Also up for auction is her Versace ombré gown worn to the 2010 CMA Awards. A more sober black suede dress by Christian Dior that she wore in 1999 is also up for sale.
Gwyneth Paltrow aux Country Music Awards de 2010Jon Kopaloff
But why part with all these symbolic pieces? “I have all this great stuff that doesn’t go anywhere. I wish I could just have a huge garage sale,” Paltrow explained to Vogue. She decided to hold the auction after selling her Los Angeles home and losing some of her possessions to a fire in one of her storage units. The actor added that she also appreciates giving objects a second life. “It’s nice for those things to live on,” she said. “It’s nice for things to accrue value through different provenances and different owners.”
“Hello, I’m Josh Safdie. I’m the co-writer, co-editor, and director of “Marty Supreme.” This is when the dream is very much alive during the first act, and we’re seeing Marty in the role that he sees himself. And I talked to Timmy about what it means to be winning. And I said, I need that to almost superhero levels. This is the character Kay Stone, the former movie star, beautifully and tragically played by Gwyneth Paltrow. ” … see the open window with a bowl of fruit on the table?” “You see it?” “I do.” “Here’s what’s going to happen. I’m going to make an apple appear in that bowl. And if I do, you’re going to blow off your little rendezvous … ” And we shot this scene — I wanted to shoot the two scenes, Martys side and Kay’s side at the same time. So we lit it, and they’re actually conjoined by a door, these two hotel rooms. So they’re talking to each other on period telephones in real time, so that I could capture their emotional points of view. The name of the cue you’re hearing is called “The Apple,” by Dan Lopatin, my composer. And the apple is again the ultimate sign of winning. And here she shows up as part of her deal. And that’s the Viennese choir, about 30 voices, that Dan orchestrated in an effort to really have this kind of heavenly vibe. And it’s nice because I can ground the scene in Kay’s point of view, which is kind of a surrogate for the audience, which is seeing Marty in his full dream and his full stardom, and it’s reminding her of a hustle she once chased. Darius Khondji, my cinematographer, and I tried to emulate, best we could, the glory and awe that we saw in the 1949 newsreel championships. “Let’s have a little fun with this one.” “O.K.” “Have a little fun, all right?” “Gotcha.” Timmy and Geza Rohrig, who plays Bela Kletzki, spent many hours with Diego Schaaf, the film’s table tennis choreographer, who mined thousands of hours of footage in order to find the perfect points to emulate. Timmy played some of these exhibition style points and so did Geza, but the harder part was for them to time doing this with the C.G. ball. “Point, Kletzki.” And there you see Kay, now intoxicated. There’s the head of the I.A.T.T. who’s livid. “Kletzki. starts, 6 to 20, Mauser leads two games to zero.” “Match point again for Mr. Mauser.” And this is one of my favorite moments of the film, right here, the way Bela sets him up like that. Pure showmanship. And Timmy’s laugh, which is just an incredible piece of his performance and I think indicative of the way he’s able to spike the film with these big feelings of emotion and joy.
Gwyneth Paltrow isn’t shying away from the “nepo baby” label.
The Oscar winner candidly acknowledged the perks of being a Hollywood “nepo baby” while revealing that one of her earliest film roles came not from an audition — but from a casual car ride with her famous godfather, Steven Spielberg.
During a SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations event earlier this month, Paltrow reflected on landing her role in 1991’s “Hook,” directed by Spielberg, after she was asked what the casting process looked like for the film.
Spielberg’s wife, actress Kate Capshaw, had long been part of Paltrow’s inner circle.(Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic/Getty Images)
“Kate was actually my father’s best friend. They were best friends. Kate Capshaw … so I grew up with them … they’re really our family,” she explained. According to Paltrow, the role offer came unexpectedly while she was riding in the back seat as the group headed to see “The Silence of the Lambs.”
“I remember we were going, my father and I were going to see ‘Silence of the Lambs’ with Kate and Steven,” she said.
“We were going to the movie theater and Steven was driving … I was in the back seat and he kept like looking in the rearview mirror and squinting at me … I was like, ‘Do I have something on my face? Like what?’”
Her initial reaction was disbelief — and a moment she quickly walked back.
Gwyneth Paltrow candidly discusses Hollywood connections and recalls her surprised reaction when her godfather Steven Spielberg offered her the young Wendy role in “Hook.”(Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
“I said, ‘Oh, f–k off.’ You know, no,” she recalled. “Oh, I did not say that … I said, ‘Yes, I will. I will do that.’” The role itself was brief, but the memory left a lasting impression in Paltrow’s Hollywood career.
“That was like my first, yeah. I had one line … an English accent,” Paltrow said, laughing at herself. “Not a very good English accent, by the way — it was before my dialect coach days. … I had a wig and a costume. Oh my gosh, it was so much fun. It was so cool.”
The candid admission comes as Paltrow continues to reflect publicly on her early Hollywood years.
During the same conversation, she also discussed her performances in “Shakespeare in Love,” “Sliding Doors” and “Iron Man.”
Stephanie Giang-Paunon is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to stephanie.giang@fox.com and on Twitter: @SGiangPaunon.
On Sunday, October 26, the fashion and film industries converged on the Paramount Studios backlot for Vogue World: Hollywood. The style spectacular—where major houses like Louis Vuitton and Balmain collaborated with costume designers like Colleen Atwood and Ruth E. Carter on clothing inspired by movies and vice versa—was held to raise money for the Entertainment Community Fund, especially those wardrobe professionals impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires. But it also shone a spotlight on the state of California’s film industry: Paramount Studios is the last operating studio physically located in Hollywood, while many productions have been lured out of the Golden State by tax credits.
And what a bright light it was. Dakota Johnson, Hailey Bieber, and Miley Cyrus sat in the crowd, as did Demi Lovato and Maude Apatow. Nicole Kidman opened the show followed by Kendall Jenner, who strutted down the runway-slash-set designed by Jess Gonchor who worked on Little Women and The Devil Wears Prada.Anok Yai wore a look inspired by Edward Scissorhands while Teyana Taylor had on an outfit from Carter’s The Black Panther. To paraphrase one of the most famous lines in history… they were ready for their closeups. (The makeup by Dame Pat McGarth certainly helped.)
It’s been, and will be, a busy few weeks in Los Angeles. On Saturday, October 18, it felt like every famous living actor attended the Academy Award Gala and the Armani after-party at the Chateau Marmont. Meanwhile on November 2, Gucci will host the LACMA Gala. And Vogue World was smack dab in the middle of it all.
Click through all the famous faces that attended Vogue World: Hollywood.
Emma Stone served up a throwback look while heading to The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. On her way into the Ed Sullivan Theater to promote her latest Yorgos Lanthimos movie, Bugonia, the two-time best-actress Oscar winner stunned in a vintage Donna Karan green maxi skirt and blouse.
She’s not the first best-actress winner to wear this verdant ensemble. Gwyneth Paltrow donned the same Donna Karan outfit from the designer’s 1996 spring-summer collection while playing Estrella in Alfonso Cuarón’s 1998 flick Great Expectations, an adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens novel starring Paltrow and Ethan Hawke. Stone also styled the outfit just like Paltrow, with the blouse fastened in the center with a single clasp.
Hopefully Bugonia fares better than Great Expectations. The film holds a 41% on Rotten Tomatoes. Despite the mixed reviews, famed critic Roger Ebert enjoyed Cuarón’s film, which also starred Hank Azaria, Anne Bancroft, Chris Cooper, and Robert De Niro. “The film is a successful translation of the basic material from one period and approach to another. Especially in the early Florida scenes, it seems timeless,” he wrote. Timeless, just like Stone’s outfit.
