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Yahoo
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Aaron Rodgers says he'll leave the NFL and go into hiding next year: 'You won't see me'
Looks like we won't have Aaron Rodgers to kick around much longer. The four-time league MVP said Tuesday on "The Pat McAfee Show" that he's "pretty sure" the upcoming NFL season — his first as quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers and 21st overall — will be his last. Advertisement And after that, Rodgers said, he won't be seen or heard from ever again. "When this is all done, it's Keyser Söze. You won't see me," Rodgers said, referring to the elusive villain in "The Usual Suspects." "I won't be in the public. I don't want to live a public life. ... I'm not going to be in in the public eye. When this is done, I'm done, and you won't see me. And I'm looking forward to that." Read more: Aaron Rodgers fined after admitting he 'misled people' about his vaccination status It might seem a tad difficult to imagine Rodgers willingly disappearing from public consciousness for any significant period of time. In addition to being one of the all-time greats at quarterback, Rodgers has kept a pretty high profile in popular culture over the last two decades. Advertisement He's been in countless commercials. He filled in as host of "Jeopardy." He made the short list of possible running mates during Robert Kennedy Jr.'s presidential bid (that spot ultimately went to Nicole Shanahan). He was in romantic relationships with such famous women as Olivia Munn, Danica Patrick and Shailene Woodley. In recent years, Rodgers also has become known for his sometimes controversial opinions that he has been more than willing to share during his regular appearances on McAfee's show and other platforms. Read more: Looks as though Aaron Rodgers wasn't banned from ESPN's Pat McAfee show after Jimmy Kimmel controversy But, Rodgers insisted Tuesday, "I don't want the attention," although he acknowledged, "I know that's a narrative out there." Advertisement After 18 seasons with the Green Bay Packers and two with the New York Jets, Rodgers signed a one-year deal with the Steelers as a free agent this summer. At mini-camp this month, the Super Bowl XLV MVP told reporters that he had recently gotten married. He has not publicly revealed his wife's name. On Tuesday, Rodgers spoke for nearly four minutes about perceived invasions of his and his wife's privacy. He accused paparazzi of "stalking" the two of them and asserted that unnamed media outlets had been either publishing sensitive information about the couple or just making things up about them. "What happened to common decency about security and a personal life that we now have to dive into your details of where you live and what you're doing and who you're with and who your wife is and if you even have a wife," Rodgers said. "Because my wife is a private person, doesn't have social media, hasn't been a public person, doesn't want to be a public person. But now that somehow is a weird thing?" Read more: Did you really see Aaron Rodgers on 'Game of Thrones'? Advertisement He added: "My private life is my private life, and it's going to stay that way. And I'm with somebody who wants to be private, and if and when she wants to be out, and there's a picture, she'll choose that. And she deserves the right to that. "But the entitlement to information about my private life is so f— ridiculous and embarrassing. Like, hey, do what you got to do. But just try and leave me out of a conversation, Sports World, for a month. Try and just leave me out, my personal life, my professional life. Try not to talk about me. ... Just see if you can do that." Get the best, most interesting and strangest stories of the day from the L.A. sports scene and beyond from our newsletter The Sports Report. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Aaron Rodgers says he'll leave the NFL and go into hiding next year: ‘You won't see me'
Looks like we won't have Aaron Rodgers to kick around much longer. The four-time league MVP said Tuesday on 'The Pat McAfee Show' that he's 'pretty sure' the upcoming NFL season — his first as quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers and 21st overall — will be his last. And after that, Rodgers said, he won't be seen or heard from ever again. 'When this is all done, it's Keyser Söze. You won't see me,' Rodgers said, referring to the elusive villain in 'The Usual Suspects.' 'I won't be in the public. I don't want to live a public life. ... I'm not going to be in in the public eye. When this is done, I'm done, and you won't see me. And I'm looking forward to that.' It might seem a tad difficult to imagine Rodgers willingly disappearing from public consciousness for any significant period of time. In addition to being one of the all-time greats at quarterback, Rodgers has kept a pretty high profile in popular culture over the last two decades. He's been in countless commercials. He filled in as host of 'Jeopardy.' He made the short list of possible running mates during Robert Kennedy Jr.'s presidential bid (that spot ultimately went to Nicole Shanahan). He was in romantic relationships with such famous women as Olivia Munn, Danica Patrick and Shailene Woodley. In recent years, Rodgers also has become known for his sometimes controversial opinions that he has been more than willing to share during his regular appearances on McAfee's show and other platforms. But, Rodgers insisted Tuesday, 'I don't want the attention,' although he acknowledged, 'I know that's a narrative out there.' After 18 seasons with the Green Bay Packers and two with the New York Jets, Rodgers signed a one-year deal with the Steelers as a free agent this summer. At mini-camp this month, the Super Bowl XLV MVP told reporters that he had recently gotten married. He has not publicly revealed his wife's name. On Tuesday, Rodgers spoke for nearly four minutes about perceived invasions of his and his wife's privacy. He accused paparazzi of 'stalking' the two of them and asserted that unnamed media outlets had been either publishing sensitive information about the couple or just making things up about them. 'What happened to common decency about security and a personal life that we now have to dive into your details of where you live and what you're doing and who you're with and who your wife is and if you even have a wife,' Rodgers said. 'Because my wife is a private person, doesn't have social media, hasn't been a public person, doesn't want to be a public person. But now that somehow is a weird thing?' He added: 'My private life is my private life, and it's going to stay that way. And I'm with somebody who wants to be private, and if and when she wants to be out, and there's a picture, she'll choose that. And she deserves the right to that. 'But the entitlement to information about my private life is so f— ridiculous and embarrassing. Like, hey, do what you got to do. But just try and leave me out of a conversation, Sports World, for a month. Try and just leave me out, my personal life, my professional life. Try not to talk about me. ... Just see if you can do that.'
