Some film critics were able to check out Tom Cruise’s new film, “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning,” ahead of its Memorial Day weekend release date of May 23, and so far, the reviews have been overwhelmingly positive.
“[‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’] rips! Loved it. An exhilarating adrenaline rush for the head &amp; heart &amp; immersive, awe-inducing stuntacular of the highest order. McQ, [Tom Cruise] &amp; CO have crafted the gold standard – a brilliant, bold actioner for the ages. See it BIG &amp; LOUD,” one film critic <a href="https://x.com/Lulamaybelle/status/1922155008658723170">shared</a> on X. 
Another reviewer shared similar sentiments, <a href="https://x.com/ShowbizSimon/status/1922155294500556946">writing</a>, “[‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’] is whip-smart and razor-sharp, this tense eighth entry in one of the most exhilarating franchises of all time is another winner. With sphincter-tightening set pieces, blockbusters do not get much better than this. Cruise &amp; McQuarrie nail it!”
“[&#8216;Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning&#8217;] is the ACTION MOVIE OF THE SUMMER! [Tom Cruise] DEFIES ALL ODDS with JAW-DROPPING action built only for @IMAX. Every stunt, every set piece, every second is designed to blow your mind, A PULSE-POUNDING THRILL RIDE, and Cruise remains the king of spectacle,” a third reviewer <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/mission-impossible-final-reckoning-first-reactions-1236214813/">echoed</a>.
Another said this film, “ties up loose ends of the franchise while also coming full circle on storylines I never imagined would be revisited. The wonderfully insane stunts are to be expected, but the film really hinges on the tension throughout. It’s a great time!”
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“MI8” will debut at the Cannes Film Festival on May 14 ahead of its theatrical release. 
This latest effort is a follow-up to “Dead Reckoning Part One,” which was considered a box office disappointment despite making $566 million globally due to the high costs of production and marketing. Per <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/mission-impossible-final-reckoning-first-reactions-1236214813/">The Hollywood Reporter</a>, “MI8” cost more than $400 million to make and was plagued by production delays, meaning it has even more ground to make up.
The &#8220;Mission: Impossible&#8221; franchise, which began in 1996 and is based on the 1960s television series, has evolved into a high-energy action filmography featuring Tom Cruise’s death-defying stunts and intricate espionage plots. The films have <a href="https://www.therichest.com/mission-impossible-movies/">grossed</a> more than $4 billion worldwide, with the most successful being “Fallout” (2018).
While &#8220;Mission: Impossible &#8211; The Final Reckoning&#8221; is titled in a way that suggests it might be the end of the franchise, the film&#8217;s director, Christopher McQuarrie, has not confirmed or denied the suggestion. Tom Cruise did confirm that

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A woman who says she dated second gentleman Doug Emhoff in 2012 has come forward anonymously to allege that he once slapped her hard enough to make her “spin.”
The woman spoke to the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13981101/doug-emhoff-ex-girlfriend-slap-flirt-allegations-kamala-harris.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daily Mail</a> and provided pictures and documentation showing that she and Emhoff traveled to France to attend the amfAR gala dinner at the Cannes Film Festival. She said he slapped her as they were trying to get a taxi back to their lodging late one night during the trip.
She had approached the valet, offering a $100 tip if they could skip the line and get a car soon. As she was talking to the valet, Emhoff allegedly walked up and slapped her across the face.
“As I’m talking to [the valet], Doug got out of the line, comes up, turns me around by my right shoulder. I&#8217;m completely caught off guard, I&#8217;m not bracing, I&#8217;m in four inch heels, wearing a full-length gown and it&#8217;s between 2-3 am,” she said. “He slaps me so hard I spin around, and I&#8217;m in utter shock.”
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“There had been no fight, no argument. It had been a completely fantastic event. I am so furious. The only thing I could think to do was slap him back. I slapped him on one side, and on the other cheek with the other hand,” she continued. “In that moment, his mask had dropped and I saw his dark side.”
As they were in the cab, she said she asked Emhoff why he slapped her and did not get a firm answer.
“I can’t believe he just slapped me. I think I said to him in the car, ‘What the hell is wrong with you? Why did you do that?’ And the only thing I could get out of him was he thought I was hitting on the valet,” she said.
She decided to tell her story of Emhoff after seeing him lauded in the media as a feminist.
“What&#8217;s frightening for a woman that’s been on the other end of it, is watching this completely fabricated persona being portrayed,” the woman told the Daily Mail. “He’s being held out to be the antithesis of who he actually is. And that is utterly shocking.”
Emhoff was first accused of slapping the woman by the woman’s friends, who spoke to the Daily Mail for a story published earlier this month.
She “went up to one of the valet guys, offered him 100 Euros or whatever, to get to the head of the line. She told me she put her hand on his shoulder. Doug apparently thought that she was flirting, and came over and slapped her in the face,” one friend <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13898791/Kamala-Harris-husband-Doug-Emhoff-accused-ex-girlfriend-slap.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the Daily Mail.
Emhoff has denied hitting the woman in a statement through a spokesman.
“This report is untrue,” the spokesman told <a href="https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/10/03/2024/family-feud" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Semafor</a> in a statement after the allegation first surfaced in public. “Any suggestion that he would or has ever hit a woman is false.”
Emhoff has previously admitted to having an affair while married to his first wife with their former nanny.