In an interview with The Telegraph, Martin explains that as a child, she would do fashion shows in her room, dressed in her school uniform, and posing in front of the mirror as if she were on a catwalk. She still loves to look at her mother’s past on the red carpet—and of course, she occasionally borrows accessories and garments from Paltrow’s closet. “She keeps a lot of things. Not all of them fit me, but the ones that do fit me, I always steal. I recently stole a Prada bowling bag from her; it’s the perfect travel bag because it fits so much,” she says.
When Martin doesn’t have a fashion campaign on her hands, she studies law, history and society at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. “I constantly remind myself how grateful I am to have these opportunities,” she told the newspaper. “I know this is not a normal way to grow up by any means. But my parents did a really good job of instilling in me that I shouldn’t be entitled to anything. I have to work.”
They’re not in the same friend group. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Dia Dipasupil/FilmMagic, Saira MacLeod/WWD via Getty Images
Gwyneth Paltrow supports dating single moms whether or not they are billionaires. Cinema’s prodigal daughter, Paltrow did not bother to Google Timothée Chalamet before starring alongside him in Josh Safdie’s upcoming sports drama Marty Supreme, her first major non-Marvel movie in a decade. “Everyone makes fun of me because I don’t know anything,” she told British Vogue in an October 15 profile. When she first met him “at the costume test,” she said she was “asking him questions, trying to get to know him.” “I was like, ‘Do you have a girlfriend?’” she recalled. “And he was like, ‘I do.’” Well, Gwyneth, we have a timelinée for you.
While his girlfriend’s identity was breaking news to some, Paltrow was more intrigued to learn that she has kids. “I was like, ‘That’s so cool. I really love to hear that [from] a young man like you,’” Paltrow remembered saying. “I understand a 45-year-old who has his own kids going out with a woman with kids, but it’s a cool choice to go out with a young woman who has two kids. I respect it. I think it’s kind of punk rock. But my point is I didn’t know [it was] Kylie Jenner.” Who other than Gwyneth Paltrow is going to claim it’s “punk” to date one of the most famous women in the world?
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow took visual effects to new heights 20 years ago. Starring Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie, writer-director Kerry Conran’s sci-fi feature is set in 1939 and focuses on a pilot (Law) and a reporter (Paltrow) teaming up to save the world amid attacks from flying robots. First-time […]
Sept. 22: Singer-dancer Toni Basil is 81. Actor Paul Le Mat (“American Graffiti”) is 79. Singer David Coverdale (Whitesnake, Deep Purple) is 73. Actor Shari Belafonte is 70. Singer Debby Boone is 68. Country singer June Forester of The Forester Sisters is 68. Singer Nick Cave is 67. Actor Lynn Herring (“General Hospital”) is 67. Singer Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde is 67. Opera singer Andrea Bocelli is 66. Musician Joan Jett is 66. Actor Scott Baio is 64. Actor Bonnie Hunt is 63. Actor Catherine Oxenberg (“Dynasty”) is 63. Actor Rob Stone (“Mr. Belvedere”) is 62. Actor Dan Bucatinsky (“24: Legacy”) is 59. Bassist-guitarist Dave Hernandez (The Shins) is 54. Rapper Mystikal is 54. Singer Big Rube of Society of Soul is 53. Actor James Hillier (“The Crown”) is 51. Actor Mireille Enos (“World War Z”) is 49. Actor Daniella Alonso (“Revolution,” ″Friday Night Lights”) is 46. Actor Michael Graziadei (“The Young and the Restless”) is 45. Actor Ashley Eckstein (“That’s So Raven,” “Sofia the First”) is 43. Actor Katie Lowes (“Scandal”) is 42. Bassist Will Farquarson of Bastille is 41. Actor Tatiana Maslany (“She-Hulk: Attorney at Law,” “Orphan Black”) is 39. Actor Ukweli Roach (“Blindspot”) is 38. Actor Tom Felton (“Harry Potter” films) is 37. Actor Teyonah Parris (“Mad Men”) is 37.
Sept. 23: Singer Julio Iglesias is 81. Actor-singer Paul Petersen (“The Donna Reed Show”) is 79. Actor-Mary Kay Place is 77. Musician Bruce Springsteen is 75. Director George C. Wolfe (film’s “Nights in Rodanthe,” stage’s “Angels in America”) is 70. Drummer Leon Taylor of The Ventures is 69. Actor Rosalind Chao (2020’s “Mulan,” “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”) is 67. Actor Jason Alexander (“Seinfeld”) is 65. Actor Chi McBride (“Hawaii Five-0,” ″Boston Public”) is 63. Steel guitarist Don Herron of BR549 is 62. Actor LisaRaye (“All of Us,” ″Beauty Shop”) is 58. Singer Ani DiFranco is 54. Singer Sam Bettens of K’s Choice is 52. Rapper-producer-record head Jermaine Dupri is 52. Actor Kip Pardue (“The Rules of Attraction,” “Remember the Titans”) is 48. Actor Anthony Mackie (“Captain America: The Winter Soldier”) is 46. Singer Erik-Michael Estrada of O-Town is 45. Actor Brandon Victor Dixon (“Hamilton”) is 43. Actor David Lim (“S.W.A.T.,” ″Quantico”) is 41. Actor Cush Jumbo (“The Good Fight,” ″The Good Wife”) is 39. Actor Skylar Astin (“Pitch Perfect” films) is 37.
Sept. 24: Singer Phyllis ″Jiggs” Allbut Sirico of The Angels is 82. Actor Gordon Clapp (“NYPD Blue”) is 76. Actor Harriet Walter (“The Crown”) is 74. Actor Kevin Sorbo (“Hercules: Legendary Journeys”) is 66. Singer Cedric Dent (Take 6) is 62. Actor-writer Nia Vardalos (“My Big Fat Greek Wedding”) is 62. Drummer Shawn Crahan of Slipknot is 55. Drummer Marty Mitchell (Ricochet) is 55. Singer-guitarist Marty Cintron of No Mercy is 53. Guitarist Juan DeVevo of Casting Crowns is 49. Actor Ian Bohen (“Yellowstone,” “Teen Wolf”) is 48. Actor Spencer Treat Clark (“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” “Animal Kingdom”) is 37. Actor Grey Damon (“Station 19”) is 37. Actor Kyle Sullivan (“Malcolm in the Middle”) is 36. Actor Ben Platt is 31.
Sept. 25: Polka band leader Jimmy Sturr is 83. Actor Josh Taylor (“Days of Our Lives,” “Valerie’s Family”) is 81. Actor Robert Walden (“Lou Grant”) is 81. Actor Michael Douglas is 80. Model Cheryl Tiegs is 77. Actor Mimi Kennedy (“Dharma and Greg”) is 76. Actor Anson Williams (“Happy Days”) is 75. Actor Mark Hamill is 73. Actor Colin Friels is 72. Actor Michael Madsen is 66. Actor Heather Locklear is 63. Actor Aida Turturro (“The Sopranos”) is 62. Actor Tate Donovan (“The O.C.”) is 61. TV personality Keely Shaye Smith (“Unsolved Mysteries”) is 61. Actor Maria Doyle Kennedy (“Orphan Black,” ″The Tudors”) is 60. Actor Jason Flemyng (“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” ″The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen”) is 58. Actor-singer Will Smith is 56. Actor Hal Sparks (“Queer as Folk”) is 55. Actor Catherine Zeta-Jones is 55. Actor Bridgette Wilson-Sampras (“The Wedding Planner,” “I Know What You Did Last Summer”) is 51. Actor Clea DuVall (“Heroes”) is 47. Actor Robbie Jones (“One Tree Hill”) is 47. Actor Joel David Moore (“Avatar”) is 47. Actor Chris Owen (“American Pie” films, “October Sky”) is 44. Rapper T.I. is 43. Actor Lee Norris (“One Tree Hill,” “Boy Meets World”) is 43. Actor-rapper Donald Glover (Childish Gambino) (“Atlanta,” ″Community”) is 41. Actor Zach Woods (“Silicon Valley,” ″The Office”) is 40. Actor Jordan Gavaris (“Orphan Black”) is 35. Actor Emmy Clarke (“Monk”) is 33.
