Elizabeth Olsen can currently be seen in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, but in a profile in The New York Times, she admits she had some early “frustrations” being a contracted part of the MCU.
“This is me being the most honest,” Olsen said of her commitment to the Marvel Studios series, in which she plays Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch.
“It took me away from the physical ability to do certain jobs that I thought were more aligned with the things I enjoyed as an audience member,” the actress admits. “I started to feel frustrated. I had this job security but I was losing these pieces that I felt were more part of my being.”
“And the further I got away from that, the less I became considered for it,” she said.
Olsen’s since come to love the character, which earned her an Emmy nomination for WandaVision. When asked if she’d do a standalone movie about the powerful magic user, she said, “I think I would. But it really needs to be a good story.”
Olsen also recently defended in the MCU against criticism from those who don’t consider the movies art. She told The Independent, “From an actor’s point of view…I get it; I totally understand…there’s a different kind of performance that’s happening.” But she adds, “I do think throwing Marvel under the bus takes away from the hundreds of very talented crew people. That’s where I get a little feisty about that.”
Marvel Studios is owned by Disney, the parent company of ABC News.
Garth Brooks’ upcoming Canadian shows aren’t just landmarks for the singer’s 2022 Stadium Tour — they’re historic for the venue, too.
Commonwealth Stadium, in Edmonton, Alberta, will host both dates, which are set to take place on June 24 and 25. Between the two shows, Garth’s appearances there have sold more tickets than any other event in the stadium’s history, with an incredible 122,000.
Originally, Garth was only planning to play one show at Commonwealth, on June 25, and it was supposed to be the only Canadian stop on the Stadium Tour this year. But after a whiplash-inducing sell-out that took just 45 minutes, the singer added a second date in Edmonton. That show, on June 24, quickly sold out, too.
Garth says that the unprecedented ticket sales success is all thanks to his fan base — and thanks to the excitement fans have for getting back to in-person concerts.
“I’m not sure what we are seeing on tour right now when it comes to the record numbers is so much a reflection of Garth Brooks,” he says. “I believe the people are experiencing the joy of being back where they belong and that is together. I feel lucky to be a part of it.”
Last week, Justin Moore hosted his annual St. Jude Golf Classic in Little Rock, Arkansas, a two-day event benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. This year’s tournament once again raised the bar, bringing in more than $400,000 for the cause.
Justin teamed up with special guests like Chase Rice and Joe Nichols, also bringing the likes of actors Scott Reeves and Prince Lorenzo De Medici out on the course with him. The ainger — whose current single, “With a Woman You Love,” is now inside the top-twenty at country radio — played an acoustic set for supporters and players at a pre-party before the big game.
In addition to golfing, attendees got to participate in a silent auction and a private dinner.
Each year, Justin tees off for a good cause: To support St. Jude’s lifesaving mission, and help ensure that no family ever receives a bill from the hospital for treatment, travel, food or housing.
If you’d like to learn more about making a donation or getting involved with St. Jude’s mission, visit their website.
Move over, Martha Stewart! Selena Gomez has come out with her very own kitchenware line that has a very important mission — raising awareness for mental health while encouraging families to cook together.
Selena announced on Instagram Thursday that she’s collaborating with cookware brand Our Place for a series of bright and colorful pots, pans, drinking glasses and more. The company will donate 10 percent of all proceeds to Selena’s Rare Impact Fund, which works to expand access to mental health resources for youths.
“It’s a celebration of all ways we cook- as beginners or experts, perfectly or imperfectly, messily and joyously. Our Place is immigrant and women-owned, rooted in building a bigger table,” the Only Murders In The Building star said of her new collection. “Time to get cooking!”
In addition to supporting her mental health initiative, Selena’s line is geared toward celebrating heritage by encouraging those who purchase her collection to cook with their family and celebrate their history. The Grammy nominee previously expressed on her own cooking show, Selena + Chef, that cooking brings her closer to her Latina heritage.
The collection offers two limited-edition colors: a deep blue and a hot, berry pink, which are respectively called Azul and Rosa. Fans can get their hands on an “Always Pan” or “Perfect Pot,” in addition to a knife trio, plates and other cooking essentials.
(NEW YORK) — Mattel’s latest launch of Barbie dolls keeps diversity and inclusion at the forefront.