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‘I Saw His Dark Side’: Woman Describes Moment She Says She Was Slapped By Doug Emhoff

‘I Saw His Dark Side’: Woman Describes Allegedly Being Slapped By Doug Emhoff

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Political commentator Megyn Kelly slammed the media for ignoring a story that was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doug-emhoff-accused-of-hitting-ex-girlfriend-in-the-face-at-high-profile-event-report">published</a> this week about accusations that Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217; husband, Doug Emhoff, hit a woman he was dating in the face because he thought she was flirting with another man.
&#8220;Look, people have marital problems, and they make bad decisions when they&#8217;re married to people that they don&#8217;t love,&#8221; Kelly began. &#8220;However, banging your child&#8217;s nanny and impregnating her is in a special league of its own.&#8221;
&#8220;I think most of us would have left it alone if he hadn&#8217;t then paraded himself out there and let the media parade himself out there like he was the ideal husband on steroids, like he is the new version of what it means to be a real man &#8230; and should really be the role model for my boys and yours,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;F that. I want my boys to be like my husband, who did not bang the nanny, nor impregnate another woman while married to me, or ever. It&#8217;s just insane that they tried to sell us this lie.&#8221;
Kelly then showed a clip of former Biden-Harris official and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki declaring in a recent interview with Emhoff that he had “reshaped the perception of masculinity.”
She then highlighted this week&#8217;s story from the Daily Mail detailing accusations that he hit the woman, only identified in the story as &#8220;Jane,&#8221; in the face.
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He &#8220;actually smacked an ex-girlfriend in the face, either a smack or a punch,&#8221; Kelly said. &#8220;That this super guy who&#8217;s redefined toxic masculinity actually beat a woman that he was dating prior to Kamala. The Daily Mail reports that he did not respond to requests for comment on the article. What does that mean? There&#8217;s not even going to be a denial? I guess they&#8217;ll get around to it, just an allegation right now, but let me tell you, take some time today to read that Daily Mail report, because it&#8217;s incredibly detailed with several friends of the very successful attorney that he was dating, his alleged victim, going to the Daily Mail, providing records to the Daily Mail, speaking in great detail about the call that the abuse victim alleged [sic] made to them after he smacked her in front of other people, in front of French valets over there in Cannes, France.&#8221;
Kelly concluded by saying that she hoped that Pskai &#8220;wasn&#8217;t aware of&#8221; the allegations when the interview occurred.
&#8220;I&#8217;m sorry, if this were a Republican, it would be leading every news channel,&#8221; Kelly said.
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Megyn Kelly on the Daily Mail report that Doug Emhoff beat his ex wife: 
&#8220;Interesting gesture there at the end with the hand in your face. This &#8216;so-called always supporter of women&#8217; actually smacked an ex girlfriend in the face. 
This super guy who redefined toxic masculinity… <a href="https://t.co/RLauIT5nzR">pic.twitter.com/RLauIT5nzR</a>
— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) <a href="https://twitter.com/EricAbbenante/status/1841605233333469351?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2024</a></blockquote>

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Megyn Kelly Slams Media For Ignoring Accusations Of Doug Emhoff Hitting Ex-Girlfriend In Face