Sept. 26: Country singer David Frizzell is 83. Actor Kent McCord (“Adam 12”) is 82. “The Weakest Link” host Anne Robinson is 80. Singer Bryan Ferry is 79. Actor Mary Beth Hurt is 78. Actor James Keane (“Bulworth,” TV’s “The Paper Chase”) is 72. Singer-guitarist Cesar Rosas of Los Lobos is 70. Country singer Carlene Carter is 69. Actor Linda Hamilton is 68. Singer Cindy Herron of En Vogue is 63. Actor Melissa Sue Anderson (“Little House on the Prairie”) is 62. Singer Tracey Thorn of Everything But the Girl is 62. TV personality Jillian Barberie is 58. Guitarist Jody Davis of Newsboys is 57. Actor Jim Caviezel (“Sound of Freedom,” “The Passion of the Christ”) is 56. Actor Tricia O’Kelley (“The New Adventures of Old Christine”) is 56. Actor Ben Shenkman (“Royal Pains,” “Angels in America”) is 56. Actor Melanie Paxson (“Descendants”) is 52. Singer Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men is 52. Music producer Dr. Luke is 51. Jazz trumpeter Nicholas Payton is 51. Singer and TV personality Christina Milian is 43. Actor Zoe Perry (“Young Sheldon”) is 41. Singer-songwriter Ant Clemons is 33.
Sept. 27: Actor Kathleen Nolan is 91. Actor Claude Jarman Jr. (“The Yearling”) is 90. Singer-guitarist Randy Bachman of Bachman-Turner Overdrive is 81. Actor Liz Torres (“Gilmore Girls”) is 77. Actor A Martinez (“LA Law,” ″Santa Barbara”) is 76. Actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (“Pearl Harbor”) is 74. Actor-opera singer Anthony Laciura (“Boardwalk Empire”) is 73. Singer-actor-director Shaun Cassidy is 66. Comedian-podcaster Marc Maron is 61. Singer-guitarist Stephan Jenkins of Third Eye Blind is 60. Actor Patrick Muldoon (“Melrose Place”) is 56. Singer Mark Calderon of Color Me Badd is 54. Actor Gwyneth Paltrow is 52. Actor Indira Varma (“For Life”) is 51. Singer Brad Arnold of 3 Doors Down is 46. Bassist Grant Brandell of Underoath is 43. Actor Anna Camp (“The Mindy Project,” ″True Blood”) is 42. Rapper Lil’ Wayne is 42. Singer Avril Lavigne is 40. Bluegrass musician Sierra Hull is 33. Actor Sam Lerner (“The Goldbergs”) is 32. Actor Ames McNamara (“The Connors”) is 17.
Sept. 28: Actor Brigitte Bardot is 90. Actor Joel Higgins (“Silver Spoons”) is 81. Actor Jeffrey Jones is 78. Actor Vernee Watson (“Bob Hearts Abishola,” “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”) is 75. Writer-director-actor John Sayles is 74. Guitarist George Lynch (Dokken) is 70. Actor Steve Hytner (“Seinfeld”) is 65. Actor-comedian Janeane Garofalo is 60. Country singer Matt King is 58. Actor Mira Sorvino is 57. TV personality and singer Moon Zappa is 57. Actor Naomi Watts is 56. Country singer Karen Fairchild of Little Big Town is 55. Country singer Mandy Barnett is 49. Rapper Young Jeezy is 47. Actor Peter Cambor (“NCIS: Los Angeles”) is 46. TV personality Bam Margera (“Jackass”) is 45. Actor Jerrika Hinton (“Grey’s Anatomy”) is 43. Guitarist Luke Mossman of Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats is 43. Musician St. Vincent is 42. Comedian Phoebe Robinson (“What Men Want”) is 40. Drummer Daniel Platzman (Imagine Dragons) is 38. Actor Hilary Duff is 37. Actor Keir Gilchrist (“United States of Tara”) is 32.
In 2024, our obsession with celebrity drama is still going strong. Let’s rewind to a decade ago and revisit the most talked-about celebrity breakups of 2014. Who could forget Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow‘s “conscious uncoupling”? Or Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult’s on-again, off-again romance?
Join us as we take a nostalgic trip down memory lane and relive the splits that made headlines a decade ago. Which breakup had you most shocked and talking back then? Below, find the biggest celebrity breakups of 2014.
We’re starting off strong with what we think was one of the biggest celebrity breakups of 2014. Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, who were married for over 10 years and have two children together, announced their “conscious uncoupling” in March.
After their separation, Chris Martin briefly dated actress Jennifer Lawrence, while Gwyneth has been romantically linked to Glee producer Brad Falchuk since August. Their ability to maintain a friendly relationship post-divorce has been noted by many, showcasing their commitment to co-parenting and mutual respect. This was the biggest celebrity breakup of 2014.
Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult
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Turns out the odds weren’t in Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult’s favour. The pair began dating in 2011 after meeting on the set of X-Men: First Class. Their romance faced ups and downs, briefly splitting in 2013 before reuniting both off- and onscreen in X-Men: Days of Future Past. Ultimately, their five-year relationship came to an end in August 2014.
In November 2015, Lawrence revealed that she felt lost after ending her romance with Hoult, coinciding with the filming of the last Hunger Games movie.
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Katy Perry and John Mayer officially ended their on-again, off-again romance in February after dating for two tumultuous years. According to a sources at the time, the breakup was influenced by Perry’s stress over her upcoming tour. The insider shared, “She’s stressed about the tour. They’ve been fighting. It is probably for the best, because she is going to be on tour for forever. Of course, this happens all the time; I can’t keep track anymore. But for now, they are done.”
Their relationship had its highs and lows, with intense chemistry and public displays of affection contrasting with periods of tension and separation. Fans and the media were always speculating about what would happen next in their whirlwind romance amidst their busy music careers.
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We’re still obsessed with all things Britney Spears, and back in 2014, the pop star was front and centre in the spotlight for her breakup with David Lucado. The duo began dating in March 2013 — just two months after the singer and Jason Trawick mutually ended their engagement.
Britney announced their split with a cryptic tweet in August, saying, “Ahhh the single life!”
Shortly after, during one of her Piece of Me concerts, she candidly addressed rumours of David’s infidelity, telling the audience, “So I know you know my boyfriend cheated on me,” adding, “But the best thing about being cheated on is I get to go on more first dates.”
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In September, Jason Derulo and Jordin Sparks shocked fans by ending their nearly three-year romance. Known for their adorable public appearances and musical collaborations, the couple seemed inseparable. Jason even wrote the hit song “Marry Me” for Jordin, fuelling engagement rumours. Sources close to them revealed the breakup was mutual, stating they “still care very deeply for each other and will remain friends”.
