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Hollywood Makeup Guru Rick Baker Addresses AI, CGI, Eddie Murphy

Hollywood Makeup Guru Rick Baker Addresses AI, CGI, Eddie Murphy

Published by Daniella Wilson

Rick Baker, who holds a record for being a seven-time Oscar winner in the makeup field, now also holds a Golden Leopard, which he can add to the collection of fantastical creatures he has created over the course of his career. After all, he just received the Vision Award, bestowed upon him on Wednesday evening during the 79th edition of the Locarno Film Festival and presented by Ticinomoda. “Rick Baker was responsible for a Copernican revolution in cinema: visionary and revolutionary, he opened new paths for the imagination of entire generations, showing what it truly means to witness physical transmutation on the big screen,” said Locarno artistic director Giona A. Nazzaro when he first unveiled the honor. Given Baker’s experience and track record, Hollywood folks, including those outside the makeup world, are surely curious how the maestro feels about technology and other much-discussed issues, which THR recently talked to him about. Asked about the rise of AI, Baker compared his take to his feelings about the rise of computers and CGI, recalling: “We instantly became dinosaurs, people [said]. But at that time, the computer …

Eric Roberts Addresses Absence From Daughter Emma Roberts’s Wedding

Eric Roberts Addresses Absence From Daughter Emma Roberts’s Wedding

Published by Sam Flores

Summer 2026 has had no shortage of celebrity weddings—or surprising guest lists. Emma Roberts and Cody John’s wedding took place on Saturday, July 25, at the John family’s private estate in Idaho. After a four-year engagement, Roberts walked down the aisle in a “ghostly” gown, accompanied by her five-year-old child, Rhodes, the son she shares with ex-partner Garrett Hedlund. However, one important guest was missing from the celebration: Emma’s father, Eric Roberts. The actor did not walk his daughter down the aisle, nor did he sit next to his sister Julia Roberts, who was in the second row, alongside her husband, Daniel Moder, and a large gathering of stars and family friends, including Demi Moore, Kristen Stewart, Dylan Meyer, and Sarah Paulson. Instead, Eric was photographed in Los Angeles at the time that his daughter was tying the knot. The actor released an exclusive statement to Page Six that seemed to confirm their estrangement. The 70-year-old said, “I love my daughter, always have, always will.” He added, “It is perfectly wonderful for her to celebrate …

Melanie C Addresses Victoria Beckham's Absence From Her Wedding

Melanie C Addresses Victoria Beckham's Absence From Her Wedding

Published by Sam Flores

Melanie C Spice Girls star Melanie C celebrated her marriage to husband Chris Dingwall last month in front of her friends and family. But there was one major person from the singer’s life absent from celebrations. While bandmates Mel B, Geri Halliwell and Emma Bunton were all in attendance, Victoria Beckham was notably absent from the guestlist. During a new interview on the Australian radio station KIIS 1065, Melanie was asked about the reason for Victoria having missed the ceremony, which took place at Country House Cumbria in the Lake District but  “Victoria was very disappointed to not be there,” the I Turn To You singer insisted, pointing out that “she was with David in New York and it was the football final, the World Cup”. Indeed, Victoria was pictured that evening attending the 2026 FIFA World Cup third-place game alongside her husband, Sir David Beckham, where they watched England beat France 6-4.  Melanie added that Victoria “tried to get out of” the game, noting that the singer-turned-fashion-designer “isn’t the biggest football fan” (as anyone …

Ariana Grande addresses public life break during tour after surprise announcement

Ariana Grande addresses public life break during tour after surprise announcement

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Ariana Grande has spoken out on her decision to take a break from public life at the end of her tour, calling it a decision she made “quietly, a long time ago”. The singer, 33, read from a prepared note while performing at Chicago’s United Center on Monday (3 August), telling her fans: “The announcement that was made yesterday was not a reactive or impulsive thing. It is something that I had decided to plan.” Hinting at the ongoing discourse around her health and body she’s faced in recent years, which intensified during her press tours for Wicked, Grande said: “No matter what noises exist out there, nothing will be able to distort my reality or be more real to me or not as real to me as this love that we share.” Ariana Grande has said she made decision to go on …

Jason Sudeikis addresses ‘very difficult’ phone calls to former Ted Lasso actors ahead of new season

Jason Sudeikis addresses ‘very difficult’ phone calls to former Ted Lasso actors ahead of new season