The toymaker has released this year’s new 2022 Barbie Fashionista collection with several new dolls including the first Barbie with behind-the-ear hearing aids, a doll with a prosthetic leg, a Ken doll with vitiligo and much more.
The first-of-its-kind doll with visible hearing aids is styled wearing a floral print dress, pink booties and a high ponytail.
“Ready to make waves? Dip into new #Barbie Fashion Dolls – our most diverse and inclusive doll line, offering a variety of skin tones, eye colors, hair colors and textures, body types, disabilities, and fashions, to inspire even more stories,” the brand captioned a photo revealing the exciting new lineup.
Barbie’s new doll with hearing aids was created to further expand the Fashionistas line to reflect people with disabilities such as hearing loss, and to accurately portray the hearing aids, the company tapped leading educational audiologist and hearing loss advocate Dr. Jen Richardson.
Richardson shared in a statement that she felt “honored” to have worked with Barbie for the release of its doll with behind-the-ear hearing aids. “As an educational audiologist with over 18 years of experience working in hearing loss advocacy, it’s inspiring those who experience hearing loss reflected in a doll. I’m beyond thrilled for my young patients to see and play with a doll who looks like them.”
Since revealing the new doll on Wednesday, lots of people have already praised Barbie for promoting representation within its latest offerings.
“My daughter is so excited that there will finally be a Barbie that has hearing aids like her,” Laura Ford said in a comment. “We have modified so many dolls so they have puff paint hearing aids but it is definitely not the same as being able to see her go into a store to purchase a doll that looks like her. Thank you!!!!”
Two years ago, Barbie was also praised for introducing its first doll with vitiligo which ended up being one of its best Fashionistas sellers in the U.S. that year. This year, the brand is expanding to include a Ken doll with vitiligo to allow for more storytelling and reach an even wider community of children.
Other amazing additions include Ken options with short hair and new dolls with different body types. These dolls will accompany other successful launches such as a doll with a wheelchair and a Black doll with a beautiful afro hairstyle.
“Barbie wholeheartedly believes in the power of representation, and as the most diverse doll line on the market, we are committed to continuing to introduce dolls featuring a range of skin tones, body types and disabilities to reflect the diversity kids see in the world around them,” said Mattel executive vice president and global head of Barbie and Dolls Lisa McKnight.
She continued, “It’s important for kids to see themselves reflected in product and to encourage play with dolls that don’t resemble them to help them understand and celebrate the importance of inclusion.”
The new 2022 Barbie Fashionista collection will be available in June at a variety of mass retailers.
James Corden is marking his final season as the host of The Late Late Show by returning with a week’s worth of shows staged in his native London.
The four-show stint will be shot at Freemasons’ Hall in Central London, starting Monday, June 27 through Thursday, June 30. It will be the fourth time The Late Late Show will stop in the U.K., and the first time since the pandemic.
When Corden announced last month that he was stepping down from the chat show, he promised to “make the most” of his final season, and the U.K. trip is part of that: CBS hints Corden will “share highlights of his homeland with American viewers, and The Late Late Show‘s signature musical and comedy segments will get a British makeover.”
Arcade Fire is providing the soundtrack to today’s historic scientific news.
On Thursday, astronomers of the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration released the first-ever image of a supermassive black hole located at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. The black hole is named Sagittarius A*, which inspired the title of “End of the Empire IV (Sagittarius A*),” a song from Arcade Fire’s new album, WE.
Fittingly, Arcade Fire was invited to perform “End of the Empire IV (Sagittarius A*)” at the end of European Southern Observatory’s press conference announcing the discovery.
“There is so much that we don’t understand about ourselves; our minds, our planet, our solar system,” frontman Win Butler writes in a post on the band’s social media pages. “When I first read about Sagittarius A*, the massive black hole that sits in the center of our galaxy, it felt symbolic we seek to understand about ourselves, yet fail to grasp.”
He continues, “Today, WE know a little bit more, thanks to the collaboration of a vast network of telescopes and scientists all over the world. A testament to what we can accomplish together as humanity…Perhaps ‘We’ll see one day, what’s on the other side.'”
You can watch footage of Arcade Fire’s performance via the band’s Twitter.