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In early December of 2014, Kate Hudson and Matthew Bellamy called off their engagement. Kate’s rep revealed, “Kate and Matt have been separated for some time now. Despite this, they remain very close friends and committed co-parents.” Shortly after, the Muse frontman tweeted, “We’re both very happy, it’s for the best. Thanks for your kind words. Now about that new album.”
The couple, who began dating in 2010 and got engaged in April 2011, welcomed their son, Bingham, in July of the same year.
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The split between Wiz Khalifa and Amber Rose rocked Hollywood in September. After only a year of marriage, Amber filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences and asking for full legal custody of their 1-year-old son, Sebastian. Their breakup caught everyone off guard, especially considering their public displays of affection and seeming happiness together. Fans and media speculated about the reasons behind their sudden and unexpected separation.
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Back in 2014, Jennifer Lopez and Casper Smart made headlines when they decided to part ways after over two years together. The media buzzed with rumours of infidelity, but sources close to J.Lo quickly dismissed these claims.
Despite their breakup, Lopez and Smart maintained a good relationship and frequently appeared together as “great friends” after their split. They briefly revived their romance in 2015, but their renewed relationship was short-lived, underscoring their bond. Just over a year after getting back together, they ended things once more, leaving fans and the media speculating about the future of their relationship.
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In August, rumours started swirling that Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon’s marriage was in trouble, with sources disclosing that the couple had been “living apart” for some time and their relationship had been rocky. Shortly after, Nick confirmed the split, admitting, “There is trouble in paradise. We have been living in separate houses for a few months.”
Mariah and Nick tied the knot in a secret ceremony in 2008, just weeks after they began dating. Their marriage produced two children, 3-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe, despite the challenges they faced in their relationship.
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Summer began with one definitive truth: if you thought you were a hater, you’re not a hater like Kendrick Lamar is a hater. I’ll admit: Drake has won his share of rap beefs. In 2015, he got into it with Meek Mill over claims that Drake doesn’t write his own songs. He emerged victorious, though he’s never beaten those ghostwriting allegations. Still, he took the crown, and “Back to Back” is still one of my favorite of his songs. However, we can’t forget that he’s taken some big hits and some super public losses, too.
In the summer of 2018, he and Pusha T started a fire that culminated in the revelation that Drake had a son, Adonis. While now, Adonis is frequently at his father’s side at public appearances like basketball games and even appeared on his album, being forced into claiming your son by a Soundcloud diss track is crazy.
But what’s crazier is how Kendrick shut this summer down for Drake. For a pop star who usually spends summers at the top of the charts, he’s spending this one in hiding. All because Kendrick decided to instigate probably the greatest rap feud of our generation and win it. I want the next season of Ryan Murphy’s Feud to be about this. I want to take a class at a liberal arts college about the ethics or psychology or marketing behind it. I want political scientists to write think-pieces about what this says about the political and economic state of the world. But until then, here’s the Popdust take on Kendrick’s war on Drake — and why there’s one obstacle that keeps me from celebrating his victory lap.
First things first: The history of Kendrick Lamar starting beef
For context: Kendrick Lamar is the greatest rap artist of our time — decorated with Grammy wins, American Music Awards, and even a Pulitzer Prize for the album DAMN. He is also a Gemini. Unpredictable. Opinionated. Occasionally, arrogant. It’s what makes him great and why we love him. Other famous Geminis include Gwyneth Paltrow and Kanye West. You get it. Figures who are unstoppable when they use their mercurial madness for good, and problematic at best when they get a tad too unhinged. The question is: on which side of this line does Kendrick Lamar’s latest venture fall?
The braggadocious rapper is known for taking shots at his peers. His message is always clear: I’m the greatest rapper of our time, but it would be nice to have some competition. In 2013, he issued this direct challenge when he appeared on Big Sean’s “Control” with Jay Electronica. This verse is the equivalent of Nicki Minaj’s verse on “Monster.” It’s so fire that most people forget whose song it was in the first place. When you talk about “Monster,” you talk about Nicki. When you talk about “Control,” you talk about Kendrick and the shockwaves he sent through the industry.
The year before, he dropped his career-defining concept album good kid, m.A.A.d city. Knowing he’d just released one of the most dynamic rap albums of all time, he appeared on “Control” to make sure everyone else on the planet knew it too. In a three minute verse, he issued a challenge to every rapper in the game, name-dropping 11 of the biggest rappers at the time (like the good old days) — including J.Cole and Drake.
“Jermaine Cole, Big KRIT, Wale, Pusha T, Meek Millz, A$AP Rocky, Drake, Big Sean, Jay Electron’, Tyler, Mac Miller — I got love for you all but I’m tryna murder you,” he rapped. “What is competition? I’m tryna raise the bar high,” he continued.
The verse was a wake-up call. Kendrick was banging on everyone’s doors and telling them to get to work. And, to his credit, they did. Every rapper felt like they had to prove themselves, and the music we got in the verse’s wake was their attempt. From Drake’s If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late mixtape, which took him finally from R&B to full rap star, to J. Cole’s Forest Hills Drive, some of these rappers released their best work.
But while there was love in “Control” — especially since Kendrick had collaborated with and even toured with some of the artists mentioned a few years prior — the past decade certainly changed things.
A definitive timeline of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef in 2024
The Big Three? Kendrick, Cole, and Drake
Though some say Kendrick started the current iteration of the feud, it actually goes back to Drake’s album For All the Dogs. In “First Person Shooter,” J. Cole actually gives Kenny props — describing him, Ken, and Drizzy as the “big three.”
But in March 2024, Lamar appeared on “Like That” alongisde Future and Metro Boomin We Don’t Trust You album to say: “motherf**k the big three, n*gga, it’s just big me.”
In response, Cole released “7 Minute Drill” in early April. He went album for album, giving a pretty ungenerous take on Kendrick’s albums, insinuating he is washed up, irrelevant, and jealous — mad talk from someone who’s just called him part of the “big three.”
“Your first shit was classic, your last shit was tragic / Your second shit put niggas to sleep, but they gassed it / Your third shit was massive, and that was your prime / I was trailin’ right behind, and I just now hit mine / Now I’m front of the line with a comfortable lead / How ironic, soon as I got it, now he wants somethin’ with me.”
However, in a surprising move, Cole soon took himself out of it. At the Dreamville Festival in North Carolina just days later, Cole publically apologized on stage — not a common occurrence in the rap world. Calling it “the lamest shit [he] ever did in [his] f**king life,” he said that though the internet seemed to “want blood,” he didn’t. While the decision was met with an overall groan from fans and the rap community — tapping out of beef so soon made him look like he couldn’t handle the heat. However, now, it seems like Cole knew something Drake didn’t: when to quit.
At first, critics pointed to other times Kendrick has thrown shots. It didn’t have to be personal, they said, and a rap battle is distinct from rap beef. Rap battles are integral to the genre, and the fire is always friendly. But J Cole was soon proved right when Drake put his two cents in, and the battle went from a tiff about artistry to something increasingly more personal.
Drake v Kendrick, one on one
On April 19th, Drake released his first response: “Push Ups.” Its notable lyrics included digs on Kendrick’s height (even though short kings are up right now) and on his TDE (Top Dawg Entertainment) record deal — namely for making him do that verse on Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood.”
The most incensed lyrics, however, were about Kendrick’s legacy. “What’s a prince to a king? He a son. / Get more love in the city that you from.” Drake implied that he was bigger physically and career-wise, “Sonning” Kendrick. But it was implying that Drake was more popular in the West Coast, where Kendrick is Regal, that really took this beef to another level.