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Doug Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, faced backlash online Wednesday afternoon after an explosive report was published in a British newspaper of accusations that Emhoff hit his ex-girlfriend in the face at a high-profile event in Europe.
Three friends of the woman, a New York lawyer, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doug-emhoff-accused-of-hitting-ex-girlfriend-in-the-face-at-high-profile-event-report">told</a> the Daily Mail about the alleged attack in 2012 on the condition that neither they nor the woman, who was only identified as “Jane,” be named out of fear of retaliation.
Two of the friends say that Jane told them about the incident right after it happened, while the third friend said that Jane told her several years later.
The report said Emhoff and Jane were in line waiting for a taxi as they were leaving the event when Jane went and tipped a valet, hoping to get moved to the front of the line. During the interaction, she allegedly placed her hand on his shoulder, and Emhoff thought that she was hitting on the valet.
He allegedly smacked her across the face so hard that she spun around, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13898791/Kamala-Harris-husband-Doug-Emhoff-accused-ex-girlfriend-slap.html?ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_campaign=1490&amp;ito=social-twitter_dailymailus">according</a> to the Daily Mail article.
&#8220;In 2021, Tim Walz proclaimed October to be Domestic Violence Awareness Month for the State of Minnesota,&#8221; said podcaster Comfortably Smug. &#8220;Today, he is completely silent on Kamala Harris&#8217; husband beating his ex-girlfriend.&#8221;
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Republican communications strategist Steve Guest posted on X: &#8220;Will the mainstream media care that Kamala Harris is married to a reported woman-beater?&#8221;
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&#8220;Is this what they mean by toxic masculinity?&#8221; asked Donald Trump Jr.
Radio host Buck Sexton posted on X: &#8220;Tells you a lot about Doug’s &#8216;new masculinity&#8217; that nobody is surprised the guy who cheated on his wife with the nanny also hits women in the face in public.&#8221;
The Daily Wire&#8217;s Ben Shapiro wrote on X: &#8220;Masculinity being redefined in real time as&#8230;toxic violence against women, apparently.&#8221;
&#8220;When #SluggerDoug isn’t beating women up, he’s knocking them up,&#8221; said actor James Woods.
The altercation allegedly happened at the May 2012 Cannes Film Festival in France as Emhoff and Jane waited in line for a taxi to take them back to their hotel room.
The two met on an online dating website and had been dating for three months when the incident occurred, the report said. The friends provided the British publication with photos of the two together, travel documents, and emails that they say confirm that the two were in a relationship and attended the event together.
The disturbing report comes after former Biden-Harris official and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki declared in a recent interview with Emhoff that he had “reshaped the perception of masculinity.”
Psaki made the remarks even though it had been recently revealed that Emhoff impregnated his children’s babysitter, which led to the end of his first marriage.
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Jen Psaki to Second Gentleperson &#8220;Doug&#8221;: You have &#8220;reshaped the perception of masculinity.&#8221; 🤢 <a href="https://t.co/Hsd3EIWkZW">pic.twitter.com/Hsd3EIWkZW</a>
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1840432441762136144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2024</a></blockquote>
Jane received tickets to the star-studded May 24, 2012, event from wealthy friends and decided to take Emhoff as her plus one.
The first person who Jane told about the alleged assault was one of her male friends, who is a top New York businessman, the report said, who got a phone call from her moments after the attack happened.
“It was hard to hear her because she was sobbing. She told me she was with a guy and he hit her,” he told the publication. “It was very clear what she was telling me. She said she was with a guy, her date, she was at the Cannes Film Festival, and he hit her. She was in the car with the guy at the time.”
He said he did not know how to respond and wasn’t sure if he needed to call the police in France.
“It was something like 3am. They were trying to get out of there and they both had been drinking. There was a gigantic line for taxis,” he said, adding that she “went up to one of the valet guys, offered him 100 Euros or whatever, to get to the head of the line.”
“She told me she put her hand on his shoulder. Doug apparently thought that she was flirting, and came over and slapped her in the face,” he continued. “She slapped him back. My impression is that he had a lot to drink. She was sobbing [on the phone afterwards], but she wasn’t slurring her words. She told me that she broke up with him that night.”
Jane reportedly told a second friend, who is also a lawyer in New York, about the attack around the time that it happened.
“They had dinner. She said Doug was very charming, and it was lovely. Then I believe it was between 2-3am, it was still raging, but she was wearing four-inch heels and a floor-length gown, so it was time to depart,” the lawyer said. “She said there’d been no fight before he hit her. You would have thought it was this fairytale trip.”
“She put her hand on the valet’s shoulder, and as she was talking to him, Doug comes up,” she continued. “She said he turned her around by her right shoulder, and she was completely caught off guard. He hauled up and slapped her so hard she spun around. She said she was in utter shock.”
The second friend said that Jane had slapped him back and that she had tried to get out of there by herself but that Emhoff had forced his way into the taxi.
“She couldn’t believe he is the person that he is, and that it turned into this trailer trash moment,” the second friend said. “It woke her up about the self-delusion she was having, explaining away the teacher story. She realized he was bad news. This was the first time she saw his ugly side.”
“She said she called [her male businessman friend] because she wanted Doug to see her on the phone, telling somebody,” the second friend said. “She felt that would afford her some protection.”
A third friend, a female executive, said that Jane told her about the story in 2018.
“I don’t know if it was an aggressive slap or a punch, but it was something that I know she would never forget, and something that would end a relationship immediately,” the third friend said. “She had never been hit in her life. [Jane] is a gorgeous, strong woman and you would never expect somebody to hit her.”
“I asked her if he ever apologized. She said no, but he commented about the hit she gave him. It was a tennis metaphor. But no apology at all,” she continued. “He was a tennis fan. All he said to her was, ‘Don’t worry about it, you got one across the court and down the line.&#8217;”
The female executive told the publication that she and Jane were both Democrats, and she felt that the public needed to know about Emhoff, given the possibility that his wife could end up becoming president.
“He’s holding himself out to be something he absolutely is not. And that’s bulls***,&#8221; she said. “[Jane] was always leaning Democratic. I have always voted Democratic. If anything I would like to tell a story on the other side. But this is the truth.”
“He’s a really bad guy,” she added. “To hold him out as a supporter of women is just disgusting.”
Neither Emhoff nor Jane responded to requests for comment.

