Steven Soderbergh defends decision to switch up order of Oscars ceremony

Brooke Shields went topless in a smoldering new series of ad photos for the Jordache spring 2022 campaign.The 56-year-old is advertising jeans again more than four decades after her infamous Calvin Klein ads from her teenage years.She insisted to Peoplethat now, in her 50s, she was determined 'to fight the retouching' and 'keep it honest' on the Jordache shoot. Fab at 56:Brooke Shields went topless in a smoldering new series of ad photos for the Jordache spring 2022 campaign Controversial:When she starred in the Calvin Klein ads at just 15, Brooke was given a notorious line: 'You want to know what comes in between me and my Calvins? Nothing'; seen in the 1980sThe campaign included a charming Instagram video that showed her lying on the floor of her walk-in closet trying to tuck her t-shirt into her jeans.A text from her husband Chris Henchy popped up on the screen saying: 'Let's go we are late,' before a singer crooned the Jordache slogan: 'You've got the look.' '#YouveGotTheLookof someone who is running 15 mins late for date night!' Brooke joked in the caption of her Instagram ad.Deborah Watson styled Brooke for her latest campaign, where she was snapped by top-flight fashion photographer Cass Bird.

Douglas Trumbull was a visual effects legend and filmmaker who created groundbreaking effects for films including “2001: A Space Odyssey” and “Blade Runner.”Trumbull was new to the field of visual effects when he was hired to work on “2001” – his sole previous credit was a short about spaceflight for the 1964 New York World’s Fair, “To the Moon and Beyond.” But he created visual magic for “2001” as he built memorable effects including the “Star Gate” sequence. Trumbull innovated the use of slit scan photography for the sequence.

Kim Kardashian has flaunted her tiny waist in a jaw-dropping photoshoot for Vogue Magazine.The 41-year-old billionaire looked stunning as she posed for a series of photographs for the fashion bible as its latest cover star alongside a profile which saw the reality TV mogul spill details about her own life and career.Her friends and business associates also shared their memories of the Skims founder.During her interview with the magazine, Kim pledged to 'make herself happy' and said she had 'chosen herself' in her decision-making over the past two years.She stood for a number of photographs and in one image, could be seen displaying her phenomenal abs as she posed with her arms above her head.Kim showed off her famous curves in the cut-out Balmain dress, which she paired with heelless wedge Giuseppe Zanotti shoes.The soon-to-be divorced star wore her famous dark locks in a long and sleek style down her back.Another image saw the mogul shot in profile, with her hair pulled back into an elaborate braided knot.She completed the look with bare shoulders and a chiaparelli Haute Couture earring.During the spread, Kim revealed that she was initially reluctant to wear the mask featured in her famous Met Gala 2021 look.She also shared her 'proudest body moment'.The mother-of-four - who has given birth twice and two times, used a surrogate - said posing with her sisters Kylie and Kendall Jenner for a Valentine's Day campaign for her shapewear brand Skims last year was a particular body-confidence highlight.Kim told Vogue.com: "Probably my proudest moment in terms of my body recently was when I was on a billboard covering the whole side of a building with Kendall and Kylie [Jenner], who are half my age, when we did a Skims underwear

World Cup in Germany, it was the antics of a group of women in Baden-Baden that arguably created more headlines in England than the football.The wives and girlfriends of the Three Lions' stars' stay in the German resort has become infamous following their antics during the tournament.Drug scandals, drunk dancing on tables and huge hotel bills were just some of the stories to come out of Baden-Baden before England crashed out in the quarter-finals.Such was the extent of the distractions caused by the behaviour of the WAGs, Fabio Capello controversially banned them altogether in South Africa in 2010.However, where are these WAGs now, 16 years on from their assault on the spa town of Baden-Baden.Dubbed the 'Queen of the WAGs' during the tournament, former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham had already been married to England captain David Beckham for seven years.One of show business' most famous couples, they tied the knot in 1999 and now have four children together following the birth of Harper Seven in 2011.Victoria has gone on to forge a successful career as a fashion designer since launching her own clothing line in 2011.Now 47, the Beckham's have now been married for more than two decades and reside in the USA, where David is president of MLS side Inter Miami.Popstar and former member of Girls Aloud Cheryl was engaged to left-back Ashley Cole during the tournament and they tied the knot in July 2006.Her and Cole split after four years of marriage in 2010 and she was later married to Frenchman Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini for two years between 2014 and 2016.She welcomed a son with fellow popstar Liam Payne in 2017, although they ended their relationship a year later.Career-wise, Cheryl has earned five UK number one singles

