An evening performance of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera ‘Sadko’ at the Bolshoi took a tragic turn on Saturday, when a heavy stage decoration hit a performer on the head. The accident occurred immediately after the opera began, according to several reports. “Nobody had time to sing. The overture had only finished …
Read More »‘No one is safe’: Actor Johnny Depp calls for revolt against cancel culture, warns that ‘it takes one sentence’ to destroy someone
“It’s so far out of hand now that I can promise you that no one is safe — not one of you, not anyone out that door,” Depp told reporters on Wednesday at Spain’s San Sebastian Film Festival, where he was to receive a lifetime-achievement award. “No one is safe, …
Read More »Legendary French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo dies at 88
The actor’s lawyers told AFP on Monday that their client, one of the biggest movie stars of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, had died at the age of 88. Affectionately nicknamed “Bébel”, Belmondo’s films were collectively viewed more than 130 million times at the cinema. Starting with his role in Jean-Luc …
Read More »American actor Michael K. Williams, best known for his role in ‘The Wire,’ dies at 54 after years of fighting drug addiction
The body of Williams, 54, was discovered by his nephew on Monday in his luxury high-rise apartment in Brooklyn. Police sources told the New York Post that drug paraphernalia was found in the home, and the actor may have overdosed on heroin or fentanyl. There was no indication of foul …
Read More »Comedian Louis C.K. & actor Kevin Spacey are making comebacks. So, can talent actually conquer a cancel-culture banishment?
There seems to be a fundamental law to human nature: if you are actually talented and really good at performing something, then people will pay to watch. And it barely matters a damn what ‘cancel culture’ demands to the contrary. It also depends, of course, on the ‘crime’ and on …
Read More »London borough apologises for having actor in bare-bottomed monkey costume with mock genitalia encourage kids to read more books
The costume and the actor wearing it came from Mandinga Arts, a troupe of street performers based in Clapham South that has “a distinctive style bringing together live music, carnival, street costume, puppetry and dance, drawing on diverse influences from Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa,” according to its …
Read More »Being a ‘non-racist’ is not enough, the ‘righteous white men’ actor Tom Hanks learns, after daring to write about race issues
In a Sunday op-ed for the US media outlet NPR, TV critic Eric Deggans claims the two-time Academy Award-winning Tom Hanks was a “non-racist” actor, and it was time for him to be an “anti-racist” actor. But what’s the difference, you may wonder? “Anti-racism implies action – looking around your …
Read More »Oscar slammed after Anthony Hopkins wins Best Actor over late star Chadwick Boseman in ceremony rearranged to make it final award
The victory of Anthony Hopkins in a hugely anticipated Best Actor category, which was moved by the organizers to cap off the show, rattled some feathers with incensed Boseman fans. They accused the organizers of “disrespecting” the legacy of the late star, who died of cancer in August last year. …
Read More »Harry Potter and Peaky Blinders actor Helen McCrory dies aged 52 after cancer battle, husband Damian Lewis says
“I’m heartbroken to announce that after a heroic battle with cancer, the beautiful and mighty woman that is Helen McCrory has died peacefully at home, surrounded by a wave of love from friends and family,” he said in a statement on Twitter. McCrory, who married Lewis in 2007, had “died …
Read More »‘Cancel culture is a disease’: Actor Hank Azaria draws backlash after apology for voicing Simpsons’ Indian shopkeeper Apu
“I really do apologize,” Azaria said as he appeared on the Armchair Expert podcast and discussed his portrayal of ‘Kwik-E-Mart’ owner Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, who the actor announced earlier he would no longer voice. Azaria told the podcast’s Indian-American host Monica Padman that he feels he needs to “go to every …
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