9/1/24: Celebs Rumors

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George Clooney denies report he and Brad Pitt were paid $35M each for new film ‘Wolfs’

longtime pal Brad Pitt.The New York Times reported last week that the “Ocean’s 11” stars had been paid over $35 million each to star in the film.During a press conference for the film on Sunday at the Venice Film Festival, Clooney mentioned the report to the gathered press.“[It was] an interesting article, and whatever her source was for our salary, it is millions and millions and millions of dollars less than what was reported. And I am only saying that because I think it’s bad for our industry if that’s what people think is the standard-bearer for salaries,” Clooney said, per People.
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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ again tops box office, ‘Reagan’ biopic exceeds expectations as summer movie season closes
“Deadpool & Wolverine,” one of the defining movies of the summer, ruled the box office on a weekend with quiet openings and low theater attendance as the summer movie season came to an anticlimactic close.For the second weekend in a row, “Deadpool & Wolverine,” Marvel’s smash hit that has shattered records and become the best-selling R-rated movie of all time, topped the charts, with other holdovers from the summer following behind.After six weeks in theaters, the film made $15.2 million domestically Friday through Sunday, and it’s expected to cross the domestic $600 million mark following Monday’s Labor Day holiday.The Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman superhero flick will be one of only 16 titles to hit that milestone.“Reagan,” a biopic starring Dennis Quaid as the 40th US president, was the only new release competitive with holdover films that opened earlier this summer.Exceeding projections, the first full-length film about President Ronald Reagan earned $7.4 million over the three-day weekend, with an estimated cumulative total of $9.2 million including projections for Monday.Audiences have reacted to the movie positively, giving it an A CinemaScore and a 98% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.Critics have been less receptive, giving it a 19% rating and deeming it rotten on the popular ratings site. It ranked No.
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Former ‘Bachelorette’ star Josh Seiter describes ‘abuse’ since coming out as trans: ‘I fear for my safety’
A former Bachelorette star who came out as transgender since the show says she doesn’t need surgery or hormone treatment to “be a woman.”Josh Seiter, 37, who was born male, and appeared on season 11 of TV show in 2015 as a cis male competing with others to match with a single woman.But she came out as a trans woman in May 2024 and has faced death threats since.Josh has now revealed she is not on hormone medication and is unsure if she will get surgery.She says she’s now realised she “doesn’t need to take anything to be a trans woman”.But this hasn’t stopped trolls cruel comments over her decision to turn down surgery and keep traditionally-male features like facial hair.She says some abuse has even come from trans people who say she is not trans or part of the LGBTQ+ community.Josh, a influencer, from Chicago, Illinois, said: “I fear for my safety all the time.“If I am in a restaurant, a park or in downtown Chicago I get nervous.“I am looking behind my back and wondering if someone is going to stab me or hurt me.“The abuse I have been getting is pretty awful – I have been met with intolerance, bigotry and gatekeeping.”Josh said she has struggled with his identity for as long as she can remember.Aged seven she would often go into her parent’s bedroom while they were out and put on her mum’s dresses and jewellery.Josh said: “I couldn’t articulate what I was going through but I knew I felt comfortable.“I was homeschooled in a very conservative Christian family.“It was only in college that I was given the freedom to explore my gender identity.“It was during that time that I knew I was trans but 18 years ago there wasn’t that vocabulary.”Josh came out as pansexual in January 2021 but it wasn’t until his dad died in April that
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