Category: Venice Film Festival
Brendan Fraser Got Emotional During A 6-Minute Standing Ovation At The Venice Film Festival Premiere Of “The Whale”
Brendan Fraser stars in the new Darren Aronofsky film, The Whale, which is his first starring role since the 2013 direct-to-DVD Canadian action movie, Breakout. The film, based on a play by Samuel D. Hunter, is about a 600-pound man, played by Brendan ft. A Fat Suit, who struggles to reconnect with his teen daughter, played by Stranger Things’ Sadie Sink. It premiered over the weekend at the Venice Film Festival, and 53-year-old Brendan’s performance blew people away. At the end of the screening, Brendan received a 6-minute-long standing ovation. Oscah! OSCAHHH! And because Brendan is a Canadian Good Boy* (a la Keanu Reeves) who famously struggled before this long-awaited career comeback, he got all choked up during the applause.
*OK, he technically holds dual Canadian/American citizenship, but us Canucks still claim him!
The 2020 Venice Film Festival Red Carpet Delivered On Drama
There were barely any international celebrities, everyone had a mask and the public was hidden away behind a wall. But my god there were beautiful gowns. Beautiful gowns illuminated by the waning slant of a glorious Mediterranean sun. The red carpet for the 2020 Venice Film Festival delivered the drama, the fantasy and the eleganza we’ve been missing since the coronavirus came along and slapped us all upside the head like Dominique Deveraux receiving an unwanted gift. However, much like Alexis Carrington, glamour is that bitch who recovers quickly and always rises to the occasion! Well, unless we’re talking about last weekend’s VMAs where glamour took one look around and immediately called back the chauffeur (and slapped the shit out him).
Kristen Stewart And Nicholas Hoult Truly Brought The Hot To The Venice Film Festival
I’m not being facetious either (that may be the only time I use a smart person word here, so enjoy it). Semi-professional Daria impersonator Kristen Stewart and her one-time rumored-to-be-banging buddy Nicholas Hoult walked the red carpet for Equals at the Venice Film Festival last night, and since the name of their movie is Equals, they both served up equal amounts of good-looking eleganza.
Obviously, Nicholas Hoult is a hot plate of bangers and mash who could still dampen pants if he showed up in a pair of dirty Zubaz and an Ed Hardy shirt. But he chose to wear a tuxedo, because Nicholas Hoult cares about the material in your spank bank. Meanwhile, living frown KStew is giving you old money Transylvania debutante for your nerves. She looks like an animatronic from The Haunted Mansion ride if it was renovated by Liberace’s interior designer. Which is to say, she looks great.
They also kind of look like artsy rich kids who don’t give a single fuck going to their fancy-ass rich kid prom. KStew has this look on her face that’s like “Yeah, I borrowed this dress from my great aunt, who is like the Queen of Denmark or something. My mom told me it’s worth like, $30,000, but I’m like, who cares, mom. And Nicholas is wearing a tux to be ironic. We’re totally skipping the after-party on Brent’s yacht and having our driver take us to Taco Bell instead.”
Here’s more of KStew and Nicholas looking all fancy on the red carpet at the VFF premiere of Equals yesterday. I’ve also included some pics of KStew with her bare feet out after she yanked off her bougie Louboutins, because of course she did that.
Pics: Splash/INF, Wenn.com
Work It, Girl! Pose Till Your Damn Face Falls Off!
One half of Australia’s most notorious Yorkie-smuggling syndicate, Amber Heard, is currently at the Venice Film Festival to promote that movie where Eddie Redmayne looks like Miss Hathaway after a mall makeover (aka The Danish Girl). Technically Amber is only contractually obligated to stand and look alive during the photocall for The Danish Girl, but she served up two tons of FACE instead. Amber may be a get-money-bitch gold digger, but she’s also clearly all about giving you your money’s worth. She’s like “Here’s two on point eyebrows, on the house.”
I watched the trailer for The Danish Girl, and to the best of my knowledge, Amber is only in that shit for a quick second. But by the look on her face above, Amber is THE STAR! Although to be fair, I’m pretty sure she made the same face while walking the red carpet for Magic Mike XXL, and we all know Joe Manganiello busting a load of H2O was the star of that movie.
Once Amber was done at the photocall for The Danish Girl, she returned her so serious thespian face to her wall of looks and grabbed her vodka-drowsy stripper-turned-mob girlfriend face for the premiere of Black Mass.
Meanwhile, Amber’s husband Johnny Depp chose to coordinate with Amber by retiring his human head lice look for the night. I’m sure the 10lbs of chunky silver hobo rings that live on Johnny’s hands appreciated the much-needed time off.
Here’s more of Amber serving up face for days at the photocall for The Danish Girl, as well as way more of Johnny and Amber looking like secondary cast members from a touring production of Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding at the Black Mass premiere. Bonus: Dakota Johnson in some kind of pink nightgown thing.
