Ukraine, identified as 44-year-old Maksim Krivosh, held 13 people hostage on Tuesday, demanding that the country’s president publicly endorse the Joaquin Phoenix-narrated “Earthlings,” among a number

It was a good thing he was a film fan. A hostage stand-off in Ukraine has ended peacefully after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy agreed to the hostage-taker's demand to publicly endorse an obscure documentary narrated by Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix.

The New York Times reported Wednesday that a 12-hour hostage situation ended after a gunman demanded, among other things, Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky endorse the documentary, which he did in a now-deleted post to his Facebook.“Everybody watch the 2005 film ‘Earthlings,'” Zelensky said in a post to his Facebook.The documentary, directed by Shaun Monson and narrated by Phoenix, uses hidden camera footage that captures animals suffering and being abused for scientific research or as part

Earthlings.Thirteen people had been kidnapped by Maksym Kryvosh, an animal rights activist who took over a bus in Ukraine armed with guns and a grenade.One of Kryvosh’s demands was that Zelenskiy would recommend the 2005 animal rights documentary, narrated by Joaquin Phoenix – which criticises the use of animals for clothing, food, entertainment, and as pets.The President complied by recording a six-second video message on his Facebook page, which was subsequently deleted.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorThirteen hostages in Ukraine have been released unharmed after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy agreed to the kidnapper’s demand that he recommend an animal rights documentary narrated by Joaquin Phoenix.The hostage-taker was armed with guns and a grenade when he took over a bus, sparking a 12-hour standoff with police.According to local reports, the state security service identified him as 44-year-old Maksym Kryvosh, an animal rights activist with a criminal