<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jimmy-kimmel">Jimmy Kimmel</a> used part of his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oscars">Oscars</a> monologue to make wisecracks about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/robert-downey-jr">Robert Downey Jr.&#8217;s</a> substance abuse issues 20 years ago.
The late-night host set it up by joking that “Oppenheimer” director Christopher Nolan didn’t have an internet connection so his “porn addiction” would not distract him while working. 
&#8220;Congratulations to [Cillian Murphy&#8217;s] costar Robert Downey Jr. This is the highest point of Robert Downey Jr.&#8217;s career,&#8221; Kimmel said. He paused and said, &#8220;Well, one of the highest points.&#8221;
The 58-year-old actor smiled at first and tapped his nose as the audience laughed along. The actor’s “Oppenheimer” costar, Emily Blunt, reached across to grab Downey Jr.&#8217;s shoulders in a show of support as he kept a tight smile on his face.
Kimmel responded to the nose-tap gesture, saying, &#8220;Was that too on the nose, or was that a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/drugs">drug</a> motion you made?&#8221;
RDJ then made a circling motion indicating the host should &#8220;wrap it up&#8221; and mouthed, &#8220;Keep it going,&#8221; as the camera stayed focused on him for several more seconds.
Kimmel followed that with another joke. &#8220;Look at this guy, he&#8217;s so handsome, so talented. He&#8217;s won every award there is to win. Is that an acceptance speech in your pocket or do you just have a very rectangular penis?&#8221; he quipped.
&#8220;Not even 20 years ago, things weren&#8217;t going that great for Robert. He played the villain and, correct me if I have this wrong, in a movie where Tim Allen turns into a dog?&#8221; At this point, Downey Jr. looks annoyed.
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&#8220;If you ever decide to remake that film, I have just the guy to play Tim Allen,&#8221; the Oscars host continued as the camera panned to the dog Messi from “Anatomy of a Fall.”
&#8220;Messi has an overdose scene, if you&#8217;ve seen it, you know it is incredible,&#8221; Kimmel said.
Downey Jr. won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for “Oppenheimer.” This was his first Academy Award win and third nomination. The actor previously spent time in jail in 1999 on drug-related charges and had several infamous public mishaps during the height of his addiction struggles. RDJ has been sober since 2003.

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Jimmy Kimmel Jokes About Robert Downey Jr.’s Past Drug Addiction During Oscars

Jimmy Kimmel Jokes About Robert Downey Jr.'s Past Drug Addiction During Oscars

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/robert-downey-jr">Robert Downey Jr.</a> made a dig at the Marvel Cinematic Universe (<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marvel">MCU</a>) during his acceptance speech at the 2024 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards ceremony. 
The 58-year-old was accepting the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood">Best Supporting Actor</a> award for his portrayal of villainous politician Lewis Strauss in Christopher Nolan’s highly lauded drama, “Oppenheimer.” Downey Jr. referenced the difference in this role compared to his best-known role as Tony Stark in the MCU.
“I played a guy named Tony in the MCU for about 12 years,” he <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/robert-downey-jr-oppenheimer-marvel-speech-bafta-b2498617.html">sai</a><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/robert-downey-jr-oppenheimer-marvel-speech-bafta-b2498617.html">d</a> from the stage “Recently, [Nolan] suggested I attempt an understated approach as a last-ditch effort to perhaps resurrect my dwindling credibility.”
The Golden Globe-winning actor made multiple appearances as Tony Stark, also known as Iron Man, between 2008 and 2019, playing the character in the &#8220;Iron Man&#8221; trilogy and all four &#8220;Avengers&#8221; films. He’s credited with helping make Marvel into a money-making machine.
Downey Jr. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/07/09/magazine/robert-downey-jr-interview-oppenheimer.html">told</a> The New York Times in 2023 that he’d been nervous about taking on the demanding “Oppenheimer” part due to the types of movies he’d been in previously.
&#8220;You start to wonder if a muscle you have hasn&#8217;t atrophied,&#8221; the actor told the outlet at the time. &#8220;I knew there was a point where Chris Nolan was endorsing, let&#8217;s work those other muscles, but let&#8217;s do it while rendering you devoid of your usual go-to things,&#8221; Downey Jr. added.
His remarks come on the heels of several high-profile superhero movie flops. This genre churned out massive hits for years, but recent releases have underperformed, leaving industry insiders wondering if audiences are sick of superhero films in general. 
In November, the female-led film “The Marvels” earned just $47 million domestically over opening weekend, making it the lowest-ever opening for a Marvel movie. And it’s not just the MCU suffering. “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” was yet another box office disappointment for comic book films, bringing in just over $40 million over the extended four-day Christmas holiday weekend.
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“Captain America: A Brave New World,” “Thunderbolts,” and “Blade” were all originally slated for 2024 but are being pushed to 2025. This is being blamed on strike-related production delays but could also be the result of poor box office numbers for similar movies.
 The only Marvel release scheduled for 2024 is “Deadpool 3.” Upcoming DC projects include “Joker: Folie á Deux,” which will debut in November 2024, and “Superman: Legacy,” which will hit theaters in July 2025.

