Ben Affleck to direct movie about the secrets of ‘Chinatown’

Evangeline Lilly urged Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to speak with the group of truck drivers protesting COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine mandates. Lilly, who is Canadian, addressed her thoughts directly at Trudeau in a video shared on Bridge City News' Instagram account.

Christie Brinkley is speaking out against ageism. The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model took to Instagram on Sunday and shared a screenshot of an article published by Buzzfeed titled "32 Celebrities Who Are Over 50 And Absolutely Prove That, Yes, Being Older is Attractive." The 68-year-old was part of the lineup, along with Sharon Stone, Oprah Winfrey, Dolly Parton and Halle Berry, among others. "I saw this article this morning and my first thought was these women don’t have anything to prove they’re just living their best life," the star began her post.

holiday site as 'pure filth' after she and her family stayed at the park at the peak of Storm Eunice and eventually fled due to the 'disgusting' facilities.As 80mph winds battered the country Sally Hammond and her young family checked into the Camber Sands branch of the popular holiday chain.The site has been dogged by poor reviews in recent years and holds just two stars on Tripadvisor with over 2000 terrible reviews.Branded 'the worst' in the UK by some guests following the reviews, common complaints of the holiday park claim they have dirty rooms, poor service, and outdated run-down facilities. Speaking to the Daily Star, Sally shared the grim discoveries she made at the park which necessitated her fleeing the site after just one day.She said: "Have just returned after booking a two-day stay at Pontins Camber sands.

Dancing on Ice star Bez has confessed he once took drugs on a plane while sitting next to Piers Morgan.The Happy Monday’s star was the latest celebrity to be eliminated from the popular ITV skating competition after he found himself in the skate-off against Coronation Street legend Sally Dynevor.Although fans are devastated that his crazy skating antics have come to an end, the 57-year-old has shared some of his wild stories from his glory days in the band in his autobiography Freaky Dancing.And it’s fair to say the dad-of-two didn’t fail to impress as he shared one uncomfortable flight with none other than the hot-headed former Good Morning Britain presenter while he sneakily partook in heavy drug use.The star explained in his book how the unusual duo found themselves sat next to each other while they were travelling back from Rio de Janeiro in the 1990s during the peak of his fame.Bez – whose real name is Mark Berry – had been painting the town red with the rest of his band while he enjoyed a five-day cocaine binge during their stay and it was clear to see he wasn’t ready to stop once he’d boarded the flight.But what he wasn’t expecting was quite how full the plane was as passengers scrambled for seats on the jam-packed airline.And it appeared as thought there was only one seat available for the singer which just happened to be next to the Britain’s Got Talent judge himself.He recalled: "When I got there, I realised instantly why no one had wanted to sit in this seat.

asteroid that is thought to be four times larger than Big Ben will come close to Earth's orbit tomorrow.The rock named 455176 (1999 VF22) was first sighted on November 10, 1999, and has an estimated diameter of 190m to 430m, according to NASA's Earth Close Approaches list.The space rock’s exact size isn’t known as its dark and unreflective surface makes it’s difficult for astronomers to measure but even at its smallest possible size, the asteroid would leave a city-sized dent in the Earth if it were to enter the atmosphereThe latest tracking from NASA claims that the asteroid will come within close proximity to Earth's orbit tomorrow (Tuesday, February 22), although it is not deemed hazardous or expected to crash directly into the planet.However, the data gathered on Saturday, February 19 predicts that it will come close to Earth's orbit but will remain just over five million kilometres away - which isn't a lot in space terms.It is not clear if and where you will be able to catch a glimpse of it this time around as it is expected to zoom past at 6.01 am, travelling at 25.1km/s.But there will be plenty of opportunities to see asteroid flybys – there are currently some 2,200 objects on the NASA Potentially Hazardous Asteroids list.The largest is Asteroid (53319) 1999 JM8 – a four-mile-wide monster that is luckily unlikely to come much closer to us than the planet Venus for the foreseeable future.For the latest breaking news and stories from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking here.The asteroid currently presenting the greatest threat is Bennu, a 460-foot rock that is likely to make a series of close passes of the Earth in a coming couple of centuries – with its closest approach coming on Tuesday,

competition in August amid her battle with the disease.“Since my audition, my health has taken a turn for the worse and the fight with cancer is demanding all of my energy and attention,” the singing phenom revealed in a heartbreaking announcement posted to her Instagram page. “I am so sad to announce that I won’t be able to continue forward on this season of AGT.”Marczewski added, “Life doesn’t always give breaks to those that deserve it — but we knew that already.”A month before, the singer performed a jaw-dropping “AGT” audition, in which she sang an original song, “It’s OK,” which based on her struggles with the disease.

