John Boyega compares working on huge film franchises to ‘luxury jail’

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Julia Fox has responded to Kanye West's comments that he wants his family to reunite, and seems completely unbothered by the rapper's apparent yearning for his estranged wife.Kanye, who is now legally known as Ye, has recently posted a photo of Kim Kardashian and their children from her March 2022 cover shoot for Vogue, writing a caption which reads: "GOD PLEASE BRING OUR FAMILY BACK TOGETHER."Racking up almost two million likes, the post caused a stir with followers and fans of Ye and his high-profiled family and estranged wife. Julia, 32, has now spoken out about her boyfriend, saying: “he’s with me now”.In a new interview on the Call Her Daddy podcast, Julia spoke with host Alex Cooper about her relationship with Ye, 44.

Holly Willoughby has given viewers plenty of comedy moments over the years, thanks to some hysterical blunders and slip-ups. The presenter has a devoted army of followers thanks to her hosting skills and good looks, but there are plenty who also tune in to see her roar with laughter when she puts her foot in it.She has also provided plenty of amusement for her This Morning co-host Phillip Schofield, who is frequently in stitches over her gaffes.Now, as she turns 41 (February 10), Daily Star is taking a look back at some of Holly's funniest ever TV bloopers.This Morning viewers couldn't stop laughing when Holly accidentally said the word "willy" as she and Ben Shephard were talking about welly-wanging.

Liberty Poole has revealed that she found a bouquet of red roses waiting for her in her hotel room - but she was worried as she didn't know had sent them.The Dancing on Ice star, 22, was baffled by the mystery flowers given they came without a card attached to them, and the rest of her room was left untouched.Liberty wondered if a secret admirer must have snuck into her room without her knowing to leave the gift for her.The blonde beauty quickly told her friends about the incident via voicenotes, and the pals were left howling.Liberty said: "So imagine I've just gone into the room and there was roses in my room but no card so I don't know who they're from."And the room's just been untouched apart from the roses put in there."And now I'm thinking 'oh my god, like, I don't know who these roses are from, how have they got in my room?'"Like is someone in my room, do you know what I mean?"Liberty shared a screenshot of her group chat to her Instagram Story, so her fans could get in on the gossip.The ITV ice skater wrote: "Just an average day in the life of Lib" with a laughing-face emoji.She added: "Imagine I walked all the way to reception asking who the hell had a key to my room and put the roses there"However, Liberty finally discovered the source of the flowers, and she took to Instagram to reveal the twist in a clip.Showing off the flowers in her room, she said: "So just a little update.

Writing the script for 1977's Star Wars, George Lucas drew inspiration from late-romantic symphonies by Richard Wagner and Antonín Dvorák and the ravishing film scores of Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1938's The Adventures of Robin Hood). He wasn't sure what his space epic would sound like, but he knew he didn't want it to have one of those modernist, atonal scores that had accompanied sci-fi films since 1951's The Day the Earth Stood Still (composed by Bernard Herrmann and featuring a theremin).

Dizzee Rascal, Star Wars’ Daisy Ridley, KSI, James McAvoy and more have all signed up for this year’s Celebrity Bake Off.The five-episode special, in aid of the Stand Up To Cancer charity, will air on Channel 4 this spring.Also entering the tent will be Little Mix’s Jade Thirlwall, actor John Bishop, comedians David Baddiel and Tom Allen, and NME Awards 2020 host Katherine Ryan among others.Other musicians involved include Anne-Marie, Girls Aloud’s Nadine Coyle and Alexandra Burke.See the full list of contestants for the Celebrity Bake Off 2021 below.The Great Stand Up To Cancer Bake Off returns this Spring! Here are the celebs daring to enter our tent for a great cause… #GBBO pic.twitter.com/dhhppn0xcV— British Bake Off (@BritishBakeOff)

Naman Ramachandran Steve McQueen, currently riding a wave of global acclaim for his BBC/Amazon anthology “Small Axe,” will executive produce two Black-themed documentaries for the BBC.“Black Power,” which originated from an idea McQueen had while filming “Small Axe,” will examine how the Black Power movement came into being in the late 1960s and fought back against police brutality and racism.The films features rare archive of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and Stokely Carmichael’s activities in Britain, as well as footage of leading figures in the movement in the U.K., Altheia Jones-LeCointe, Darcus Howe and Roy Sawh.

