
Shogun star drops out of Christopher Nolan's new movie
Cosmo Jarvis, previously announced, has been replaced by Logan Marshall-Green due to scheduling conflicts.
The film is an adaptation of Homer's ancient Greek poem, following Odysseus's perilous journey home after the Trojan War.
It features an all-star ensemble cast including Matt Damon as Odysseus, Tom Holland, Zendaya, and Robert Pattinson.
The Odyssey is currently filming, with some scenes shot in Sicily, and is slated for release in July 2026.
The Odyssey actor recast after dropping out of new Christopher Nolan film
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4 hours ago
- BBC News
Putin's friend Gergiev set to conduct as Italy breaks ban on pro-Kremlin artists
Russian conductor Valery Gergiev has been barred from European stages ever since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.A close ally of Vladimir Putin for many years, the director of the Bolshoi and Mariinsky Russian state theatres has never spoken out against the a region of southern Italy has now invited Gergiev back to Europe, signalling the artist's rehabilitation even as Russia's attacks on Ukraine de Luca, who runs the Campania region, insists that the concert at the Un'Estate da RE festival later this month will go ahead despite a growing swell of criticism."Culture… must not be influenced by politics and political logic," De Luca said in a livestream on Friday. "We do not ask these men to answer for the choices made by politicians."The 76-year-old local leader has previously called Europe's broad veto on pro-Putin artists "a moment of stupidity – a moment of madness" at the start of the war and announced that he was "proud" to welcome Gergiev to town. But Pina Picierno, a vice-president of the European Parliament, has told the BBC that allowing Gergiev's return is "absolutely unacceptable".She calls the star conductor a "cultural mouthpiece for Putin and his crimes".Ukrainian human rights activist and Nobel laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk said the invitation by the regional government was "hypocrisy", rather than opposition activists have also condemned the director's sudden return. The Anti-Corruption Foundation, of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, wants his concert cancelled and is calling on Italy's interior ministry to ban Gergiev's entry to the country. Before Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine, the virtuoso Gergiev was a regular visitor to stages in Italy and across Europe, despite his closeness to long and illustrious career includes stints at the London Symphony Orchestra and Munich the invitations to Europe stopped abruptly on 24 February before the first Russian missiles were launched at Ukraine, Gergiev was on stage at Milan's La Scala opera house. Urged then by the city's mayor to speak out against the war, Gergiev chose was promptly dropped from the by his manager, despite calling Gergiev "the greatest conductor alive", he was then fired as chief conductor in Munich and removed from concert schedules across the why the invitation from Italy is so Picierno, who is from the Campania region herself, says her call to stop the event is not Russophobic."There is no shortage of brilliant Russian artists who choose to disassociate themselves from Putin's criminal policies," she told the European MP, who says she has received threats for her work exposing Russia's hybrid warfare, warns that allowing Gergiev to perform would be both wrong and dangerous."This is not about censorship. Gergiev is part of a deliberate Kremlin strategy. He is one of their cultural envoys to soften Western public opinion. This is part of their war." The cultural controversy erupted in a week when Italy was hosting heads of state from all over Europe to reaffirm their support for Ukraine and discuss how to rebuild the country once the war is Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has been a strong and consistent critic of Vladimir Putin from the start. But her culture ministry is one of the backers of Un'Estate da RE, which has invited Gergiev.A senior MP from Meloni's Brothers of Italy party, Alfredo Antoniozzi, has described Gergiev as "simply a great artist"."If Russians have to pay for the mistakes of their president, then we are committing a kind of cultural genocide," he month, Canada formally barred Gergiev from entry and declared it would freeze any the European Union has shied away from formal sanctions against the conductor, who has avoided voicing open support for the has been a vocal supporter of Putin since the 1990s, later campaigning for his re-election and backing Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea in was handed management of Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre, in addition to the Mariinsky Theatre, taking over from a director who signed an open letter against Russia's is a state employee, but in 2022 an investigation by Alexei Navalny's team uncovered properties in several Italian cities that they say he never declared. They also alleged he used donations to a charitable fund to pay for his own lavish activists argued that was Gergiev's reward for his public loyalty to BBC has so far been unable to reach the conductor for comment.A spokeswoman for the European Commission, Eva Hrncirova, has clarified that the Un'Estate da RE festival is not receiving EU cash: it is financed by Italy's own "cohesion funds".But she added that the commission urged European stages not to give space "to artists who support the war of aggression in Ukraine".In Campania, the artistic director who crafted this year's festival programme declined to comment. A spokesman was confident Gergiev's performance would go ahead, though – despite the controversy."Yes," he assured the BBC. "For sure."Additional reporting from Rome by Davide Ghiglione.


Daily Mail
5 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Cher, 79, shows off her ageless physique in TWO racy looks as she performs at Dolce and Gabbana party at lavish Via Veneto hotspot in Rome
Pop icon Cher showed off her ageless figure in two sexy looks as she performed at the Dolce and Gabbana party in Italy on Saturday. The Believe singer, 79, was a guest at the star-studded event, which was situated on Via Veneto street - known for being one of the most expensive and lavish hotspots in the city. She looked as elegant as ever in a lace black dress, which had a red built-in corset, before she later changed into a different look. Cher appeared to be singing at the high-end fashion designer's bash, and was in good spirits as she put on a show for the audience. In her lacy dress look, she donned a long black wig, with her hair in soft waves. She later changed into a blonde wig to match her khaki green two-piece, which consisted of a tailored shirt top and bottoms. Back in February, Cher's status as one of the world's most legendary performers of stage and screen shone through once again when one of her iconic costumes sold for more than two-times than originally estimated at auction. With over 200 lots up for grabs during the Julien's Auctions Bold Luxury: The Limelight Edit, based in Beverly Hills, bidding turned into a fierce battle at times. One of the highlights of the glitzy event turned out to be the Cher, stage-worn If I Could Turn Back Time costume, designed by Bob Mackie, that sparked controversy back in the day. The revealing ensemble, which was first featured in the music video for her hit 1989 song, features a black, figure-hugging bodysuit, also dubbed a catsuit, with mesh cutouts, that was often paired with a black leather jacket and knee-high boots. Originally estimated to sell for between $60,000 and $80,000, a 'heated bidding war' erupted during the exhilarating live and online auction, ultimately resulting in the Cher ensemble selling for a whopping $162,500. After debuting in the If I Could Turn Back Time music video, which was shot on board of the battleship USS Missouri, where it showed her straddling a cannon and her tattooed buttocks, the revealing number set off a wave of controversy. In fact, some military personnel condemned the video, directed by the late Marty Callner, while other family groups protested against its broadcast, because they deemed it offensive for the Navy. In the wake of those protests many television networks refused to show it due to the singer's revealing outfit, including MTV in July 1989. Cher was in high spirits as she took to the stage at the party in Rome Cher's iconic, stage-worn If I Could Turn Back Time costume just sold for a whopping $162,500, which was more than two-times than estimated at Juliens Auctions Eventually the massive music television network amended the move by allowing the video to be shown only after 9 pm, but by then Cher was already reaping the rewards of the controversy as a must see. The pop rock, or soft rock, song was written specifically for Cher by Diane Warren, who produced it in collaboration with Guy Roche. Featuring instrumentation from guitars, piano and drums, it received mostly positive reviews from music critics, who applauded its overall production and Cher's vocal performance. Some critics and fans even considered it to be a highlight of her Heart Of Stone (1989) studio album, which was the nineteenth at that point in her career. Commercially, Heart of Stone turned out to be a milestone for her when it reached number 10 in the United States, which was a first for her as a solo artist.


The Sun
5 hours ago
- The Sun
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