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Actor Robert Downey Jr. admitted it was probably better that he did not win the Oscar when he was nominated for the best actor award three decades ago — for his performance in the 1993 biopic &#8220;Chaplin.&#8221;
The &#8220;Iron Man&#8221; star made the revelation on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View&#8221; last week, just after the news broke that he had been nominated in the best supporting actor category for his turn as Admiral Lewis Strauss in the Christopher Nolan-directed &#8220;Oppenheimer&#8221; (2023).
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&#8220;You lost to Al Pacino for &#8216;Scent of a Woman,'&#8221; Joy Behar pointed out. &#8220;Now you say it actually would have been the worst thing for you to have won that year.&#8221;
Downey Jr. laughed, saying, &#8220;Ah, because I was young and crazy and it would have put me under the impression that I was on the right track. Whoopi remembers.&#8221;
&#8220;We were all on those tracks together,&#8221; Whoopi Goldberg — who co-starred with Downey Jr. in the 1991 film &#8220;Soapdish&#8221; — just laughed in response.
The &#8220;Tropic Thunder&#8221; star was not exaggerating when he said his early career was &#8220;crazy&#8221; — in 1996, he was arrested on drug and weapons charges. After violating the terms of his parole, he was arrested again and sentenced in 1999 to three years in prison — but ultimately served 15 months. He was pardoned in 2015 by then Governor Jerry Brown (D-CA).
His entrance into the Marvel Cinematic Universe — as Tony Stark/Iron Man in 2004&#8217;s &#8220;Iron Man&#8221; — marked his comeback in Hollywood after an early career that he described as &#8220;30 years of dependency, depravity and despair.&#8221;
In addition to &#8220;Oppenheimer&#8221; and the best actor nod for &#8220;Chaplin, Downey Jr. was also nominated in the <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000375/awards/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">best supporting actor</a> category for his role in 2009&#8217;s &#8220;Tropic Thunder.&#8221;

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Robert Downey Jr. Is Glad He Didn’t Win 1993 Best Actor Oscar: Here’s Why

Robert Downey Jr. Is Glad He Didn't Win 1993 Best Actor Oscar: Here's Why

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/robert-downey-jr">Robert Downey Jr.</a> won the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood">award</a> for Best Supporting Actor at the 2024 Critics Choice Awards over the weekend, but instead of giving a typical acceptance speech, the actor chose to quote from some of his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/critics">critics</a>.
The 58-year-old won for his part in the summer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">blockbuster</a> “Oppenheimer,” beating out contenders Sterling K. Brown for “American Fiction,” Robert De Niro for “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Ryan Gosling for “Barbie,” Charles Melton for “May December,” and Mark Ruffalo for “Poor Things.”
Downey Jr. dug up some of the negative reviews from his past performances and shared them from the stage during Sunday’s broadcast of the awards show.
“I was thinking this morning, I love critics. … You know, they’ve given me such beautiful feedback, really just so many great moments, and some of it is so poetic,” he said, per <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robert-downey-reads-worst-reviews-acceptance-speech-critics-choice-awards-1235787865/">The Hollywood Reporter</a>. “I just want to share some of their thoughts with you over the years.”
“The first one is kind of like Haiku: ‘Sloppy, messy and lazy.’ The next one is more metaphoric: ‘Like Pee-Wee Herman emerging from a coma.’ This was from a Brit: ‘A puzzling waste of talent.’ And lastly, and this one lingered: ‘Amusing as a bed-locked fart,&#8217;” Downey Jr. continued.
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He continued with a word of thanks for his “Oppenheimer” co-stars, whom he referred to as his “Oppenhomies.”
“Every day of filming was like having my ego’s ass handed to me at the door, and I think it couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy,” he quipped.
The actor played Lewis Strauss in Christopher Nolan’s historical drama. Strauss was a trustee at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton and serves as the primary antagonist against Cillian Murphy’s titular character, J. Robert Oppenheimer, as he wrestles with the moral dilemma of creating the atomic bomb.
“Oppenheimer” raked in more than $955 million worldwide, making it the third-highest-grossing film of 2023, the highest-grossing World War II-related film ever, the highest-grossing biographical film, and the second-highest-grossing R-rated film. 
The biographical thriller was nominated for five Golden Globe Awards and eight Critics Choice Awards. It’s also expected to be announced as a nominee for the 96th Academy Awards.