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Doug Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, reportedly hit his ex-girlfriend in the face because he thought that she was hitting on another man at a high-profile event more than a decade ago.
Three friends of the woman, a New York lawyer, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13898791/Kamala-Harris-husband-Doug-Emhoff-accused-ex-girlfriend-slap.html?ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_campaign=1490&amp;ito=social-twitter_dailymailus">told</a> the Daily Mail about the alleged attack in 2012 on the condition that neither they nor the woman, who was only identified as &#8220;Jane,&#8221; be named out of fear of retaliation.
The altercation reportedly happened at the May 2012 Cannes Film Festival in France as Emhoff and Jane waited in line for a taxi to take them back to their hotel room.
The two met on an online dating website and had been dating for three months when the incident occurred, the report said. The friends provided the British publication with photos of the two together, travel documents, and emails that they say confirm that the two were in a relationship and attended the event together.
The disturbing incident comes after former Biden-Harris official and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki declared in a recent interview with Emhoff that he had &#8220;reshaped the perception of masculinity.&#8221;
Psaki made the remarks even though it had been recently revealed that Emhoff <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-harris-husband-admits-to-impregnating-babysitter-while-cheating-on-first-wife">impregnated his children&#8217;s babysitter</a>, which led to the end of his first marriage.
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Jen Psaki to Second Gentleperson &#8220;Doug&#8221;: You have &#8220;reshaped the perception of masculinity.&#8221; 🤢 <a href="https://t.co/Hsd3EIWkZW">pic.twitter.com/Hsd3EIWkZW</a>
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1840432441762136144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2024</a></blockquote>
Jane received tickets to the star-studded May 24, 2012, event from wealthy friends and decided to take Emhoff as her plus one.
The first person who Jane told about the alleged assault was one of her male friends, who is a top New York businessman, the report said, who got a phone call from her moments after the attack happened.
&#8220;It was hard to hear her because she was sobbing. She told me she was with a guy and he hit her,&#8221; he told the publication. &#8220;It was very clear what she was telling me. She said she was with a guy, her date, she was at the Cannes Film Festival, and he hit her. She was in the car with the guy at the time.&#8221;
He said he did not know how to respond and wasn&#8217;t sure if he needed to call the police in France.
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&#8220;It was something like 3am. They were trying to get out of there and they both had been drinking. There was a gigantic line for taxis,&#8221; he said, adding that she &#8220;went up to one of the valet guys, offered him 100 Euros or whatever, to get to the head of the line.&#8221;
&#8220;She told me she put her hand on his shoulder. Doug apparently thought that she was flirting, and came over and slapped her in the face,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;She slapped him back. My impression is that he had a lot to drink. She was sobbing [on the phone afterwards], but she wasn&#8217;t slurring her words. She told me that she broke up with him that night.&#8221;
Jane reportedly told a second friend, who is also a lawyer in New York, about the attack around the time that it happened.
&#8220;They had dinner. She said Doug was very charming, and it was lovely. Then I believe it was between 2-3am, it was still raging, but she was wearing four-inch heels and a floor-length gown, so it was time to depart,&#8221; the lawyer said. &#8220;She said there&#8217;d been no fight before he hit her. You would have thought it was this fairytale trip.&#8221;
&#8220;She put her hand on the valet&#8217;s shoulder, and as she was talking to him, Doug comes up,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;She said he turned her around by her right shoulder, and she was completely caught off guard. He hauled up and slapped her so hard she spun around. She said she was in utter shock.&#8221;
The second friend said that Jane had slapped him back and that she had tried to get out of there by herself but that Emhoff had forced his way into the taxi.
&#8220;She couldn&#8217;t believe he is the person that he is, and that it turned into this trailer trash moment,&#8221; the second friend said. &#8220;It woke her up about the self-delusion she was having, explaining away the teacher story. She realized he was bad news. This was the first time she saw his ugly side.&#8221;
&#8220;She said she called [her male businessman friend] because she wanted Doug to see her on the phone, telling somebody,&#8221; the second friend said. &#8220;She felt that would afford her some protection.&#8221;
A third friend, a female executive, said that Jane told her about the story in 2018.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know if it was an aggressive slap or a punch, but it was something that I know she would never forget, and something that would end a relationship immediately,&#8221; the third friend said. &#8220;She had never been hit in her life. [Jane] is a gorgeous, strong woman and you would never expect somebody to hit her.&#8221;
&#8220;I asked her if he ever apologized. She said no, but he commented about the hit she gave him. It was a tennis metaphor. But no apology at all,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;He was a tennis fan. All he said to her was, &#8216;Don&#8217;t worry about it, you got one across the court and down the line.'&#8221;
The friends said that Emhoff allegedly told Jane that he impregnated his child&#8217;s babysitter and that the nanny claimed Emhoff was so &#8220;aggressive with her, shouting or whatever, to the degree that she lost the baby.&#8221;
The publication obtained Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) records that showed they were called to the home where the nanny was living in 2009, around the time she was allegedly pregnant, about a &#8220;life threatening emergency, lights and sirens on.&#8221;
The department did not release any information about the incident or who was involved.
The female executive told the publication that she and Jane were both Democrats, and she felt that the public needed to know about Emhoff, given the possibility that his wife could end up becoming president.
&#8220;He&#8217;s holding himself out to be something he absolutely is not. And that&#8217;s bulls***.&#8217; she said. &#8220;[Jane] was always leaning Democratic. I have always voted Democratic. If anything I would like to tell a story on the other side. But this is the truth.&#8221;
&#8220;He&#8217;s a really bad guy,&#8221; she added. &#8220;To hold him out as a supporter of women is just disgusting.&#8221;
Neither Emhoff nor Jane responded to requests for comment.

