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☆ Aaron Taylor-Johnson's wife Sam says the attention on their 23-year age gap can be 'uncomfortable'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Sam Taylor-Johnson isn't fond of the public scrutiny that her age-gap relationship with Aaron Taylor-Johnson gets. AdvertisementDirector Sam Taylor-Johnson said she does not enjoy the attention she and her actor husband, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, receive over the 23-year age gap in their relationship. "There are times when it's uncomfortable," Sam told The Hollywood Reporter, referring to the scrutiny they receive for their age-gap relationship. In March, Aaron told Rolling Stone UK that he doesn't quite understand why people like to weigh in on their relationship. Aaron and Sam aren't the only celebrity couple with a big age gap.

Persons: Sam Taylor, Johnson, Aaron Taylor, —, Amy Winehouse, Sam, Aaron, Harper's, Sam isn't, James Bond, Daniel Craig, Sam aren't, Dick Van Dyke, Arlene Silver, Patrick Stewart, Sunny Ozell Organizations: Hollywood, Service, Guardian, Rolling Stone UK, Office Mojo, Business Insider

☆ ‘Mary Poppins’ gets a new age rating over discriminatory language
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Harmeet Kaur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A British film industry group has raised the age rating for the beloved children’s classic “Mary Poppins” over discriminatory language. “Mary Poppins (1964) includes two uses of the discriminatory term ‘hottentots,’” a BBFC spokesperson said in a statement to CNN. Even as “Mary Poppins” remains a treasured part of the cultural canon, the film has been criticized for trafficking in blackface. It’s partly in this context that the discriminatory language referenced by BBFC appears in the film. In recent years, the movie industry has grappled with how to handle racist or offensive content in classic films.

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☆ Chita Rivera, Tony Award-winning actress and singer, dead at 91
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Elizabeth Wagmeister | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Chita Rivera, an iconic performer of stage and screen with credits including “Chicago,” “Kiss of the Spider Woman” and “Sweet Charity,” has died. She was 91. Rivera’s longtime publicist Merle Frimark confirmed the news to CNN on Tuesday, saying Rivera died “peacefully” on Tuesday “in New York after a brief illness.”The recipient of a record 10 Tony Award nominations, and winner of two for “The Rink” and “The Kiss of the Spider Woman,” Rivera’s unparalleled Broadway career spanned decades, from playing Anita in “West Side Story” and opposite Dick Van Dyke in “Bye Bye Birdie” to signature Bob Fosse musicals like “Chicago” and “All That Jazz.”Although she maintained a dizzying stage schedule, Rivera appeared in a number of movies and TV shows as well, including a screen adaptation of “Sweet Charity” as well as “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.”The honors Rivera amassed included being a Kennedy Center honoree in 2002 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, presented to her by President Obama in 2009. Frimark included a statement from Rivera’s daughter Lisa Mordente, which mentioned the star’s funeral will be private and that she is survived by her daughter along with siblings Julio, Armando and Lola del Rivero “along with her many nieces, nephews and friends.”This is a developing story and will be updated.

Persons: Chita Rivera, ”, “, Rivera’s, Merle Frimark, Rivera, Tony, Anita, Dick Van Dyke, “ Bye, Birdie ”, Bob Fosse, Obama, Frimark, Lisa Mordente, Julio, Armando, Lola del Rivero Organizations: CNN, Chicago, Broadway, Kennedy Locations: ”, New York, “

There's a history of Christmas pudding charms, to be hidden within the holiday treat. And there's an angel made of beads by an artisan in the Woza Moya collective of South Africa. The photographer behind the Instagram account Brown Girls Do Ballet has put together a celebratory essay in images of just that. More than 1,100 color images included in this broad overview, Glaser’s wit ever-present. Includes rarely seen images and recollections from Salt-N-Pepa, Public Enemy, Run-D.M.C., Mary J. Blige and more.

