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Will Packer says movie making is "always" a risk. The 48-year-old producer has overseen the production of almost 30 blockbusters through his self-titled company including the likes of 'Girls Trip, 'Little' and 'What Men Want' and "loves" that his latest movie 'Beast' - which stars Idris Elba as a recently widowed doctor who must fight to escape a lion in South Africa - is an entirely original action film and is not based on a comic book. He said: "Here's the reality. All films are a risk. Period. Anytime you're going in and putting a bunch of money behind a narrative, it's gonna be a risk. But...
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Idris Elba admits his daughter didn't speak to him for three weeks after she didn't get cast in his new film. The 49-year-old actor has revealed Isan, 20, auditioned to play his on-screen daughter in upcoming movie 'Beast', but she didn't land the role alongside her actual dad. Appearing on iHeart Radio's 'The Breakfast Club', he said: "The relationship in the film and the relationship between my daughter was, the chemistry wasn't right for the film. Weirdly enough." He revealed his daughter - whom he has with ex-wife Hanne 'Kim' Norgaard - "didn't talk to [him] for about three weeks" after pr...
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Oscars producer Will Packer has praised Will Smith for his public apology to Chris Rock. The 'King Richard' star caused a sensation at the Academy Awards ceremony in March when he stormed the stage to smack the comedian after he made fun of the actor's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, and last month he directly said sorry for his "unacceptable" behaviour. And the 'Men in Black' actor has been praised by Packer - who headed up this year's Oscars - for being "transparent" about his "personal rehabilitation". He told 'Entertainment Tonight': "I love the fact that he's being so transparent about his proc...
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Will Smith has been banned from the Oscars for 10 years. The ‘King Richard star’ will not be permitted to attend the ceremony for a decade after they labelled his slap of comedian Chris Rock at last month’s award show “unprecedented”. In a statement released by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Friday (08.04.22), the President David Rubin and CEO Dawn Hudson said: “For this, we are sorry. This was an opportunity for us to set an example for our guests, viewers and our Academy family around the world, and we fell short — unprepared for the unprecedented.” They praised the 57-ye...
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The LAPD were "prepared" to arrest Will Smith for smacking Chris Rock at the Oscars. Academy Awards producer Will Packer has claimed the 'King Richard' star could have been charged with "battery" for striking the comedian over a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith's alopecia on stage at the ceremony at the weekend. In an interview on 'Good Morning America', he said: “They were saying this is battery, that was the word they used at that moment, they said ‘we will go get him, we are prepared to go get him right now’. “‘You can press charges, we can arrest him’, they were laying out the option...
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This year's Oscars ceremony will have a host after three years with no presenter. The ABC Entertainment president Craig Erwich has revealed that March's Academy Awards night would see the return of the traditional format with a host, though he did not say who it will be as he quipped that he may take the reins. He said during the winter Television Critics Association virtual press tour: "You heard it here first." The Oscars last had a host in the form of Jimmy Kimmel in 2018 but have not had a presenter since Kevin Hart stood down from hosting the following year after homophobic jokes that he ...
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