After taking a step back for a few years, it appears Channing Tatum is ready to make his comeback with numerous projects. His first project, “Dog,” which he co-wrote and co-directed alongside Reid Carolin, just arrived in theaters over the past weekend, and he has another film, “The Lost City,” coming later this year.

Hollyoaks characters are drawing the interest of audiences as they are introduced to the iconic British soap.Garcia Brown and Jonas Khan play new detective Zoe and Zain Rizwaan respectively and they will be looking to make their mark in the fictional Chester suburb.A high turnover of characters has kept fans interested in the long-running soap since 1995, when it was conceived by Brookside writer Phil Redmond, and any new introduction has the potential to upset the dynamic already in place.From characters killed off to shocking poisonings, Hollyoaks has always had the potential to stun its audiences.With some spoilers ahead, it seems that the two may be set to cause something of a stir as their character storylines develop.So who are the Hollyoaks newcomers?Jonas Khan is an actor who has featured on Our Girl, playing Captain Azizi, and in the award-winning short drama Little French Fish.He will join Hollyoaks as local Imam Zain Rizwaan and will be the love interest of Misbah Malik, played by Harvey Virdi.Jonas had already joined the show on February 18 when the episode aired on E4. The Channel 4 episode, which always airs one weekday later, will air tonight.He said: "I’m very excited to be joining a progressive TV show such as Hollyoaks.

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Ana de Armas is growing close to beau Ben Affleck's children and the recent photos are proof of it. The No Time To Die star was seen out and about with the Justice League star to drop the actor's children at Jennifer Garner's LA home.

Ben Affleck did a sweet gesture picking up his girlfriend Ana de Armas from a photoshoot in Malibu, California on Sunday. Yet, just as Affleck arrived at the set, sadly his car didn’t want to go anywhere fast.The 47-year-old actor was seen pulling up to Armas’s photoshoot set in a burgundy 1966 V8 Chevrolet Chevelle SS.

Is Ben Affleck ready for a second marriage — and more kids? The Justice League star split from Jennifer Garner in 2017 and already has three children, but recently found new love after filming his new thriller, Deep Water, with co-star Ana de Armas, 32, in the fall of 2019. “Ben continues to put great effort into his family life along with his sobriety and when he met Ana was in a great place,” a source close to Ben EXCLUSIVELY tells HollywoodLife. “He’s really worked on himself which is why the relationship is working so well.”

The making of iconic Hollywood movie Chinatown is getting the movie treatment from Ben Affleck and Parmaount. Affleck will write the script and is set to direct The Big Goodbye, an adaptation of The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood by author Sam Wasson.

Chinatown.According to Deadline, Affleck is adapting the behind-the-scenes non-fiction book The Big Goodbye about Chinatown into a revealing new documentary.The original film was released in 1974 and starred Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway. It was written by Oscar-winning screenwriter Robert Towne and produced by Robert ‘The Kid’ Evans.

Ben Affleck has found his next project as a director.The Oscar-winning producer of Argo, 47, willdirect The Big Goodbye for Paramount Pictures, which will go behind the scenes of the production of arguably one of the best and most controversial films ever made – 1974'sChinatown starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway.The film will be an adaptation of Sam Wasson's book The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood, which was published to rave reviews in February, reports Deadline.

In the age of pop culture idolatry, Fitzgerald’s “there are no second acts in American lives,” feels more and more mistaken than it already does. Even cancel culture never really cancels anyone permanently (see Mel Gibson), and there’s something in American culture where we’re always rooting and ready to embrace a comeback (within reason.

Ben Affleck has signed on to write and direct the upcoming movie The Big Goodbye, which will follow the behind-the-scenes story of the making of the classic film Chinatown.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaForget it, Ben. It’s Chinatown.Ben Affleck will dig deep into Hollywood history with an upcoming adaptation of “The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood,” an inside look at the making of the film noir classic.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: After earning some of the best reviews of his acting career for The Way Back, Ben Affleck is ready to make his return behind the camera, and he looks to have zeroed in on his next directing job. We are hearing that Affleck has signed on to direct The Big Goodbye for Paramount, an adaptation of the Sam Wasson book The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood..Affleck also would write the script.