Known for his “Back to Back” disses, Drake doubled down days later with “Taylor Made Freestyle” — with Swift catching strays again. The title implies that Kendrick pushed back his latest release out of fear of Taylor Swift’s Tortured Poets Department and says that Taylor’s running the music industry (kinda true).
However, the song’s controversy doesn’t end there. Drake used AI to take on the voices of Kendrick’s West Coast idols and make more jokes about Lamar not being the “West Coast savior” he thinks he is. However, the Tupac Shakur Estate threatened to sue if Drake didn’t delete the track. For those counting at home, that’s two diss tracks wiped from the internet before Kendrick could even respond.
Still with me? This is where it really gets interesting.
“Euphoria” et al
Kendrick released “Euphoria” on April 30, 2024. One of the definitive two tracks from this feud, “Euphoria,” is a six-minute saga that essentially says you wanted to get personal? Let’s get personal. Up until this point, Kendrick’s jabs were about the music. But in “Euphoria,” he takes shots at everything imaginable about Drake: his fashion sense, his friends, his hip-hop credentials, and even his Blackness — saying no one wants to hear him say the N-Word anymore.
The more hateful the bar, the better. The most-quoted lyrics were even a reference to a DMX interview about Drake from a few years ago, implying that hip-hop legends don’t respect Drake or his posturing. “It’s always been about love and hate, now let me say I’m the biggest hater,” he said before going on a tirade that put all other haters to bed and crowned Kendrick the biggest hater ever. “I hate the way that you walk, the way that you talk, I hate the way that you dress / I hate the way that you sneak diss, if I catch flight, it’s gon’ be direct / We hate the bitches you fuck ’cause they confuse themself with real women / And notice, I said “we,” it’s not just me, I’m what the culture feeling.”
Early in the morning 3 days later, Kendrick released another track: “6:16 in LA.” This song is about OVO, Drake’s team and brand, and how there might be disloyalty in the ranks. He rapped: “Have you ever thought that OVO was working for me?/ Fake bully, I hate bullies / You must be a terrible person/ Everyone inside your team is whispering that you deserve it/Can’t Toosie Slide up out of this one, it’s just gon’ resurface.”
Hours later, Drake responded to the claims about his team with claims about Lamar’s family in “Family Matters.” This, again, took the beef to another level. He made claims about infidelity and even domestic abuse in Kendrick’s relationship. While the jury is still out on whether or not these claims are true (Kendrick denied them), like anything, words are about impact, not intent. And these words got Kendrick riled up.
Now that they were talking about family, literally minutes later Kendrick released “Meet the Grahams”, making good on the line in “Euphoria”: “Don’t tell lies about me, and I won’t tell no truths about you.” He confirms that this beef won’t end with an apology, though it started with one. It’s for life. Petty king. “F**ck a rap battle, this a lifelong battle with yourself,” he raps.
“Not Like Us”: The Finisher
And in quick succession, Kendrick released the defining song of the beef — a real contender for song of the summer. “Not Like Us” compares Drake’s OVO crew to Kendrick’s West Coast crew, specifically calling them sex offenders. The cover art is an aerial photo of Drake’s Toronto hellscape of a mansion with a cluster of sex offender symbols over it. Scathing. Humiliating. And when the lyric of the summer is about your penchant for grooming young women? How will Drizzy ever recover?
He put in a valiant effort with his next track, “The Heart Pt. 6.” He came back at Kendrick’s family and even asserted that he’d fed Kendrick false information — a goofy move for a goofy man. But maybe it would’ve worked the way he wanted if not for “Not Like Us.” As it was, there was nothing he could say to top that. Kendrick was at his most spiteful, most hateful, and most talented. And the song became an instant anthem. What could Drake really do about that?
Kendrick won. Now he’s on his victory lap
For a minute, rap fans were divided. With each new track showcasing the rappers at their best, some were divided about who was winning. From the salacious revelations to the actual bars, everyone was talking about the beef and what it meant. But after the release of “Not Like Us,” even Drake fans had to agree that their man was cooked.
Even worse, they started playing “Not Like Us” and “Euphoria” on the radio. That’s how you know you’ve lost a rap battle: they play one person’s songs on repeat but never spin yours. And these were serious plays. Serious enough that “Not Like Us” debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 and “Euphoria” climbed to No. 3. Two songs of the summer? Sabrina Carpenter and Kendrick Lamar behavior — our short stars!
And if that weren’t enough, “Not Like Us” might even win a Grammy. When TMZ asked Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. about the track, the music mogul said: “That’s a relevant record that’s impacting on so many levels. So much creativity and talent.”
All summer, I’ve been saying that if I were Olivia Rodrigo, I’d be sick seeing the girl who stole my boyfriend top the charts with the most infectious songs of the summer (Sabrina supremacy … hope Olivia gets her driver’s license or whatever that song was about). Similarly, if I were Drake, I’d be ill at the thought that a song so scathing was doing numbers on the charts. Especially since Drake is used to sitting pretty at No.1 in the summer. Sorry, man, not this year.
The significance of Kendrick’s Pop Out show
We’ve established that Kendrick Lamar is the most petty person that ever exists. So it should have been no surprise when he announced a show in Los Angeles on Juneteenth. To double down on the fact that, despite Drake’s claims, he does get love from his city, he dedicated the night to the West Coast by bringing out, you guessed it, his friends.
With the Pop Out concert, Lamar proved that the feud wasn’t just about taking personal shots, it was about territories. Teams. Friends. And the love you get from your city. After his status as the definitive West Coast rapper was challenged and his ties to his city were questioned, Kendrick Lamar brought out not just West Coast artists but also united members from rival gangs on stage. It was an incredible show of unity and the power of culture on Juneteenth. But imagine being Drake, and people are literally ending beef just to dance on your grave? And to make matters worse, it’s streamed live online for the world to see?
The show — and the rap beef in general — was also about proving how embedded in Black culture Kendrick is, as opposed to Drake, according to his claims. It was ultimately about the difference between pop versus rap. Pop, where Drake falls, according to Kendrick, is about individuality and topping charts. That’s why all of Drake’s shots were about making hits and having a lot of fans. Kendrick even let him have his flowers for that on “Euphoria,” saying: “I like Drake with the melodies, I don’t like Drake when he act tough.” Hop-hop, as Kendrick demonstrated, is about the culture. “This ain’t been about critics, not about gimmicks, not about who the greatest,” he continues.
And Kenny is not the only person in the hop-hop community who feels that way. In January, Yasiin Bey — the rapper formerly known as Mos Def — called Drake a pop artist, not a hip-hop artist. In later statements, he clarified his critique but didn’t retract it, saying: “I require more of myself and others than just talent or charm or charisma — particularly in times of urgent crisis.” As a rapper who was prominent during the 90s and early 2000s, Bey sees the artform as connective, capable of having an impact outside of a club or Target shopping aisle. “What I would like to see, in terms of creators or creative people in the world as it relates to our culture, is for people to connect with us beyond the jukebox or the dance floor.”
Kendrick’s impact has always been felt in his music. From showcasing the realities of life in Compton in Section.80 to analyzing the cultural impact of gang violence in good kid, m.A.A.d city, and talking about Black culture in To Pimp A Butterfly, his music, videos, and performances are always reflective of Black culture and life. The Pop-Out Show showed he walked the walk, too.
Until it didn’t.
The only flaw of Kendrick’s Pop Out show: Why Dr. Dre complicates Kendrick’s legacy
There are two main headlines from The Pop Out: Ken & Friends show. The first was how Kendrick broke the record for how many times he played the same song in succession. To close the show, he played “Not Like Us” not once, not twice, but FIVE times in a row. He’s petty! He’s a hater!