The Advertiser
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Advertiser
Stacked deck: House of Cards star denied equal pay
Robin Wright says she was denied equal pay on House of Cards because she didn't have an Academy Award. The 59-year-old actress played Claire Underwood on the Netflix show from 2013 to 2018 but she was denied the same salary as her on-screen husband Kevin Spacey because he had won a Best Actor Oscar for American Beauty in 2000 and Best Supporting Actor for The Usual Suspects in 1996. Speaking at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival, Wright told Variety: "When David Fincher introduced 'House of Cards' to me, he said, 'This is going to be the future, it's going to be revolutionary.' And look where we are now." Of her fight for equal pay, she said: "Yes, it was difficult. I am going to be honest. "When I said, 'I think it's only fair because my character became as popular as (Spacey's), they said, 'We can't pay you the same as an actor, so we will make you exec producer and you can direct. We will give you three different pay cheques.' I asked, 'Why can't you pay me as an actor?' 'Because you didn't win an Academy Award.'" Wright knew being angry "wasn't going to change anything". She said: "That has been the protocol for years - it just is. If you say, 'Why did so-and-so female not get the same amount as Will Smith?' They say, 'It will increase after you win.' Nomination, not so much. Why does it have to do anything with a raise?" Wright - who has Dylan, 34, and Hopper, 31, with ex-husband Sean Penn - admitted House of Cards helped her through a "dry" period in her career. Robin Wright says she was denied equal pay on House of Cards because she didn't have an Academy Award. The 59-year-old actress played Claire Underwood on the Netflix show from 2013 to 2018 but she was denied the same salary as her on-screen husband Kevin Spacey because he had won a Best Actor Oscar for American Beauty in 2000 and Best Supporting Actor for The Usual Suspects in 1996. Speaking at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival, Wright told Variety: "When David Fincher introduced 'House of Cards' to me, he said, 'This is going to be the future, it's going to be revolutionary.' And look where we are now." Of her fight for equal pay, she said: "Yes, it was difficult. I am going to be honest. "When I said, 'I think it's only fair because my character became as popular as (Spacey's), they said, 'We can't pay you the same as an actor, so we will make you exec producer and you can direct. We will give you three different pay cheques.' I asked, 'Why can't you pay me as an actor?' 'Because you didn't win an Academy Award.'" Wright knew being angry "wasn't going to change anything". She said: "That has been the protocol for years - it just is. If you say, 'Why did so-and-so female not get the same amount as Will Smith?' They say, 'It will increase after you win.' Nomination, not so much. Why does it have to do anything with a raise?" Wright - who has Dylan, 34, and Hopper, 31, with ex-husband Sean Penn - admitted House of Cards helped her through a "dry" period in her career. Robin Wright says she was denied equal pay on House of Cards because she didn't have an Academy Award. The 59-year-old actress played Claire Underwood on the Netflix show from 2013 to 2018 but she was denied the same salary as her on-screen husband Kevin Spacey because he had won a Best Actor Oscar for American Beauty in 2000 and Best Supporting Actor for The Usual Suspects in 1996. Speaking at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival, Wright told Variety: "When David Fincher introduced 'House of Cards' to me, he said, 'This is going to be the future, it's going to be revolutionary.' And look where we are now." Of her fight for equal pay, she said: "Yes, it was difficult. I am going to be honest. "When I said, 'I think it's only fair because my character became as popular as (Spacey's), they said, 'We can't pay you the same as an actor, so we will make you exec producer and you can direct. We will give you three different pay cheques.' I asked, 'Why can't you pay me as an actor?' 'Because you didn't win an Academy Award.'" Wright knew being angry "wasn't going to change anything". She said: "That has been the protocol for years - it just is. If you say, 'Why did so-and-so female not get the same amount as Will Smith?' They say, 'It will increase after you win.' Nomination, not so much. Why does it have to do anything with a raise?" Wright - who has Dylan, 34, and Hopper, 31, with ex-husband Sean Penn - admitted House of Cards helped her through a "dry" period in her career. Robin Wright says she was denied equal pay on House of Cards because she didn't have an Academy Award. The 59-year-old actress played Claire Underwood on the Netflix show from 2013 to 2018 but she was denied the same salary as her on-screen husband Kevin Spacey because he had won a Best Actor Oscar for American Beauty in 2000 and Best Supporting Actor for The Usual Suspects in 1996. Speaking at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival, Wright told Variety: "When David Fincher introduced 'House of Cards' to me, he said, 'This is going to be the future, it's going to be revolutionary.' And look where we are now." Of her fight for equal pay, she said: "Yes, it was difficult. I am going to be honest. "When I said, 'I think it's only fair because my character became as popular as (Spacey's), they said, 'We can't pay you the same as an actor, so we will make you exec producer and you can direct. We will give you three different pay cheques.' I asked, 'Why can't you pay me as an actor?' 'Because you didn't win an Academy Award.'" Wright knew being angry "wasn't going to change anything". She said: "That has been the protocol for years - it just is. If you say, 'Why did so-and-so female not get the same amount as Will Smith?' They say, 'It will increase after you win.' Nomination, not so much. Why does it have to do anything with a raise?" Wright - who has Dylan, 34, and Hopper, 31, with ex-husband Sean Penn - admitted House of Cards helped her through a "dry" period in her career.