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Doug Emhoff Accused Of Hitting Ex-Girlfriend In The Face At High-Profile Event: Report

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-costner">Kevin Costner</a> said he’s been knocking on doors at the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cannes">Cannes</a> Film Festival looking for backers to finance the next installments of his country Western passion project.
The 69-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">actor</a> confirmed he put up $38 million of his own money into the project he’s been obsessing over for decades. The first film, “Horizon: An American Saga,” debuted at Cannes over the weekend before its national release on June 28. 
 “That’s the message I want my kids to understand about who I am: that I do what I believe in,” Costner told <a href="https://www.gq.com/story/kevin-costner-gq-cover-story">GQ</a> of taking such a big risk. “I have fear like everybody else. I don’t want to be humiliated.”
The actor also commented on taking out a mortgage on his Santa Barbara home to help finance the project. “I mean, it’s okay, maybe I lose that. But it’s: Have I lost myself?” he told the outlet of making that decision. 
Warner Bros. is releasing the first two installments of the project this summer and production has already started on the third despite the second two movies not yet being fully funded. 
“They’re going to happen regardless, but they’re not already funded,” Costner said. “I got my suitcase on the end of the street, you know, and seeing: Where are all you brave, rich billionaires? If I hear the word billionaire one more time, I think I’m going to puke.”
“I need somebody that’s impulsive, is emotional, has money, and wants to go west,” Costner said of his ideal investors. “And it’s like: Now let’s see how much of a gambler you are. Because everything I have is in the movie.”
When asked at a Cannes press conference about his struggle to finance the project, Costner said, “I don’t know why it was so hard.”
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“You saw the movie. I don’t know why it was so hard to get people to believe in the movie that I wanted to make,” he said, per <a href="https://variety.com/2024/film/news/horizon-budget-kevin-costner-spent-38-million-dollars-1236010354/">Variety</a>. “You know, I don’t think my movie is better than anybody else’s movie, but I don’t think anybody else’s movie is better than mine. I don’t go out into the world with something I don’t think is good.”
“I’ve knocked on every boat in Cannes to help me,” Costner said of trying to get more financial backers. “‘Oh come, we’ll have a picture.’ No, come get your checkbook out. Let’s talk money!”
So far, critics at Cannes have given &#8220;Horizon&#8221; mixed reviews.

Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner Says He ‘Knocked On Every Boat In Cannes’ To Get Financing For 3rd ‘Horizon’ Movie

Kevin Costner Says He 'Knocked On Every Boat In Cannes' To Get Financing For 3rd 'Horizon' Movie

Actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fans-blow-up-after-matthew-perry-slams-keanu-reeves-in-memoir-perry-responds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Keanu Reeves</a> has long enjoyed a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/keanu-reeves-proves-once-again-to-be-nicest-star-in-hollywood-after-airport-interaction-with-young-fan-who-had-a-lot-of-questions-for-actor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reputation</a> for being a genuinely nice guy — and according to a throwback photo posted by &#8220;Underworld&#8221; star Kate Beckinsale, that reputation is well-deserved.
Beckinsale <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/kate-beckinsale-keanu-reeves-saved-embarrassing-wardrobe-malfunction">recalled</a> a moment at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, when she walked the red carpet alongside Reeves, Denzel Washington, Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh, and Robert Sean Leonard to promote their film adaption of the Shakespearean comedy &#8220;Much Ado About Nothing.&#8221; A slight mishap with her undergarments, she explained, resulted in both Reeves and Leonard helping her hold things in place as the three actors stepped in front of the cameras.
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“So my mum DID find one of the original Cannes pictures but unfortunately it’s not full length so you can’t see the Dr. Martens. Fun fact though: I had bought the bodysuit in the Sock Shop at the airport and when I got in the car to drive to the premiere with Denzel and Pauletta Washington, all the poppers in the crotch popped themselves open and it flipped up like a roller blind,&#8221; Beckinsale wrote, describing what could have been a truly mortifying experience in the caption.
&#8220;I didn’t feel it was appropriate to go delving around in my undercarriage with all of us in the back of the car so I just quietly panicked,&#8221; she added, noting that  she was about to step onto a red carpet with a half dozen Hollywood A-listers and still hadn&#8217;t figured out a way to resolve the issue.
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&#8220;Walked out onto the biggest red carpet of my life and whispered to Keanu and Robert Sean Leonard what had happened,&#8221; she said, adding that the two quickly helped her cover. &#8220;In this picture I am holding the front gusset down and the two of them are holding the back gusset. Absolute legends who may not even have fully understood the physics of what was happening or even heard the word &#8216;gusset&#8217; before[, ]but both jumped in to save me no questions asked x #muchadoaboutnothing #cannes1993.&#8221;