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Actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/robert-downey-jr">Robert Downey Jr.</a> had nothing but praise for his “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/watch/movies">Oppenheimer</a>” co-star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Cillian Murphy</a>, who he says sacrificed a lot for the role. 
Downey Jr., who plays Atomic Energy Commission chairman Lewis Strauss in the movie, said of Murphy, &#8220;I have never witnessed a greater sacrifice by a lead actor in my career.&#8221;
&#8220;He knew it was going to be a behemoth ask when [director Christopher Nolan] called him. But I think he also had the humility that is required to survive playing a role like this,&#8221; the Marvel star added during an interview with <a href="https://people.com/robert-downey-jr-costar-cillian-murphy-greatest-sacrifice-any-actor-exclusive-7564218">People</a>.
&#8220;We&#8217;d be like, &#8216;Hey, we got a three-day weekend. Maybe we&#8217;ll go antiquing in Santa Fe. What are you going to do?&#8217; &#8216;Oh, I have to learn 30,000 words of Dutch. Have a nice time.&#8217; But that&#8217;s the nature of the ask.&#8221;
Actress Florence Pugh appears opposite Murphy in the film as Jean Tatlock, one of the major loves of Oppenheimer&#8217;s life. She had equally glowing things to say about the actor.
&#8220;Chris had one of the most incredible leads in Cillian,&#8221; she told the outlet. &#8220;He is an actor that I have been watching for quite some time and have been desperate to work with for ages. You’d have to be mad to say no. It was truly one of the best experiences that I’ve had.&#8221;
&#8220;Working with him was hugely impressive,&#8221; she went on. &#8220;Every single day he shows up knowing every single possible way, intonation, inflection of how to bring this character to life. That was hugely impressive to me. There&#8217;s a reason why he is one of the greats.&#8221;
Besides just learning the lines and mimicking the mannerisms of the real Oppenheimer, Murphy also went on an incredibly restrictive diet for the part. Co-star Emily Blunt told <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtfdNuDSbso">Extra</a> of his weight loss, &#8220;He had such a monumental undertaking. And he could only eat, like, an almond every day. He was so emaciated.”
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That commitment is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/barbenheimer-soars-at-box-office-with-155m-for-barbie-80m-for-oppenheimer-on-opening-weekend">paying off</a> so far with big numbers at the box office. “Oppenheimer” opened on July 21 and brought in $80.5 million domestically. Combined with international box office numbers, the film brought in a total of $174 million.
Murphy’s performance is getting a lot of attention specifically, with <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jul/22/cillian-murphy-oppenheimer-peaky-blinders">reviewers</a> calling his performance “enigmatic” and “intense.”  
“Cillian Murphy has never been better,” one reviewer <a href="https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a44558844/oppenheimer-review-christopher-nolan/">declared</a>.

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‘Never Witnessed A Greater Sacrifice By A Lead Actor’: Robert Downey Jr. Praises Cillian Murphy’s ‘Oppenheimer’

'Never Witnessed A Greater Sacrifice By A Lead Actor': Robert Downey Jr. Praises Cillian Murphy's Performance In 'Oppenheimer'