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The upcoming season of Ted Lasso is introducing brand new characters — but the series’ star and co-creator Jason Sudeikis had to say goodbye to the previous cast first. Apple TV’s hit series was supposed to end with its 2023 finale as Sudeikis’s titular character returned to the U.S. after three seasons as coach of a British men’s soccer team. Instead, Sudeikis and his fellow co-creators began to brainstorm about continuing the show. Eventually, they landed on a fourth season centering on an all-female team, the cast and creators told The Hollywood Reporter in an article published Wednesday. However, the new creative direction meant that the fictional AFC Richmond team at the center of the first seasons would not return. Sudeikis, 50, was tasked with explaining that to the actors who played those teammates in “very difficult” individual phone calls, he told …

Robbie Williams addresses World Cup final TV incident after white object falls from mouth

Robbie Williams addresses World Cup final TV incident after white object falls from mouth

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Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Robbie Williams has jokingly addressed a “deeply unprofessional” on-screen gaffe during the World Cup final in which he accidentally spat a small white object onto his microphone. The 52-year-old singer, who had performed alongside Nicole Scherzinger and Laura Pausini at the closing ceremony on Sunday, drew attention during an appearance on German TV channel Magenta Sport. While speaking to pundits, the object emerged, which he then picked up, held, and subsequently rubbed onto his head, where it stuck to his forehead. Robbie Williams performed alongside Nicole Scherzinger and Laura Pausini at the World Cup closing ceremony (Bradley Collyer/PA Wire) The incident quickly garnered attention. Williams later took to social media to share a video explaining the mysterious item, clarifying the nature of the unexpected moment. Filming himself lying in bed, the performer says: “I’d just like to apologise for the object that fell …

James Gunn addresses his friend who chose Big Brother over cameo in Superman sequel

James Gunn addresses his friend who chose Big Brother over cameo in Superman sequel

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter James Gunn has revealed that reality star Rick Devens was supposed to have a cameo in the Superman sequel — but then he joined the cast of Big Brother. Fans learned of the friendship between Gunn and Devens, a former news anchor who is known for competing on multiple seasons of Survivor, when Devens name-dropped the famous filmmaker after sharing his vote to evict during the live broadcast of Thursday’s episode. The DC Studios co-chairman shared the clip of Devens’ shoutout on social media after the episode, writing, “Thanks to the shoutout from my friend.” The post then prompted one of Gunn’s followers to ask if he would be in his upcoming movie Man of Tomorrow. “No because he’s on Big Brother! Otherwise he would have been,” Gunn wrote Saturday on Threads. James Gunn has spoken out about his friendship with …

Netflix Addresses Season 2 Problems, Shields Video Podcast Data

Netflix Addresses Season 2 Problems, Shields Video Podcast Data

Published by Daniella Wilson

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos acknowledged that second seasons of the streamer’s shows tend to draw less well than debut seasons. But, he said, it’s not as bad as a recently prevalent narrative would make it seem. The streamer also touted some early results from the addition of video podcasts to the platform in its quarterly earnings report — but declined to divulge any specific numbers in a large-scale data release for the first half of the year. The season two problem narrative was sparked by a recent Bloomberg story detailing steep viewing declines for several shows in their second seasons, among them Beef, The Four Seasons and One Piece. Sarandos didn’t dispute those findings — which came from Netflix’s own publicly released weekly top 10 lists — but said that “in aggregate, we’re not seeing any material change in our second season viewing compared to season ones. Our second seasons are performing well within our bands of expectation.” Sarandos also said that viewing declines for the second season of a show are “very common” across the industry and …

Jay-Z Addresses Delay During Final Yankee Stadium Concert

Jay-Z Addresses Delay During Final Yankee Stadium Concert

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After fans waited more than three hours for the finale in Jay-Z‘s three-night stand at Yankee Stadium on Sunday, the rapper addressed the extensive delay early in the show, telling those in the crowd there were thousands of people outside and that the show was pushed back to back to avoid crowd safety issues. “Let me explain the delay to you guys,” Jay said after finally kicking off the show after 12 a.m. ET Monday. “It was like 10,000 people outside, and we closed all the doors, and somebody rushed the door. They closed the door for you guys’ safety and everyone’s safety outside. There’s 10,000 people outside; I don’t want to start the music and people get trampled. I’m really sorry for the inconvenience, but I had to make sure everyone was OK. I appreciate your patience.” Inside the stadium, concertgoers were frustrated by the delay but an incredibly enthusiastic audience once the show got underway. The vast majority of the fans stayed through most of the show, which wrapped around 2:45 a.m. ET, …