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rita-wilson-says-slowing-down-her-movie-career-to-raise-her-kids-wasnt-a-sacrifice-but-a-choice" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rita Wilson</a> hit back at <a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/05/24/tom-hanks-skips-asteroid-city-photo-call-after-scolding-cannes-staffer/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">headlines</a> that claimed she and her husband, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-hanks-says-with-ai-he-could-die-and-his-performances-can-go-on-and-on-and-on" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tom Hanks,</a> were seen &#8220;scolding&#8221; a man on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival in France, saying the truth didn&#8217;t &#8220;sell stories.&#8221;
The 66-year-old actress on Tuesday posted on Tuesday a screenshot on social media of a <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12116439/Tom-Hanks-embroiled-heated-altercation-Asteroid-City-premiere-Cannes.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daily Mail</a> article reporting Wilson and Hanks appearing to have a tense exchange at the event.
The headline read, &#8220;Tom Hanks &#8216;Embroiled In Heated Altercation&#8217; At &#8216;Asteroid City&#8217; Premiere In Cannes.&#8221; Wilson and the &#8220;Forrest Gump&#8221; star were at the festival for the premiere of their Wes Anderson movie &#8220;Asteroid City.&#8221;
The actress captioned the screenshot, &#8220;This is called I can&#8217;t hear you. People are screaming. What did you say? Where are we supposed to go?'&#8221;
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&#8220;But that doesn&#8217;t sell stories! Nice try,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Go see Asteroid City!&#8221;
Before Wilson responded to the report, headlines surfaced showing images of the &#8220;Cast Away&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-hanks-spills-details-on-the-christmas-gift-he-gets-every-year-from-tom-cruise" target="_blank" rel="noopener">star</a> pointing and making terse looks at the man, <a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/05/24/rita-wilson-reveals-truth-behind-her-tom-hanks-scolding/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Page Six</a> noted. In another photo, Wilson and Hanks are both gesturing in opposite directions, possibly appearing to get instructions about where to go.
Festival employee Vincent Chaplain (who has identified himself as the man on the red carpet with them) also responded to the reports, tweeting, &#8220;They just asked me if they should go back to the start of the mat with the rest of the film crew (I&#8217;m not security) wink.&#8221;
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&#8220;Asteroid City&#8221; takes place in the 1950s and is centered around &#8220;the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer convention&#8221; that &#8220;is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events,&#8221; according to <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14230388/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IMDb</a>.
The film has a star-studded cast that also includes Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Carell, Margot Robbie, Bryan Cranston, and Jeffrey Wright.
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Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson

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Rita Wilson Hits Back At Headlines About Husband Tom Hanks 'Scolding' Man On Red Carpet

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Actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/natalie-portman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Natalie Portman</a> said there’s a discrepancy between how women are expected to act versus men.
The 41-year-old made the comments while promoting her new film “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">May December</a>” at the 2023 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cannes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cannes Film Festival</a>.
&#8220;The whole film is so much about performance and the different roles we play in different environments, for different people, for ourselves, even,&#8221; Portman said, explaining how this concept of societal norms segregated by gender is &#8220;something I&#8217;m definitely curious about and interested in.&#8221;
&#8220;This aspect of, even here — the different ways we as women are expected to behave at this festival even compared to men,&#8221; she told reporters at the press conference. &#8220;How we&#8217;re supposed to look, how we&#8217;re supposed to carry ourselves.&#8221;
“The expectations are different on you all the time and it affects how you behave, whether you&#8217;re buying into it, whether you&#8217;re rejecting it, or whether you&#8217;re doing something in between,&#8221; Portman said. &#8220;You&#8217;re definitely defined by the social structures upon you.&#8221;
“May December” is about a couple (Julianne Moore and Charles Melton) getting ready for their children to graduate from high school and go to college, according to <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/news/natalie-portman-julianne-moore-may-december-first-look-cannes-1235599444/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Variety</a>.
Portman plays a young actress who is cast to play Moore’s character in the film version of their lives. She goes to their home to study who they really are, which causes turmoil as she digs into their private sphere. “May December” is directed by Todd Haynes (Carol) and written by co-screenwriters Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik. Portman and Will Ferrell are the producers of the project.
&#8220;An age gap is one thing, but a relationship between an adult and a child is something else entirely,&#8221; Moore said during the panel discussion about her character. &#8220;Her transgression, I believe, personally, is so enormous that she sort of buries it in her own identity, in her own performative femininity.&#8221;
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Portman has starred in a wide range of projects over the course of her career. She told GQ in May that she’s willing to return to the “Star Wars” franchise if asked. &#8220;I have no information on this. No one&#8217;s ever asked me to return, but I&#8217;m open to it,&#8221; Portman said of joining any sequels or spinoffs.
The actress portrayed Padme Amidala in the three &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; movies directed by George Lucas in the late 1990s and 2000s.

Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman Says Women Are ‘Expected To Behave’ Differently Than Men At Cannes And In Life

Natalie Portman Says Women Are 'Expected To Behave' Differently Than Men At Cannes And In Life

Women

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Jude Law</a> took authenticity to a pungent new level while portraying Henry VIII in the film “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">Firebrand</a>.”
“I read several interesting accounts that you could smell Henry three rooms away. His leg was rotting so badly. He hid it with rose oil,” the 50-year-old actor said at the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cannes">Cannes Film Festival</a> following the movie’s premiere. “I thought it would have a great impact if I smelt awful.”
Law said he sought a perfume specialist to create a custom blend to resemble the odors emitted from the infamous king. His stench came from leg ulcers he had in the last year of his life. 
“She makes wonderful scents, and she also makes awful scents. She somehow came up with this extraordinary variety of blood, fecal matter and sweat,” the actor said, per <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/global/jude-law-king-henry-firebrand-blood-fecal-matter-sweat-perfume-1235621110/">Variety</a>.
“Initially, I used it very subtly and thought I’d use it myself,” Law added. But then the actor said he got into it and started dousing himself in the noxious concoction. “It became a spray-fest,” he said.
“Firebrand” director Karim Aïnouz agreed that Law’s smell was overwhelming. “When Jude walked in on set, it was just horrible,” he said during the panel.
The film, which received an eight-minute standing ovation at Cannes, was adapted from the novel “Queen’s Gambit.” It follows King Henry VIII’s final days as his sixth wife, Katherine Parr (Alicia Vikander), tries to outwit her murderous husband and save her own life.
Law said he’s not intrigued by the modern royal family drama, however.
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“I kind of see it like theater, although I’m slightly more obsessed by theater,” the actor said. “But I’m not one for gossip. I don’t really enjoy it. I find no interest in it, and I don’t really enjoy following tittle tattle stories.”
He said the recent coronation of King Charles III appealed to him because of its connection to the past. “There was something remarkable about looking at the photos of this medieval ceremony and how it applied to today made me feel very modern.”

Jude Law

Jude Law Wore Perfume Of ‘Blood, Fecal Matter, And Sweat’ To Capture Stench Of King Henry VIII In ‘Firebrand’

Jude Law Wore Perfume Of 'Blood, Fecal Matter, And Sweat' To Capture Stench Of King Henry VIII In 'Firebrand'

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Dame Helen Mirren quickly shut down rumors that a last-minute fashion choice was a coded message designed to shade actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/johnny-depp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Johnny Depp</a> and support his ex-wife Amber Heard.
<a href="https://www.thewrap.com/cannes-helen-mirren-amber-heard-johnny-depp-premiere/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mirren</a>, while walking the red carpet ahead of the premiere of Depp&#8217;s new film &#8220;Jeanne du Barry,&#8221; was spotted carrying a folding fan emblazoned with the hashtag #WORTHIT — and some fans thought the fan was a message of support for Heard.
&#8220;Helen Mirren hit the #Cannes red carpet for the premiere of #JeanneDuBarry with a message of support for Amber Heard and a subtle f***-you to the film’s star, Johnny Depp – and she used fashion to do it. Bow down to your forever queen of shade,&#8221; @tomandlorenzo <a href="https://twitter.com/tomandlorenzo/status/1658560701944811526" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a>.
The logic behind the assumption was the fact that Heard spent years as a brand ambassador for cosmetics giant L&#8217;Oreal, and the fan Mirren carried included the brand&#8217;s iconic tagline &#8220;worth it.&#8221;
But when Mirren caught wind of the rumor, she quickly released a statement debunking it.
&#8220;No secret message was intended. I am a L’Oréal ambassador, they are a sponsor of the festival, and quite truthfully, I picked up a fan because I was hot,&#8221; Mirren explained, adding, “‘Because You’re Worth It&#8217; is the official L’Oréal Paris slogan.&#8221;
Mirren, 77, also turned heads when she hit the Cannes red carpet with her hair styled in a striking bluish-purple updo that matched her gown.
The film she attended, &#8220;Jeanne du Barry,&#8221; was Depp&#8217;s first film since he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-johnny-depp-wins-in-defamation-case-against-amber-heard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">walked away a winner</a> from the defamation trial against Heard — and the actor could be seen tearing up when the film&#8217;s premiere ended with a seven-minute standing ovation.
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Following the premiere, members of the press <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/johnny-depp-roasts-hollywood-receives-7-minute-standing-ovation-at-cannes-film-festival" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked Depp</a> about what it felt like to make a &#8220;comeback&#8221; after the trial – and he quickly set the record straight.
&#8220;I keep wondering about the word ‘comeback,’ because I didn’t go anywhere. I live about 45 minutes away … I’ve been sitting around. ‘Comeback’ is almost like I’m going to come out and do a tap dance — dance my best and hope you approve,&#8221; he said.