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/robert-downey-jr">Robert Downey Jr.</a> recently said that he thinks the world &#8220;should be a matriarchy&#8221; after filming the movie “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">Oppenheimer</a>.”
The 58-year-old actor made the comments during an <a href="https://twitter.com/APEntertainment/status/1677370644068179968">interview</a> with The Associated Press.
The interviewer asked, “I was curious if you took away any, like, commentary on patriarchy and war?”
Downey Jr. replied, “Men start wars and the entire planet should be a matriarchy. But I’ve never changed position on that.”
“So you already had that going into this?” the interviewer asked.  
“Well, this was just a triple confirmation,” Downey Jr. said.
In the interview, the actor discussed why he was drawn to the drama about J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), the man who invented the atomic bomb and oversaw the Manhattan Project.   
 “Context is so critical,&#8221; the actor <a href="https://apnews.com/video/movies-nuclear-weapons-christopher-nolan-robert-downey-jr-643a622770e844afaf5022125234e6f0">said</a>. &#8220;The timing of the Manhattan project, the need for it, the deployment of it, necessary or not, you can read plenty of data that would support either. But regardless, the &#8216;why&#8217; can be debated, but here we are now. That’s the cold, hard truth.”
“So being able, under Chris Nolan’s direction, to kind of invite the audience to be involved in this meditation, it’s kind of — we all know the films of the last 50 years that have kind of been important in that way, as well as [being] entertaining and thrilling and just cool to watch. And I guess that’s the transcendent thing about certain films, and I got to be in one.”
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He continued, “It’s arguable that we are less safe now than at the height of the Cold War. It’s a lot to take in, but I think that great films are meant to humble us to the point where we can have these sorts of dialogues to begin with.”
The actor was <a href="https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/why-robert-downey-chose-to-star-in-oppenheimer">picky</a> about choosing his first post-Marvel role. &#8220;There’s themes in this film about being held up in this rarified air for something that you’re so conflicted about,&#8221; Downey said during an interview with Extra TV. The actor was also excited to take on a supporting role for once.
&#8220;It was &#8230; nice to have the pressure off because I let this guy [Murphy] do the heavy lifting,&#8221; he said.

Robert Downey Jr: ‘Entire Planet Should Be A Matriarchy’ Because ‘Men Start Wars’

Robert Downey Jr: 'Entire Planet Should Be A Matriarchy' Because 'Men Start Wars'

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/robert-downey-jr-responds-to-scorsese-slamming-marvel-movies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Robert Downey Jr.</a> opened up about what he called the &#8220;worst thing&#8221; that ever happened to him — and that was the year he spent behind bars in 1999 in connection with a DUI arrest while in possession of cocaine.
During the 58-year-old actor&#8217;s appearance on Dax Shepard&#8217;s &#8220;Armchair Expert&#8221; <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/3wXARSTxY8GERqcL2uDBN8?si=579680dd3f5a4e57&amp;nd=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">podcast</a>, the &#8220;Iron Man&#8221; star talked about his former substance abuse issues and being &#8220;over-sentenced by an angry judge&#8221; who sent him to North Kern State Prison in Delano, California, the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/robert-downey-jr-prison-experience-1235519898/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hollywood Reporter</a> reported. It came after the star failed to appear at several court-ordered drug tests tied to the cocaine possession charge.
&#8220;Two weeks later, I&#8217;m in a place called Delano, which is a receiving center where they decide where you&#8217;re going to go. Arguably the most dangerous place I&#8217;ve ever been in my life because nobody is designated,&#8221; Downey said. &#8220;If they&#8217;re a level 1, 2, 3 or 4 criminal, [everyone&#8217;s there]. You could just feel the evil in the air.&#8221;
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&#8220;It was kind of like just being in a really bad neighborhood, and there was no opportunity there; there was only threats,&#8221; he added. &#8220;So, yes, everyone is going to take your wallet, so watch it.&#8221;
&#8220;Walking onto the yard that you&#8217;re gonna be doing more than a year on for the first time, the closest thing I can associate it to is being sent to a distant planet where there is no way home until the planets align &#8230;&#8221; Downey continued.
The Marvel star also explained how he survived the experience.
&#8220;We are programmed to within a short amount of time be able to adjust to things that are seemingly impossible,&#8221; the star said. &#8220;And for me, there&#8217;s worse things that could have happened than being sent to an institution, for sure. However, we can only go by what we know, and I would imagine if I had to guess, that was the worst thing that happened to me.&#8221;
In 1999, Downey was sentenced to spend three years in the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison after he missed several court-ordered drug tests tied to his arrest. In 1996, Downey was arrested for driving under the influence where police found he was in possession of heroin, cocaine, crack, and a .357 Magnum, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/robert-downey-jr-describes-year-jail-could-feel-evil-air" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> noted.
He ended up only serving a year, after getting early release in 2000 on the condition of posting bail, THR noted.