During the course of the show, and including during the encores, he also brought out West Coast artists to show his connection to his city. The surprise guest list included: YG, Tyler, The Creator, Roddy Ricch, Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, Ty Dolla $ign, Dom Kennedy, Russell Westbrook, ScHoolboy Q, Steve Lacy, Mustard, and Tommy the Clown.
However, one surprise guest tarnished the legacy and made a hypocrite out of Kendrick. Dr. Dre. Kendrick brought out Dr. Dre to perform one of his songs. Introducing Dre, he said: “It’s only right that we start from day one, you know? So where would we be without our legends?”
However, although Dre was a fixture in 90s California rap, his legacy has become problematic over the last few decades. Dr. Dre has been accused by multiple women of physical assault, from writer Dee Barnes in 1991 to singer Michel’le, who was in an abusive relationship with Dre between 1990-1996. This is extra ironic because Kendrick uses a sample from Michel’le in “Like That,” but is still platforming her abuser? Rightfully, critics have pointed out this hypocrisy in the wake of spending all that time on his diss tracks rapping about the abusers in Drake’s circle.
Bringing out Dre complicated the entire message of the Pop Out. Does solidarity only exist for Black men? Does calling out abuse only matter when it’s to knock someone down a peg — not to actually hold anyone accountable or get justice? At the end of the day, what good is a community gathering that celebrates Black culture when it’s still invested in some of the same toxic protections of misogynoir?
While I’ll still be playing “Not Like Us” for what it stands for, I will continue to hope that Kendrick takes his own words to heart so I can more wholly celebrate his victory.
On Saturday, the two hit the sand in Malibu with the two daughters White shares with ex-wife Addison Timlin, Ezer Billie and Dolores Wild. Johnson is a close friend of Timlin’s, and godmother to the former couple’s two daughters. They were joined by another close friend of Johnson’s, actor Blake Lee.
In 2022, Timlin posted a sweet tribute to Johnson on her Instagram grid to mark Johnson’s birthday, sharing a photo of the two with Johnson holding one of Timlin’s daughters.
“Happy birthday to my best friend in the whole world,” she wrote of Jonson in the caption. “We feel each other like the weather and I’m so deeply grateful for it. I love you for the rest of time.”
White toted his children around the beach while wearing white swim trunks, while Johnson chose a yellow bikini for the day.
Johnson has long been romantically linked to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, who was formerly married to Gwyneth Paltrow. The trio have said that they still spend a lot of time together, with Paltrow calling Martin “like a brother” post-divorce, and Johnson “an adorable, wonderful person” and a “very good friend.” Johnson and Martin are private about their relationship, but have reportedly been “engaged for years.”
From the outset of Steven Zaillian’s adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s seminal work, The Talented Mr. Ripley, it’s pretty clear why the title of the series was altered to the plain and simple Ripley. That is to say, because this version of Tom Ripley (Andrew Scott) hardly seems talented at all (or deft, or graceful, for that matter). In fact, he seems like a middling criminal at best and a bumbling con man at worst. This, of course, is a far cry from the onscreen version of Ripley that Matt Damon made the most famous in Anthony Minghella’s 1999 adaptation. In this edition, Tom comes across as someone with slightly more finesse. Someone who knows how to better wield good fortune in his favor. Scott’s interpretation of the character, however, is much more blundering (fittingly enough, Highsmith does have a novel called The Blunderer).
This is something instantly detectable in the first few minutes of Ripley, with Tom incompetently dragging a body down the stairwell of his apartment building. Elsewhere, compared to Damon’s Ripley, Scott’s is one with no vibrancy or aspirations. This is partially due to the age difference between Damon and Scott when each played Ripley. The former was twenty-eight when The Talented Mr. Ripley was filmed, while the latter is forty-seven. It makes for a much more wizened Ripley in this regard. And that’s something to note in terms of Damon’s Ripley being more aspirational. Not only is it obvious that he wants to be a pianist (in fact, one of his gigs is what allows him to encounter Herbert Greenleaf [James Rebhorn] in the first place), but it’s also made clear that he works a number of legitimate jobs to help pay the rent. Scott’s Ripley appears to have given up on that waste of time long ago, relying solely on his various scams to get by. In addition to some help from a previously unmentioned Aunt Dottie (Cristina Fondi), who goes to the dentist for teeth extractions to give him a few extra dollars here and there.
But it’s evident that Ripley’s tricks and schemes are running dry, with one bank already immediately onto his forged signature in the first episode, “A Hard Man to Find.” It’s the realization that it’s all getting too difficult in New York that leads him to go back to the business card of Herbert Greenleaf (Kenneth Lonergan), given to him by the private detective named Alvin McCarron (Bokeem Woodbine) hired to find him. For whatever reason, Herbert is convinced that Tom is an old friend of Dickie’s (Johnny Flynn) who can convince him to come back to America after years spent bumming around Europe. At present, his whereabouts are in Atrani. A real place on the Amalfi Coast in contrast to The Talented Mr. Ripley’s fictional Mongibello (an overt stand-in for Positano). Game to do anything that involves leaving New York (arguably the only sign of his intelligence), Ripley departs for Italy.
While he plays it closer to the vest than Damon’s Ripley (that one going so far as to outright tell Dickie when he asks, “Everybody should have one talent. What’s yours?”: “Forging signatures, telling lies, impersonating practically anybody”), he’s still a little too transparent when it comes to his covetousness of the privileged man’s lifestyle. In contrast, Damon’s Ripley appears more enamored of Dickie himself, this accented by an effective montage of the two bonding as friends, rounded out by a super homoerotic joint performance of “My Funny Valentine.”
Highsmith being gay herself, the frequent subtext between the characters in her novels is alive and well here. And it is the jocular ribbing between Jude Law’s Dickie and Damon’s Ripley that perhaps makes their potential for a homoerotic rapport more believable. Dickie is, indeed, much rougher around the edges in Law’s hands. Not only a philandering cad, but also someone blunt enough to joke in front of Tom, “Such little class, Marge. Does this guy know anything?” Enough to “get by,” as it is said. Enough to successfully kill a man and assume his identity.
In many ways, it’s also easier to kill Law’s Dickie in that he’s much more of a boor. The type of man so careless with people’s feelings that he ends up prompting one local woman’s suicide (she got pregnant with his child and he wouldn’t give her the money for an abortion). The type of man who provokes Tom on the boat in San Remo with his cruel assessments (including “You can be quite boring” and “You can be a leech”) until Tom’s true inner freak show finally unleashes. It’s here, too, that the differences between Damon’s “cooler,” more competent Ripley shines through in that, unlike Scott’s Ripley, he’s not too daft to understand how to more rapidly sink a boat after killing Dickie on it. Incidentally, just before Damon’s Ripley kills Dickie, he remarks, “The funny thing is, I’m not pretending to be somebody else and you are.”
It is in this sense, too, that viewers are given an understanding that Damon’s Ripley was far more overtly in love with Dickie, while abhorring the phoniness (Holden Caulfield-style) of those in his privileged circumstances. In truth, it appears to genuinely pain Damon’s Tom to kill Dickie, opting to lay with his body for a while afterward as the boat sloshes back and forth. Scott’s Ripley, instead, is more in love with Dickie’s money, even if not his friends. Freddie Miles (Philip Seymour Hoffman) included. The Freddie of Ripley (played by Eliot Sumner), however, is slightly less brutish…if for no other reason than he’s British and not American. He’s also much more direct about accusing Tom of taking over Dickie’s life. But Tom is quick to the kill, and does it in a manner less messy than Scott’s Ripley, who drags the body about in such a way as to leave traces of blood everywhere. Worse still, he simply leaves Freddie’s corpse in the front seat of his car rather than taking it out and making it look more like some kind of car accident.