“Jeanne du Barry” Screening & Opening Ceremony Red Carpet – The 76th Annual Cannes Film Festival

‘I Was Hot’: Dame Helen Mirren Says Her Fashion Choice Had ‘No Secret Message’ Aimed At Johnny Depp

Dame Helen Mirren Says Her Fashion Choice Had 'No Secret Message' Aimed At Johnny Depp

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Johnny Depp

Actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/johnny-depp-says-hes-enjoying-life-out-of-the-spotlight-talks-new-home-after-heard-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Johnny Depp</a> received a warm welcome — and a seven-minute standing ovation – at Cannes Film Festival, but he made it clear in a subsequent interview that he no longer had any use for Hollywood.
While fielding a barrage of <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/johnny-depp-felt-boycotted-amber-heard-trial-no-need-hollywood" target="_blank" rel="noopener">media questions</a> for the first time since winning his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, he roasted the industry that had effectively boycotted him – and the media that turned his life into &#8220;fantastically, horrifically written fiction.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/devastated-johnny-depp-rushed-to-be-with-friend-jeff-beck-in-final-moments" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Depp</a> appeared at Cannes to promote &#8220;Jeanne du Barry,&#8221; his first film since the trial — and was brought to tears when it received a seven-minute standing ovation after its festival premiere.
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yes-johnny-depp-is-dating-his-attorney-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Depp</a> was later asked whether he felt as though Hollywood had &#8220;boycotted&#8221; him in the wake of the accusations, and he held nothing back.
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Johnny Depp: “Did I feel boycotted by Hollywood?&#8230;When you’re asked to resign from a film you’re doing because of something that is merely a function of vowels and consonants floating in the air, yes you feel boycotted.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/VIiTdGy6dP">https://t.co/VIiTdGy6dP</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cannes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cannes</a> <a href="https://t.co/Xjz2IfinDu">pic.twitter.com/Xjz2IfinDu</a>
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&#8220;Did I feel boycotted by Hollywood?&#8230; When you’re asked to resign from a film you’re doing because of something that is merely a function of vowels and consonants floating in the air, yes you feel boycotted,&#8221; Depp replied.
He went on to say that his feelings had changed in the aftermath, however, adding, &#8220;Do I feel boycotted now? No, not at all. But I don’t feel boycotted because I don’t think about Hollywood. I don’t feel much further need for Hollywood — I don’t know about you.&#8221;
Depp went on to address the people who talked about his return to the big screen as if it were a &#8220;comeback&#8221; of sorts, and he objected to the term, saying, &#8220;I keep wondering about the word ‘comeback,’ because I didn’t go anywhere. I live about 45 minutes away &#8230; I’ve been sitting around. ‘Comeback’ is almost like I’m going to come out and do a tap dance — dance my best and hope you approve.&#8221;
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The &#8220;Pirates of the Caribbean&#8221; star also appeared to take a jab at social media hate and commentary, suggesting that people were afraid to stand up for the truth if too many people were saying something else.
&#8220;It’s a very strange, funny time where everybody would love to be able to be themselves. But they can’t. Because they must ‘fall in line’ with the person in front of them. You wanna live that kind of life, I wish you the best,&#8221; Depp said. &#8220;I’ll be on the other side somewhere.&#8221;
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“It’s a very strange, funny time where everyone would love to be able to be themselves. But they can’t. Because they must ‘fall in line’ with the person in front of them.
You wanna live that kind of life, I wish you the best.
I’ll be on the other side somewhere.”
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Depp concluded by lambasting the media for taking his life and turning it into &#8220;fiction,&#8221; claiming that journalism today was akin to someone asking a simple question – like wondering how he was doing — but always having a devious ulterior motive.
&#8220;The majority of you who have been reading for the last five or six years, with regards to me and my life — the majority of what you’ve read is fantastically, horrifically written fiction,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The fact is, we’re here to talk about the film. But it’s like asking the question, ‘How are you doing?’ But what’s underneath in the subtext is, ‘God, I hate you.’ That’s the sort of media thing.&#8221;
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“I mean it’s boring, isn’t it? Aren’t you guys sick of it by now? It’s weird”
Johnny Depp reminds the media that the focus should be on the film, not his life, of which he calls the reporting of as, “fantastically, horrifically written fiction”
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He said that they should be there to focus on the films and referred to the other stories as &#8220;all the stuff that you can stuff your shoes with – or line your parrot cage with — I mean it’s boring, isn’t it? Aren’t you guys sick of it by now? It’s weird,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Hundred thousand dollar bird sings unrecorded Beatles songs &#8230; you&#8217;ll get it later, I promise.&#8221;

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