Persons: Slim Aarons, Shawn Waldron, Abrams, “, David Trigg, Sam Bilton, Dolph Gotelli, Moya, “ Lena Horne, Donald Bogle, Bogle, TaKiyah Wallace, McMillian, Kailyn Scales, Leventhal, Dutton, Chef Gabriel “, Kim Laidlaw, Guilbeau, Taylor Sheridan, John, Kayce, Beth, Hal Rubenstein, Mary Tyler Moore's, Laura Petrie, Dick Van Dyke, ” Moore, Rubenstein, Dawn Wells, Mary Ann, Molly Adams, Sydney Golden Anderson, Adams, Golden Anderson, “ Thom Browne, ”, Thom Browne, Andrew Bolton, Johnny Dufort, Browne's, Karida L, Brown, Charly Palmer, W.E.B, Du Bois, They've, Langston Hughes, Jenni Nuttall, Mark Seliger, Seliger, Joe Jonas, Sophie Turner, Chadwick, Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, Robert De Niro, ” Abrams, Lindsey Taylor, Taylor, “ Milton Glaser, Steven Heller, Mirko Ilić, Beth Kleber, Glaser, Glaser busied, “ LL, LL Cool, Vikki Tobak, Alec Banks, Mary J, Blige, Peep Ludacris Organizations: Hollywood, Getty Images, Phaidon, Running Press, CBS, HarperCollins, Sydney, Feminist Bird, National Wildlife Federation, Princeton Architectural Press, Families, Chronicle, Exeter College, “, Wall, Rizzoli New Locations: Palm Beach, Rome, tailgaters, Aiken , South Carolina, South Africa, Brooklyn, Louisiana, Bolton, New York, Rizzoli New York

☆ London exhibition celebrates 100 years of Disney
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Marie-Louise Gumuchian | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Oct 12 (Reuters) - From Mickey Mouse sketches to Cinderella's glass slipper, a new exhibition opening in London on Friday celebrates 100 years of the magical world of Disney. More than 250 items are on display at "Disney 100: The Exhibition", which begins with an introduction to animator and producer Walt Disney and his character, Oswald The Lucky Rabbit, said to be a prototype for Mickey Mouse. Also featured are sketches and interactive stations, and items from Marvel, Pixar and the "Star Wars" films, now part of the Disney conglomerate. "These characters can remain true and universal for decades," said Goldberg, who has worked on various Disney characters starting with the Genie in the 1992 animated feature "Aladdin". The exhibition at London's ExCel, of which another version will open in Chicago next month, runs as The Walt Disney Company marks 100 years since its founding, considered to be when Walt and his brother Roy Disney signed a contract with New York cartoon distributor Margaret Winkler on Oct. 16, 1923.

Persons: Mickey, Walt Disney, Oswald The Lucky Rabbit, Mickey Mouse, Dick van Dyke, Mary Poppins, Lumiere, Cogsworth, Eric Goldberg, Goldberg, Bret Iwan, Walt, Roy Disney, Margaret Winkler, Marie, Louise Gumuchian, Richard Chang Organizations: Disney, Walt Disney Archives, Marvel, Pixar, Reuters, ExCel, Walt Disney Company, New York, Thomson Locations: London, Chicago, New

☆ Windmill Made Famous in ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ Is for Sale in England
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Claire Moses | More About Claire Moses | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A historic windmill in the English countryside that appeared alongside Dick Van Dyke and a magical flying car in the 1968 movie “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” has gone up for sale. The black-and-white Cobstone Mill, in Buckinghamshire, England, just outside London, is part of a property that also includes a main house, about 37 acres of land and a swimming pool. The mill is thought to have been built around 1816 and was used to grind cereal until 1873, according to Savills, the real estate firm selling the property. Before the windmill could be used as a movie location it needed substantial renovations. The property had been damaged by a fire and, according to local media reports at the time, squatters had been living in it.

Persons: Dick Van Dyke, Chitty Chitty, ” Locations: Buckinghamshire, England, London

☆ How to talk to your aging parents about safe driving
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Chris Taylor | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

One person may represent a danger on the roads at age 65, while another may be perfectly fine at age 85. Upgrades can help them stay safe, including technologies to keep drivers from drifting out a lane, backup cameras and various other detection systems. Special licensing requirements for elderly drivers can help screen out problems with vision and cognition. Some states require more frequent renewal for older drivers, or demand regular vision checks, or prohibit online renewals altogether. For a few hundred dollars a year, you could get a $1 million policy that should let everyone sleep better at night – both you, and your parents.

☆ Watch Dick Van Dyke stun judges during ‘The Masked Singer’
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ 'Don't Worry Darling' review: Florence Pugh isn't enough to redeem Olivia Wilde's tabloid-friendly second movie
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Florence Pugh makes the strongest case for seeing the film, but given how in-demand she is, if you miss this one, don’t worry. (The film is being released by Warner Bros., like CNN, a unit of Warner Bros. By that measure “Don’t Worry Darling” feels more like a modest setback than a major disappointment, but ultimately, it’s hard to call this project as a victory. “Don’t Worry Darling” premieres in US theaters on September 23. It’s rated R. The film is distributed by Warner Bros. Studios, which like CNN is part of Warner Bros.

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