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Actor <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/chappelle-assailant-had-knife-hidden-in-fake-gun-jamie-foxx-rushed-onto-stage-to-aid/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jamie Foxx</a> complained recently that a movie he made several years ago may never get released, arguing that the film — which features him in whiteface and a white actor (Robert Downey Jr.) as a Mexican man — would likely rub woke critics the wrong way.
Foxx sat down for an <a href="https://www.cinemablend.com/interviews/day-shift-interviews-with-jamie-foxx-dave-franco-and-director-jj-perry" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with CinemaBlend promoting his Netflix film &#8220;Day Shift&#8221; — which IMDb <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13314558/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">describes</a> as follows: &#8220;A hard-working, blue-collar dad who just wants to provide a good life for his quick-witted 10-year-old daughter. His mundane San Fernando Valley pool cleaning job is a front for his real source of income: hunting and killing vampires.&#8221;
During the interview, Foxx <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2022/08/17/jamie-foxx-cancel-culture-movie-robert-downey-jr-playing-mexican-man/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gave an update</a> on &#8220;All-Star Weekend&#8221; — the film he now believes might never make it into the hands of the public. The movie, a comedy that costars &#8220;Entourage&#8221; actor Jeremy Piven, is about two basketball fanatics who score tickets to a major NBA event. It was supposed to be released in 2019, but has been delayed.
Noting that the film had cast Downey Jr. in the role of a Mexican man, Foxx suggested that woke culture might not accept his film. &#8220;It’s been tough with the lay of the land when it comes to comedy,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We&#8217;re trying to break open the sensitive corners where people go back to laughing again.&#8221;
Foxx plays several roles himself in the movie, including that of a racist white police officer — and he explained that was one of the reasons he believed Downey Jr. was perfect for the role. Referencing the &#8220;Iron Man&#8221; actor&#8217;s turn in blackface in the war comedy &#8220;Tropic Thunder,&#8221; he explained that he had had to convince Downey Jr. to take the role.
&#8220;You played the black dude and you killed that s***,&#8221; he reportedly said at the time. &#8220;We got to be able to do characters.&#8221;
In addition to Foxx, Downey Jr., and Piven, &#8220;All-Star Weekend&#8221; has an all-star cast including Benicia del Toro, Gerard Butler, and Eva Longoria — and according to Foxx, the one thing he heard back after every early screening of the film was just how much people were laughing. &#8220;Hopefully we&#8217;ll keep them laughing,&#8221; he said.

