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06.03.2023 - 20:09 / deadline.com
From the moment it premiered in Cannes, where it won the Grand Prize, Lukas Dhont’s Close became a hot bet in the International Oscar race. Following his 2018 debut Girl, which focused on a transgender ballet dancer, Close is another poignant snapshot of youth, this time telling the story of a pre-teen boy and the guilt he feels when he grows apart from his emotionally troubled best friend. At just 31, the charismatic Belgian director is already a festival veteran and European arthouse poster boy; it seems to be only a matter of time before he breaks out into the world of commercial cinema.
DEADLINE: When did you first develop the idea for Close? Was it straight after Girl?
LUKAS DHONT: When I went back to writing, after the whole journey of the first film, I realized that I wanted to make a companion piece to it, in the sense that Girl was so much about femininity and I really wanted to make something about masculinity. I had this realization about myself: when I was young, from very early on, I started to push friends away, because I started to become fearful of intimacy. And when I started investigating that idea, I realized that that was something in this very dominant masculine culture of ours where we often value independence and competitiveness. Authentic connections between young men are not nourished as much as we should nourish them. We tell young men to stop listening to their heart, to stop listening to what they actually desire, and so we create this epidemic of loneliness.
DEADLINE: You said you found a book on the subject, called Deep Secrets. How did that help you translate your idea into something real?
DHONT: That book was really important because it showed me that this dynamic I was thinking about,
And the award for most attractive actor goes to … ! Hollywood’s finest men arrived at the 95th Academy Awards in looks that had Us swooning.
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Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor “Close” director Lukas Dhont’s discovery of one of his film’s stars, Eden Dambrine, is straight out of a book of Hollywood legends. Dhont approached Dambrine on a train in their native Belgium and asked if he’d like to audition for his movie. “I was a bit worried,” Dambrine, 16, recalls. “I asked my friends to search on Google to see if it was really Lukas Dhont who was talking to me. It was so I felt a bit more safe.” Fast forward to 2023, and “Close” is up for best international feature at the Oscars. The A24 film is a drama about 13-year-old best friends Leo, played by Eden, and Rémi (Gustav De Waele). Tragedy occurs when Leo begins to distance himself from Rémi after they become the target of school bullies who believe the boys are a couple.
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Trustfall, pop punk artist Pink about her experience working on the 2001 song and music video for “Lady Marmalade” in an interview with Buzzfeed. “It wasn’t very fun to make,” Pink of the song which also featured Lil' Kim, Mya, and Christina Aguilera. “I’m all about fun, and it was a lot of fuss.
Pink has hit out at the “silly” and sexist line of questioning on her new album promotional tour, related to a perceived feud with Christina Aguilera.The singer has been promoting new album ‘Trustfall’ with a series of recent interviews, and recently denied “shading” Aguilera after comments she made about recording the music video for ‘Lady Marmalade’.The collaborative single featuring Aguilera, Mya and Lil’ Kim – a cover of Labelle’s 1974 song of the same name – was recorded in 2001 for Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge! soundtrack.“It wasn’t very fun to make; I’m all about fun, and it was a lot of fuss,” the singer told BuzzFeed while ranking her favourite videos. Placing it at number 12, she continued: “There were some personalities… Kim and Mya were nice.”Defending herself against the comments, she then wrote on Twitter: “Y’all are nuts Xtina had shit to do with who was on that song.
Pink would link to end this Christina Aguilera narrative.
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A feud no more? After potentially reigniting her feud with Christina Aguilera, Pink is sharing more context to the story.
Zack Sharf Pink made headlines during the press tour for her new album “Trustfall” when she seemingly shaded Christina Aguilera during an interview with Buzzfeed UK. Asked about the making of the iconic 2001 music video for “Lady Marmalade,” Pink said “it wasn’t very fun to make” because there was “a lot of fuss.” “There were some personalities,” Pink added. “Kim and Mya were nice!” Pink recorded “Lady Marmalade” with Aguilera, Lil’ Kim and Mya as part of the soundtrack for Baz Luhrmann’s “Moulin Rouge!” Social media had a field day with Pink’s quote to Buzzfeed UK as it snubbed Aguilera. Pink clarified what went down on the set of “Lady Marmalade” during a follow-up interview on Chris Wallace’s talk show “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?”
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Pink is setting the record straight after she criticized the 2001 music video for her collaboration with Christina Aguilera on “Lady Marmalade.”
Pink is setting the record straight after she criticized the 2001 music video for her collaboration with Christina Aguilera on «Lady Marmalade.» During an interview with, Pink ranked the music video in last place on a list of 12 of her «most iconic music videos.» «It wasn't very fun to make. I'm all about fun and it was like, a lot of fuss, and there were some personalities,» she told the outlet. Pink added, «Lil Kim and Mýa were nice,» of the other «Lady Marmalade» collaborators. Her remarks quickly went viral, with many online commentators saying Pink was «shading» Aguilera. Over the weekend, Pink took to Twitter to shut down rumors once and for all.