TikTok where people have claimed she is only in it for the money.In a now viral video, Asha shared a glam snap of herself sitting at a table as she wrote: “POV: Falling in love with your sugar daddy after 1 week of knowing him.”In the clip that has racked up 1.7 million views, Asha revealed the loving text messages the older man had sent her.The first messaged shared, the sugar daddy told: “Baby your nails and toes look so good ima get them done for u all the time xx.”In another he wrote: “I’ve booked a eating place at 5” and “You're so cute and beautiful like a model.”Asha shared a snap of a menu at the Ivy which is an upmarket restaurant to dine at.The sugar daddy also sent Asha money in separate transactions, where she shared she purchased a pricey designer Louis Vuitton handbag with wads of cash.Again, the older man paid not only money to Asha but paid her another heart-warming compliment.He declared to Asha: “You look so beautiful mashallah.”Despite Asha declaring her love for her sugar daddy, many people have claimed that she is only in love with the money and attention.One person slammed: “She fell in love with his money and he with her look… nothing romantic about it.”Someone else questioned: “You love his wallet and the attention he gives you, not him.”While a third person voiced: “Fell in love with his wallet after a week*** you wouldn’t give him the time of day if he was on £9 an hour."However, others defended Asha and so quickly fled to the comments.One user commented: “It’s not even the money. It’s how he speaks to you.

What's your go-to FPL formation? Let us know in the comments section Carlsen added: "Most of the time in chess, you'd only think a few moves ahead unless it's like a very, very small tree of variations."And, to some extent, the same applies in fantasy, that you should plan a little bit ahead."But you should always be very, very flexible when it comes to changing your plans, depending on the new data that that arrives."

jail sentence after a retired teacher was trampled to death on a public footpath that crossed through his field of cows.Christopher Paul Sharpe was handed a 12-week sentence, suspended for a year, after his cattle trampled 82-year-old David Tinniswood, MBE.The farmer was found guilty at Leeds Magistrate Court for failing to protect David and his wife Carol from cattle in a field where the public had a right of way.An earlier inquest heard David had gone on a short walk with his wife and their two dogs, and could only see a "faded" sign warning about a bull, but couldn't see any cattle so continued down the footpath.Carol told the inquest how a group of 20 cattle had then approached them, describing how she was pushed to the ground and saw her husband launched airborne and tossed over her head.The cows relented after ten minutes of attacking the couple and their two dogs, Rusty and Bracken, when a passing driver drove his car towards the cows.David was pronounced dead at the scene, suffering major abdominal trauma, while the older of the two dogs, Rusty, also died.In a statement for the inquest, Carol said the presence of a bull "did not worry" the couple, but said if they had seen a warning about cows with calves, they would not have entered the field.The couple were experienced walkers, and Mr Tinniswood had been an outward-bound instructor during his teaching career, as well as a member of the Ramblers Association with his wife.Farmer Sharpe received a fine of £878, was ordered to pay £7,820.30 in court costs, and was sentenced to 12 weeks in prison, suspended for one year.Speaking after the hearing, health and safety executive inspector Julian Franklin said: "A number of measures could have been taken to safeguard

Barcelona's clash with Atletico Madrid on Sunday afternoon.Alves had played a key role in Barca's 4-2, even getting himself on the scoresheet against La Liga's reigning champions.And, in footage shared by Marca, a fan can be heard saying: "You are very good, but your girlfriend is very pretty!”The fan was talking to Alves as the Brazilian was leaving the Nou Camp after Barca's victory.Alves responded by jokingly staring at the fan while making a gesture with his hands suggesting he'll be watching him.The Brazilian had quite the eventful night, and before his goal, he had set up Jordi Alba's stunning strike.But he wasn't done after his goal, and Alves was sent off after a VAR check saw him plunge his studs into the back of Yannick Carrasco's leg.What do you think of Alves' decision to return to Barcelona? Let us know in the comments sectionJesus Gil Manzano sent the 38-year-old off after consulting with VAR.Elsewhere for Xavi's side, there were debuts for January signings Adama Traore and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.Sunday marked Alves' first appearances at the Nou Camp in over six years.Alves rejoined his old side last month after spending a couple of seasons in his native Brazil with Sao Paulo.

