Masculinity: Last News

MIKE FLEMING: Joe, I thought it a good idea to go back and compare our feelings, days after we live-blogged the Academy Awards for Deadline on Sunday. I must say right up front, I am ashamed of the position I took, in respecting Will Smith for standing up for his wife when she was insulted by Chris Rock, because Jada Pinkett Smith has alopecia and that is why she keeps her hair close-cropped. The person I should have lauded was Rock, who had the discipline to keep his cool after being shockingly assaulted onstage. Smith blew what should have been the pinnacle of his inspiring career, and I blew it in not recognizing the incalculable damage he did to his legacy, and the Academy Awards.

Benedict Cumberbatch is coming to the defense of the LGBTQ+ community after Sam Elliott shared some seriously bigoted comments about the Oscar-nominated film The Power Of The Dog.

Kit Harington is confronting male anger with his latest role.

Jonathan Van Ness has some words for Sean Penn.

Thandiwe Newton called out Sean Penn over his recent comments about men being too "feminized" in American culture.  The actor recently doubled down on comments he made to a British newspaper in which he argued that he believes men are finding it fashionable or empowering to adopt more feminine traits and reject masculinity.  Speaking to The Independent, Penn stated that he believes "cowardly genes" are to blame for what he sees as masculinity becoming vilified in American culture.  In response, the "Westworld" actress took to Twitter to sound off on Penn by calling him a "jibbering fool."  Thandiwe Newton called out Sean Penn for his recent comments on American men. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images for CORE - Taylor Hill/FilmMagic) "Dude what are you SAY-ING?? Like for REAL? You’re a jibbering FOOL.

added to The Independent: ‘I have these very strong women in my life who do not take masculinity as a sign of oppression toward them.

“I have tennis elbow” Jane Campion says, stretching an arm out across the Zoom screen from her temporary Joshua Tree home. She’s in California for the release of her film The Power of the Dog—a Western set in Montana and shot in her native New Zealand.

Trevor Jackson has mastered the on-screen collegiate experience. Through portrayals on University-themed movies like Burning Sands and most recently, his role on Freeform’s hit coming-of-age sitcom Grown-ish, the actor has had ample opportunity to live the life of an undergrad while hard at work on set. “I have not had a personal college experience. I’ve been to a few college parties,” Jackson laughed.

Carole Horst Carey Williams (“R#J”) hits Sundance with “Emergency,” the feature he and screenwriter KD Dávila developed from their darkly comic short, also titled “Emergency.”The film follows straight-A student Kunle (Donald Elise Watkins) and his best friend Sean (R.J. Cyler) as they set to have an epic night of partying, with the goal of being the first Black students to complete their school’s legendary fraternity party tour.

Benedict Cumberbatch is getting candid about toxic masculinity.

supports HTML5 videoBenedict Cumberbatch has called for an end to ‘the status quo and the patriarchy’ as he urged men to ‘shut up and listen’.The Sherlock star urged for a change in men’s behaviour in an interview ahead of the release of his new film, Power of the Dog, from director Jane Campion.In the Netflix film, based on Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel, Benedict plays masochistic rancher Phil Burbank, who inspires fear even to those closest to him, particularly targeting his brother’s new wife and hew son.Benedict, 45, was speaking about the theme of toxic masculinity which is clearly present in the novel and film, when he said we ‘need to fix the behaviour of men’.In an interview with Sky News, the Oscar-nominated actor said we are living

Benedict Cumberbatch wants to see real change.

Manuel Betancourt At the halfway mark, Aly Muritiba’s “Deserto Particular” clicks into high gear. There’s a change of scenery, yes; we move from the chilly South of Brazil to its arid Northeast.

BTS is getting candid about life on and off the stage.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentColton Underwood knew he was different at a young age. By the time he was in his early teens, he realized he was attracted to men, but had no idea what that meant for him.

For his first film on Apartheid, South African director Oliver Hermanus did not expect to focus on the trauma of white men. Hermanus, who was born in Cape Town and now lives in London, is mixed race, the group labeled "colored" under the racist regime that ruled South Africa until the early 1990s.

a level.The Jersey-born star, who played from 1989 to 2005, says: “It was a different era, there were no openly gay footballers, so I felt it was not something we could have a laugh about.

Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid just couldn't see eye to eye over the gender neutral rebranding of Mr Potato Head as Susanna suggested he had 'fragile masculinity'. And the two Good Morning Britain presenters ended up having a row after Susanna asked Piers if he was even listening to what she was saying later on in the show.

Zara Larsson has spoken about taking a stance against toxic masculinity, saying the issue “makes the world a worse place”.In 2016, the Swedish pop star tweeted about an incident where a fan was reportedly raped during her set at Sweden’s Bravalla Festival.“Fuck you who shamelessly raped a girl in the audience,” she wrote at the time. “You deserve to burn in hell.

Tom Grennan has shared a striking new video for recent single ‘Little Bit Of Love’ – watch it below.The track, shared last week, is the fifth preview of Grennan’s new album ‘Evering Road’, following recent singles ‘Amen’, ‘This Is The Place’, ‘Oh Please’ and ‘Something Better’.‘Evering Road’ is set for release on March 5, 2021 via Insanity Records.“This video is a representation of toxic masculinity and unconditional love, told via a story of two brothers,” Grennan said of the new visual in a statement.

BTS discuss challenging traditional masculinity, their huge fanbase and more in a new interview with Esquire.