Muse frontman Matt Bellamy, whose band recorded a song called “Supermassive Black Hole,” also reacted to the news, tweeting, “There she is.”
The image of Sagittarius A* comes three years after the first-ever image of any black hole was published in 2019. Its bright orange and black coloring reminded rock fans of the cover of Soundgarden‘s 1994 album Superunknown, which, of course, featured the single “Black Hole Sun.” A petition was even started to name the black hole after the late Chris Cornell.
The Osbourne family will soon be adding a new member.
Kelly Osbourne, the daughter of Ozzy and Sharon, has announced that she’s expecting her first child.
“I know that I have been very quiet these past few months so I thought I would share with you all as to why,” Kelly, 37, writes in an Instagram post. “I am over the moon to announce that I am going to be a Mumma.”
“To say that I am happy does not quite cut it,” she adds. “I am ecstatic!”
Kelly’s post, which includes photos of her holding up images from an ultrasound, was also shared by her mom.
“My [heart] could not be more full!” Sharon writes. “So excited to share the beautiful journey ahead with you.”
Slipknot‘s Sid Wilson, who was confirmed to be in a relationship with Kelly earlier this year, posted an ultrasound photo, as well.
Kelly’s announcement is an especially bright bit of news amid a tough few weeks for the Osbourne family, which saw Ozzy, Sharon and Kelly herself test positive for COVID-19.
Camila Cabello admits she struggles to love her body, which is why she decided to speak out about it in hopes of connecting with fans who feel the same way.
Last month, Camila shared a lengthy note about paparazzi snapping unflattering photos of her and how that negatively impacts her mental health. Now she tells People she wants to reach others who also struggle with their body image.
“People can often look at these pictures of celebrities and want to change their diet or aspire to that,” she said. “I thought it was important for me to be like, ‘Hey, this isn’t necessarily something to aspire to. I might look a certain way, but I’ve had a really s***ty time, and that’s not a good way to be.”
“I don’t have a solution for it, and I struggle with it all the time, even after that post,” Camila admitted. “At the Met [Gala], I struggled with it too.” She added, “It’s an ever-present struggle, and I think a lot of women feel that way.”
As for what helps her with these anxieties, Camila credits her friendship with Selena Gomez. “She is somebody that’s always been so supportive,” Camila revealed. “I feel like she’s never pretending, and I don’t feel like I have to pretend around her. Those are the most worthwhile friendships.”
“Women like her being so vulnerable and honest with their feelings is such a guiding light for me, and I think it’s going to alleviate a lot of people coming after her, after me, in the industry, that feel like they have to be perfect,” she said.
Fanny: The Right to Rock, a 2021 documentary about the pioneering all-female band Fanny that includes appearances by Def Leppard‘s Joe Elliott, Go-Go’s bassist Kathy Valentine and other rock stars, will be shown in select U.S. theaters in the coming weeks, starting on May 27 in New York City.
The film tells the story of Fanny, a group formed in the late 1960s in Sacramento, California, by two Filipina-American sisters, Jean and June Millington — who played bass and guitar, respectively — along with keyboardist Nickey Barclay and drummer Alice de Buhr. The documentary looks at the various obstacles that the band dealt with — including issues of race, gender and sexuality — as they worked to achieve success in the music business during the 1970s.
The movie includes interviews with the Millington sisters, de Buhr, and with later members Patti Quatro and Brie Darling, as well as with Elliott, Valentine, The B-52s‘ Kate Pierson, Todd Rundgren, The Lovin’ Spoonful‘s John Sebastian, Bonnie Raitt, ex-Doobie Brothers guitarist Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, Runaways singer Cherie Currie and David Bowie touring guitarist Earl Slick and bassist Gail Ann Dorsey.
Fanny released five studio albums between 1970 and 1975, including 1973’s Mothers Pride, which was produced by Rundgren. The band scored its biggest hit in 1975 with the single “Butter Boy,” written about Bowie, who was a big fan of the group. The song reached #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1975, although Fanny had broken up by that time.
A few years ago, the Millington sisters and Darling reunited to form a group called Fanny Walked the Earth, which released a self-titled album in 2018.
To check out a list of confirmed screenings of Fanny: The Right to Rock, visit FilmMovement.com.