While both Ripleys rely on improvisation to execute whatever their schemes of the moment are, the manner in which Damon’s Ripley speaks is generally more confident and quick to the draw, which makes him far more believable and, frankly, less smack-worthy than Scott’s version.
Indeed, there are so many more moments during Ripley when one wants to scream at the character for being so stupid and slow in his actions. It is only in the final episode, “Narcissus,” that we start to see something resembling Ripley actually hitting his pathological lying stride. And, in the same way that Damon’s Ripley talks about Dickie as a cover for talking about himself, Scott’s Ripley tells the private detective, “He wondered if he would ever be good at anything. Everything about him was an act. He knew he was…supremely untalented.” And yes, Scott’s Ripley is definitely that, whereas Damon’s Ripley can at least play the piano and keep all of his lies straight. Even though, as he admits to his eventual gay companion, Peter (Jack Davenport), he’s had to lock away a lot of his past in order to cope. Which is why, when Peter asks how Dickie could live with himself if he murdered Freddie, Ripley answers, “Whatever you do, however terrible, however hurtful, it all makes sense, doesn’t it? In your head. You never meet anyone who thinks they’re a bad person.”
Ripley certainly doesn’t. Neither version of him—the one in color or the one in black and white. And yes, Zaillian’s decision to enlist Robert Elswit for the B&W cinematography becomes almost more interesting to watch than Ripley himself. While there are any number of reasons for the choice to avoid color, some might posit that the ongoing thread of Caravaggio is a factor (initially mentioned by Dickie as being a man on the run for murder, and who did some of his best work as a fugitive). After all, what’s better for reflecting the chiaroscuro of the maestro’s paintings than black and white? The stark duality of these colors—being at opposite sides of the spectrum—also mirrors the dynamic between Tom and Dickie.
With Ripley, Zaillian has created a different version entirely of the man many came to know best not through Highsmith’s novel, but through Damon’s portrayal. Alas, even with so much more time to develop Ripley as a character within the span of eight episodes, it’s ironic that, naturally, we still don’t really know him at all. For it’s impossible to “know” a cipher. Someone so mutable and, therefore, as Marge (Dakota Fanning) puts it, “vague.” Granted, not so vague that he can’t still read as flying by the seat of his stolen pants when it comes to executing his so-called strategies. However, in the ultimate defense of Scott’s Ripley, he does actually speak some Italian. Call it a testament to his “quick study” nature.
If you’ve ever wanted to see Our Lady of Linen and Juices, Gwyneth Paltrow, scream “die, bitch!” while massacring a fly; drop the judgiest possible “wow” while critiquing her interviewer’s face-washing technique; and resurrect a nearly three-decade personal grudge against a former president, we have some fantastic news for you.
Paltrow made an appearance on the latest episode of Hot Ones, released Thursday, facing down the Scoville scale and downing hot sauce while answering interview questions from host Sean Evans. And it’s safe (if admittedly cheesy, but please—allow us this one thing) to say that she got a touch spicy while talking about former president Bill Clinton.
“Fuck you, Bill Clinton!” she said. The GOOP founder and actor’s animosity towards 42 stems from a 1996 White House screening of Emma, which Paltrow starred in. Paltrow was 24 years old when she played the titular role in the screen adaptation of the Jane Austen novel, and Clinton’s response to the movie at that screening didn’t inspire confidence, to say the least.
Paltrow confirmed that Clinton “passed out asleep” during the movie.
“True. He was snoring right in front of me,” she said. “I was like, ‘Wow, I guess this is going to be a real hit movie.’ But it was. So fuck you, Bill Clinton!”
Emma went on to be nominated for two Academy Awards, for costume design and original score, taking home a statue for its music. It was also a box office success, grossing some $40 million. And that Rotten Tomatoes rating? As fresh as an heirloom tomato grown in Paltrow’s own Amagansett soil, baby.
Though Paltrow has apparently not forgiven and definitely has not forgotten the incident these 28 years later, ready and willing to air her beef with the famously vegan Clinton with little prompting, there’s photographic evidence of her being at least okay with Bill’s wife just a few years later: Hillary Clinton and Paltrow were photographed together looking friendly at a December 1998 afterparty for the premiere of Shakespeare in Love. That movie scored Paltrow a Best Actress Oscar as well as Best Picture, so do with that what you will.
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Asked whether Paltrow and Bill have made amends since, a representative told Vanity Fair via email that “We don’t have anything additional to add.”
A request for comment from Clinton’s office was not immediately returned.
Chalk it up to the ’90s being a huge part of my formative years, but I believe that that particular decade was one of the most stylish to date. While I usually enjoy perusing red carpet photos or editorials from the ’90s, there is one other photo locale that never disappoints when it comes to great fashion inspiration: the airport. I live in casual-cool outfits, and this is where celebrities tend to shine in that department. In fact, if you have an upcoming trip planned, I highly recommend taking a look at some of the best airport style of that time.
There are a plethora of chic ’90s airport looks archived on the internet, but I narrowed it down to eight that are classic and effortless yet spot-on with the current trends. These ensembles—from the likes of Kate Moss and Jennifer Lopez—would seriously look right at home now in the terminals of some of the most stylish cities in the world. Think straight-leg jeans, sleek boots, cool outerwear, and much more. Keep scrolling to see each airport outfit, and be sure to bookmark this page for any future travel plans.
“A lot of Goop,” one of the attendees remarked on leaving Gwyneth Paltrow’s In Conversation talk taking place at the Red Sea Film Festival. “A bit lopsided,” another agreed. Many of the gathered gripped Marvel posters and wore Marvel T-shirts, but everyone was happy to welcome an actor whose career has spanned films as diverse as “Se7en,” “The Royal Tenenbaums” and “Shakespeare in Love,” and the biggest applause came when she said that this was her first time in Saudi Arabia.
The first female CEO of the Saudi Research and Media Group Jomana al-Rashid acted as moderator and began the talk with a survey of Paltrow’s acting career and her first inspiration: “My mother is an actress. She did mostly theater. And so I grew up as a little girl watching her rehearse plays and running around the theater. My mother would even say she always felt a bit insecure. When she was on stage, she was the most powerful, integrated force of nature that I have ever seen. And so I wanted to be that.”
Having been spotted on the street by a casting agent as a 17-year-old schoolgirl — “I hate to say smoking cigarettes” — Paltrow snuck to the audition and, though she didn’t get the part, her mother found out and from that time on encouraged her. She identified her defining role as the secret smoker and one-time childhood prodigy Margot in Wes Anderson’s “The Royal Tenenbaums”: “My daughter’s friends watch it and love it. It’s all these years later. It’s very fun.”
Asked about navigating the film industry as a woman, Paltrow responded that “women artists have always been allowed a bit more latitude than in other professions,” citing Sarah Bernhardt, Grace Kelly and Elizabeth Taylor, “but at the same time there has been a side of Hollywood that has been a bit darker and more exploitative of young women. Luckily, I managed to avoid most of that.” This despite her harassment at the hands of Harvey Weinstein, as detailed in Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey’s “She Said,” a book for which Paltrow was key as a source and supporter of other women giving their evidence.
As mentors, Paltrow listed David Fincher and Paul Thomas Anderson, as well as Wes Anderson and Anthony Minghella. But Paltrow recounted one early lesson that came from one of her lesser movies. “I did a really, really terrible movie with Jessica Lange (1998’s ‘Hush’). That is just shit. But I learned so much from watching her. She had such an interesting style and technique that she had developed over all these years. And so some people like that… I think about these amazing people that I got to work with and see all the different ways and then kind of made my own techniques.”