Jeremy Clarkson has weighed in on recent discussions concerning Spotify's decision not to back down from giving the likes of Joe Rogan a platform to share their views on matters concerning the Covid vaccine.The streaming giant has been under heavy scrutiny in the past few weeks, with artists such as Neil Young and Joni Mitchell having pulled their discography from the platform.Among many other musicians, the pair were left disappointed upon seeing Spotify defend Joe, who some say has used his Joe Rogan Podcast to spread misinformation about the Covid vaccine.In a statement last week, Spotify boss Daniel Ek said: "If we want even a shot at achieving our bold ambitions, it will mean having content on Spotify that many of us may not be proud to be associated with."Not anything goes, but there will be opinions, ideas, and beliefs that we disagree with strongly and even makes us angry or sad."American actress Sharon Stone has since weighed in with her thoughts on the matter as she deemed Joe to be "dangerous" and "risking people's lives with his idiocy" for how he has spoken about Covid on his podcast. "I just want to say COVID is not an opinion-based situation, and Mr Rogan thinking that his opinion or a disclaimer for the lives that he personally has affected and caused losses of, it's not an opinion," she told a TMZ cameraman in LA last week."Mr Rogan is risking people's lives with his idiocy and his professing that his thoughts about COVID are opinions, they aren't opinions."And while Jeremy is very much for the idea of giving people the right to express their thoughts and feelings whichever way they see fit, in his latest column for The Sun, the TV personality couldn't help but to agree with Sharon. "Sharon Stone has

Instagram yesterday to reveal she had contracted Covid.The Loose Women star told her followers by sharing an image of herself looking ill with tissues up her nose, as she issued a plea to her fans for help.In the selfie Nadia can be seen with two tissues hanging from her nose.She captioned the image in view of her 493,000 Instagram followers: "HELP! Advice!? Having tested positive I’ve completely lost my taste and smell?!"I’m a cook ! Major problem.

A letter calling for a shakeup in the culture of the UK film and TV industry, penned in response to the accusations made against actor and producer Noel Clarke last week, has attracted more than 800 signatures at the time of writing.

after it was told about allegations of sexual assault, harassment and bullying against the star.Dame Pippa Harris said had the awards body known “one fraction of the information” detailed in The Guardian‘s exposé then it would not have proceeded to honour him with its Outstanding Contribution to Cinema award last month.Sky News asked Harris why BAFTA made a trained expert available to Clarke’s accusers after he was awarded in order to give them professional advice – two weeks after it first learnt about some of the claims.“If we had had one fraction of the information that the Guardian had had, we would never have given an award to Noel Clarke,” Harris told the broadcaster.“That is obvious, but we didn’t have that information.

Oscars producer Steven Soderbergh is opening up about the controversial decision to switch up the show order of this year’s ceremony. In a new interview with theLos Angeles Times, Soderbergh revealed that he and his fellow producers were trying to do something different given the unusual nature of this year's awards season.«We thought it might be fun to mix it up, especially if people didn’t know that was coming,” Soderbergh said.

When you’re still talking about the Oscars weeks after the ceremony, typically it’s not because we’re shocked about winners and snubs. No, when the discussion keeps going it’s because of some sort of flub or misstep by the show that caused a bit of controversy.

late Marvel star Chadwick Boseman, for his performance in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Instead, it went to absent nominee The Father's Anthony Hopkins, who wasn't permitted to video call in, resulting in the Oscars closing on an awkward, directionless note.

Oscar producer Steven Soderbergh has confirmed why the Best Actor category was moved to the end of this year’s Academy Awards. Viewers who tuned into the Oscars last month were baffled as to why the evening ended on the Best Actor Award, a decision that rendered the ceremony’s conclusion somewhat anticlimactic.

Oscars, has opened up on the award show’s decision to end on the Best Actor category instead of Best Picture.The 3rd Academy Awards, which took place April 26, notably ended with Anthony Hopkins for The Father clinching Best Actor over the late Chadwick Boseman, who was nominated for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and a favourite in the category.

The Academy was very conscious that Chadwick Boseman was a frontrunner going into the 2021 Oscars.

As one of the producers of the 93rd Academy Awards, Steven Soderbergh took some big swings. Last—but certainly not least, in controversy—was the decision to switch up the order in which awards were presented, with Best Picture coming before the Lead Actor categories.

Haley Bosselman editorOscars producer Steven Soderbergh has opened up about the decisions made to change the show order of the 2021 ceremony and whether he regrets not allowing Zoom acceptance speeches.In an interview published today by the Los Angeles Times, Soderbergh, who served as producer alongside Stacey Sher and Jesse Collins, said he wasn’t aware of the negative response to the lack of movie montages because he doesn’t read reviews.“So the goal was to really do something different and let the academy sift through the response and decide what they would do going forward,” Soderbergh reasoned.Perhaps he was aware of the backlash about the unfulfilling ceremony finale, during which best actor winner Anthony Hopkins was unable to

STARZ’s “The Girlfriend Experience” continues to evolve and push boundaries in its long-awaited third season, the first episode of which aired last night on the cable channel. Based on Steven Soderbergh’s 2008 indie of the same name that introduced a more involved, more high-end level of escort (who offers the more emotionally-involved “girlfriend experience”), “The Girlfriend Experience” series is an anthology show conceived of letting other filmmakers play within this sandbox and putting the ideas of transactional relationships into a new context.