Month: February 2023

During a recent episode of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, Paul Rudd played a round of “Plead the Fifth,” where host Cohen tried to get him to shade his co-stars.

When asked “Which of the Marvel superheroes has the lamest powers… and is it Hawkeye?” Cohen quipped, referencing Jeremy Renner’s arrow-slinging vigilante.

Rudd laughed at the question before agreeing, saying, “Yeah, it’s totally Hawkeye. I mean, he shoots arrows, come on. And I thought talking to ants was weird.”

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A month ago, Marvel Actor Letitia Wright was questioned on the Golden Globes red carpet when fans asked if they should expect a part 3 to the Black Panther sequel. She responded: “I think it’s already in the works. … It’s gonna take a while, but really excited for you guys to see that.”

Fans interpreted her answer meant that Black Panther 3 had been greenlit and was on the way. Wright slightly retracted her response at the Newport Beach Film Festival UK Honours event on Thursday night.

“What I tried to say, maybe I didn’t do it clearly enough, to clarify, there is always the hope that you would have another film, especially in a franchise. If there is to be another film, which I hope there will be, I think there will be; it takes time to make it; you have to go through the script process”

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Now retired, Future NFL Hall of Famer Quarterback Tom Brady is facing backlash after saying that Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show was a good thing for the NFL.

Brady made the comments Monday, February 13, on a episode of his “Let’s Go” podcast.

“I think in the end, it was probably a good thing for the NFL because everyone got to talk about it. It was just more publicity and more publicity for halftime shows.”

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Almost a year after Bruce Willis’ aphasia diagnosis was made public, his family has now shared an update with his fans.

“Our family wanted to start by expressing our deepest gratitude for the incredible outpouring of love, support and wonderful stories we have all received since sharing Bruce’s original diagnosis. In the spirit of that, we wanted to give you an update about our beloved husband, father and friend since we now have a deeper understanding of what he is experiencing.”

Since sharing Bruce initial diagnosis, the family said that they now have a “more specific diagnosis” of frontotemporal dementia, known as FTD. They explained also what the diagnosis means for him.

“FTD is a cruel disease that many of us have never heard of and can strike anyone,” the note continued. “For people under 60, FTD is the most common form of dementia, and because getting the diagnosis can take years, FTD is likely much more prevalent than we know. Today there are no treatments for the disease, a reality that we hope can change in the years ahead. As Bruce’s condition advances, we hope that any media attention can be focused on shining a light on this disease that needs far more awareness and research.”

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Amazon Prime Video is developing a live-action Spider-Man Noir series based on the Marvel comic. The as-yet untitled series, written and executive produced by Oren Uziel (The Lost City), ‘follows an older, grizzled superhero in 1930s New York City.’  Sources close to the project say that the show is set in its own universe that involves an alternate Spider-Man character who is not Peter Parker. Uziel developed the series with Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, and Amy Pascal who will serve as executive producers.

The Amazon project would be the first live-action depiction of Spider-Man Noir, an alternate version of Spider-Man which emerges in a version of New York during the Great Depression. In the comics, Peter Parker is bitten by a spider housed inside a spider-god idol, that gives him super-human powers.Previously announced Spider-Man spinoff series, Silk: Spider Society, is also moving forward at Amazon and MGM+, from Sony Pictures Television,

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Kristen Stewart will star as feminist writer Susan Sontag in Sontag, an upcoming biopic. The film will actually begin filming at this month’s Berlin International Film Festival, where Stewart heads this year’s international jury. Says producer Gabrielle Tana, “It will be a drama, but with a documentary aspect to it. Kirsten has a wonderful approach to storytelling, and this is reflective of that, so she will use documentary in it.”

Sontag, who died in 2004, was a prolific essayist, novelist, and cultural critic; she opposed the Vietnam War, quantified the concept of camp in her essay Notes on “Camp”, and broke down the barriers between criticism of so-called “high” and “low” culture. The controversial writer criticized US foreign policy, highlighting government inaction on the AIDS crisis, and was open about her bisexuality at a time when that was uncommon.

Filming for Sontag will take place this year in Berlin, California, Paris, New York, and Sarajevo.

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