Armie Hammer In Hot Water, Drooped By WME Over Social Media Posts

WME has dropped Armie Hammer as a client, Deadline confirmed Friday, the latest fallout from the actor’s controversial social media posts that were leaked online.

The news today comes after Hammer exited roles in a pair of projects. He was set to co-star opposite Jennifer Lopez in Lionsgate’s film Shotgun Wedding, but the studio said he asked to step aside amid the controversy, in which direct messages reportedly from Hammer and detailing disturbing sexual fantasies were leaked by anonymous social media account.

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Alec Baldwin Leaves Twitter After Wife Hilaria’s Heritage Debacle

Alec Baldwin has flown the Twitter coop, announcing on Monday that he will leave the social media platform “for now.”

“Twitter is like a party where everyone is screaming. Not much of a party,” he Tweeted. “Goodbye for now.”

Baldwin’s departure from Twitter comes weeks after wife Hilaria Baldwin’s came under fire after the internet began questioning the podcaster and author’s Spanish heritage. Old videos surfaced of Hilaria Baldwin seeming to speak with a Spanish accent. She was born in Boston, MA, but spent time in Spain growing up.

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The Oldest Actor To Win An Oscar Christopher Plummer Dies Aged 91

Christopher Plummer, the dazzlingly versatile Canadian actor whose screen career straddled seven decades, including such high-profile films as The Sound of Music, The Man Who Would Be King and All the Money in the World, has died aged 91.

His family confirmed the news, saying he died peacefully at home in Connecticut with his wife of 53 years, Elaine Taylor, by his side.

Lou Pitt, his longtime friend and manager of 46 years said:

“Chris was an extraordinary man who deeply loved and respected his profession with great old fashion manners, self deprecating humour and the music of words. He was a national treasure who deeply relished his Canadian roots. Through his art and humanity, he touched all of our hearts and his legendary life will endure for all generations to come. He will forever be with us.”

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Not Going Out: Bring The Theatre Home With These Great Movies

We can't go to the theatre right now. It's infuriating but things will get better.

Instead, let's bring the theatre home with a selection of great films that started life on the stage. 

Top 10 Films' selection includes A Streetcar Named Desire, Wait Until Dark and Neil Simon's The Odd Couple, and is based around movies that capture the theatre's unique connection between character and audience.

Dennis Quaid Says Son Jack Quaid Refused His Help When Getting Into Acting

Jack Quaid wanted to start his career separately from his ultra-famous parents.

Dennis Quaid revealed his son Jack, 28, turned down his old man's help when he needed an agent to start his career in Hollywood. Dennis, 66, shares Jack with Meg Ryan, 58, from their 10-year marriage, which ended in 2001.

"My agent wanted to represent him and he said no I want to do it on my own," Dennis, 66, told Kelly Clarkson on the Kelly Clarkson Show about Jack. "And then of course he gets an agent on his own and his first movie is Hunger Games. Then he gets in [Martin] Scorsese’s Vinyl on television, which was the hottest show there was. Now he’s doing The Boys, which is the hottest thing on streaming. It’s a great show."

"So I’m saying like hey, how 'bout a little help over here, I don’t care," Dennis joked. "Even more than an actor, he’s really turned out to be a really fine man."

Read the full article on People.com. 

Dennis Quaid – "The Luckiest Guy On Earth" - Interview With Cryptic Rock

How do you sustain a career in entertainment over four decades and running? Simple: never lose sight of why you entered that world in the first place – for the love of creating! Beginning his professional career as an actor in the late ’70s, Dennis Quaid would attain a slew of success in the years to follow, starring in a list of films including 1983’s The Right Stuff, 1987’s Innerspace, and 1989’s Great Balls of Fire!. Continuing on an upward trajectory, now over 40 years in, Quaid has continued to strike hits, most recently the popular series Fortitude. Amidst it all Quaid has kept his engine running on hard work, dedication, and a passion that burns deep inside.

"It’s a lucky life," says Dennis Quaid in an interview with Cryptic Rock. "It’s not that I feel I don’t deserve it, I’ve worked hard at it. I’m good at what I do, but at the same time, I feel really lucky to still be here. There are so many people I grew up and started out with who aren’t around for one reason or another – either they faded away, lost the fire in their belly for it, or whatever. I am lucky! I have more fire in my belly for it now than I did in my twenties. That’s a gift."

Read the full interview at Cryptic Rock. 

"I Didn’t Go Looking For Someone Younger’: Dennis Quaid On His New Love And New Roles

Dennis Quaid is tired of talking about the cocaine addiction that landed him in rehab in 1990 and stunted his Hollywood career after a promising start in 80s films The Right Stuff, The Big Easy and Great Balls of Fire. “It always winds up being the centrepiece of an article,” sighs the 65-year-old actor. “It’s not even the centrepiece of my life any more.”

Quaid’s recent engagement to 26-year-old PhD student Laura Savoie should put paid to that. It has been a while since The Parent Trap star commanded quite so many column inches. Not to mention multiple memes and a heated debate around age-gaps in relationships.

We are meeting at a Beverly Hills hotel to talk about his latest project for Netflix, and are joined on the sofa by his snoring miniature English bulldog, Peaches. I’m half expecting his forthcoming nuptials to be off limits – but far from it. “That was really a laugh,” he says, of the press attention he and his new fiance have been receiving. “I thought it was wonderful, actually.”

[Full piece on The Guardian website]