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There are many unbearable moments in “The Greatest Love Story Never Told”, the documentary about the filming of “This Is Me… Now”, the 2024 musical film about Jennifer Lopez’s last self-titled album about her reunion with her historical love and fourth husband, Ben Affleck. But what follows is one of the worst.

After expressing her anxiety about the reluctance of other actors to star in the film, Lopez brings up her spouse. “I don’t think he’s very comfortable with me doing all this,” she explains to her manager, Benny Medina. “But he loves me, he knows I’m an artist and he’s going to support me in any way he can….. He can’t stop me.”

Immediately, Affleck, after making some empathetic comments, reflects: “I’ve always thought that things that are private are sacred and special… partly because they are private… So this was kind of an adaptation for me.” It’s the Chekhov pistol of ready-made phrases.

The couple’s first romance failed in 2003 under the weight of media attention, just days before their wedding. Now, with an album, a film and a documentary about the second round of the relationship, López has invited that scrutiny again, despite the obvious reluctance of her beloved. In the context of the breakup rumors that have surfaced in the last week, it seems like a catastrophic error of judgment.

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Irishman Cillian Murphy has just joined the elite club of Oscar-winning actors thanks to his work in the film ‘Oppenheimer’, the big winner of the 2024 Academy Awards with seven statuettes.

Of those seven, Murphy won Best Actor for his role as J. Robert Oppenheimer in the film directed by Christopher Nolan, who also won Best Director.

The award had a special ingredient for Murphy: this was his first Oscar nomination in his career and therefore the first time he has won the Academy Award.

Previously, Murphy had already been recognised at the BAFTA 2024 and Golden Globe 2024 as Best Actor for his role in ‘Oppenheimer’.

Cillian Murphy’s life and career
Personal and family details
Name: Cillian Murphy
Date of birth: 25 May 1976 (turns 48 in 2024)
Place of birth: Cork, Ireland
Height: 1.72 metres
Father and mother: Brendan Murphy and Jane Murphy
Wife: Yvonne McGuinness (since 1 August 2004)
Children: Malachy and Aran
Siblings: Paidi Murphy, Sile Murphy, Orla Murphy

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Chris Hemsworth commented that he felt he had created a parody of himself in his most recent appearance as Thor.

The Australian actor was first cast as the Marvel superhero at the age of 25. Fifteen years later, Hemsworth is now in 29 films, nine of them in the Marvel franchise.

But in a new interview with Vanity Fair, the star suggested he was disappointed by his most recent incarnation of the character in the 2022 film ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’.

There are four films in total in the ‘Thor’ franchise. The 2011 debut film ‘Thor’ was followed by three sequels: 2013‘s “Thor: Dark World”, 2017’s ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ and 2022’s “Thor: Love and Thunder”. The hammer-wielding Norse god also appears in the ‘Avengers’ films.

The interviewer quotes ‘Avengers’ co-star Robert Downey Jr. as saying Hemsworth’s work in the previous films ‘Thor: Ragnarok’, ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ and ‘Avengers: Endgame’ was ‘a formidable hat-trick’.

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Morgan Spurlock, the filmmaker and CNN anchor whose McDonald’s documentary ‘Super Size Me’ was nominated for an Academy Award, died Thursday of complications from cancer, his family said.

Spurlock, who was 53, died in New York, surrounded by family and friends, his brother said in a statement.

‘It was a sad day as we said goodbye to my brother Morgan,’ Craig Spurlock said. “Morgan gave so much through his art, ideas and generosity. The world has lost a true creative genius and a special man. I am very proud to have worked alongside him.”

Spurlock’s career as a director was varied and unpredictable. He was best known for Super Size Me, which sparked a national conversation (and not without controversy) about America’s relationship with fast food. The film involved his experiment in which he consumed only McDonald’s food for 30 days and was required to ‘upsize’ his food order if requested in the sales transaction.

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Actor Giancarlo Esposito recreates one of his most famous scenes from the film Do the Right Thing 35 years later.
Giancarlo Esposito recreates a scene from Do the Right Thing years later. A 1989 Spike Lee film, Do The Right Thing featured a prominent cast that included Lee himself, Samuel L. Jackson, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Martin Lawrence, Rosie Perez, Ruby Dee, John Turturro, Bill Dunn and Richard Edson, among others. One of those cast members was Breaking Bad’s Esposito, who played Mookie’s eccentric friend Buggin’ Out.

In an Instagram video from lethalshooter, Esposito recreates an iconic scene from Buggin’ Out. In the video, Esposito sees his white Air Jordan shoes run over by a bicycle, which in this case is slowly walking down the pavement. The actor repeats several of the actual lines from Do the Right Thing, including phrases like ‘what are you doing on my block, in my neighbourhood, on my side of the street?’

Esposito does a great job capturing the essence of his signature Buggin’ Out character. Certain details from the original film are changed, including the doubling of the price of Air Jordans from $100 to $200. The remade scene also omits the gentrification lines from Do the Right Thing, as the original scene, unlike the new video, features a white man in a Larry Bird t-shirt running over shoes.

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