Oscars Announce More Presenters, Plus Star Studded Women in Film Event
Emma Stone, Meryl Streep and Brie Larson got together for an Oscars pre-party celebrating Women in Film.
No, I don’t mean they got together to literally celebrate themselves… Women in Film is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting equal opportunities for women in media.
“I want to ask you all in this room today to connect with others. Let’s share our stories, talk about where we came from, let’s get excited about where we are right now because there is only room to grow… So let’s talk… let’s talk about what’s really going on, what worries us, what scares us, what we’re excited about, what it feels like to be a mother, what it feels like to be a daughter, what it feels like to be a son or a father in this period of time, and let’s incubate all of this and make something amazing because we will be here later, and we’ll talk about how this was the moment when we went, ‘I got it, I know how to make the world a better place’.”
And the Oscar goes to…
The final round of presenters has been announced adding Matt Damon, Jennifer Aniston, Meryl Streep and more to the list of previously announced A-listers including Leonardo DiCaprio and Brie Larson.
We will also see Jason Bateman, Ryan Gosling, Salma Hayek, Taraji P. Henson, Warren Beatty, Michael J. Fox, Seth Rogan, Vince Vaughn, Samuel L. Jackson, Dwayne Johnson, Halie Steinfeld, Emma Stone and more gracing the stage.
The 89th Academy Awards are hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and will air Sunday, February 26th.
Rihanna is Harvard's Humanitarian of the Year
Rihanna will officially accept the prestigious Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award on Tuesday, February 28th from Harvard University. The honour recognizes Rihanna’s charitable work and humanitarian efforts like funding a cancer treatment centre in Barbados, helping make education accessible to those in need in addition to helping international students pay for schooling in the U.S. through a dedicated scholarship fund.
““Rihanna has charitably built a state-of-the-art center for oncology and nuclear medicine to diagnose and treat breast cancer at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Bridgetown, Barbados… She has also created the Clara Lionel Foundation Scholarship for students attending college in the U.S. from Caribbean countries, and supports the Global Partnership for Education and Global Citizen Project, a multiyear campaign that will provide children with access to education in over 60 developing countries, giving priority to girls and those affected by lack of access to education in the world today.””
Past recipients of this award include Malala Yousafzai, Desmond Tutu, Kodi Annan, James Earl Jones, Lionel Richie, Tommy Hilfiger and Sharon Stone. Harvard’s Humanitarian of the Year award recognizes “public-spirited leaders whose works and deeds have served to improve the quality of our lives and have inspired us to greater heights.”
This is a video still from The Telegraph showing Prince Harry and Rihanna getting tested for HIV on World Aids Day in Bridgetown, Barbados, Dec. 1st, 2016.
Angelina Jolie talks family, Brad Pitt during Interview
Angelina Jolie answers candid questions about family for the first time since her split from Brad Pitt.
Tuesday, February 21st during an interview with Good Morning America, Jolie answered some questions about family following her separation from Pitt in September of 2016.
The interview was predominantly focused on her new film "First They Killed My Father" based on human rights activist Loung Ung's experience as an orphan of war in Cambodia.
Jolie's eldest son, Maddox, was adopted from Cambodia in 2002. He and his sibling Pax both helped her with this film though she says, "I think they'd rather be musicians."
Prior to giving this interview to ABC News for a North American audience, Jolie spoke with the BBC on Sunday, February 19th where similar questions about her family life were asked and answered. CLICK HERE to see that interview.
“I don’t want to say very much about that except to say that it was a very difficult time... And we are a family and will always be a family. And we will get through this time and hopefully be a stronger family for it.”
'Fubar' heading to VICELAND
Rogers Media and Vice Canada plan to turn Fubar into a mini-series.
Filming for the 8 episode series run is happening right now in Montreal with stars David Lawrence and Paul Spence better known as Terry and Dean. Each episode will be around sixty minutes long (*some reports say the episodes will only be thirty minutes), directed by Michael Dowse who was also involved in the original films.
In the made-for-TV version Fubar we'll see the boys fleeing the wildfires of For McMurray looking for work. Terry seeks financial stability through online ventures while Dean, the dreamer, is busy working on a triple-concept album.
Catch Fubar on VICELAND later this year.
Justin Bieber Investigated for Headbutting
Bieber BUSTED for allegedly "headbutting" someone at a pre-GRAMMYs party in LA.
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The mischievous Justin Bieber was messing around with some friends at a restaurant on Saturday evening when he spotted an employee filming him. We all know how the Biebs feels about photos and paparazzi and stuff, so he reacted accordingly.
Bieber approached the employee and asked him to stop filming. He then asked that the video and any pictures of him be deleted from the employee's phone. When the employee refused, Bieber took the next logical course of action and headbutted- wait, what?
Yes. Justin Bieber allegedly lunged at the filmer, headbutted him and then left.
TMZ says it was a fellow employee, not directly involved in the altercatin, who called the police. It was NOT the victim. The person involved does not want to press any charges but since the police are now involved, the Biebs could be involved in a misdemeanor battery investigation.
Justin had already left the scene by the time the cops showed up. His reps have yet to comment on the incident.