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WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 2017
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Met carpet 2017
Top five looks from this year’s Met Gala star-studded carpet
• Mahmood Hossain
Apart from what goes on behind
the scenes of one of the most
exclusive events of the year in
fashion, the Met Gala is basically
a moving exhibition of outlandish
and sometimes awe-inspiring
artwork. Technically, it’s the
opening of the Costume Institute’s
annual show. This particular “red
carpet” is a showcase for elite
designers that put their one-off
pieces on celebrities. Some looks
come straight off the runway
with minor alteration – a look
that’s never been seen before.
In addition, there are looks
built completely from scratch,
exaggerating the red carpet’s
overall purpose.
This year’s theme at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art
was Rei Kawakubo/Comme des
Garçons: Art of the In-Between. In
other words, every look had to be
the ideal example of what it means
to be avant-garde, while keeping
within the tradition of each
designer’s signature designs. •
Cara Delevingne kept
the sci-fi, lost in the
stars flavour going
after the release of
Valerian and the City
of a Thousand Planets.
This silver Chanel suit,
matching her hair, is all
she needed to stand out
from the rest.
Lily-Rose Depp
followed this year with
yet another Chanel
number. The fuchsia
ball gown is embellished
with silver camellias.
Lily Aldridge put a
mean definition to be
cutting edge and sexy in
a white, silky and slinky
Ralph Lauren dress.
Taking it a bit further,
the latex Balenciaga
boots created the
perfect accent to the
thigh-high slit of the
dress.
Ruth Negga continues
to swoon Hollywood in
a very subtle manner,
just like the classic
choice of Valentino,
presented as a monastic
silhouette. Her
cornrows put in a splash
of indulgent swagger as
well.
Rihanna in possibly the
most avant-garde look
of the night, borrowing
the entire ensemble
from the Comme des
Garçons autumn/winter
2016 collection.
Jeremy Renner to play gunslinger
Doc in biopic
Ex-managers claim Johnny Depp
is fed lines through earpiece
• Showtime Desk
Talented actor Jeremy Renner
is now taking aim at legendary
gunfighter John Henry “Doc”
Holliday. PalmStar Media
is modifying the scripts of
the film based on two Mary
Doria Russell novels, Doc and
Epitaph: A Novel of the O.K.
Corral.
Kevin Frakes from PalmStar
will produce the yet-to-betitled
film alongside Renner
and Don Handfield’s The
Combine, who has Michael
Keaton starrer The
Founder to his credit.
Considered as one
of the icons of the old
American West, John
Henry “Doc” Holliday
was born on August
14, 1851. A dentist
by trade, Holliday
became an icon of
the American West
and was close friends
with fellow gunslinger
Wyatt Earp. They
were the two most
famous faces in
what is regarded as
the most legendary battle of
the West: the gunfight at the
O.K. Corral, which cemented
Holliday’s status as a legend.
The novels, which are
taken as seminal books on
the charismatic gunslinger,
chronicle Holliday’s life
from his time as a gentleman
dentist in Reconstructionera
Atlanta, Previous Doc
Hollidays include Kirk
Douglas, Val Kilmer and
Dennis Quaid.
“We are excited to
re-introduce this classic
American character to a whole
new audience by chronicling
Doc Holliday’s incredible
transformation from an
average Joe dentist to a man
who Wyatt Earp called the
‘nerviest, speediest, deadliest
man with a six-gun [he] ever
knew,’” Renner and Handfield
said in a joint statement.
Born in 1971, Renner is
best known for his roles
in The Hurt Locker (2008)
for which he received an
Academy Award nomination
for Best Actor, and for
playing Hawkeye in the Marvel
Cinematic Universe films
Thor (2011), Marvel’s The
Avengers (2012), Avengers: Age
of Ultron (2015) and Captain
America: Civil War (2016).
The actor also appeared in
commercially successful films
such as Mission: Impossible
– Ghost Protocol (2011), The
Bourne Legacy (2012), Hansel
and Gretel: Witch
Hunters (2013), American
Hustle (2013), Mission:
Impossible - Rogue
Nation (2015),
and Arrival (2016). •
• Showtime Desk
Ex-managers of three-time Oscar
nominee Johnny Depp have claimed
that the actor wears an earpiece on set
and pays someone to feed him lines
so that he does not have to memorise
them. Apparently, the former business
managers of the actor aren’t taking
Depp’s recent comments about their
dispute softly. Eventually, they even
have intensified their claims against
the actor in an amended complaint.
The overwhelming and
disappointing detail of the actor’s
acting process came out when a new
court filing was placed as a part of a
bitter legal battle between the actor
and his ex-managers. Depp sued them
for mishandling his money while The
Management Group (TMG) countersued
him.
Notably, the managers claimed that
Depp spends hundreds of thousands of
dollars on a sound engineer who feeds
him lines on set.
Their attorney, Michael Kump
wrote: “Depp insisted that this sound
engineer be kept on yearly retainer
so that he no longer had to memorise
his lines.” They also claimed that the
actor used the method for years during
film production as Depp happened
to become clumsy in remembering
dialouges.
The attorney also added, “Depp
listened to no one, including TMG and
his other advisors, and he demanded
they fund a lifestyle that was
extravagant and extreme. Ultimately,
Depp and/or his sister and personal
manager, Elisa Christie Dembrowski,
knowingly approved all of Depp’s
expenditures.”
They claimed that the actor spent
surprising amounts of money buying
14 residences, 45 luxury vehicles,
70 collectible guitars and enough
Hollywood memorabilia to fill a 12
storied facility.
In the new document, TMG
commented that the Pirates of the
Caribbean star may have “compulsive
spending disorder” and needs “a
mental examination.” •