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Robert Downey Jr. FaceTimed longtime friend <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/johnny-depp">Johnny Depp</a> to congratulate the &#8220;Pirates of the Caribbean” star for winning his defamation case against ex-wife <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/amber-heard">Amber Heard</a>.
A jury recently found that Heard defamed Depp in an op-ed about domestic violence published by The Washington Post in 2018, awarding him a total of $15 million in monetary damages, though it was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jury-awards-johnny-depp-15-million-but-hell-get-millions-less-heres-why">dropped</a> to a total of $10.35 million due to Virginia law.
Josh Richman, a close friend to Depp, said during a live-streamed charity event for the Children&#8217;s Hospital Los Angeles that Downey congratulated Depp after the verdict.
“John, thank God it’s over,” Downey told Depp on the FaceTime call, Richman said.
The call has been confirmed by a spokesperson for Depp, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/06/13/robert-downey-jr-congratulates-johnny-depp-after-trial-win/">reported</a>.
Back in May, unverified rumors circulated that Downey wanted Depp to be cast in &#8220;Sherlock Holmes 3,&#8221; according to FandomWire.
&#8220;There is no confirmed report regarding the cast of &#8216;Sherlock Holmes 3’ but several reports have speculated that Downey Jr is trying hard to get Depp into the movie,&#8221; Meaww <a href="https://meaww.com/johnny-depp-sherlock-holmes-3-robert-downey-jr">noted</a>, adding that FandomWire reported Downey “always wanted to work with famous personalities. And big talks are going on about Johnny Depp might come ahead to sign the contract for the movie.”
Lopper <a href="https://www.looper.com/390931/sherlock-holmes-3-release-date-cast-and-plot-what-we-know-so-far/">noted</a> in April that some of the &#8220;Sherlock Holmes 3&#8221; is &#8220;a bit of a mystery.&#8221;
&#8220;So far there has been no word on whether supporting characters like Inspector Lestrade (Eddie Marsan), Watson&#8217;s wife, Mary (Yellowstone&#8217;s Kelly Reilly), or even Sherlock&#8217;s older brother, Mycroft (Stephen Fry), will return for the next installment in the exceptionally fun franchise,” ​​the report said.
Richman also said that Depp did not intend to have ex-girlfriend Kate Moss testify during the defamation trial, but things changed after Heard took the stand and invoked the model&#8217;s name.
&#8220;Heard mentioned Moss&#8217; name during her testimony and the notoriously private model was ‘pissed’ and was ‘like, f*** this,'&#8221; Richman said, according to the Post.
Moss&#8217; &#8220;goddaughter was like did Johnny Depp push you down the stairs?&#8221; he continued. “She was like ‘no.&#8217;”
When the trial concluded, Depp released a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-jury-gave-me-my-life-back-johnny-depp-releases-statement-after-winning-big-in-defamation-case-against-ex-wife-amber-heard">statement</a> saying the verdict gave him his “life back” and took aim at the media for helping Heard peddle a false narrative about him.
“False, very serious and criminal allegations were levied at me via the media, which triggered an endless barrage of hateful content, although no charges were ever brought against me,” Depp said. “It had already traveled around the world twice within a nanosecond and it had a seismic impact on my life and my career.”
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Scarlett Johansson slammed an &#8220;outrageous&#8221; rumor about where she&#8217;s reportedly had sex, and said it used to be more &#8220;acceptable&#8221; to write &#8220;nasty&#8221; things like that about young actresses.
While the 37-year-old actress never named actor Benicio del Toro during her appearance on the &#8220;9 to 5ish with theSkimm&#8221; <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scarlett-johansson-on-the-power-of-perspective/id1345547675?i=1000557415376">podcast</a> Tuesday, it is her &#8220;Avengers: Infinity War&#8221; castmate who she&#8217;d been rumored in the past to have been involved with intimately in an elevator in 2004, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10713045/Scarlett-Johansson-DENIES-absurd-rumor-sex-elevator-Benicio-del-Toro.html">reported</a> the Daily Mail.
&#8220;There was a rumor that went around for a very long time that said that I had sex in an elevator,&#8221; Johansson explained during the interview.
&#8220;They probably still write those things about people, maybe, but I felt like when I was younger, it was more acceptable to write really nasty, slutty things about young actresses,&#8221; she added.
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&#8220;That was a story that followed me for a long time, but I always thought that was outrageous,&#8221; the Marvel star continued. &#8220;And also, I always was, like, thinking to myself, &#8216;Oh, that would be tough.&#8217; The very short period of … the logistics of that seem so unappealing to me. I&#8217;m the person who&#8217;s terrified of being caught doing something I&#8217;m not supposed to be doing. So, that made the story even that much more absurd to me, if you know me personally.&#8221;
The original rumor about the &#8220;Black Widow&#8221; star and del Toro hooking up in a Chateau Marmont elevator reportedly started after the 55-year-old Oscar-winning actor played coy about the rumor during an interview in 2005 for Esquire magazine, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/scarlett-johansson-elevator-sex-rumor">reported</a> Fox News.
&#8220;Did I ever have sex in an elevator with Scarlett Johansson after an awards show?&#8221; Benicio repeated. &#8220;I kind of like, you know, I, well. I don&#8217;t know.&#8221;
&#8220;Let&#8217;s leave that to somebody&#8217;s imagination,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Let&#8217;s not promote it. I&#8217;m sure it has happened before. It might not be the last time either.&#8221;
As previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/like-a-piece-of-a-scarlett-johansson-on-how-black-widow-was-hypersexualized">reported</a> by The Daily Wire, Johansson previously talked about the initial &#8220;hyper-sexualization&#8221; of her character in the Marvel franchise and how that has since changed:
<blockquote>“All of that is related to that move away from the kind of hyper-sexualization of this character and, I mean, you look back at Iron Man 2 and while it was really fun and had a lot of great moments in it, the character is so sexualized, you know?” she continued. “Really talked about like she’s a piece of something, like a possession or a thing or whatever — like a piece of a**, really. And Tony (Stark, the character of Iron Man) even refers to her as something like that at one point. What does he say?”
“I want some,” Collider informed her.
“‘I want some,’ Johannson agreed. “Yeah and at one point calls her a piece of meat and maybe at that time that actually felt like a compliment. You know what I mean? Because my thinking was different. Maybe I even would have, you know, my own self-worth was probably measured against that type of comment or, like a lot of young women, you come into your own and you understand your own self-worth. It’s changing now. Now people, young girls, are getting a much more positive message, but it’s been incredible to be a part of that shift and be able to come out the other side and be a part of that old story, but also progress. Evolve. I think it’s pretty cool.”</blockquote>