Nadine Coyle is to join a host of other stars in the Bake Off tent. The Co Derry native will join Star Wars actress Daisy Ridley, Olympian Kelly Holmes, comedian John Bishop and others in this year’s The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer.

Steve McQueen is to executive produce two documentaries for the BBC that were conceived while shooting Small Axe. One will examine Black power in Britain, while the second film investigates how Black children in the 1960s and 1970s were disproportionately sent to schools for the so-called “educationally subnormal.”

Hollywood has arrived in the Bake Off tent – and, no, we don’t mean Paul.

Netflix drama.The Formula, directed by Burning Sands‘ Gerard McMurray, will follow a story about a prodigious racing driver who becomes a getaway driver to help save his family.According to The Hollywood Reporter, McMurray will write, direct and produce the film while Jane Rosenthal, De Niro and Berry Welsh will produce the project.Earlier this week (January 25), Boyega said making films for huge franchises is an experience akin to “luxury jail” for actors.Boyega has played Finn in three Star Wars films, from 2015’s The Force Awakens through 2017’s The Last Jedi and 2019’s The Rise Of Skywalker.The actor’s most recent role comes as Leroy Logan in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe: Red, White and Blue, a character who tries to dismantle the racist

Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson has confirmed the film contains a nod to Han Solo.In the film’s opening scene, the Resistance takes the fight to the First Order, and shows a number of bombs as part of one of the attacks.Translating the alien language written on one of the bombs, one fan pointed out the message reads “Han says hi,” which would act as a tribute to Solo who was killed in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.Confirming the fan’s suspicions on Twitter, Johnson replied with a GIF of Han Solo saluting those who remember him.

Robert de Niro and John Boyega are getting into the fast lane with a new thriller for Netflix entitled The Formula.The 77-year-old de Niro and 28-year-old Boyega are set to star, with de Niro also producing alongside his longtime collaborator Jane Rosenthal, via Deadline.Gerard McMurray is attached to write and direct the film, reuniting him with Netflix after he wrote and direct one of their first original movies, 2017's Burning Sands.

Star Wars franchise actor John Boyega and Robert De Niro are on board to star in Netflix's car race prodigy drama The Formula. Gerard McMurray (Burning Sands) will direct the movie about a Formula One race car prodigy who becomes a getaway driver to save his family.

John Boyega and Robert De Niro have signed on for a brand new project together on Netflix.

Star Wars films, from 2015’s The Force Awakens through 2017’s The Last Jedi and 2019’s The Rise Of Skywalker.The actor’s most recent role comes as a Black police officer called Leroy Logan in Steve McQueen’s new film Small Axe: Red, White and Blue, a character who tries to dismantle the racist structures of the police force from within.In a Q&A event about the film (via CinemaBlend), Boyega contrasted his most recent role with his ongoing Star Wars work, saying: “Being in a big franchise, it’s kind of like luxury jail sometimes for an actor when you want to do something else.

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John Boyega is an actor that knows a thing or two about franchises. Having starred in the recent “Star Wars” sequel trilogy, the actor knows what it’s like to have 5 years of your life dominated by fandom’s reaction to your performance, the grueling production process, and the aftermath of franchise films that might not land with audiences.

Netflix has doubled down on its commitment to improving diversity in the U.K.'s film and TV industries, announcing a significant investment that it says will help nurture the next generation of British talent from Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities. The £350,000 ($480,000) investment —part of a $5 million fund the streamer created in July 2020 —will be split three ways, including going to support 30 full, year-long scholarships for students at the Identity School of Acting.

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Emmy Award-winning media company Religion of Sports, founded by NFL quarterback Tom Brady, NFL Hall of Famer Michael Strahan and filmmaker Gotham Chopra, is moving deeper into film and TV scripted content. The new department will be led by film producer Ryan Stowell, who produced Manchester by the Sea and Naked Singularity, which stars John Boyega, Olivia Cooke, Bill Skarsgård and Ed Skrein.