Much of the rest of the talk was taken up with Paltrow’s move into the Wellness industry with her pioneering Goop brand, and her role as a businesswoman and entrepreneur: “We’ve just started this very cool food delivery service. I’d love to bring it into the Middle East.” When the floor was opened to the audience, with the exception of a man from L.A., all the questions related to Paltrow’s film work. Would she return to acting? “I never say never.” One of the questioners grew up when cinema was banned in Saudi Arabia and recalled having to travel to another country in order to see “Emma.”
As for Marvel for which she played the role of Pepper Potts in films like “Iron Man” and “Avengers Assemble,” Paltrow recalled her reluctant entry into the MCU with Jon Favreau’s “Iron Man.” “They said it’s going to feel like doing an indie film. We’re gonna have fun and you don’t have to be in too much of the action part anyway. So I thought, Oh, okay. And we had such a good time. We improvised almost every scene of that movie. We would write it in the morning in Jon’s trailer, and it was like doing [an indie] film. Then, the movie was such a huge hit that we didn’t make them like that anymore. To be honest, I stopped watching them at some point. I’ve never seen ‘Endgame.’ I’ve never seen any of these. I can’t keep track. I probably should at some point.”
The collision at a Utah ski resort that prompted last spring’s high-profile civil trial between Gwyneth Paltrow and a 76-year-old retired optometrist will also set the backdrop for an upcoming musical debuting in December at a cabaret theater in London.
The musical “Gwyneth Goes Skiing” is scheduled to open Dec. 13 at London’s Pleasance Theatre. It is booked for a limited run at the venue through Dec. 23.
A description of “Gwyneth Goes Skiing,” shared online at the theater’s website, describes the parodied take on Paltrow’s widely publicized legal battle earlier this year as “a brand new show for Christmas 2023.” Performers Linus Karp and Joseph Martin will play Paltrow and Terry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who sued her. The dance pop and electronic singer-songwriter Leland, known for “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” created an original score.
“She’s the Goop-founding, Door-Sliding, Shakespeare-In-Loving, consciously-uncoupling Hollywood superstar. He’s a retired Optometrist from Utah. In 2016, they went skiing,” the description reads. “On the slopes of Deer Valley, their worlds collided, and so did they – literally. Ouch. Seven years later in 2023, they went to court. Double ouch.”
“This is their story. Kind of. Not really,” the description goes on. “A story of love, betrayal, skiing, and (somehow) Christmas – where you are the jury!”
The trial involved a 2016 collision between Paltrow and Sanderson while both were skiing at the Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah. Sanderson initially sued Paltrow for $3 million and then lowered the amount to “more than $300,000” in damages, claiming the “Shakespeare In Love” actor was responsible for the collision that, he said, left him injured years earlier.
Paltrow went on to file a counter suit against Sanderson, for $1 and attorneys’ fees, and was eventually deemed not responsible for the Park City incident by a jury that determined after a fairly short round of deliberations that Sanderson was at fault.
“I felt that acquiescing to a false claim compromised my integrity,” Paltrow said in a statement after the verdict. “I am pleased with the outcome and I appreciate all of the hard work of Judge Holmberg and the jury, and thank them for their thoughtfulness in handling this case.”
Emily Mae Czachor is a reporter and news editor at CBSNews.com. She covers breaking news, often focusing on crime and extreme weather. Emily Mae has previously written for outlets including the Los Angeles Times, BuzzFeed and Newsweek.
Gwyneth Paltrow isn’t exactly known for being the most down-to-earth celebrity, and Goop’s 2023 holiday gift guide won’t do anything to change that reputation — it’s going viral thanks to some of the over-the-top items suggested by Paltrow and her team.
The ultimate guide to quiet luxury is broken into 10 mini guides filled with the usual fare from face serums to candles but it’s the “Ridiculous but Awesome” section that’s garnering attention.
Standout items include a $396 block of 24-month-aged Parmesan cheese from the oldest dairy in Parma, Italy; a 53-piece bar crystal class bar cart for $10,000; and a customized, ready-to-install pool made out of single-use shipping containers for $28,500.
For travel lovers, Goop suggests renting out Turtle Island in Fiji which starts at $39,500 per night, or taking a trip on a moving, solar-powered safariin the Roving Bushtops in Tanzania, Africa, which starts at $30,200 a day.
And for those looking for a more permanent stay somewhere, Goop recommends a new residence at The Well Bay Harbor Islands in Florida where shoppers can opt-in for a $4,450,000 condo.
Then, of course, some items are just so expensive they don’t even have a price tag — interested gift-givers can receive prices upon request, including a seven-day airship cruise to the North Pole and the opportunity to work as an executive producer with a full bandunder the Northern Lights in Flóki Studios in Iceland.
Few have flaunted their acting breaks with as much aplomb as Gwyneth Paltrow, who uses her Oscar as a doorstop and can’t recall which Marvel movies she’s appeared in. But despite her superhero-induced amnesia, it’s her Iron Man costar Robert Downey Jr. whom Paltrow names as the only actor that might be able to end her moviemaking hiatus.
Between running her lifestyle brand, Goop, and generating memes during her ski accident trial earlier this year, Paltrow’s focus is no longer on acting, she confirmed in a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight. “Well, it would be very hard for me to do any acting right at the moment, just because of my job,” Paltrow said. “But, I guess, Robert Downey Jr. could probably always get me back. You know, to some degree.”
The pair played power couple Tony Stark and Pepper Potts in several films, starting with 2008’s Iron Man. They reunited for the last time in 2019’s Avengers: Endgame. Since then, Paltrow has appeared in her husband Brad Falchuk’s Netflix series The Politician, which released its second season in June 2020, and performed voice roles on American Horror Stories and She Said. During an interview with Marvel alum Scarlett Johansson on The Goop Podcast earlier this year, Paltrow was asked if she’s finished with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. “I think so,” she answered at the time. “I mean, I didn’t die, so they can always ask me.”
In 2020, Paltrow said that her acting pause came in the wake of her achieving many of her career goals by her mid-20s, when she won the Academy Award for Shakespeare in Love. “I think that when you hit the bullseye when you’re 26 years old, and you’re a metrics-driven person—who, frankly, doesn’t love acting that much, as it turns out,” she told SiriusXM’s Bruce Bozzi, “I sort of felt like, well, now, who am I supposed to be? What am I driving towards?”
In another recent interview, Paltrow told Call Her Daddy podcast host Alex Cooper that the public turned on her after the Oscar win, and the “big energy shift” taught her to be “less openhearted and much more protective of myself and filter people out better.… I felt a real pivot on that night because I felt, like, up until that moment, everybody was kind of rooting for me in a way. And then, when I won, it was, like, too much, and I could feel a real turn.”
But Paltrow previously said that she’s not permanently uncoupled from the big screen. “I’ve never said that I am quitting acting,” Paltrow told Today’s Savannah Guthrie in 2019. “Goop is my full-time passion…occasionally, when [an acting job] is the right thing and it works out around my children and my Goop life, I’m able to participate. I think I’m just not focused on full-time acting right now.”
Last year, Paltrow toldWillie Geist, “It’s funny, I don’t daydream about the movie business at all. But, you know, I did promise my mother [Blythe Danner] that at some point before I die, I told her that I would go and do a play. So I’m going to deliver on that promise at some point.” Your move, RDJ.