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Following a weekend filled with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/twitter-cancel-culture-targets-chris-pratt-radiates-homophobic-white-christian-supremacist-energy">social media targeting</a> of actor Chris Pratt for skipping out on a fundraiser in support of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, fellow actor Robert Downey Jr. took to social media to defend Pratt.
&#8220;What a world&#8230; The &#8216;sinless&#8217; are casting stones at my brother, Chris Pratt&#8230; A real Christian who lives by principle, has never demonstrated anything but positivity and gratitude,&#8221; Downey said in a post published Tuesday.
&#8220;AND he just married into a family that makes space for civil discourse and (just plain fact) INSISTS on service as the highest value,&#8221; he continued.
&#8220;If you take issue with Chris,,, I’ve got a novel idea,&#8221; concluded Downey. &#8220;Delete your social media accounts, sit with your OWN defects of character, work on THEM, then celebrate your humanness&#8230; @PrattPrattPratt I <a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/gotyerbackbackback/">#gotyerbackbackback</a>.&#8221;
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Pratt broke ranks with fellow &#8220;Avengers&#8221; actors and opted out of the pro-Biden event set for Tuesday, called the &#8220;Voters Assemble: The Cast of The Avengers Unite for Democracy.&#8221;
&#8220;On Tuesday, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Paul Rudd, Don Cheadle, and Zoe Saldana will participate in a fundraising event to support Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate, California Senator Kamala Harris,&#8221; Vanity Fair <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/10/avengers-biden-event-chris-pratt">reported</a>.
&#8220;Yet while there was broad interest in the latest star-studded push for the Biden campaign, it’s the absence of one key Avengers star that has caused the biggest stir on social media,&#8221; the outlet noted. &#8220;Shortly after the event was announced, Chris Pratt’s name trended on Twitter, with many criticizing the Guardians of the Galaxy star for his perceived political views.&#8221;
As noted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/twitter-cancel-culture-targets-chris-pratt-radiates-homophobic-white-christian-supremacist-energy">The Daily Wire</a>, Pratt was ridiculed over the weekend for allegedly radiating &#8220;homophobic white Christian supremacist energy,&#8221; among other left-wing attacks.
&#8220;Pratt is open about his Christian faith but has not been overtly political in his public statements,&#8221; reported The Daily Wire. &#8220;Pratt <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/chris-pratt-trump-supporter-politics-fact-check-1540240">told</a> Men’s Fitness in 2017, &#8216;I don’t feel represented by either side. I really feel there’s common ground out there that’s missed because we focus on the things that separate us.&#8217; He was also <a href="https://twitter.com/hunteryharris/status/1150866021147906055?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1150866021147906055%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3%2Ccontainerclick_1&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Fchris-pratt-trump-supporter-politics">photographed</a> wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the Gadsden flag, which was popular with many conservative groups.&#8221;
Back in 2019, Pratt found himself defending his church after actress Ellen Page said it was “infamously anti –LBGTQ.”
“It has recently been suggested that I belong to a church which ‘hates a certain group of people’ and is ‘infamously anti –LGBTQ.’ Nothing could be further from the truth,&#8221; Pratt <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2019/02/10/ellen-page-calls-out-chris-pratt-over-anti-lgbtq-church-affiliation/2831293002/">posted</a> via social media. &#8220;I go to a church that opens their doors to absolutely everyone.”
“My faith is important to me but no church defines me or my life and I am not spokesman for any church or any group of people,” he said. “My values define who I am. We need less hate in this world, not more. I am a man who believes that everyone is entitled to love who they want free from the judgment of their fellow man. &#8230; Jesus said, ‘I give you a new command, love one another.’ This is what guides me in my life. He is a God of Love, Acceptance and Forgiveness. Hate has no place in my or this world.”

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