Business Insider
16-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Business Insider
Robin Wright said she needed 'three different paychecks' to be paid as much as costar Kevin Spacey on 'House of Cards'
When it came to getting paid the same amount as her "House of Cards" costar Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright had to be as shrewd as her character Claire Underwood. While speaking at the Monte-Carlo TV Festival on Monday, Wright opened up about fighting for equal pay with Spacey going into the fourth season of the hit Netflix series. "It was difficult, I am going to be honest," she said, according to Variety. "When I said, 'I think it's only fair because my character became as popular as [Spacey's],' they said, 'We can't pay you the same as an actor, so we will make you exec producer and you can direct. We will give you three different paychecks.' I asked, 'Why can't you pay me as an actor?' 'Because you didn't win an Academy Award.'" When the landmark Netflix series about amoral politician Frank Underwood (Spacey) and his ambitious wife Claire (Wright) debuted in 2013, Spacey was an established star who had already won two Oscars: best supporting actor for 1995's "The Usual Suspects" and best actor for 1999's "American Beauty." A year later in 2014, he was reportedly earning $500,000 an episode for the series' second season. By the time "House of Cards" ended its six-season run in 2018, Wright's Claire had become the series' lead after Spacey was fired in 2017 amid allegations of sexual misconduct. So, did Wright ever get equal pay? "I don't think I'm getting paid the same amount," Wright revealed in a 2017 profile for the United Airlines in-flight magazine Rhapsody. "They told me I was getting a raise. But... I don't think so." Looking back on it now, Wright said being angry over unequal pay wouldn't have made a difference because it "wasn't going to change anything." "That has been the protocol for years — it just is," Wright said at the Monte-Carlo TV Festival. "If you say, 'Why did so-and-so female not get the same amount as Will Smith?' They say, 'It will increase after you win.' Nomination, not so much. Why does it have to do anything with a raise?" Netflix did not respond for to a request for comment. Wright went on to direct 10 episodes of "House of Cards" and was an executive producer on seasons four through six. She will star, direct episodes, and executive produce the upcoming limited series "The Girlfriend," which will be released on Prime Video in the fall.
Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Benicio del Toro was stopped on flight due to The Phoenician Scheme script
Benicio del Toro was almost prevented from boarding a flight due to the script from his latest movie The Phoenician Scheme. The Usual Suspects star plays the lead in Wes Anderson's latest movie - whose plot, which features his character surviving an aeroplane bombing. Reading his lines, however, almost got Benicio detained by agents from America's Transportation Security Administration (TSA) after they took the script far too literally. "I had the script in my carryon, I'm in Boston and I'm flying to LA," he said on Late Night with Seth Meyers. "And for some reason, I had my computer in there, and I didn't take it out, so the TSA people, they just said, 'Hey, we need to check your bag.' 'Sure.' He opens the bag, he looks into it-and I take my scripts and I make the headings bigger, so I can get to it really quick. "The opening scene is 'Interior Airplane: Bomb'. The second scene is 'Interior Cockpit: Eject the Pilot' and the third scene is 'Crash.' The guy, he's reading it. I go, 'It's a film script.' And he looks at me and goes, (holding up his finger), and he closes the thing and walks out. Five TSA guys come over and they hover around the script, and they're looking at it and looking at it." However, before the actor was detained for a ficticious bomb plot, an agent recognised him and waved him through. "Finally, the supervisor showed up and he walked in and he looked at me, and I think he recognised me, maybe from (Benicio's past films) Sicario or Traffic, and he just sat there and looked at it and they let me go," the star continued. He said there are no hard feelings towards his interrogators, adding: "I give that guy a thumbs up because he was paying attention."
